PART 4 — Everything Falls Apart
Diego expected the charges to disappear.
Instead, the district attorney filed felony assault charges.
Then came the divorce petition.
Then the restraining order.
Then the financial investigation.
During discovery, my attorney uncovered something unexpected.
Diego had secretly taken out credit cards using my information.
He had also attempted to access my condo title through forged paperwork months earlier.
The family dinner hadn't been spontaneous.
It had been the final step in a carefully planned scheme.
The criminal investigation expanded.
Forgery.
Identity theft.
Attempted fraud.
Meanwhile, Richard Lawson's company quietly withdrew every construction contract connected to Diego's family business.
Within three weeks...
Banks demanded repayment.
Investors walked away.
Projects stopped.
Employees resigned.
The empire Victoria had bragged about at dinner began collapsing faster than anyone imagined.
She called me repeatedly.
"You've ruined us."
I finally answered once.
"No."
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"You ruined yourselves the moment you believed violence could force someone to surrender what belonged to her."
Then I blocked every number.
