They later separated, and when Hortin sold her apartment she gave Romand the money (900 thousand francs) to invest. The money was very important and saved Romand because he’d spent all the 1.3 million francs from the sale of his mother-in-law’s house.

This made him nervous, and he spent it quickly. Romand then fell into bad press in the town, and then Hourtin wanted her money. That he didn’t have. And his wife was starting to put the pieces together about her husband. Uh oh.