Chapter 9 - THE EXODUSTwenty minutes later, Clara walked through the front doors for the first time without permission.
Julian carried Leo.
Clara carried a single overnight bag.
Behind them, Evelyn stood at the top of the staircase.
“You will regret this!”
Julian stopped.
He looked back once.
“You already made me regret trusting you.”
Then he walked away.
The black SUV disappeared into the night.
Clara watched the mansion shrink in the rearview mirror.
Her entire body was trembling.
Julian reached across the center console and took her hand.
“I should have listened.”
Clara stared through the window.
“I was scared every day.”
“I know.”
“No.”
She turned toward him.
“You don't know.”
Julian's eyes filled with regret.
“Then tell me.”
Clara reached into her handbag.
She pulled out photographs of the trust documents.
Julian looked at them.
His face changed.
“What is this?”
“Your mother's real reason for wanting Leo.”
He read the pages.
Then the financial records.
His hands tightened around the papers.
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For the first time that night, Clara saw something darker than anger in her husband's eyes.
Betrayal.
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