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Chapter 155 — Sentencing Anita
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2026-08-14 15:38:22
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The wife I swore I’d never be Chapter 178 — Small and Ours Anita
Helen arrived at the studio with three separate binders, each one labeled in her own careful handwriting, and set them on the cutting table looking like a woman who had clearly been waiting for permission to plan something joyful."Venues," she said, tapping the first binder. "Caterers, in the second. And the third is entirely dresses, though I suspect you'll want to design your own, given the obvious conflict of interest in letting anyone else touch that particular job.""I haven't even thought about any of this yet.""I know. That's why I did the thinking for you. You can veto everything, obviously. I just didn't want you starting from nothing." Helen opened the venue binder, spreading photographs across the table. "Small, I'm assuming. Given everything.""Small," I agreed. "I don't want a spectacle. I want the people who actually matter, in a room that feels like ours, and nothing performed for anyone beyond that.""That narrows things considerably. In a good way." Helen pulled out
The wife I swore I’d never be # Chapter 174 — *What the Estate Decided**Anita*
Anita The receiver's decision arrived as a formal document, thick and official, delivered to Odette's office rather than the studio this time, and she brought it herself rather than calling."I wanted to hand you this in person," she said, setting the folder on the cutting table. "It's good news, mostly. I think you should read it yourself before I explain any of it."I opened it slowly, Kelvin standing close behind me, Helen hovering nearby, visibly forcing herself not to read over my shoulder.The first page laid it out plainly. David Hanslow's claim, formally prioritized above all others against the estate, the full amount recommended for release once the remaining assets cleared final audit. Below that, a shorter paragraph addressing Voss directly: his claim redirected successfully, a partial recovery approved, smaller than what he'd originally sought but real, and his.I read the paragraph about David a second time, my finger resting against the printed amount, a number that w
The wife I swore I’d never be Chapter 173 — Her Name Was Sarah Anita
A woman was standing outside the studio’s front door when Ruth’s assistant went to unlock it the next morning, waiting patiently on the pavement, a folder clutched against her chest.“She’s asking for you specifically,” the assistant said, poking her head into the workshop. “Says her name is Sarah Okonkwo. Says it’s about a statement you sent.”I set down my scissors, my heart already picking up.“Send her in.”Sarah Okonkwo was younger than I expected, mid-thirties, dressed carefully in a way that suggested she’d thought hard about what to wear to this exact meeting. She stopped just inside the doorway, looking around the workshop as though she hadn’t quite believed it would be real until she was standing in it.Her eyes moved across the tall windows, the fabric bolts, the small courtyard visible through the far wall, and something in her posture eased slightly, the careful bracing of someone who had prepared herself for a colder, more formal room than the one she’d actually found.“
The wife I swore I’d never be Chapter 172 — Dear Whoever Reads This Anita
The notebook page stayed blank longer than I expected it to, my pen resting against the paper without moving, the workshop quiet around me except for the low hum of a sewing machine somewhere in the back room.I crossed out To Whom It May Concern before I’d even finished writing it.I tried again. My name is Anita Hargrove.That felt wrong too. Cold. Exactly the kind of opening a lawyer would approve of and a grieving family would immediately distrust. I set the pen down and looked out the tall windows at the courtyard, where Manny’s small folding chair sat empty, homework long finished, Sir Hops abandoned on the table for the evening.I thought about what I would actually want, if I were the one reading a stranger’s statement about the man who took someone I loved.I picked the pen back up.I never met Jade Hanslow. I wish, more than I can properly say, that I had gotten the chance to.That felt true. I kept going.I was married to the man responsible for her death. I did not know, a
The wife I swore I’d never be Chapter 171 — The Estate Anita
My phone buzzed against the cutting table hard enough to make the pins in the nearby tray shiver.“The redirection filing hit a wall,” Odette said, no greeting, before I’d even finished lifting the phone to my ear. “Not with Voss. With the estate itself.”I set down the pattern I’d been working on, giving her my full attention.“What kind of wall.”“Donald’s frozen assets aren’t just sitting there waiting to be claimed. There are already six other parties with active claims against the estate. Former business partners, two of his companies’ creditors, and, I need to tell you this directly, a partial claim from Jade Hanslow’s family, through her son’s guardian, for wrongful death damages.”I felt my whole body go still.“Her son.”“He’s being raised by her sister, from what I understand. The claim’s legitimate, and honestly, it should take priority over almost everything else in that estate.” Odette’s voice had gone careful. “The point is, the estate’s a mess, Anita. A genuine legal ta
The wife I swore I’d never be Chapter 170 — The Man Behind the Letter Anita
Odette called on a Tuesday, three weeks after the formal response had gone out, her voice carrying something I hadn't heard from her before."Voss wants to meet," she said. "Directly. Not through lawyers, not at a mediation table. He asked specifically for a conversation with you, informal, before this goes any further.""Is that normal.""It's unusual. Not unheard of, but unusual." Odette's tone had gone careful. "I'd normally advise against it entirely. But I've done some digging on this man beyond the court filings, and I don't think he's the villain his lawyers have made him sound like in these documents. I think he might genuinely just want to understand what happened to his money.""What do you think I should do.""I think, cautiously, with me present, it might actually help your case more than hurt it. Judges and mediators respond well to good faith. If you're willing to meet him directly, openly, it tells a different story than a woman hiding behind lawyers and paperwork."I t
The wife I swore I’d never be Chapter 4-Professional distance
His footsteps stopped just inside the kitchen doorway.I had turned the phone over by then. Both hands on the counter. Face arranged into something that had no name for what was behind it.I did not turn around.I stood there and listened. Donald’s silences were never empty. They were always full o
The wife I swore I’d never be Chapter 3-The routine
The coffee machine made its noise at six forty-seven.I didn’t move to pour until it finished. I stood at the counter with my hands wrapped around nothing and listened to it run. That sound. The only sound in the whole house. The specific quiet that exists when you are the only one awake and have n
The wife I swore I’d never be Chapter 2-The silence after
Donald did not say a word on the way home. Not one. Not when I fell into step beside him as the evening wound down. Not when we collected our coats and walked out into the cool Velmoor night. Not when he opened the car door for me with the quiet efficiency of a man performing a task he stopped t
The wife I swore I’d never be Chapter 1-The man at the door
“The Meridian deal was always going to close in Q3,” I said. “Donald’s team structured it that way from the beginning. The timeline was never a surprise.” Mr. Alderman nodded like I had said something brilliant. His wife smiled at me and looked away in the same breath. The smile of a woman who se
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