Chapter 4
Paige let out a sharp, nervous laugh.
“You do not even know if she is actually sick!” Paige claimed dramatically. “She probably manipulated you with fake stories just to steal everything for herself!”
My lawyer immediately opened the official medical folder, revealing detailed diagnostic scans, ultrasound images, pathology reports, records of severe weight loss, and urgent surgical recommendations. He also presented a formal criminal complaint that Gwen had officially filed regarding terrorizing threats, restriction of communication, psychological abuse, and intentional medical neglect.
My mother’s face turned completely pale.
“A formal police complaint?” she whispered in disbelief. “Against your own biological family?”
“My true family was the woman who waited faithfully for me for four long years,” I replied directly. “You only used our shared blood as a free license to steal my labor and humiliate my wife.”
Seeing that her defense was crumbling, Margaret suddenly shifted her tactics. She dropped down to her knees, began weeping loudly, and grabbed both of my hands.
“Gavin, my dear boy, I only wanted to secure Paige’s future!” my mother begged tearfully. “A young woman needs solid financial assets so her husband respects her after marriage, but you are a strong man who can easily go back to work and earn more money!”
That single sentence completely destroyed whatever lingering affection remained in my heart.
I had spent four years sleeping in cramped trailer quarters with six other workers, working through high fevers, wearing worn-out boots to save money, and spending lonely holidays staring at a phone screen. For my mother, all of that agonizing sacrifice could easily be repeated simply because I was a man, while for Paige, my sweat was nothing more than an unlimited credit card.
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“I did not take anything that ever belonged to either of you,” I stated clearly. “This house was built entirely with my earnings, the investments came directly from my paychecks, and you voluntarily signed the transfer forms because you greedily expected four hundred thousand dollars more.”
Paige began crying genuine tears of panic.
