thousand dollars.
But that wasn’t the worst part.
Martin opened Daniel’s cloud backups.
Not illegally.
The devices were company assets from my old firm, still registered under an executive-security agreement Daniel had signed.
The messages were devastating.
Vanessa: Make her miserable on the trip.
Daniel: She’s too soft to leave.
Vanessa: Once the baby comes, she’ll never fight you.
Then another message.
Daniel: Dad says after the birth I should convince her to add me to the Mercer trust.
Vanessa: Finally. You’ve played husband long enough.
I read that line