“Six months ago. Family dinner at my condo. He said he went to the bathroom, but I caught him coming out of my office.”
Evelyn’s mouth curved slightly.
Not a smile.
A blade.
“He used your real information to make the fraud look authentic,” she whispered.
“Yes.”
“Good.”
Good.
Only Evelyn Kensington could hear that her client’s brother-in-law had committed identity theft and call it good.
Part 2
Jamal kept talking.
That was his first mistake.
Arrogant people think silence means fear.
It never occurred to him that I was letting him climb higher so the fall would break more bones.
“In my expert opinion,” Jamal told the court, “Cassidy is within weeks of total collapse. If her family does not intervene, she will lose the condo anyway.”
“And who would assume responsibility for the property?” Caldwell asked.
“My wife and I are willing to do that,” Jamal said. “It would be a sacrifice, of course, but we want to keep the asset in the family.”
