Chapter 20 - The ChargesMonths passed before prosecutors made decisions.
Fraud investigations were slower than television suggests.
Sterling cooperated.
Riverbend cooperated.
County recording evidence.
Notary records.
Digital searches.
Texts.
Financial documents.
Everything had to be organized.
Eventually David and Ashley were charged with fraud- and forgery-related offenses tied to the deed, bank account, and attempted home-equity transaction.
Exact counts differed between them.
Brooke faced separate consequences for her notarization and cooperation agreement.
The guardianship allegations informed the broader case but were not magically converted into a crime simply because I disagreed with them.
That distinction mattered to me.
I wanted accuracy.
Not revenge.
David entered negotiations.
Ashley initially fought.
Their marriage deteriorated.
I learned that through Robert, not gossip.
I took no satisfaction.
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I had once hoped they would raise a child in my home.
Now I was relieved no child had been pulled into the middle of this.
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