hotel to preserve all ballroom security footage and asked the event coordinator to collect every investor packet.
She also contacted the escrow agent and demanded that no funds be released until the documents were reviewed.
The $400,000 stayed untouched.
By 9:30 that night, my parents’ elegant anniversary party had collapsed into private meetings with attorneys.
I remained home.
For once, I did not cross the city to save them from consequences they had created.
The next morning, Dad arrived at my apartment with Mom and Olivia.
I did
