tea.”
I touched the fading mark near my jaw.
“No. I stopped financing the life you were destroying yourself.”
The financial records left him little room to negotiate.
My inheritance and holding company remained mine.
He surrendered most of our joint savings and agreed to repay the disputed funds.
The assault case ended with a plea, probation, and court-ordered anger-management treatment.
Vivian sold jewelry to cover debts from the canceled tour.
Six months later, I woke in the same house with sunlight across the kitchen floor.
The marble island was