I looked at my mother.
“Did you keep all this?”
“Of course. I am not irresponsible.”
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I could hardly believe the irony.
She had just handed me the evidence.
What Vivian and Derek didn’t know was that while they dreamed of my million dollars, I had already hired a lawyer and an accountant.
The money he had sent was being tracked.
Every transfer.
Every major purchase.
Every document.
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And there was another detail that I had never told you.
The agreement was real.
But the money was already protected legally.
Neither Vivian nor Derek could touch a single penny.
Three days later, I asked both of you to meet me at the house.
Vivian arrived elegantly dressed.
Derek was wearing a new watch.
My mother looked around the room and smiled.
“Well. Have you already decided what we’re going to do with the money?”
“Yes,” I replied.
I placed several folders on the table.
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Derek leaned forward.
“What is that?”
“Four years.”
His smile disappeared.
I opened the first folder.
Almost a hundred thousand dollars sent from Canada.
The second contained records showing how much of that money had actually reached Clara.
The third contained his own receipts.
The fourth was my lawyer’s.
Vivian’s face began to change slowly.
“What is this?”
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I looked at her directly.
“You wanted to know what I’m going to do with the settlement money.”
No one spoke.
“First, Clara’s treatment will be completely covered.”
My mother nodded quickly.
“Of course. We all want that.”
“Second, I’m going to take Clara to a place where you’ll never control her again.”
Derek lay down.
“Michael…”
“And third…”
I slipped the legal documents to them.
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“Every dollar I sent home is being reviewed.”
Vivian paled.
“You can’t do this to your own mother.”
I stared at her.
“You took money destined for my sick wife.”
“I used it for the family!”
“Clara was my family.”
Silence.
Derek finally stood up.
“So what? Are you going to destroy us all for money?”
That question caused something inside me to break.
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I got up too.
“No, Derek. You destroyed yourselves for money.”
He pointed my finger.
“You set us up with that million-dollar story.”
“No.”
I denied with my head.
“I told them I had received money.”
