It was not an insurance policy at all, but rather an irrevocable waiver that gave him total control over my house and the kids’ money. I decided to log into his email using his birthday as the password and found the evidence of his secret life.
He was over a million dollars in debt to various casinos and was receiving final notices from several aggressive debt collectors. Jasper started sending frantic messages when he realized I was gone, eventually threatening to take Toby from school on Monday.
The fear I felt turned into a sharp and precise fury that helped me focus on my next move. I contacted a lawyer named Paige who specialized in fraud and sent her all the audio recordings and screenshots I had collected.
By ten in the morning, my bank accounts were frozen for protection and a restraining order was already in motion. I realized I had the contact information for every single guest and vendor because I had organized the entire wedding myself.
I sent a mass email titled “Cancellation of Cassandra and Jasper’s Wedding” to everyone on the list. “I will not be attending my wedding today because the groom is more in love with my house than he is with me,” I wrote.