Chapter 7 - Midnight Desperation
Saturday at 2:00 AM, heavy pounding echoed at our apartment door. I opened it to find Daniel standing in the pouring rain, completely unraveled.
He pushed past me, falling to his knees in our living room, sobbing openly. "Eleanor... please. Take the penthouse, take the bank accounts, take everything! Just don't send that packet to the DA!"
I stood over him, my arms crossed. "You want me to spare you, Daniel? After what you did to me?"
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"Vanessa manipulated me!" he wept. "It was all her idea!"
"Then prove it," I said, dropping an affidavit on the table. "Sign this confession detailing her entire conspiracy, and hand over your administrative keys."
