Daniel came home at two in the morning.<\/p>\n
By then, Noah and I were already across town.<\/p>\n
The closets were half empty.<\/p>\n
My jewelry was gone.<\/p>\n
The shareholder agreement was gone.<\/p>\n
And on the kitchen counter sat one handwritten note.<\/p>\n
Rebecca will contact your attorney.<\/p>\n
Daniel called me seventeen times.<\/p>\n
I answered once.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere are you?\u201d he demanded.<\/p>\n
\u201cSomewhere you can\u2019t lie to my face.\u201d<\/p>\n
His voice hardened.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can\u2019t take Noah and disappear.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t disappear. I left a note.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCome home.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
He laughed coldly.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou think you can scare me?\u201d<\/p>\n
I said nothing.<\/p>\n
Daniel continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe house is under my control. The company is under my control. The accounts are under my control.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked down at the original shareholder agreement beside me.<\/p>\n
Forty-eight percent.<\/p>\n
My name.<\/p>\n
My signature.<\/p>\n
My father\u2019s investment.<\/p>\n
Daniel had spent years acting like Mercer Technologies belonged entirely to him.<\/p>\n
It never had.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, Daniel,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou only believed they were.\u201d<\/p>\n
He went silent.<\/p>\n
Then his tone changed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did you do?\u201d<\/p>\n
I smiled.<\/p>\n
\u201cGo to work tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
I ended the call.<\/p>\n
Noah was sleeping on the couch beside my sister.<\/p>\n
Megan walked into the room.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has no idea, does he?\u201d<\/p>\n
I shook my head.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
She looked at the shareholder agreement.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd when does he find out?\u201d<\/p>\n
I checked the time.<\/p>\n
\u201cTomorrow morning.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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