“I knew an advisor was going to review the inventory financing.

Nobody said anything about ownership.”

Then Leo opened an email trail from the rescue project.

During the final two weeks before the wedding, Eastgate’s representatives had requested access to confidential supplier lists and equipment valuations.

Vivian had granted them access without telling me.

A second trail was worse.

Eastgate had sent invoices totaling nearly four million dollars for a “strategic conversion program.” My firm had paid them from the restructuring budget, believing the work was essential.

The payment descriptions referred to services that staff at the plant said had never taken place.