I took a deep breath and climbed the ladder. My hands were shaking; not from fear, but from excitement.
Scott froze all my cards to force me into a divorce. He called it “letting me calm down,” but in truth, he was cutting off my money to make me submit.
He wanted me to leave with nothing? Dream on. I shoved the patterned ceiling panel open. Dust fell and blurred my vision, but I didn’t wipe my eyes. I had already touched the heavy black cloth bag. It was so heavy that I nearly fell off the ladder while pulling it out.
“Be careful, Mom! If you fall, we’ll both die!”
“Don’t jinx it.”
My hands shook as I opened the bag. Golden light flashed before my eyes; it was filled with gold bars. I had never seen so much gold in my life.
I rummaged through it and found stacks of U.S. dollars underneath. “How much money is this?”
“About $5 million. That scumbag dad secretly siphoned it from the company behind his partners’ backs. It was meant as startup money for him and his mistress to enjoy life overseas. In your past life, you jumped into the river and let them get away. They used this money to go abroad, get credentials and return as famous entrepreneurs; completely forgetting you.”