In the video, he carefully fastened a pink diamond necklace—one the size of a pigeon’s egg—around Sophia’s neck. Then, he kissed her forehead gently and murmured. “Sophia, thank you for giving me such an outstanding son. You are the pride of our family.”
I stared at the screen, my heart as hollow as the home I was about to leave behind.
I didn’t bother replying. Instead, I blocked both of them from every form of contact. Then, I placed a signed divorce agreement and a USB flash drive into a file envelope and sent it by express courier to the hotel.
After leaving Liam’s final wish note on the table, I picked up his ashes, took one last look at the house where I had spent the last eighteen years of my life and walked out the door.
Goodbye, Willy.
***
At the hotel, Willy had just announced that he would be making Benny his official heir. He was moments away from signing the share transfer agreement when his assistant rushed in, pale as a ghost.
He leaned close to Willy’s ear and whispered in a trembling voice.
“Mr. Nelson, bad news! Madam took a flight overseas… and that plane just crashed!”
