{"id":135,"date":"2026-09-11T16:44:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T16:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fantatv.com\/series\/she-left-the-ring-on-the-counter\/chapter-1-the-money-on-the-granite\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T16:44:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T16:44:49","slug":"chapter-1-the-money-on-the-granite","status":"publish","type":"sr_chapter","link":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/?sr_chapter=chapter-1-the-money-on-the-granite","title":{"rendered":"CHAPTER 1. THE MONEY ON THE GRANITE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.igallery.blog\/assets\/d6d71f71abed14e4e47e1dce52190abb\/2026\/0911\/62e87471-64f8-4b13-8416-89083ed85078-Screenshot_20.png\" style=\"max-width: 100{4ffdf0d3d7c1df7718bc4ac5461c4394f3feadae72d4f226268bca6495f999d2};height: auto\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Claire stood beside the kitchen island with one hand resting protectively on her pregnant belly.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel was only a few feet away, distracted by his phone.<\/p>\n<p>Between them sat a small black bag.<\/p>\n<p>Claire opened it slowly.<\/p>\n<p>Inside were several bundles of cash.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel finally looked up.<\/p>\n<p>What is that?<\/p>\n<p>Claire did not answer.<\/p>\n<p>She placed the money on the granite counter.<\/p>\n<p>Then she removed her wedding ring.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel stared at her.<\/p>\n<p>Claire.<\/p>\n<p>She placed the ring beside the cash.<\/p>\n<p>His face changed instantly.<\/p>\n<p>What are you doing?<\/p>\n<p>Claire looked exhausted.<\/p>\n<p>I found the money this morning.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel glanced toward the bag.<\/p>\n<p>Where?<\/p>\n<p>In your office.<\/p>\n<p>He immediately looked back at his phone.<\/p>\n<p>Claire noticed.<\/p>\n<p>You already know what it is.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel shook his head.<\/p>\n<p>No.<\/p>\n<p>But she could see the panic in his face.<\/p>\n<p>Claire pushed the ring slightly toward him.<\/p>\n<p>Then tell me why your name is on the transfer receipt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Claire stood beside the kitchen island with one hand resting protectively on her pregnant belly. Daniel was only a few feet away, distracted by his phone. Between them sat a small black bag. Claire opened it slowly. Inside were several bundles of cash. Daniel finally looked up. What is that? Claire did not answer. She [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-135","sr_chapter","type-sr_chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sr_chapter\/135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sr_chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/sr_chapter"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sr_chapter\/135\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}