He also uncovered multimillion-dollar transfers to a gynecologist, Dr. Sawyer Faulkner: the very doctor who had signed off on my forced surgery.

Before we could file an official report, we had an unexpected visitor.

Courtney arrived at the house with no makeup, wearing large sunglasses and a dark bruise across her neck.

“Jared knows the baby isn’t his,” Courtney blurted the moment I opened the door.

“He tried to strangle me last night.”

“And you came here to ask me for help?” I asked in disbelief.