Chapter 5 - Alejandro Planned for Camila’s Death
The spreadsheets did not prove Alejandro wanted me dead.
We were careful about that distinction.
They proved he expected to benefit if I died.
That was ugly enough.
The files listed my separate trust assets incorrectly as marital
property.
They included projected sale dates.
Estimated liquidity.
Even the Indiana workshop owned by Alejandro’s parents appeared in the
plan.
I had been sending his parents money for eleven years.
Alejandro told them it came from him.
That hurt in a strange way.
His parents, Rosa and Miguel, had always thanked their son for saving
the family business.
They had no idea I funded every transfer.
I stopped future gifts only after Sarah confirmed I had no contractual
obligation.
Then I called Rosa myself.
I did not humiliate her.
I told her the truth.
She went silent.
“Camila… Alejandro said—”
“I know.”
Miguel came onto the phone.
He sounded broken.
“We thought he was helping us.”
“I wanted to help you. I just let him take the credit.”
That was my mistake too.
I had hidden my financial strength to protect Alejandro’s pride.
In doing so, I helped build the illusion he later weaponized.
Rosa asked whether they would lose the workshop.
“No. The building is yours.”
I had transferred title to them years earlier.
The monthly support would end.
But I would not punish two elderly people for their son’s affair.
That evening Alejandro sent me one message.
You’re turning my family against me.
I typed a response.
May you like
No. I’m removing myself from the lie.
Then I blocked him.
