Patricia believed the house belonged to her family.
Mauro seemed to believe it, too.
Neither of them had bothered to understand the legal documents.
The property was held in a trust established by my grandfather, and I was the sole beneficiary. The arrangement had been discussed before my wedding, but Mauro had never shown much interest in the details.
He assumed that marrying me meant gaining access to everything I owned.
He was wrong.Plan Family Trips
I had also begun noticing suspicious payments in one of my company’s accounts several weeks earlier. The transactions were small, recurring amounts sent to unfamiliar vendors. At first, I suspected an accounting error.
But the more I examined the records, the more questions arose.
Some payments had been approved using credentials associated with people who had access to Mauro.
I didn’t know whether he was involved, and I refused to jump to conclusions. I instructed my chief financial officer to conduct an independent audit and preserve every relevant record.
