My parents texted me: “Don’t come to our wedding anniversary party. Only high-society guests will be there.”

in the background.

Someone had handed her another document.

She photographed it and sent it to me.

At the bottom of the investor packet was a signature page.

My signature.

Convincing enough to fool a stranger.

Wrong enough to make my hands go cold.

And directly beneath it was the name of the witness who claimed to have watched me sign.

My mother.

PART 3

My mother had witnessed a signature I never made.

At that moment, the anniversary stopped being about exclusion.

It became evidence.

Maya immediately instructed the