Rafaela answered none of them.

Two days later the bank froze the hundred-and-forty-thousand-dollar application pending a fraud investigation into the forged signature, and Crestmont issued a binding letter stating it would never consider Ashvale Manor for any partnership, ever.

Then the terminal video leaked.

Within days the whole region had seen the wealthy mother-in-law strand her new daughter-in-law in a downpour.

Bookings evaporated.

The general manager resigned, taking two senior chefs with him.