Chapter 10 - Gathering Ammunition
I moved into my parents' quiet house on the outskirts of the city.
My childhood bedroom became my sanctuary and my strategic command center.
Boxes of legal documents and financial records covered every inch of my desk.
We discovered that Eleanor’s own finances were a complete disaster.
She was secretly deeply in debt to multiple high-stakes casinos.
Mark had been stealing my money not just to fund Chloe, but to pay off his mother’s gambling debts.
Eleanor was desperate for the life insurance payout to save her own home from foreclosure.
She was planning to use Chloe’s baby as a shield to get her hands on the money.
The sheer greed of the situation was absolutely sickening.
Mr. Sterling arranged for a formal mediation session to resolve the lawsuits.
It would be the first time I faced Eleanor since she slapped me in the hospital.
My father drove me to the law office in the pouring rain.
I wore a sharp black suit that hid the heavy brace still wrapped around my ribs.
I walked into the conference room with my head held high and my cane tapping firmly on the floor.
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Eleanor was already sitting there, looking smug and overly confident.
She had no idea about the massive amount of evidence we had compiled against her.
