Mauricio’s beloved sports car, the offshore accounts, the brokerage portfolios, all were registered under entities I controlled completely and independently.
On paper and in practice, he was nothing more than a beneficiary of my goodwill, a man enjoying privileges that could disappear with a single decision.
That night I did not return home, because home no longer felt like a place but like a stage where I had unknowingly funded my own humiliation.
Instead, I checked into a five-star hotel overlooking Reforma Avenue, ordered a bottle of champagne I did not drink, and called my lawyer.
When he answered, slightly alarmed by the late hour, I gave him one clear instruction delivered in a voice steadier than I felt inside.