Then I said the only honest thing left.
“Yes.
You did.”
No anger.
No cruelty.
No revenge.
Just truth.
And somehow,
that hurt him more than anything else could have.
When I left the hospital, rain had started falling over Harborpoint.
Cold.
Steady.
Clean.
I stood beneath the awning while the city blurred under silver light.
For years, I thought money would change everything.
Then I thought revenge would.
But the truth was harder than that.
Money could buy distance.
Power could buy justice.
Silence could buy time.
But none of it could buy back the years spent begging for love from people who only understood value.
Some losses stay losses.
No matter how rich you become.
My phone vibrated once.
A message from Vivian.
Everything is finalized.
The estate has been transferred.
You are free.
I read it twice.
Then slipped the phone back into my pocket.
Free.
It
