The reason he gave was “financial hardship.”
“He’s asking for sympathy?” I said.
“He’s asking for money,” Claire said.
“After doing this?”
“He filed it before you found the damage. He was planning on the court never knowing. Or on you being too upset to make it an issue.” She tapped her pen against her teeth. “That’s why the timing may matter.”
Ezoic
“What does that mean?”
“It means he’s going to stand up in that courtroom on Thursday and tell the judge he’s broke and struggling and needs the court’s help. And we’re going to show her pictures of what he did to your house three days later.”
I stared at the motion.
Financial hardship.
Brian made more money than I did. He always had. He was a regional sales manager for a medical supply company. He drove a new truck. He’d just put down a deposit on a two-bedroom condo by the lake. I’d seen the listing. It had a hot tub.
