I was at my office before the sun rose.

I opened every wealth portal, every credit line, every authorized-user agreement, every account attached to my name, and I began to aggregate them into a single, complete picture.

I printed the paper trail of his betrayal and locked it in a secure folder, and I remembered the first rule I had ever learned as a financial officer: emotions lead to bankruptcy, but paper trails lead to absolute victory.

My phone buzzed with a call from Rachel, a commercial real-estate broker in my network.