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On the night of the closing, Melody showed up in sunglasses and a scarf over her face. Beside her was the body double pretending to be me, along with Maddox, who was desperately waiting for the cash to pay off his gambling debts.“Four million, paid in full upfront, right?” Melody asked the real estate agent. “Mrs. Caldwell, what’s the big rush? The house is worth more than that.” The real estate agent, Alex Holden, smiled, stalling for time. “We desperately need the money to move abroad. Cut the small talk and process the check.” Maddox slammed the table irritably. Just as Melody picked up the pen to sign the closing agreement, the door to the office swung open. “Shouldn’t you notify me that you’re putting the house up for sale?” I strode into the room alongside two suited attorneys. Melody flinched and dropped the pen to the floor. “P-Parker? What are you doing here?” “Why wouldn’t I show up? How else would I get to watch this little performance your whole family h
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That very night, I reached out to one of the top private investigation firms in the business.If Melody and Harry were already seeing each other six months back, that escape room outing definitely wasn’t a one-time thing.I needed to find out more about Harry. Most of all, I had to find out who the real father of the child was. Working fast, the PI sent a detailed file over in just one night. I scoffed when I read the contents of the email. Harry wasn’t the rich trust-fund kid Melody believed him to be. He was just a local nightclub bartender who preyed on lonely, wealthy married women.Interestingly enough, Harry had run up huge online gambling debts and was drowning in high-interest loans. Debt collectors were breathing down his neck, so he was lying low in hiding. The perfect plan came to mind. To string Melody along, I unblocked one of her cards, though I secretly set the spending cap to a $5k limit. With her lavish spending habits, that small amount was practi
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True to my word, I canceled all the automatic bill payments for the house right there and then. I also sent my bank’s mortgage officer a message to defer the upcoming mortgage payment. Even if my credit score would take a hit in the short run, I was determined to make life miserable for those parasites.By the third day after the power and water were shut off, Melody stormed right into the lobby of the five-star hotel where I was staying.She brought along a crew of sleazy tabloid reporters while Maddox followed behind, streaming the whole thing live. “Parker, you’re hiding out here living the life while we starve and freeze in the dark!” The second I was coming down to the lobby, Melody lunged forward to claw my face. Quick on their feet, the hotel security went up to stop her. Camera shutters went off, and the flashing lights nearly blinded me.The video I’d released at the office exposing the truth had already won me plenty of public support online.Nevertheless, Mel
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With Adrian giving the green light, the head of security stopped holding back. At the wave of his arm, the security team hauled Melody and Keisha out of the lobby. “Parker, you can’t do this to me! I’m your wife!“I know I messed up! I’m sorry, honey! Just give me one more chance!” I thought that after exposing Melody for who she really was in front of everyone, getting a divorce would be the easy part. That night, I picked up Casey from the hotel and brought her back to our house. Only then did I realize that the locks had been changed. The TV was blasting inside, along with Maddox’s excited shouts as he played video games.I pounded on the door, and the noise on the other side quieted down. Keisha’s shrill and arrogant voice rang out. “Who is it? If you’re the unappreciative Parker, you can forget about getting in. “Melody owns half the house! We’re all living here now. What are you going to do about it?” Standing behind me, Casey tugged the hem of my shirt and trem
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The video was the exact security camera footage I had copied from the escape room that day.Many of my colleagues were at my wedding two years back, so there was zero doubt as to who the woman on screen was.Based on the timestamp displayed on the bottom right of the screen, it occurred while I was running myself ragged abroad on a high-stakes project for the firm. The loud chatter in the lobby died down as all eyes fell on the massive screen. When the clip reached Melody’s conversation with her affair partner, it was as if the air was sucked out of the room. The guy playfully booped her nose with a smile and handed her the card printed with cartoon avatars. “Here you go. Keep this as a reminder of us. It’s one of a kind. “By the way, when is your clueless husband coming back?” The guy asked with a raised brow. Melody nestled coyly in the guy’s embrace while making a dirty look. “Forget him. He’s just an ATM. He’s a bore, nowhere near as fun as you…“Seriously though,
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After setting out from Maddox’s place, I floored the gas pedal to get to the viral escape room place from the photo. As luck would have it, one of my close college buddies happened to be a partner in that store.Through him, I had access to pull up the security camera footage from six months ago. On the security room monitor, Melody clung to the arm of some hip, fashionable guy while giggling away. Once they completed the game, the pair started making out shamelessly in front of the souvenir card kiosk. The guy handed her a customized souvenir card printed with cartoon avatars of the two of them.Watching their revolting behavior in the video, I smiled. ‘Melody, since you have zero shame, I’ll gladly play this game with you to the bitter end.’ I asked my buddy to download the high-res file straight to my USB drive. The next day, I went into the office as usual. I stepped into the lobby, only to catch a commotion. A crowd gathered there. My mother-in-law, Keisha Bald
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