Chapter 10 - The False Victory
I finalized the heavy legal paperwork to completely freeze all of Andrés's remaining assets the very next morning.
The judge granted me immediate, sole custody of Sofía and Valentina without a single objection.
The Villaseñor family was utterly destroyed, completely humiliated in the press, and entirely broke.
I stood on the massive balcony of my luxury penthouse, watching the city lights twinkle in the calm night sky.
I had safely put my beautiful daughters to sleep in their new, incredibly lavish bedrooms.
I poured myself another glass of vintage champagne, letting the sweet taste of absolute victory wash over me.
I had won the war, protected my innocent children, and secured my massive financial empire forever.
The nightmare was finally over, and a brilliant new chapter of our lives was just beginning.
Suddenly, the encrypted private phone sitting on my glass table began to ring with an unknown, blocked number.
I hesitated for a moment, assuming it was just another pathetic relative begging for financial mercy.
I picked up the phone and answered it with a confident, slightly arrogant tone.
The voice on the other end of the line was not a crying mother-in-law or a begging cousin.
It was a deep, chilling, heavily distorted voice that made the blood freeze completely in my veins.
The terrifying voice calmly informed me that Andrés did not borrow that 5.4 million pesos from a legitimate federal bank.
He had actually borrowed the massive sum from one of the most ruthless and violent criminal cartels in the country.
The man on the phone explained that since Andrés was now locked safely away in federal custody, the cartel considered his rich wife to be the new primary debtor.
He warned me that cartels do not care about forged signatures, corporate loopholes, or messy divorce proceedings.
The chilling voice strictly instructed me to look over the edge of my luxury balcony right now.
I slowly walked to the glass railing and looked down at the dark, quiet street directly below my building.
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Three heavily armored black SUVs were completely surrounding the main entrance of my highly secure tower.
Lying completely motionless on the cold concrete pavement was the body of my loyal head of security.
