Chapter 10 - The Ultimate Justice
The chaotic, toxic energy completely evaporated from my life the second that door locked.
I didn't answer their frantic calls. I didn't respond to their desperate emails. I contacted my lawyers, formalized the eviction, and entirely severed all contact with the people who had treated me like a disposable ATM.
Within a month, the family completely imploded.
Because Dad had no money and no house, Diane immediately filed for divorce, taking whatever small scraps of dignity he had left. Mason was forced to shut down his fake startup and take a minimum-wage job working the night shift at a gas station. Claire lost her law school seat and had to move into a tiny, cramped apartment with Lily, both of them forced to take out massive, crippling loans just to survive.
Their entire luxurious, arrogant existence was permanently swallowed into violent ruin.
As for me? I completely renovated the house, painted over the old, bitter memories, and sold the property six months later for a massive, life-changing profit.
I took the money, requested a month of paid leave from my firm, and booked a first-class ticket.
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I sat on the balcony of a private, five-star luxury suite in Rome, sipping an expensive espresso, looking out over the ancient, beautiful city. I wasn't the invisible engine anymore. I was the king of my own empire, entirely free, and entirely untouchable.
If you were in Ethan's shoes, would you have given your siblings a second chance to prove their loyalty, or was throwing the entire family out on the street the ultimate, perfect justice?
