“She is legally my wife,” Dominic explained calmly, “although the marriage was arranged between our families three years ago.”
My mind struggled to process the absurd coincidence. Dominic then explained that Brianna had been secretly transferring money from his company through fake investments and had recruited Travis to help by promising enormous profits. In reality she was draining both Dominic’s wealth and the savings belonging to Travis’s parents.
When I remembered overhearing Doris and Travis discussing a risky investment months earlier the truth suddenly became clear.
Dominic looked at me seriously and said, “If you are willing to cooperate we can expose them together.”
I lifted my head and answered firmly, “Tell me what you need me to do.”
The next morning I returned to the Coleman house pretending to be completely defeated. Doris opened the door with a smug smile when I begged to stay because I had nowhere else to go. Brianna graciously allowed me to remain as a housekeeper while she and Travis occupied the master bedroom. I moved into a tiny storage room in the basement and spent each day cleaning the house while enduring their constant insults.