Nathan argues marital money improved it, so he has a claim. Vivian proves my grandmother left it to me before the marriage and that most restoration money came from my design business. Then she shows the forged mortgage attempt.
When Nathan’s attorney calls it a “domestic misunderstanding,” the judge removes his glasses.
“A forged signature securing debt against separate property is not a misunderstanding.”
For the first time in a courtroom, Nathan looks smaller than me.
I do not enjoy it.
I simply witness it.
Then comes the tax inquiry.
Then the investor lawsuit.
Then the disciplinary complaint.
Then Serena is detained in Miami on an unrelated financial warrant, which becomes related very quickly once investigators compare accounts.
She claims Nathan masterminded everything.
Nathan claims Serena manipulated him.
Their lawyers start throwing documents at each other like grenades.
I am called to give a statement.
I tell the truth.
No more.
No less.
I say I discovered forged documents in his office. I preserved evidence because I feared destruction. Nathan told me Silver Coast was too complicated for me to understand. He used my trust, my property, and my silence as resources.