Mom made muffled noises behind my hand, glaring at me, her eyes screaming, “You ungrateful brat, let go so I can kill him!”Dad watched her thrash like that, smirked, tossed the agreement onto the table, and wore a look that said: “So I cheated, what are you going to do about it?”My knuckles went white. God, I wanted to deck him!But the comments were flying.[Easy, easy, easy!][Lose your temper and you lose! He thinks he's a tycoon now, and you two are acting like fishwives, beneath his station. Divorcing him is the right move!]The comments were right.If I didn't stop her, Mom would just sob and scream accusations, then declare out of pride that we didn't want a single cent.I pinched her, hard.The pain brought tears to her eyes instantly.Perfect. A beautiful woman in tears.That was exactly how Dad fell for her, all those years ago.I reached up like I was wiping her tears, letting my own eyes go red. "Mom, don't be sad."Then, under cover of the gesture, I leaned to her ear. "
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