Chapter 2144 Sensible Child
- Caxton tilted his chair back, a mischievous light sliding across his polished eyes. “That all hinges on what your sister chooses to do. We, of course, must keep our own hands clean—assault still puts a man in court. But your sister? So long as she neither kills nor maims Darren, the authorities will barely blink. Picture it: we pin the man down, leave him writhing, unable to lift a finger, while she lands every strike her heart has hoarded. She can smash his house to splinters and cart off anything with value, should she feel so inclined.”
- He swept the dossier Mona had placed on the table, its pages rustling like brittle leaves. “With evidence this thick, she could empty half his estate and still be legally in the clear. As for the divorce, her final payout depends on whether Darren slipped a prenup into the wedding champagne. Even that hurdle is small. Those hospital records of yours—each bruise documented, each fracture set—can pry open compensation far beyond any clause he thought would protect him.”
- “Money means nothing to me,” Mona said, her smile carved from equal parts sadness and scorn. “Yes, Darren hit me, but he never starved me of cash. Maybe out of spite, maybe out of habit, I kept asking for more whenever the welts began to burn. Over the years, those hush-money transfers became a secret nest egg. Two years ago, I spent part of it on a condo for Quin to live in once he married. Even after that, a solid reserve remains. If I never work another day, Molly and I can still survive. And I will work again—once she's in grade school, I'll find a job and breathe on my own paycheck. So forget the settlement. Give me my daughter's custody and I'll walk away even if I leave with nothing but the clothes on my back.”