an unreasonable financial demand.
Claire looked directly at Brandon.
“Mr. Miller, did Mrs. Miller ever secretly transfer hundreds of thousands of dollars to members of her family?”
He clenched his jaw.
“No.”
“Did she ever forge your signature to obtain unauthorized loans?”
He looked down at the table.
“No.”
“Then explain exactly what money you believed you needed to protect from your wife.”
Brandon remained silent.
He couldn’t produce a coherent answer.
The truth was obvious to everyone sitting in that room.
He wasn’t protecting our money from my mother.
