Chapter 5 - The Secret Ledger
Chloe looked down at her husband, feeling a cold detachment replace years of heartbreak and patience.
"She threw a metal pot at my head while I was sleeping, Carter," Chloe reminded him sternly.
"And you stood there trying to figure out how to cover for her again."
Chloe pulled a second document from the green portfolio—a forensic accounting audit stamped with federal seals.
"While you were busy enabling her cruelty, your mother siphoned three hundred thousand dollars from our joint account," Chloe declared.
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"She wired it directly to a high-stakes casino trust in Atlantic City."
Evelyn staggered backward, her back hitting the doorframe as her aristocratic mask completely crumbled into fear.
