After the call, I sat motionless for a long time.
I had spent weeks trying to understand what my husband had done.
Now I was beginning to understand something far more frightening.
Richard had believed he was using Vesna.
He had believed he was using me.
He had believed he could move money, manipulate documents, and walk away from everyone who trusted him.
But if the draft was genuine, someone else might have been treating him as nothing more than another piece in a dangerous arrangement.
And unlike me, Richard might not have known how to escape it.
Chapter 10: The House Is Mine
The divorce proceedings continued.
Richard’s legal problems were separate from our marriage, and I refused to let either issue become an excuse for the other.
The house remained my property. The financial records supported my claim that he had moved money without my authorization, and the disputed funds were handled through the appropriate legal process.
