Chapter 5 - What the Investigator FoundThree days later, James called.
His voice was unusually serious.
“Bessie, you need to sit down.”
She was already sitting.
“What happened?”
“We investigated Lennox's financial history.”
The first revelation was disturbing.
Lennox had done this before.
Two previous relationships had ended after her partners discovered unauthorized credit-card spending.
One man had lost more than $50,000.
Then came the boutique.
It didn't exist.
No storefront.
No legitimate business license.
No real investment.
The $300,000 was simply gone.
But James wasn't finished.
“There is another issue.”
Bessie's stomach tightened.
“Lennox has been having an affair.”
The man was wealthy.
Married.
And apparently had been paying for jewelry, dinners, vacations, and luxury experiences.
Bessie slowly lowered the phone.
Suddenly, everything made sense.
The spending.
The desperation.
The pressure to sell the house.
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Lennox hadn't simply destroyed their finances.
She had been using Terrence's life to finance another man's attention.
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