Now, he looked less like my divorce attorney and more like a man standing at the edge of something much larger.
“Iris,” he said, “the affidavits and financial records are strong enough to slow him down. Maybe more. But if that archive exists and contains what Madison thinks it contains, this could go beyond property division.”
“I know.”
“Are you prepared for that?”
There was a time when I believed preparation meant having no fear. Now I knew better. Preparation meant knowing fear would come and choosing not to let it make the decision for you.
“I have spent ten years preparing,” I said.
Daniel nodded once.
Then his phone buzzed.
He looked at the screen, and the color in his face changed.
“What is it?” I asked.
He turned the phone slightly toward me.
A message from an unknown number.
Tell your client to stop before she loses more than money.
