She found an old reconciliation discrepancy.
Then bank scans.
Then Martin’s private repayment.
She confronted him.
Not Trevor.
Alone.
She told Martin that if I learned what he’d done, I would destroy him.
Lose his retirement.
His reputation.
Possibly refer the old conduct for prosecution.
Martin believed her.
Maybe I would have fired him.
Probably.
Would I have destroyed him after seeing he repaid every dollar fifteen years ago while his wife was dying?
I don’t know.
That choice was taken from me too.
Kristen’s first request seemed harmless.
Witness a succession amendment.
“Just paperwork Gloria already intends.”
Martin refused.
Kristen showed him the evidence again.
He signed.
Then another document.
Then introduced her to a lender.
Then attended a meeting.
Then another.
Every bad choice made the next easier.
By the time he realized Kristen and Trevor intended to move real assets, Martin was already buried.
So he did what weak people often do when they have gone too far.
