Chapter 14 - Spencer’s Threat About Owning My Future Turned Out to Be the Part He Understood Least
Criminal investigations proceeded on different tracks.
The yacht conduct:
unlawful confinement,
assaultive behavior,
coercive threats,
interference with communications.
The financial conduct:
fraud-related and theft-related issues subject to whatever charges the evidence supported.
State and potentially federal agencies reviewed:
appropriate jurisdiction.
No billionaire father chose:
the charges.
Spencer hired:
excellent attorneys.
He was entitled to.
He eventually resolved portions through:
a negotiated plea
and faced additional civil liability to:
Ainsley Coastal.
Hale Marine Ventures collapsed.
Not because Victor destroyed it.
Because major clients left after:
the allegations,
litigation,
financial disclosures.
Spencer was ordered to pay restitution or settlement amounts tied to:
proven losses.
He did not become:
penniless overnight.
The civil case took years.
He sold:
assets.
Reorganized debt.
His champagne life became:
much smaller.
I stopped checking.
My personal protective order remained in place for:
the legally appropriate period.
I ended:
the relationship.
No closure meeting.
No final romantic conversation.
His attorney arranged return of:
my belongings.
I sent back:
his.
The last direct message I ever received from Spencer said:
Your father won.
I stared at it.
Then blocked:
him.
Because even after everything, he still believed the contest had been:
Spencer versus Victor.
He could not imagine the possibility that:
Andrea
had chosen.
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That was why he had never really understood me.
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