The next two weeks were the busiest and calmest days of my life.
Marcus's team worked efficiently. Adrian's assets were frozen, and the prenuptial agreement was formally invoked. Lily resigned from the Westbury Hotel and, I heard, moved to Eastborough. My lawyer recovered the Bellamy necklace as physical evidence of the misappropriation of marital assets.
I donated it to a charity auction.
The headline on the day of the auction was striking: "Mrs. Calloway Auctions Panther Necklace for Charity, Donates $70,000 to Women's Rights Fund."
I sat below the stage and watched a middle-aged businesswoman win the necklace. I felt nothing.
Once something has been tainted, it is dirty. Auctioning it off and donating the proceeds was better than keeping it by my side.
The audit results for the We
