Chapter 5 - The Trap Is Set
I sat in my car, my hands trembling violently on the steering wheel.
Owen was inside my house alone with Damon.
I crept out of my vehicle and walked quietly through the back alleys to my own yard.
I slipped through the sliding patio door, which I had secretly left unlocked that morning.
Muffled voices drifted down the hallway from Damon's home office.
"You're running out of time, Damon," Owen said coldly.
"I need the rest of the money by Friday, or Maya finds out everything about you and Claire."
"I'm draining the retirement accounts right now, just back off and give me space!" Damon pleaded.
A sickening wave of nausea washed over me as the truth hit home.
Owen was actively blackmailing my husband.
Owen knew about the disgusting affair with Claire and was using it to steal our life savings.
Damon was bankrupting our entire family just to protect his dirty secret from me.
I took out my phone and started recording the audio from the hallway.
Suddenly, the wooden floorboard beneath my foot let out a loud, echoing creak.
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The angry voices in the office stopped instantly.
The heavy office door violently swung open.
