Chapter 9 - Vanessa’s Loan Hides Another Problem
Back home, Daniel’s attorneys reviewed Vanessa’s loan application.
The unauthorized collateral was not the only issue.
Vanessa had inflated projected revenue for her company.
She had also listed Daniel as a guarantor.
His signature appeared electronically.
Daniel had never signed.
Vanessa insisted she believed he had authorized her assistant to use his
stored signature.
The assistant denied it.
Digital records showed Vanessa herself approved the submission.
Daniel stared at his wife.
“Did you forge my signature?”
Vanessa cried.
“I thought you were going to say yes.”
“That is not consent.”
The lender froze the application.
No funds had been released.
That prevented a larger financial disaster.
But it did not repair the marriage.
Vanessa admitted her business was struggling.
She had hidden debt for almost a year.
She believed the wedding publicity would bring clients.
She believed marriage to Daniel would stabilize everything.
She loved him.
Daniel believed that.
Love did not erase deception.
He moved into a hotel.
They did not make an immediate decision about divorce.
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