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From Fake Divorce to Real Fortune Novel – Chapter 10 While Jack was being processed at the local precinct — his fingerprints quickly confirming his identity and his lack of legal status in the US — Ms. Albright and I made a few calls. One was an anonymous tip to a rather formidable-looking contact number

From Fake Divorce to Real Fortune Novel – Chapter 9 The winery staff had already dialed 911. Sirens wailed in the distance, growing closer. Jack thrashed in the grip of Ben and his friends, spewing incoherent threats and accusations. “She’s a thief! She took everything! That’s my money she’s living on!” The police officers arrived,

From Fake Divorce to Real Fortune Novel – Chapter 8 A stunned silence fell over the rehearsal party.Then Jack started raving. “You thought you could just get rid of me, Emily? Declare me dead? I’m alive! This is my family, my inheritance!”His voice cracked, a mixture of desperation and fury. John was on his feet

From Fake Divorce to Real Fortune Novel – Chapter 7 The Davises’ old house, the one Jack had grown up in and had once been promised to us, sold for an astronomical sum thanks to the tech park boom.John and Margaret, true to their word, gifted me a substantial portion. “For your new life with

From Fake Divorce to Real Fortune Novel – Chapter 6 The first thing I did was consult a lawyer, a sharp woman named Ms. Albright.“Given that your ex-husband, Jack, has been missing without contact for over five years, and you have his parents’ full support, we can petition the court to have him declared legally

From Fake Divorce to Real Fortune Novel – Chapter 5 Years slipped by.John, with incredible determination and the best therapy money could buy, made a slow but steady recovery. He regained most of his mobility and speech Sophia blossomed into a bright, inquisitive girl, shielded from the ugliness of her father’s desertion. To her, Daddy

From Fake Divorce to Real Fortune Novel – Chapter 4 John and Margaret were shattered.Not just by John’s stroke, but by the depth of their son’s betrayal.The shame they felt was a palpable thing in the sterile hospital corridors. “Emily, my dear,” Margaret said one evening, her voice thick with unshed tears, her hand trembling

From Fake Divorce to Real Fortune Novel – Chapter 3 I carried on, the dutiful daughter-in-law, the loving mother.Life settled into a new, strained normal. Two weeks after Jack’s digital ghosting, my father-in-law, John, collapsed.A massive stroke. He was rushed to the ICU. Margaret, my mother-in-law, was frantic. She called Jack’s phone thirty, forty times.

From Fake Divorce to Real Fortune Novel – Chapter 2 Lying in bed that night, I waited for Jack’s breathing to deepen into a snore.I’d thought about checking his phone, trying to find out who this “new girl” was, but he slept with it tucked under his pillow, a new habit. [She bought it! Heading

From Fake Divorce to Real Fortune Novel – Chapter 1 I was scrolling through a Facebook parenting group, half-listening to Sophia chatter about her day at preschool, when a post caught my eye. Anonymous.[My wife’s become a real nag. How do I get her to agree to a divorce without a fight so I can