“It’s different.”

Lena reached over at a red light and squeezed her hand.

“Relieved counts.”

PART 8

What Garrett discovered the following week wasn’t a hidden fortune or an elaborate revenge plan.

It was a folder of ordinary bills, placed on the kitchen counter by his own hand years before and ignored because Iris had always handled the payments.

After the court required him to leave the apartment pending further review, he spent two nights in a hotel, then moved into Priscilla’s spare room.

It was cramped, smelled of perfume, and filled with boxes from online shopping orders.