Insight

CHAPTER 6

Three days later, I was officially discharged from Boston Memorial Medical Center, holding my twin boys securely in their matching infant car seats.

Arthur Vance was waiting for me at the hospital entrance with a comfortable, black luxury SUV, opening the door with a warm, respectful smile.

"The family court judge just signed the emergency motion, Amelia," Arthur informed me as we drove away toward a quiet brownstone in Beacon Hill. "Your full legal and physical custody of Leo and Oliver has been restored permanently."

"And the divorce agreement Julian forced me to sign?" I asked, looking out the tinted window at the historic streets of Boston.

"Declared null and void due to fraudulent inducement and criminal coercion," Arthur replied with a sharp, victorious grin. "Under Massachusetts marital asset laws, you are now entitled to fifty percent of all unencumbered assets, which totals roughly eighteen million dollars."

We pulled up to a beautiful four-story brownstone overlooking the public gardens—a property that had been legally transferred into an independent trust for my boys years prior.

I stepped into the sunlit foyer, surrounded by white walls, custom hardwood floors, and a nursery fully equipped with everything two newborn twin boys could ever need.

My mother, who had flown in from Chicago the night before, ran down the hallway, wrapping her arms around me and the babies with tears of overwhelming joy.

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"You did it, my brave girl," my mother sobbed, kissing my forehead as she took Oliver into her arms. "You brought them home."

"We are home, Mom," I smiled, feeling the heavy shadow of the Vance family lifting off my shoulders for the very first time in years.

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