I Went To My Daughter’s House After A Vacation And Found My Expecting Daughter Alone, In Serious Condition In The Hospital, While My Son-In-Law Was On A Yacht In Hawaii And Not Answering Calls, So I Updated Access To The Shared Accounts And Made One Call To My Attorney, And Two Hours Later He Called ME In A Rush…

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Now, let’s continue with what I discovered about David’s “business trip.”

Richard Blackwood arrived at the hospital at 7:00 a.m. sharp, carrying two cups of coffee and the grim expression that had made him one of Manhattan’s most feared attorneys. He found me in the family waiting room where I’d spent the night reading financial documents on my tablet while Isabella slept.

“Talk to me,” he said, settling into the chair across from mine. I accepted the coffee gratefully. European espresso was wonderful, but sometimes you needed American caffeine to fuel American problems.

“Isabella collapsed three days ago from what the doctors are calling stress-induced complications. She’s eight months pregnant, Richard. Eight months.

And her husband disappeared over a week ago on what he claimed was a business trip.”

Richard’s jaw tightened. In the 15 years I’d known him, he’d handled my divorce from my first husband, my business acquisitions, and my estate planning. He’d seen me angry before, but never like this.

“What did your overnight research uncover?” he asked. I pulled up the files I’d been studying. “David’s tech startup filed for bankruptcy protection six months ago.

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