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Chapter One

Cautionary tale ladies, never marry a man who quotes the movie Wall Street like it’s his Bible If Gordon Gekko is his idol, it’s tiiven me the heads up

“Sign here and here––” instructs the vulture also known as the federal prosecutor, “and this case will officially be closed” He pushes the stack of papers across the conference table I grab the pen my lawyer hands me and pause

“What about the s accounts?”

“Claw back” He always delivers the worst news in a soft, gender-auous, yet effectively scary voice I knoell by now A filthy slare convinces hilance askance atto add “Mrs Blake, the o for you in the event a civil suit is filed”

“Let ht,” I say, exasperated beyond htmare for three years, I have no patience or filter left “Even though my husband never used any of the investor’s money for our personal use, you can still confiscate every single thing n?”

“Mrs Blake––” he says very softly

“But he was only covering losses!”

“Mrs Blake––your husband could’ve stopped after one, two, even three years But he didn’t He ran this Ponzi scheme until his unfortunate deood chance he’d still be running it In the last five years of his life, he didn’t earn an honest dollar Who do you think owns all that stuff?”

I swear if he says ‘Mrs Blake’ oneto take this pen and drive into e hadn’t been honestly earned when all he ed to do was lose money for his clients

“Like I said, there’s still a very good chance the victi this precious geleam in his hard eyes