ON MY WEDDING DAY, MY MIL ORDERED ME TO PLAY THE SUBSERVIENT MAID FOR 30 MEN.

is simply the cost of hearing it.”

The investigation into the company uncovered far more than the forged purchase orders I had originally found.

Daniel had been moving money between projects, using deposits from new clients to pay expenses from older jobs, and providing altered schedules to lenders.

Lorraine knew about it.

Worse, she had encouraged him.

An email later produced during discovery contained one sentence from her:

“Once Elena’s money comes in, none of this will matter.”

That sentence moved through the investor group faster than any revenge I