I Signed Away Eight Million To Leave Him Chapter 38
The host asked, “Before the interview, did you know Graham had forced his way into her apartment?”
Sloane’s grip tightened on the papers in her hand.
“Yes.”
“And that at your wedding, he tried to go after Mara, who was already married?”
“Yes.”
“Then why did you still claim that Mara was the one who wouldn’t let go?”
She was silent for a long time.
“Because I hated her.”
It was the only true sentence she had spoken during the entire ordeal.
When the statement was finished, she stood and left.
There was no applause, and no one went after her to comfort her.
She still had the house and money she had won through her prenup.
But the one thing she cared about most—her image—had been torn apart by her own lies.
I turned off the screen and signed the authorization for the settlement money.
That money would not go toward my mortgage.
It would pay for legal fees, temporary housing, and travel costs for the people still trapped behind locked doors.
The little bit of money my mother had hidden under the bed hadn’t been enough to get her out.
Now, at least, some other woman would be handed a ticket no one could take from her.
When it was over, Beatrice’s lawyer contacted me one last time.
The eight-million-dollar trust had never gone into effect. The money had remained in the Vale family accounts the entire time.