Audrey continued speaking, her voice trembling slightly but carrying clearly across the room.

“I don’t want the house where he brought her while I was attending prenatal appointments.

I don’t want the money he used to buy her jewelry.

I don’t want the cars, the furniture, or anything connected to the lies he told me.

The only thing I want is for my baby to enter this world far away from him.”

Julian shot to his feet.

“That’s emotional manipulation,” he snapped.