Chapter 4 - The Countermove
The fallout from the boardroom meeting was swift, but Logan was not a man who went down without a fight. By Wednesday, he had retained Donald Vance—his uncle and one of the most ruthless family law attorneys in the state.
I was sitting in my newly leased apartment, surrounded by cardboard boxes, when my attorney, Victoria Vance (no relation to Donald, though the coincidence always amused her), called me.
“Camille, Donald just filed a counter-motion,” Victoria said, her tone serious. “They’re contesting the equity transfer to Vance Capital. They’re claiming you coerced Logan under duress while he was emotionally vulnerable.”
I let out a soft laugh. “Emotionally vulnerable? He was living in a luxury condo with his mistress while I was paying for our daughter's groceries!”
“I know,” Victoria sighed. “But Donald is playing dirty. He’s also requesting full legal and physical custody of Emma.”
My laughter vanished instantly. A cold spike of fury shot through my spine. “On what grounds?”
“He’s claiming you are mentally unstable, possessive, and attempting to alienate Emma from her father. He attached affidavits from Sienna Miller claiming you harassed her at the birthday party and threatened her son.”
“She lied,” I said, my voice dangerously quiet.
“Of course she lied. But in court, a sworn affidavit creates smoke, and judges don't like smoke around six-year-olds.” Victoria paused. “We have a preliminary custody hearing on Friday morning. Judge Henderson is presiding. He’s old school, Camille. He hates drama, and he despises high-conflict parents. If Donald makes this look like a messy, toxic feud where both sides are mudslinging, the judge might order a temporary joint custody arrangement—or worse, assign a guardian ad litem.”
“We’re not going to mudsling,” I said, standing up and walking to my laptop. “We’re going to give Judge Henderson exact, indisputable facts.”
“What do you have?”
“Sienna Miller isn't just Logan’s girlfriend,” I said, opening a file I had spent all night researching. “She’s currently involved in a fraud lawsuit in California involving her previous interior design business. She declared bankruptcy eighteen months ago, hiding assets under her son's name.”
Victoria caught her breath. “Are you sure?”
“I have the court docket numbers from the Los Angeles County Superior Court. And there’s more.” I took a deep breath. “Logan bought Sienna a 2025 Porsche Macan two weeks ago. He registered it under AURA Management. But when he filled out his financial disclosure affidavit for our divorce court yesterday, he didn't list the Porsche or the AURA account.”
“He perjured himself,” Victoria said, her voice dropping to a whisper. “He signed a financial affidavit under oath omitting active corporate assets?”
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“He thought because AURA was an LLC, it was invisible,” I replied. “He underestimated my access to the secretary of state records.”
“Camille,” Victoria chuckled softly, “you aren't just an ex-wife. You’re a forensic auditor’s dream. Send me those files immediately. Friday morning is going to be a bloodbath.”
