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Chapter 7

The final ruling came down on a rainy Tuesday.

Full custody of Lily to me.

The house to me.

Child support. Alimony.

And repayment—every dollar he had spent on Sophia and those hotel rooms. Taken from his share of the assets.

Daniel stood in the hallway afterward, looking broken.

"I only wanted to see my daughter," he said quietly.

"You can see her," I said. "Every other weekend. Supervised at first. Until you prove you can be trusted."

He looked at me.

"I really did love you, Emma. Once."

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"Love doesn't steal from your child," I said. "Love doesn't lie to the person who promised to stand by you forever. What you felt wasn't love. It was selfishness."

I turned and walked away.

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