Chapter 6 - I Never Gave Away Northgate
Rachel reconstructed Northgate’s earliest corporate records.
I had always assumed Travis gradually became the legal owner while I stepped back to raise our children.
The documents told a different story.
When Northgate incorporated, Travis and I each received forty percent.
A small investor held twenty.
My shares did not simply disappear.
Four years earlier, a recapitalization converted my voting equity into a smaller nonvoting interest.
The transaction required my consent.
The consent contained my forged signature.
That single document changed the divorce.
I was not merely a spouse seeking a share of marital value.
I might still be a direct shareholder whose rights had been altered without authorization.
But Rachel warned me not to celebrate.
Corporate law was complicated.
Statutes, notice, ratification, tax filings, and later transactions all mattered.
A forged signature was serious evidence.
It was not a magic wand restoring everything overnight.
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I appreciated that.
After months of Travis telling me certainty belonged to him, careful uncertainty felt strangely respectful.
