I slid a thick manila folder across the table.

“What is this?” he demanded.

“That’s the emergency court order placing your company into receivership,” I said.

He reached for it, but his fingers shook so badly he dropped it to the floor. The man who had frightened me my whole life suddenly looked frail and small.

For the first time, I saw real fear in his eyes.

Part 3

The criminal trial began six weeks after Kayla was cleared to come home from intensive care.