Daniel looked stunned.
Only a short time earlier, he had demanded my house, my business, and every dollar he believed I was hiding.
Now the court was examining money he had failed to disclose.
But the financial misconduct wasn’t the only issue before the judge.
There was also the question of our children.
The custody evaluator’s report documented Daniel’s attempts to pressure Sophie into making false accusations against me.
It described how he had threatened boarding school when she refused to cooperate.
Judge Holloway read the report carefully.
Then she looked up.
“Children are not instruments for obtaining financial leverage,” she said.
Daniel’s face turned bright red.
I sat quietly, thinking about Sophie.
She was only eleven.
She should have been worrying about school, friends, and ordinary childhood problems.
Instead, her father had tried to make her participate in his legal strategy.
I was grateful that she’d told the truth.
