“The forensic audit,” she said, “was a bloodbath for Julian.

Because we proved that he’d used the joint accounts, and attempted to leverage your personal inheritance trust, to fund his mother’s lifestyle, the court ordered a full clawback.

Every dime you ever transferred into Fiona’s account, over five years, has been legally reclassified as an unauthorized dissipation of marital assets.” She smiled.

“Fiona, of course, can’t pay it back.

She spent it — the cruises, the clothes, the club.

So the court ordered the forced liquidation of Julian’s remaining investment portfolio and his secondary inheritance to satisfy the judgment instead.