Henry’s hand tightened around her folder.
Daniel’s face hardened.
“That,” he said, “is apparently the only language you understand.”
Richard tried to recover.
“I didn’t mean—this divorce has been contentious.
There are disclosures.
Legal obligations.
If Henry has assets that weren’t disclosed—”
“She disclosed everything the law required her to disclose,” Daniel said.
Richard’s eyes narrowed.
That answer frightened him more than a number would have.
He turned toward Henry.
“The agreement.”
She said nothing.
His face went pale.
The mutual release.
Hidden, unknown, or later-discovered assets.
The paragraph his own attorney had drafted.
The paragraph Henderson had started to reconsider before Richard ordered him to stop talking.
Richard pulled out his phone.
Henry knew exactly whom he was calling.
Mason Henderson answered quickly.
Richard walked several steps away, but not far enough.
“What exactly did I sign?” he hissed.
A pause.
“No, I know what it says.
I’m asking what it means if she has separate assets.”
Another pause.
Richard looked toward the Rolls-Royce.
His voice dropped.
“How separate?”
Henry could not hear Henderson’s answer, but she did not need to.
The next expression on Richard’s face told her enough.
He ended the call and came back.
“You knew,” he said.
“Yes.”
“You let me sign that agreement knowing this.”
“You had your lawyer draft it.”
“You should have told me.”
Henry stared at him.
Only an hour earlier, he had announced in front of a mediator, an attorney, and a court reporter that she possessed nothing of value because she had spent twelve years being his wife.
Now he was furious she had failed to prove him wrong sooner.
“You were represented by counsel,” Henry said.
“Brenda read the waiver aloud.
Your own lawyer tried to stop you.”
Richard’s jaw tightened.
“You manipulated me.”
“No.
I believed you when you said you wanted the marriage finished.”
Daniel looked toward the driver.
“Close the door.”
Richard stepped forward again.
“Henry, wait.”
This time something in his voice was different.
Fear.
Not fear of losing her.
