Chapter 4 - THE FROZEN ASSETS AT DAWN
The attorney’s message detailed how Ryan had used my social security number and forged my signature six months prior to take out a massive second mortgage on our home and secure commercial loans for his part-time dealership venture. As the sun rose over the neighborhood, the financial automation systems I had triggered at midnight executed their sequences. All joint accounts were scrubbed, savings were locked behind multi-factor military-grade encryption trusts, and every credit card in Ryan and Linda's possession was instantly declined across state lines. They were about to step out into a world where their financial lifeline had been permanently severed by the very woman they thought they could break.
