My corporate attorney, Laura Vance, had reviewed what Greg brought in and called me at once, and it was her message that had reached me in Seattle.

I am not a lawyer, and I will not pretend to understand every layer of what she did in the days that followed; that was her expertise, not mine, and one of the wisest things I did in this whole affair was to let the professionals do the parts that were theirs.

But she was thorough, and what her diligence turned up, laid alongside Greg’s evidence, changed a suspicion into a picture.

A background review of the person who had reached for my documents, and by now it was painfully clear who that was, revealed a woman in serious financial trouble.