Triple Six
My half-brother, Jim Sullivan, pushed me down a snowy mountain, leaving me with a fractured spine.
My mom, Doris Moore, and my wife, Julia Stone, rushed me to the hospital in a panic.
Later, they learned that I might be permanently paralyzed.
To put my mind at ease, Julia held up a ring and swore that she would take care of me for the rest of my life.
Mom also cut ties with Jim, saying she would make him pay for what he had done.
They told me Jim fell off a cliff while trying to escape, and they never found his body. I believed them.
That was until three years into my marriage, a friend sent me a video.
In the footage, Jim, who was supposed to be dead, was holding a child in his left arm and had his right arm around Julia.
"Julia, thank goodness you helped me fake my death. Otherwise, I'd be in prison right now!" Jim said. "Has Mom said when we can get the inheritance Joshua's dad left him?
"I really can't stand living in hiding like this anymore!"
"Jim, I know these past few years haven't been easy for you," Julia said. "If it weren't for that inheritance, I wouldn't have married that cripple.
"As soon as we get that money, the three of us can be together again!"
It turned out that what I thought was my salvation was just another terrible betrayal.
The two women who mattered most to me had never truly cared about me.
If that was the case, I wouldn't show them any mercy.