During my sister’s lavish Boston wedding, my father humiliated me before 300 guests, pouring a tray of red wine over my custom silk gown. “You’re a pathetic spinster!” my mother sneered as everyone laughed. I calmly wiped my face and made one call. Twenty minutes later, four men in black suits entered the ballroom. Then my husband appeared—and my family suddenly realized they had humiliated the wrong woman.

Aidan let out a pathetic, suffocated wheeze, clutching his chest as if he were having a heart attack.

"That is a complete lie, I only borrowed the money temporarily!" Aidan shouted, instantly incriminating himself.

My mother shrieked, realizing her husband had just confessed to a massive federal crime in front of a dozen witnesses.

"You stole from the pensions of innocent workers just to buy Fiona a designer wedding dress?" I asked, feeling a fresh wave of disgust.

Fiona backed away from our parents, looking absolutely horrified by the sudden revelation.

"You told me you made a brilliant investment in the stock market!" Fiona yelled at her father.

"I did it to secure your marriage to a wealthy family so we would all be saved!" Aidan fired back desperately.

Julian simply shook his head, looking completely bored by their pathetic, selfish arguments.

"Since my wife now owns the company, she is legally obligated to report your blatant embezzlement," Julian explained calmly.

Before anyone could even process the threat, the wail of police sirens echoed loudly from the street below.

Red and blue lights flashed intensely through the sheer curtains of the massive ballroom windows.

"You called the police on your own father?" Tiffany gasped, looking at me like I was a complete monster.

I stood tall, feeling completely detached from the people who had abused me for my entire life.

"He stopped being my father the moment he allowed this family to treat me like garbage," I stated firmly.

The main ballroom doors swung open, and four armed police officers marched purposefully into the room.

Aidan immediately raised his hands in the air, tears streaming rapidly down his red, sweaty face.

"I surrender, I will confess to the wire fraud, just please do not hurt me!" Aidan cried out pitifully.

The lead police officer stopped walking and looked at my father with utter confusion.

"Sir, I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about right now," the officer stated blankly.

Aidan blinked rapidly, lowering his trembling hands just a few inches.

"Are you not here to arrest me for embezzling the retirement fund?" my father asked in a very small voice.

The officer shook his head, pulling a pair of heavy steel handcuffs from his tactical belt.

"We are responding to an anonymous tip regarding a massive, international money laundering scheme," the officer explained.

Fiona let out a massive sigh of relief, clearly thinking her family had miraculously dodged a bullet.

"Thank goodness, it has absolutely nothing to do with us," Fiona laughed hysterically.

The police officer ignored her entirely and marched directly toward the center of the room.

When my newborn 'passed away,' my mother-in-law leaned in and said

My Husband Left Me Alone in My Car While I Was in Labor

“You’re Dead When We Get Home,” He Snapped

He aggressively grabbed Fiona's new husband by the collar and slammed him hard against the head table.

"Marcus Sterling, you are under arrest for conspiracy to commit federal racketeering and grand larceny," the officer barked loudly.

Chapter 6 - The Audit