Chapter 5 - THE HUSBAND’S TRUE COLORS
She drove back to Greenwich, desperate to strategize with Richard. She stormed into their mansion, expecting her husband to fund her legal war against me. Instead, she found Richard sitting in the living room, a manila envelope resting on the coffee table. He looked terrified. "My father just called," Richard said, his voice shaking. "Margaret sent over the original deed to this house. She didn't gift us the down payment, Val. She owns the holding company that holds our mortgage. And she just called the loan due." Richard’s wealthy real estate family was notoriously cheap, and they had only approved the marriage because of Valerie’s proximity to my fortune. "You hit her?" Richard yelled, standing up. "You physically assaulted the woman holding the purse strings to our entire lives? Pack your things. My family is done with you."
