The attorney nodded.
"Those are reasonable priorities."
Naya took a breath.
Then added.
"And if this marriage is over, I want to handle it without losing myself."
The lawyer looked toward her.
For a moment, she smiled gently.
"Then that's where we begin."
Naya's attorney brought in a forensic accountant after the initial records revealed inconsistencies.
The accountant was a quiet man in his early fifties who had spent much of his career reviewing business transactions during divorces and commercial disputes. He didn't speak dramatically. He rarely used emotional language, and he insisted on distinguishing between confirmed facts and suspicious patterns.
During their first meeting, he spread the household statements across a conference table.
"Some of these expenses are straightforward."
Naya leaned closer.
He pointed toward the hotel charges.
"These were paid from a joint credit card."
She nodded.
Then he indicated several transfers.
"These came from your shared savings account and went to accounts associated with your husband's business."
Naya frowned.
"He said the company was paying us back for some expenses."
The accountant nodded.
"That may be his explanation. We need the underlying records."
He continued reviewing.
Several transfers originated from accounts used for household expenses but were coded internally as business advances.
Other payments appeared connected to an apartment leased by the mistress.
The dates overlapped with the period when Naya's husband complained they couldn't afford certain baby supplies.
For a moment, Naya felt physically sick.
She remembered standing in a department store holding two baby monitors.
Her husband told her to choose the cheaper one.
He said they needed to be careful.
She put the more expensive model back.
That same week, he spent more than a thousand dollars on furniture for another woman's apartment.
Naya looked away.
Her attorney noticed.
"Do you need a break?"
She shook her head.
"No."
Then she took a breath.
"I want to understand all of it."
The accountant also identified a possible problem involving a company loan application.
One financial package listed the marital residence among assets associated with the husband's overall net worth.
That alone wasn't necessarily unusual.
Some applications asked borrowers to disclose household assets even when those assets weren't available as collateral.
But another document appeared to describe the house as property jointly controlled by the borrower and spouse.
Naya stared.
"That's not true."
The accountant nodded.
"We need the complete application and any supporting documents."
Her attorney leaned forward.
"Have you ever authorized him to represent that he could pledge or transfer the house?"