Chapter 17 - The Divorce Settlement
Three weeks later, Elena sat in a sterile conference room at the prison.
Mateo sat across from her, wearing a bright orange jumpsuit.
He looked aged, exhausted, and completely broken.
Richard Vance placed the divorce papers on the table.
"Sign it, and I won't pursue civil damages for the domestic violence," Elena stated coldly.
Mateo looked at the papers.
The settlement left him with absolutely nothing.
No alimony, no properties, no bank accounts, and a mountain of legal debt.
"Did you ever really love me?" Mateo asked, his voice cracking with pathetic desperation.
Elena looked at him without a single trace of pity.
"I loved the man you pretended to be, but that man never actually existed."
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Mateo slowly picked up the pen and signed his name on the dotted line.
Elena took the paper, stood up, and never looked back.
