You are simply keeping two sets of books, as I did, and they balance on their own timelines, and the slower one is not a failure.

It is just the truer, deeper accounting, taking exactly as long as it needs to take.

Let it.

Both of my ledgers are balanced now.

The slow one took much longer than the fast one, and it was worth every day.

Chapter 20 — I Just Did the Math

That same afternoon, a text arrived on my phone from a woman named Sarah — a former client, whose ex-husband had tried to bury millions in offshore accounts during their divorce, and whose money my firm had traced and recovered three months earlier.

Just wanted to send a quick note, Sarah wrote. The girls and I moved into our new house this weekend.