Scott scoffed, though his face was pale.

“That clause is outdated garbage,” Scott said. “My grandmother wrote that thirty years ago.”

“It remains legally binding,” Jerome replied.

Jerome pointed to the first column on the spreadsheet.

“According to the trust terms, any beneficiary who engages in marital infidelity prior to the final distribution of assets is disqualified,” Jerome said.

Kayla let out a sharp, nervous laugh.

“You can’t prove anything,” Kayla said, crossing her arms over her baby bump. “We were separated.”

“You were not separated on October fourteenth of last year,” Jerome said.

He turned the page.

On the next sheet were printed text messages, complete with timestamps and phone numbers.

“These are messages retrieved from a public cloud backup,” Jerome explained.

I watched Scott’s eyes scan the page.

His jaw tightened as he recognized his own phone number.

“On October fourteenth, Scott was still living in the marital home,” Jerome said.

“That was just a text,” Scott muttered.

“It is a text message sent from your phone to Ms. Jensen’s phone,” Jerome said. “At two o’clock in the morning.”

Jerome read the screen transcript aloud.