But I finally understood that asking careful questions about money wasn’t disloyal.

It was necessary.

I asked Leila to help me gather every statement I could lawfully access.

We would find an independent lawyer before touching anything else.

PART 11

News of Oliver’s birth reached my mother-in-law before I had the strength to sit up comfortably.

Her first message was a photograph of a lavish birthday cake, followed by a sentence about how badly Vance had been embarrassed by my “timing.”

The second message demanded to know why Warren Sterling was paying attention to me.