Betrayal's Echo: A Husband's Resolve

contrast to the celebratory mood. People turned to look at me, their expre

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crazy fan. Get

herself, her face becoming a mask of confusion and pity. Jake Peterson stepped forward

into the microphone. "You're disrupting a private e

the innocent man defending his family from a m

at him. My eyes wer

e getting louder. "What are you doing? Who

my legs, her small hands clutching my pants. The

ectly. There was no recognition i

with false sympathy. "You're clearly confused. Security, pl

ture of a threatened family. The crowd gasped, th

m out o

Bringing a kid i

ving to deal with

ng. She had not just disowned me; she had erased me. In front of the world,

econd, the mask slipped. I saw the cold, calculating woman I was just beginning to und

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public dispute or scandal caused by either party, the other would be entitled to a massive financial settlement. She was trying to

ulled it out. A text from an unsa

lay along. You know what the agreement says. Don't make a scene and

she was using my company' s resources, my money, to fund this charade, all while holding a legal knife to m

smiling at the crowd, accepting their sympathy, while Jake stood

ed my lips. It was q

it later?

o

had made her choice. She had chosen fame over family, a lie ov

line that could

closer. The crowd was jeering. But I was no l

reso

give her a war. I would burn