The incapacity documents Alan had filed. The misrepresented physician’s notes. The spousal-incapacity provision he’d tried to get the firm to administer, which would have handed him legal control of my condo and my accounts.
Then the independent evaluation. “A high-functioning professional demonstrating remarkable resilience.”
Then Sergio, who spoke quietly and devastatingly: “Alan, you told this firm your wife was incapacitated. You asked me to approve a provision based on that. I came to your home and found Dr. Torres entirely competent — the surgeon who saved my son’s life thirteen years ago, clearing a dinner table you’d ordered her to hide behind.
You didn’t just lie to your wife. You attempted to use this firm as an instrument of financial fraud against her. I’ve reported it to the partners. Your promotion isn’t happening. Neither is your continued employment, once the review concludes.”
Alan’s face was a collapse in slow motion.
