I stood and walked toward the window, staring down at the glowing city lights below before speaking softly to my reflection, “They believe I will accept this, but they are about to learn how wrong they are.”
That night I refused to return to the Connecticut mansion and instead checked into a luxury hotel in Manhattan under my maiden identity, choosing distance as my first step toward control.
I contacted my attorney, Edmund Carlisle, and instructed him to list the mansion immediately for a rapid sale without negotiation, emphasizing that speed mattered more than profit in this situation.
Within hours, he confirmed that a buyer had already expressed interest, and the deal could close quickly if priced aggressively enough to attract immediate attention.
Meanwhile, I logged into my financial accounts and systematically froze every joint resource that Victor relied upon, severing access to credit cards and shared funds with precise efficiency.
By the time I finished, his entire financial system had been cut off, leaving him completely unaware of the consequences that were about to unfold.