“If NexoCloud collapses I lose everything I’ve worked for.” I looked at him for a long moment.

“On our wedding night,” I said, “when you threw me out into the street in my dress, you told me you wanted to see me come back on my knees.

I never came back.

And I don’t need you on your knees either.

But you do need to answer for what you did.” My attorney stepped forward and handed him a thick envelope — the formal notice that Ironwood was executing asset recovery, and that the criminal matter would proceed.

Jonathan’s hands shook as he read it.