Mercer Development fired him after an audit uncovered years of false reimbursements.
The company sought restitution rather than criminal charges when he agreed to repay more than eighty thousand dollars.
Margaret had to reimburse me for the sold silver, though money couldn’t replace it.
So I demanded something else.
A written admission that she knowingly sold my property.
She hated signing.
That gave it value.
Six months later, my house looked entirely different.
I replaced only what mattered.
I realized how little I missed.
I bought a smaller sofa, long oak table, and absurd espresso machine costing more than Daniel’s first car.
His old game room became my library.
My career changed as well.
A client heard what happened and joked that anyone who dismantled a dishonest husband so efficiently deserved bigger cases.
Three months later, I made managing partner.
Daniel moved into a one-bedroom apartment after Margaret kicked him out of the lake house when creditors began calling.
Their relationship soon collapsed.
