The financial investigation also uncovered unauthorized transfers.
Paul’s explanations changed repeatedly.
First, he claimed the money had been borrowed.
Then he said I had agreed to the transfers.
Finally, he insisted Diane had handled everything.
For the first time, the two people who had always presented themselves as a united family began blaming each other.
And I didn’t have to do anything.
The evidence spoke.
The day I saw Paul again, I was using crutches.
We were attending a legal hearing concerning the protective measures and the ongoing criminal investigation.
Paul sat across the room.
He looked thinner.
His expensive suit was wrinkled, and the confidence he once carried like a second skin had disappeared.
Diane sat beside him.
She still wore her jewelry.
She still held her handbag in her lap.
But she no longer looked like the woman who had stood over me with a rolling pin.
