1 week later, the proceeds from the property sales began arriving in my account, totaling about 10 million dollars.
I stared at the figures in my banking app for a long time.
Before marriage, I'd had savings of my own. I'd earned no less than he did.
Yet after 3 years as a full-time wife, I couldn't even scrape together 10,000 dollars.
Whenever I needed money, I had to worry about his mood.
Looking back, I'd been such a fool.
I booked two plane tickets and took Mom abroad for a change of scene.
She was recovering well, and her spirits were much better, too.
We traveled at our own pace, stopping often and seeing all kinds of places.
Coastal towns. Seas of clouds among the mountains. Street musicians in unfamiliar cities playing violin, their melodies so beautiful they brought tears
