transaction records.
Federal investigators became involved.
The board removed him.
His engagement to Olivia collapsed immediately.
She tried to stay with him for exactly nine days.
Then the press reported that prosecutors were reviewing the case.
She moved out.
Six months later, Evan accepted a plea agreement involving fraud-related charges, restitution, and prison time.
Richard never protected him.
That surprised everyone except me.
Olivia blamed me for everything.
“You destroyed my future,” she screamed during our final phone call.
“No.”
I remembered Evan’s words.
Then I gave her the same
