Evelyn was forced to sell her home to satisfy the civil judgments tied to her shell company.

The court’s final judgment restored, in full, the capital I had poured into Julian’s business over the years, along with my lawful fifty-percent share of the marital assets he had spent so much effort hiding.

I used none of that money for revenge.

I want to be clear about that, because I know how the story sounds, and I know what people expect a wronged woman to do with a sudden fortune and a defeated enemy.

I did not hound them.

I did not gloat.