Chapter 14 - Packing Up Their Abandoned Belongings Into Boxes
Back at the Greenwich estate, two large cardboard boxes sat on the cobblestone driveway outside the front gates.
Inside were the few cheap designer suits and personal trinkets Julian had left behind in the guest wing.
Estate guards watched impassively as a municipal courier van pulled up to collect the boxes for delivery to a local shelter.
I walked down the driveway, brushing a speck of dust off my sleeve while watching the van drive away into the distance.
The house felt lighter, cleaner, and entirely free of the toxic energy those two parasites had brought into my life.
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I unlocked the heavy front door, stepping into the grand foyer where Eleanor had dropped dirty dishes at my feet just weeks ago.
That humiliating moment felt like a lifetime ago, superseded by an unshakeable sense of personal strength and dignity.
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