The Forty-Eight Hours That Followed
The next two days were difficult in the way that genuinely hard things are difficult. But they were clear. That was the difference that mattered.
Ezoic
Clear pain. Clear decisions made from solid ground rather than from confusion and shock.
She stayed with a friend in Oak Park. She met with Daniel’s father the following morning and retained her own attorney that same afternoon. She gathered copies of their bank records, mortgage documents, tax returns, and retirement accounts. Emergency filings went through to prevent large transfers. By Friday she learned that Andrew had already attempted to move money from a shared investment account into a new one under only his name.
Ezoic
The filing had gone through first. The attempt failed.
Melissa from the company reached out to her attorney that same week. The investigation had confirmed months of fraudulent expense claims. Andrew had used corporate accounts to pay for accommodation, gifts, transportation, meals, and the staging costs for an apartment across the city.
