Chapter 9 - THE FINAL SURRENDER
With no money for a lawyer and the threat of prison hanging over his head like a guillotine, Daniel folded. He signed the divorce papers in a sterile mediation room, his hands shaking so violently he tore the paper. He didn't ask about the baby. He didn't ask about my health. He only asked if the embezzlement charges would be dropped. Martin Hale nodded coldly, sliding the documents away. The transaction was complete. Daniel Whitaker sold his family, his marriage, and his son for his own freedom, proving exactly who he was one final time.
