Chapter 4 - The Strategy SessionClaire did not scream, throw things, or weep. Years of triage on blood-soaked highways had trained her brain to compartmentalize trauma until the immediate threat was neutralized. She slid the photographs back into the envelope, grabbed her car keys, and walked out the front door.
“Where are you going?” Lorraine shrieked from the living room. “Andrew will be back by dinner! You still haven't gone to the market!”
“Tell Andrew not to bother coming back to this house,” Claire said evenly, her voice carrying an authority that made Lorraine step back. “And pack your bags, Lorraine. You have until five o’clock.”
Claire drove straight to her attorney’s office in downtown Rochester. Marcus Vance, a sharp-eyed family law specialist known for dismantling high-conflict divorces, looked over the green folder, the photographs, and the text logs with mounting fascination.
“This changes everything,” Marcus said, sliding his glasses down his nose. “If she knew about the affair and aided in concealing marital assets, and if the property is predominantly tied to your pre-marital inheritance and sole financing... Claire, we don't just win the house. We strip him of everything he tried to shield.”
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“How fast can we lock him out?” Claire asked.
“By four o'clock today, the emergency eviction and asset-freeze orders will be filed and served. But you need to be there when he walks in. Let him walk straight into the trap.”
