The Standing She Did Not Know She Had

She explained, to me and to the Draycotts still lingering in the doorway unwilling to leave and unable to stay, exactly what my standing meant and exactly what would happen next, in order, without drama.

There would be a petition to establish paternity, since Beau had refused to acknowledge it — a refusal that was now documented, witnessed, and, she noted dryly, extraordinarily unwise given what an honest audit of his own conduct was about to reveal.

There would be a freeze on the marital and trust-connected assets, to stop anyone from moving money before the accounting was done.

And there would be a formal review of the capital that had been flowing, over the last nine months, into accounts connected to Nerissa.