My gaze locked onto him, icy and unflinching, like a winter lake frozen solid.
Seven years of marriage had boiled down to a pile of petty receipts and a mountain of debt that ran thirty-five thousand dollars deep.
Worse than leaving with nothing, I was leaving with less.
I laughed.
A sharp smack rang out as I hurled the stack of files and divorce papers against his chest.
"It is over."
I spoke quietly, yet each word landed like a hammer strike.
"You stole two hundred thousand dollars from us, plus another two hundred thousand from your company. We are done."
Leo flinched as if struck. His hands shook, and his eyes darted anywhere but at me.
Cornered by the crowd, Chloe covered her face and shrieked, "It was not cheating! The baby... it was just a sperm donor thing."
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