“And the bank,” I said, sipping the lukewarm water beside me, “is closed.”

“I have the emergency protective petition drafted,” Marissa said, scanning the jargon. “It includes the photographic evidence of tonight’s assault, the dossier of his financial misrepresentation, and the proprietary deeds.

I’m submitting the injunction to freeze all joint accounts, and executing the recall on the Crestview debt. Are you ready?”

I looked out the floor-to-ceiling windows. City lights twinkled like fallen stars against the black canvas of the night. Down there, Daniel and Evelyn were sleeping peacefully, unaware that the floorboards of their reality had just been removed.

“Do it.”

Marissa hit enter with a resounding clack.