“If your mother actually loved you, she wouldn’t have left you behind.”

Before they left, Mrs. Odom remembered something else: a moving van had taken six heavy boxes out of Corinne’s home office a month ago.

Within hours, Rachel found what they were hiding.

Ross had transferred $1,460,000 of Corinne’s savings into a shell company called the Military Family Support Network. The listed partners were Ross and Gwendolyn.

No employees. No office. No clients. Only expenses — a luxury SUV, furniture, jewelry, hotels, credit card payments.

They had also used a forged power of attorney to refinance the family home.