“Those seven years are already dead and gone, Brandon. Right now, I am deciding what I am going to do with the next forty years of my life.”
His attorneys tried to present an absurd version of events during the first legal proceedings.
They claimed that I had abandoned the marriage impulsively.
They said my mother was a toxic influence who interfered in our relationship.
They claimed all the transfers to Brandon’s family had been mutually approved.
They even tried to describe the assault as a “mutual struggle” during an emotional argument.
When Claire read the response aloud, she actually laughed.
“A mutual struggle? It’s amazing what people will write on paper when they forget we have medical evidence, photographs, and police reports.”
Meanwhile, the forensic accountant we hired started going through years of financial records.
What he uncovered was much more extensive than the missing $170,000.
Brandon would transfer $40,000 to Lucas.
