We could’ve been rich.
As though my home were a lottery ticket he’d been entitled to cash.
As though the years I spent building security meant nothing unless he could use them to finance his ambitions.
He called again.
This time, Monica advised me to keep communications through counsel.
I did.
The next development came from the financial records.
Brooks Development Partners had been formed eight months earlier.
Its stated purpose was small-scale real estate investment.
Adrian had told me he was considering a business opportunity.
But he never mentioned forming a company.
He never showed me a budget.
Never explained the risks.
And never disclosed that his mother was a manager.
The business had signed a preliminary agreement to purchase a commercial property.
The closing required substantial funding.
Adrian had apparently promised investors that financing was nearly complete.
Then the anticipated investment fell through.
Suddenly, he needed money.
A great deal of it.
