Right after the divorce, my husband hugged his mistress and mocked her: “Now you’re just an old rag!” But 5 minutes later, 10 Rolls-Royces arrived and someone shouted: “Get in the car, ma’am!” The surprise was total, the end of it all came quickly.

The police surrounded him, and in his panic, Robert lost his footing on the rain slicked concrete and fell into the darkness. The long nightmare was finally over, and the evil that had haunted us for twenty years was gone.

A month later, Julian and I announced the merger of our companies into a new entity called United Wings Holding. We dedicated a portion of the profits to a foundation that helped victims of corporate conspiracies and legal abuse.

Julian took me back to our old neighborhood and showed me a garden of wisteria he had planted just for me. He dropped to one knee and asked me to marry him with a ring that featured two sapphire butterflies.

I said yes through tears of joy as the dawn finally broke over a life that was once filled with nothing but shadows.

THE END.