He sat in federal lockup facing a mountain of charges — wire fraud, extortion, judicial bribery, conspiracy, and conspiracy to commit murder for the plot against me and the child.

The Ostrander family, desperate to save their collapsing company and cratering stock, publicly disowned him, and his expensive lawyers vanished the moment his funds were frozen.

He went from a manipulator in a bespoke suit to an inmate in an orange jumpsuit in a matter of weeks.

Judge Sotheby was removed from the bench and indicted beside him.

Chapter 28 — The Waiting Nursery

Rafferty and I moved into the Carrington penthouse.