He gripped it with impossible strength.
“What should we name him?” Emily asked.
We had discussed dozens of names, but suddenly only one felt right.
“Daniel,” I said.
Emily smiled.
“After your father?”
I looked at our son.
“After the man who tried to warn me.”
The criminal investigation lasted months.
Brittany pleaded guilty to assault and fraud. Kayla cooperated with investigators. Lily avoided charges connected to the forged documents but was required to repay money she had knowingly received.
Teresa fought everything.
The evidence defeated her.
The signatures.
The intercepted letters.
The accounts.
The recording.
Most devastating of all was a handwritten ledger found inside her bedroom closet. For fourteen years, she had documented every dollar taken from accounts connected to me.
She had written notes beside several withdrawals.
Ethan will replace this.
He always does.
The court ordered restitution and imposed a prison sentence for the financial crimes.
