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Chapter 6

Author: Fortune Mind
Linda's head snapped to the side from the papers hitting her. Instinctively, she caught the pages as they fell.

When she saw the words on them, the smugness on her face froze.

One was an expedited Demand Letter for the Return of Personal Property drafted by Attorney Harris.

The other was the Case Acceptance Receipt stamped with the bright red seal of the police station.

"You... you actually called the police?" Linda's voice shot up, and her hands trembled. "Gabriel Cole, are you insane? We'r
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    As for what happened to Linda and Mason, I heard about it later from my former colleague, Tyler.Because Linda was constantly chased by creditors, her mental state deteriorated badly. She kept making mistakes at work, and the company eventually fired her without mercy.After losing her income, she couldn't keep up with the expensive mortgage at all. The apartment fell into default and was auctioned by the bank. She had no choice but to take Mason and move into a dark, damp low-rent apartment.Mason, because he'd been involved in the theft case and couldn't bear life in poverty, dropped out before finishing middle school.He spent his days hanging around with delinquents, picked up bad habits, and often went home to steal Linda's money.In that cramped low-rent room, the mother and son blamed each other and fought every day over a few dozen dollars for food.Mason would curse Linda at the slightest provocation, calling her a useless poor woman who had ruined his life. Linda, full

  • Everything Divided   Chapter 8

    After a long while, someone finally broke the awkward silence in the group.Aunt Carol changed her tone."Oh, Linda, this is your fault. How can you make your husband pay extra and still work as a free housekeeper? What kind of financial separation is that?"Uncle Peter followed with a jab."You signed the agreement yourself, but now that you can't stand it, you go online to scold your husband? Linda, scheming for a man's premarital property is really beyond the line."As the tide turned instantly and the relatives defected one after another, Linda couldn't say a word in the group.A few minutes later, the system showed: Linda Frost has left the group chat.I sneered, saved a screenshot of Mason's post, and blocked him too.When you talked feelings with this mother and son, they talked benefits. When you talked benefits, they came back and talked morality.Unfortunately for them, I didn't buy any of it in this life.With her reputation ruined and her job on the verge of colla

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    A few days later, the test results came out.As expected, the doctor found a highly dangerous aneurysm on my mother's brain CT. It was like a time bomb waiting to explode--the exact culprit that had caused her fatal brain hemorrhage in my last life."Because we found it early and it hasn't ruptured yet, we can arrange minimally invasive surgery right away. Surgery and hospitalization will cost about eighty thousand," the doctor said, looking at the scan."Schedule it immediately. I'll pay now." I didn't hesitate at all. I took the payment slip and went straight to the cashier.When I swiped my card and watched the money leave my account, I didn't feel a trace of pain. I only felt deep relief and security.The next morning, I was woken by my phone vibrating nonstop.When I opened my phone, unread messages had exploded.Mason had posted a long essay on his feed, with a photo of his pathetic back wearing a dirty uniform and eating instant noodles.The caption was tearful:"I neve

  • Everything Divided   Chapter 6

    Linda's head snapped to the side from the papers hitting her. Instinctively, she caught the pages as they fell.When she saw the words on them, the smugness on her face froze.One was an expedited Demand Letter for the Return of Personal Property drafted by Attorney Harris.The other was the Case Acceptance Receipt stamped with the bright red seal of the police station."You... you actually called the police?" Linda's voice shot up, and her hands trembled. "Gabriel Cole, are you insane? We're husband and wife. How can me taking your money count as stealing? How could the police possibly accept this kind of case?""If you want to know why they accepted it, maybe ask yourself about the financial separation agreement you signed."I stepped closer, my gaze sharp as a knife."The agreement states in black and white that our post-marriage finances are absolutely separate and noninterfering. That fifty thousand was my premarital personal savings. It's my individual property."You stol

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    A chill shot straight to the top of my head.I forced myself to calm down and immediately called the bank's VIP customer service line."Hello. Please check the account for me. What was that fifty-thousand-dollar transaction just now? I didn't authorize anything!"After checking for a moment, the customer service representative gave me an answer that made me laugh in anger."Mr. Cole, we've verified that the person who handled the matter was your wife, Ms. Frost. She presented your marriage certificate and your original ID."Ms. Frost explained to the teller that you had suddenly fallen seriously ill and were undergoing emergency treatment, and she urgently needed the money for surgery. Because the card had been locked after several incorrect password attempts, she came to the counter with the documents for emergency processing."Out of humanitarian concern and under special-case approval, the branch supervisor allowed the transfer."To get the money, Linda had actually cursed me

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    The caller ID showed Mason's fencing coach.In my last life, Linda had never bothered with any of Mason's tutoring or extracurricular classes. I was the one who ran around for everything. Even the tuition came out of the living expenses I squeezed from my own pay.I answered calmly."Hello, Coach Daniels.""Mason's guardian, right? Here's the situation. Mason only has two fencing lessons left in this term. The next term's tuition is twelve thousand in total. Would you prefer to transfer it today, or swipe your card when he comes to class this weekend?"Twelve thousand. My monthly salary was only eight thousand. In my last life, to scrape together that money, I'd smoked cheap cigarettes for two straight months and couldn't even bring myself to replace a pair of two-hundred-dollar dress shoes.And Mason? Behind my back, he mocked me as a useless free servant who wasn't worthy of his glamorous mother.I chuckled softly into the phone."Coach Daniels, you've called the wrong person

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