Robert appeared in the doorway. “You’ll get it.”

Then his phone rang. He listened for several seconds, his face draining of color. “Victoria’s moved money out of three companies overnight. She’s buying Judge Harlan Pierce — the judge assigned to the annulment.”

He swore. “This hearing is poisoned.”

Chloe stepped forward. “Then change the poison. Let’s give her a room full of people who already know her price.”

Part 7 — The Room Full of Witnesses

The annulment hearing was set for Thursday morning. The hallway outside Judge Pierce’s courtroom filled with women in black — former daughters-in-law, ex-fiancées, sisters, cousins, all of them silenced by Victoria over the years, now standing together.

Chloe stood in the center of them, her bruises yellowing but her posture straight.