Chapter 7

By morning, the Forbes article had 4.2 million views. By noon, it had twelve million. My face was everywhere — morning shows, news tickers, social media feeds. The story had everything the internet loved: a secret billionaire, a heartless fiancée, a dramatic rescue, and two adorable children caught in the middle. The pool photos went viral within hours. The image of Celeste in the background, champagne in hand, while I performed CPR on a four-year-old — that one alone was shared over...