I came home carrying ivory roses after spending nine days with my mistress, only to discover that my wife and newborn son had vanished from our house.

“Then why can’t I access them?”

“Because there are questions about transfers between marital accounts, personal accounts, and several business-controlled entities.”

“What questions?”

“Grant.”

“What questions?”

“The kind I told you never to create.”

My mouth went dry.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

Finally he said, “Corinne’s attorney contacted me three days ago.”

“Who?”

“Elena Mercer.”

Everyone in Nashville with significant assets knew the name.

Elena represented people who did not file for divorce emotionally.

They filed strategically.

“What does she have?”

“I don’t know everything.”

“You just said she contacted you.”

“She gave notice regarding preservation of records.

She also sent documentation to outside counsel for the company.”

A pulse began beating behind my eyes.

“What documentation?”

“Grant, what did you pay for through company entities?”

“Business expenses.”

“Only business expenses?”

“Wesley—”

“Only business expenses?”

His voice changed.

It lost whatever sympathy had been there.

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