Emiliano was arrested in connection with the sabotage of my car, along with fraud, forgery, and a string of illicit financial transactions.

Ximena and my mother were taken in for their documented parts in the conspiracy and the movement of the money.

The notary was taken for questioning.

The man who had been paid to cause the crash eventually cooperated with the investigation, and what he described lined up exactly with the transfers and messages already recovered from Emiliano’s own devices — the method a matter for the case file and the forensic engineers, never for me to narrate.

At trial the defense tried to paint me as a vengeful woman inventing a story to punish an affair.

The evidence buried that.