Chapter 14 - THE SPREADSHEETMonths passed.
The criminal cases moved slowly.
The divorce moved faster.
One afternoon, Marcus returned with an old spreadsheet recovered from a laptop.
Charlotte opened it.
Projected house value.
Refinance proceeds.
Debt payoff.
Renovation.
Cash reserves.
Arizona relocation.
Kelsey.
Then:
C Settlement Target — $90K Max.
Charlotte stared.
They had planned to control the house, increase the debt, move the money, then offer her ninety thousand dollars to disappear.
Then she saw another line.
S College — Refill Later If Necessary.
Skylar's money.
An afterthought.
Charlotte folded the paper.
Marcus watched her.
"Are you okay?"
"Yes."
And strangely, she was.
The spreadsheet didn't destroy her.
It liberated her.
Because it showed her exactly how they had seen her.
Not as a wife.
Not as a mother.
Not as a person.
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As a number.
And she was finally done being one.
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