CHAPTER 7
Six months after the federal raid, the morning sun broke brightly over the Chicago skyline, reflecting off the glass windows of the Hancock Center.
I stood in the center of a spacious, state-of-the-art physical rehabilitation facility in downtown Chicago, holding onto parallel bars as I took slow, deliberate steps forward.
My lead physical therapist stood beside me, cheering softly as I completed ten consecutive steps without leaning on the support handles for balance.
Every day of those six months had been a brutal battle against pain, but my determination to reclaim my life was infinitely stronger than any physical damage.
My financial firm, Whitmore Financial Compliance, had been completely restructured, securing massive contracts with federal regulatory agencies to audit high-level corporate fraud.
Under the final court-ordered asset forfeiture, I was awarded one hundred percent of Grant’s estate, including the Gold Coast mansion, the lake house, and eighty million dollars in liquidated assets.
I had immediately sold the Gold Coast mansion, donating every dollar of the proceeds to found the Mara Whitmore Foundation for Victims of Domestic and Financial Abuse.
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Celia had given birth to a healthy baby boy, but after learning that Grant faced life in prison with zero financial inheritance, she had moved back to her hometown in Ohio to work at a local grocery store.
Vanessa and Brooke had both pled guilty to felony obstruction of justice and accessory to grand larceny, receiving three-year prison sentences in a state correctional facility.
