🔥 CHAPTER 2: THE AFFAIR FILE
🔥 CHAPTER 2: THE AFFAIR FILE
Nobody left the room.
Nobody could.
The shock was too great.
Victoria stood frozen beside the fallen foam pillow.
Her carefully constructed life was collapsing in front of dozens of witnesses.
Richard looked from the pillow...
To his wife...
Then back again.
His hands trembled.
"Explain."
Victoria burst into tears.
"It's not what it looks like."
The room erupted with whispers.
Richard's voice became colder.
"What exactly does it look like?"
No answer.
Because there wasn't one.
Then Sophia reached into her purse.
Slowly.
Deliberately.
She pulled out a thick folder.
Victoria's eyes widened.
Immediately.
"No."
Sophia ignored her.
"Three months ago," she said, "Dad hired a divorce attorney."
The room fell silent.
Richard stared.
He had told no one.
Not even family.
Not even close friends.
Only Victoria knew.
Sophia placed the folder on the table.
"And three weeks later..."
She pointed at Victoria.
"...she announced the pregnancy."
Several relatives exchanged nervous glances.
The timeline suddenly made sense.
Too much sense.
Richard opened the folder.
The first photograph made him stop breathing.
Victoria entering a hotel.
Not alone.
Another man followed behind her.
Then another photo.
Then another.
Different dates.
Different locations.
The same man.
A two-year affair.
The room exploded.
Victoria collapsed into a chair.
Richard continued turning pages.
Hotel receipts.
Private messages.
Bank transfers.
Lies.
Years and years of lies.
Every page shattered another piece of their marriage.
Finally he looked up.
His face was pale.
Terrifyingly pale.
"How long?"
Victoria lowered her head.
"Two years."
The answer destroyed him.
Then Sophia delivered the final blow.
"Dad."
Richard looked at her.
"The fake pregnancy wasn't the worst thing."
Sophia placed another envelope in front of him.
"This is."
Richard opened it.
And immediately went white.
Because the documents showed something far worse than infidelity.
Millions of dollars were missing.
Transferred secretly.
Hidden through multiple accounts.
Stolen.
The total sat at the bottom of the page.
$8.7 million.
Richard slowly raised his eyes.
Victoria began crying harder.
Because now everyone knew.
The fake baby was only part of the scam.
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The money was the real reason she stayed.
TO BE CONTINUED...
