Chapter 6 - THE SHOCKING REVEAL
Laura looked at him, and for the first time, a small, sad smile touched her lips, one that didn't reach her eyes.
"You signed the papers, Damon," she said, her voice steady as she began to pull her arm free from his grip.
"You signed the papers that said they didn't exist," she reminded him, the words acting like a physical blow.
Damon felt the world tilt, the memory of the divorce settlement—the one his mother had drafted—coming back with vivid clarity.
He had been so angry, so convinced she had cheated, so willing to believe the lies his mother had fed him.
"I didn't read them," he whispered, the admission sounding like a confession of total, moral bankruptcy.
"You never read anything," Laura replied, adjusting her ivory trousers, her posture regal and defiant in the face of his collapse.
"You just did what you were told, and you destroyed the only good thing you ever had," she added with finality.
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She turned to her boys, sheltering them with her body, and walked toward a sleek, black SUV parked near the entrance.
Damon stood there, paralyzed, watching his life drive away, knowing that the real fight was only just beginning.
