My husband left me for another woman… he disappeared for 8 months and came back the day my parents died when he found out I had inherited 25 million pesos.

how loud Diego could scream.

But they had heard enough.

Mr. Hernandez looked at Diego’s bleeding wrist, then at my split lip and the folder on the table.

“Mariana,” he said carefully, “do you want me to call the police?”

Diego pointed at me. “She attacked me!”

I picked up my phone. “After he entered my house, he grabbed my hair and tried to force me to continue reading …