His mistress, the woman in the red dress, was also arrested. She was an accomplice. She knew everything. She had even helped plan the poisoning.
As for me, I recovered everything. My father’s inheritance, properties, business. But above all: I have recovered my dignity.
That wedding night, sitting in that armchair, forced to witness my own humiliation, I thought my life was over. That I would never get over it. Which he had won.
But I was wrong.
My father, even in his absence, taught me the most important lesson: never underestimate a woman who has hit rock bottom. Because when she has nothing left to lose, she is capable of anything.
Now, three years later, I run my father’s business. I hired the private investigator who helped me find out the truth.
Together, we have created a foundation to help women who are victims of abuse and romance scams.
And every time someone asks me how my wedding night went, I smile.
Because that night, in that hotel room, with my white dress soaked in tears, I didn’t marry a monster.
I freed myself from a.