All Chapters of The Billion Dollar Bet: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

"You'll visit, right?" I asked as we pulled up to departures. "Once the baby comes? I'm going to need someone who knows the whole story." "Are you kidding? I'll be there so much you'll get sick of me." Naomi hugged me hard. "Grace, I'm proud of you. You could've taken more money, could've used the

GRACE'S POV Portland airport was smaller than I remembered, quieter. I grabbed my bags from the carousel and stood there for a minute trying to remember what I was supposed to do next. Rental car. I'd reserved a rental car. My brain felt foggy, pregnancy hormones mixing with exhaustion and the emot

I stared at the message for a long time. Stella had testified. Had confirmed what I'd told them about the bet, had added her own evidence to the pile building against Carter and his friends. It didn't forgive what she'd done, didn't erase the betrayal of sleeping with my husband. But it was somethin

We saw five houses. Patricia was patient with my indecision, my constant questions about noise levels and privacy and whether neighbors would be intrusive. Finally at the last house… a small craftsman with weathered blue paint and a yard full of wild roses… I felt something click into place. "This o

CARTER'S POV Grace signed the papers on a Thursday and by Friday afternoon I'd convinced myself everything was back to normal. The divorce was finalized, the settlement was paid, and she'd disappeared completely—deactivated all her social media, changed her phone number, left no forwarding address