Every dream I had postponed.
Every time Mark told me my ambitions were unrealistic.
I shook my head.
“No.”
Then I smiled.
“You already fixed it for me.”
Rachel calmly explained that the lottery claim had been fully disclosed.
I wasn’t hiding a dollar.
The court would determine how the prize was classified under state law.
Just like it would determine the house.
Accounts.
Debts.
Retirement funds.
And the money Mark had secretly moved.
My fortune being larger didn’t erase what he had done.
Neither did it erase the company-expense records.
Mark’s attorney asked for a recess.
By sunset, Mark’s employer had placed him on administrative leave while conducting its own audit.
Within two weeks, he was fired and ordered to repay improper expenses.
Later, during the divorce proceedings, the court credited substantial marital waste against his side of the financial division and rejected the one-sided agreement he had tried to pressure me into signing.
