At a table laden with meat and seafood, my mother-in-law was the only person who left me with an empty plate: “We’ve run out of food for you.”

coming at her from every direction. You have to help me save the house.”

Paula was sitting in my office. She slid a fresh set of papers across the desk. “Before you ask Mariana for another dime, Daniel, you should take a look at these.”

Daniel picked them up. “What is this?”

Paula folded her arms. “It means Lauren’s fraud isn’t the biggest problem in your family.”

I looked directly at my husband. “Daniel, for the past forty-eight hours, my legal team has been auditing every transaction that left my