My husband asked me to transfer my house “out of love”—until a private phone call exposed that our 11-year marriage was a carefully planned scheme to steal my inheritance.
Rodrigo and Mercedes ended up in a small apartment in the south of the city. It was said they argued constantly. She blamed him for being useless. He blamed her for everything. Neither understood they hadn’t lost because of fate, but because of greed.
Valeria never spoke to them again.
She didn’t need to witness their downfall to feel free.
