The first was to Howard Vance, a corporate litigation attorney who had handled matters for my manufacturing business for more than twenty years, a man I trusted completely.

The second, on Howard’s strong recommendation, was to a family law specialist named Phoebe Reed.

When David had finished walking Phoebe through the entire timeline, she did not offer him miracle promises, and she did not waste a single breath insulting Selina.

I liked her immediately, and more importantly, I trusted her, for the same reason.

“Here is how this works,” she said, flat and calm.

“We are going to separate, very carefully, what we know from what we can prove.