Faced with an actual investigation — with JAG involved, with the venue cooperating, with forensic evidence — Justin folded the way people like Justin always fold when the person they targeted turns out to have teeth.
The forged contract was voided. I did not pay one dollar of the $24,000, because I had never owed it — the actual debt belonged to Justin and Chloe, who’d thrown a wedding they couldn’t afford and tried to make me the guarantor of their overreach.
Justin faced real consequences for the forgery. I’m not going to detail them, because they became a legal matter and they’re his to carry, but forging a federal officer’s financial documents is not a thing you walk away from with an apology. My father learned that his favorite son’s belief that I would always simply pay had led him into an actual crime, and that I was done being the family’s shock absorber.
