My Husband Told Me to “Handle It Yourself” While I Was in Labor So He Could Stay at His Mother’s Birthday—Then I Made One Phone Call

A payment from Bernice to a man named Curtis Thornefield.

Then, six days later, Brandon’s company transferred a substantial amount to a fund affiliated with him.

The source version of this story wanted that timeline alone to prove Bernice orchestrated the whole thing.

It didn’t.

So I investigated properly.

Public records showed Curtis had previously faced regulatory sanctions connected to securities activity.

Not automatically proof that every later transaction was fraudulent.

But enough to be cautious.