They had been evaluating me since the engagement. The wedding night test was not the beginning. It was the final checkpoint.
Patricia told me the prenup was likely challengeable. She said the absence of independent counsel, combined with the evidence of coordinated family pressure and the confidentiality clause designed to suppress disclosure, created strong grounds for invalidation.
She told me she would begin the process immediately.
Then she asked me about Ethan.
I told her I did not know what Ethan knew. I told her he had been present for the tradition and had treated it as normal. But I did not know whether he understood what his father was doing with the phone, or whether he was aware of the group chat, or whether he had been a participant in the scoring system.
