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“No,” I said. “This is about grown-up choices. Not you.”
Every message made me angrier.
Daniel tried to apologize. A lot.
“I made a mistake. I was scared after the surgery. I’ll cut Kara off. We can fix this.”
Every message made me angrier.
I focused on work. On the kids. On healing.
Then Karma started warming up.
A friend of a friend mentioned “issues” at Daniel’s company.
Then Priya called.
“No,” I said. “What now?”
“It proves instability on his part.”
I blinked.
“Very,” she said. “This actually helps your case. It proves instability on his part. We’ll push for primary custody and financial protection for you.”
I hung up and laughed until I cried.
I know that sounds mean.
But something about it felt… cosmic.
But something about it felt… cosmic.
You cheat on your wife with her sister after she donates an organ, and then the universe hands you a fraud investigation?
It didn’t stop there.
Apparently, Kara had helped him “shift” money.
Kara texted me from some unknown number:
“I didn’t know it was illegal. He said it was a tax thing. I’m so sorry. Can we talk?”
Not my problem anymore.
I blocked it.