"What are you doing? Are you trying to delete those photos?
"I'm telling you, even if you take my phone, it won't matter. I have backups!"
I exhaled wearily, "Who said I was trying to erase the pictures?"
I took out my cell phone and made a call. "Hello? 911?"
In times of crisis, turning to the police was the right move.
I knew precisely when to involve law enforcement.
I declined any private mediation and submitted the evidence, including the transfer records to Monica, to press charges against her.
My lawyer paused for a moment, then remarked that this was another lawsuit, another cost to be paid.
The first to face trial was Liam, and with my lawyer's persuasive arguments and solid evidence, he was sentenced to one year in prison and ordered to pay 300 thousand dollars in damages.
Monica faced her own trial and was sentenced to six months in prison and 300 thousand dollars in restitution. However, due to her pregnancy, her sentence was not executed immediately.
The law had spoken, and Liam and Monica dared not make a scene.
I was taken aback when the lawyer informed me that Monica had actually proposed to marry Liam while he was in prison.
"Has she lost her mind?"