My Husband Threw Me Out With Our Two Children and Said I Had Nothing—Then His Business Partner Found the Bank Record He Couldn’t Explain

It was exhausting.

And freeing.

PART 12 — DOUGLAS’S FIRST OFFER

Douglas proposed a settlement.

Barrett placed it in front of Gwen.

Douglas offered an amount approximately equal to the old apartment sale proceeds, adjusted using figures favorable to him.

In exchange, Gwen would waive broader financial claims.

She read it quietly.

“Would this end everything?”

“The financial dispute, mostly.”