I never used the $650,000 to destroy anyone. Instead I used it to rebuild my life. If I had never opened that laptop in the office, I might still be waiting for calls from a fake Seattle while unknowingly financing a lie just a short drive away.
But I saw the truth and I acted. I was not the abandoned wife. I was the woman who refused to stay.
And for the first time in many years I slept peacefully in my city under the lights of Chicago, knowing that every dollar I owned, every project I started, and every decision I made truly belonged to me.
