Chapter 5 - The Enemy of My Enemy
I immediately showed Greg the message from Mark.
Greg hesitated, reminding me that Mark and Rachel had a very messy, bitter divorce.
He warned me that Mark might just be using us to get back at his ex-wife.
But I was out of options and running out of patience, so I agreed to meet Mark at a local diner.
We walked into the diner and found Mark sitting in a back booth, nursing a black coffee.
He looked exhausted, with dark circles under his eyes and a tense jaw.
He didn't waste any time with small talk.
He slid a heavy, manila envelope across the sticky table toward me.
I opened it and found dozens of bank statements, forged signatures, and weird loan applications.
Mark explained that Rachel hadn't just broken a TV; she was a chronic fraudster.
He told us she had secretly taken out a second mortgage on their house before the divorce, completely ruining his credit.
Then, he pointed to a specific document near the bottom of the pile.
It was a business loan application for fifty thousand dollars.
The primary guarantor on the loan was listed as Greg.
My blood ran cold as I realized what I was looking at.
Rachel had stolen Greg's identity to fund her lifestyle.
I looked at Greg, expecting him to explode with anger.
Instead, Greg's face was completely pale, and his hands were shaking violently.
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He looked at Mark and whispered that the signature wasn't forged.
Greg confessed that he had willingly signed it six months ago.
