My Stepmother Claimed I Was Not Stable In Court Until The Judge Removed His Glasses

n was denied with prejudice. The matter of the forged document and the fraudulent petition was being referred to the Harris County District Attorney’s Office for criminal investigation. Given the interstate nature of the transfers, the shell companies in Wyoming, the brokerage in Texas, the condo in Galveston financed through interstate wire transfers, a referral to the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Texas was also being made.

“Mrs. Callaway,” he said, addressing Diane directly, “I strongly suggest you retain separate criminal counsel. Mr. Hamley will not be in a position to represent you, as he appears to be a subject of the same investigation.”

Diane’s face went completely blank. Not frightened. Not angry. Blank with the specific blankness of someone whose entire constructed reality has just been taken from them, and who has not yet developed a plan for what exists on the other side of it.