She had registered using the name of a small event-planning company belonging to one of her friends.

Interesting.

Still not enough.

Then we found messages.

PART 25 — THE EMAILS

Brandon had synced an old email archive to a shared family computer.

My attorney advised me to stop searching once potentially privileged or private material became involved.

Formal discovery later produced relevant communications.

One message from Bernice to Curtis:

He’s insecure and ambitious. Don’t push too hard at first. Let him think the idea is his.