I handled payroll, accounting, contracts, collections, financing, and countless other responsibilities.
In the early years, I even cleaned the office myself because we couldn’t afford anyone else.
Then, about a year ago, Mark started pushing me aside.
“You’ve worked enough, Laura,” he would say dismissively. “Relax. Let me take care of things.”
Then he hired Brenda.
Not long afterward, he moved his mother, Ofelia, into our home.
Slowly, my own house became a place where I was treated more like unpaid staff than a wife.
I knew better than to give Mark and Brenda an emotional outburst they could later use against me.
So instead, I picked up the black lace using a plastic bag.
I found Brenda’s address through the company’s administrative records.
Then I mailed it directly to her husband.
Inside the package, I included a short note.
*Your wife left this in my husband’s car. I thought you might want it returned.*