e I could find who specialized in contentious divorces in

y seed money – it all constituted significant sweat equity and initial investment

d out the claim: a significant portion of GenLife stock. He fought it, o

hinking they were formalities, the wire transfers from my inheritance account directly to th

ally came, was substantial. Not just cash, but a

out my disloyalty, my ingratitude. Mr. Winthrop, colder, more menacing, threatened to use

Cassandra, with the Winthrops' ba

o was trying to hurt his fathe

me on the phone. Each unanswered call, eac

e pain, she'd held my hand. "You're too good for him, Sarah," she'd whispered, her

tood her fully

oston. I bought a one-way ticket to San Francisco. Silicon Valley. A place where my

en drug discovery company. The idea that Mark had dismissed as "too theoretical" –

apartment. Mark and Cassandra were engaged. The Winthrops' enthusiastic approval was practical