“My client is a former forensic accountant,” she said. “For nine years, she traced hidden assets and financial deception as a profession. The behavior opposing counsel calls obsessive is, in context, disciplined investigative work performed by someone with highly specialized training in precisely this kind of analysis.”
She walked the judge through the charges. The timeline. The photos. The necklace. The consultancy account. She showed the pattern so clearly even I felt embarrassed for Gerald trying to blur it.
Then she did something I hadn’t expected.
She introduced an affidavit from Tobias Grant.
Nathan’s assistant.
My head turned so fast my neck cracked.
In the affidavit, Tobias stated that Nathan had repeatedly blocked Tuesday and Thursday evenings for over a year under false calendar labels and that those blocks were not, to his knowledge, legitimate business meetings.
Gerald objected.
The judge overruled.
Nathan didn’t move, but I saw one muscle jump in his jaw.
Sandra ended simply.