Chapter 1 - The Hidden Document
I pulled out of the driveway without looking back at the house we had shared for six years.
The burn on my neck throbbed violently against the cold air conditioning blowing from the dashboard vents.
My phone buzzed relentlessly in the passenger seat, lighting up with Daniel's name over and over again.
I ignored it, knowing exactly what he was finding on the kitchen table at that very moment.
When Daniel walked through the front door, he would immediately see my diamond wedding ring gleaming under the pendant lights.
He would see the official hospital report detailing the second-degree burns his thrown coffee had caused.
But the true devastation was waiting patiently underneath those two items.
For months, I had been secretly opening the mail he desperately tried to hide from me.
I had placed a certified letter from his corporate employer directly beneath my discarded ring.
The document proved that his company had finally discovered his massive, ongoing embezzlement scheme.
They were giving him exactly twenty-four hours to return the stolen two million dollars before involving the federal authorities.
What Daniel did not know was that I had already accessed his secret offshore accounts earlier that morning.
I had legally transferred every single stolen penny into an impenetrable, anonymous trust fund.
He had demanded that I hand over my bank card to his sister because he was entirely out of money.
My phone suddenly stopped buzzing with regular calls and switched to a terrifying, high-pitched emergency alert.
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I glanced down at the screen and saw a text message from Daniel that made my blood run cold.
The message said that I had just signed my own death warrant, and he was already following my car.
