Chapter 5 - My Daughter Heard the Truth and Asked Me One Question I Wasn't Prepared to AnswerChloe knew something was wrong.
Children always do.
She sat beside me at breakfast.
“Is Daddy going to jail?”
I put down my coffee.
“I don't know.”
“Did Daddy lie?”
“Yes.”
“Did Grandma Evelyn lie?”
“Yes.”
Chloe stared at her cereal.
“Why?”
I struggled to answer.
“Sometimes adults make bad choices because they're afraid.”
“Afraid of what?”
“Losing money.”
She thought about that.
“Is money more important than family?”
“No.”
“Then why did they do it?”
I looked at her.
“Because they forgot what mattered.”
She nodded.
Then she asked:
“Are you going to leave Daddy?”
I swallowed.
“I don't know yet.”
But inside, I already knew.
I couldn't stay married to a man who had looked at our daughter and decided her home was something he could gamble with.
That afternoon, I met with Daniel.
I filed for divorce.
I filed for a protective order against Evelyn.
And I requested sole temporary custody of Chloe.
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It wasn't revenge.
It was protection.
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