22 August 2026

I was seventy-three when my husband looked me in the eye and said, “You’re old. You’re sick. I’m leaving you for someone who still matters.”

“You have certainly thought this through, haven’t you?” I asked.

His smile sharpened into something cold. “Completely, as the company is mine, the house is mine, and all the accounts are mine.”

Florence gave a soft, mocking laugh. “That is generous of him, considering everything that has happened.”

I studied her bracelet, which was actually my bracelet, an emerald cut piece purchased in Paris after Wade’s first major contract. He had taken it directly from my jewelry safe.

A weaker woman might have screamed or begged, but I simply smiled.

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