Her eyes darted to my chart. She realized the truth in an instant:
I wasn’t Caleb’s unstable wife.
I was the heir to the twenty-nine million dollar trust.
Her client.
The color drained out of her. She dropped her briefcase, makeup scattering across the floor. Then she spun on Caleb, cursing him for tricking her into filing petitions against her own client using a stolen credit card.
Security dragged Caleb out as he screamed that Danielle and her boyfriend Ethan would “finish the job.”

And that’s when I realized this was bigger than him.
Brooke became my fiercest ally. A private investigator uncovered everything: The truck was rented through Ethan’s company. A $50,000 transfer to the driver two days before the crash. Recordings of Caleb and Ethan plotting. Danielle and my mother signing affidavits claiming I was mentally unfit.
They weren’t just willing to let me die.
They had planned to have me locked away.
So the night before they could drag me into court, we went to my mother’s house—with detectives.
I stepped into the doorway wearing a red suit, the scar from the accident visible.
“Am I incompetent, Ethan?” I asked.
The room froze.
Brooke stepped beside me. Detectives pulled badges.