If I would drop the assault charges and waive my financial claims on the family home, his clients would agree to a swift, uncontested divorce.

My lawyer relayed it, and could not quite keep the dark amusement out of his voice.

“Jade,” he said, “they are offering to let you leave the marriage — in exchange for you saving them from prison.” “Tell them,” I said, “to go to hell.”

Chapter 13 — Amber’s Ledger

The preliminary audit revealed that over one point two million dollars had flowed through Bruno’s fraudulent vendor scheme across three years, most of it ending up in accounts managed directly by Indigo.

It was a substantial case already.