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Chapter 16

The divorce finalized quietly.

I received sole custody.

Vanessa received supervised review rights only after treatment milestones, and even those were later denied after psychological evaluation showed continued blame-shifting.

The house remained mine.

But I sold it.

Not because Vanessa won.

Because the pool had become a wound.

Maria cried when I told her.

“Sir, you don’t have to move.”

“I know.”

But I did.

I bought a smaller house with no pool.

Big yard.

Orange tree.

Safe fence.

Mr. Alvarez said he was offended I moved away from Bruno.

May you like

So Bruno visited.

Often.

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