“The moment the judge signs this document, your father can’t buy a cup of coffee.”

“It instantly locks his main checking account, his investment portfolio, and his business credit lines.”

I looked at a stack of fragile court transcripts from nineteen ninety-eight.

“What about Pamela?” I asked.

“Does this freeze her money too?”

“Your stepmother has her own separate hidden bank accounts,” Arthur said.

“According to your grandmother’s private investigation, Pamela started quietly moving money offshore three years ago.”

“She knows Gregory is careless.”