He said, in open court, on the second day: “Your Honour, she is not seeking the return of her money.

She received the return of her money.

She received it in the form of a five-thousand-square-foot house, private school, two cars, eighteen years of not working and a standard of living in the top two per cent of this state.

What she is seeking is to be paid twice.”

I sat and listened to that.

And Patricia Salgado did not argue that it was a loan.

That is the thing I did not expect and it is why she is worth what she charges.