“Of course,” I replied. “Since when do you give massages to my brother’s wife at two o’clock in the morning?”
The room fell completely silent. I pulled out photographs, bank statements, and an audio recording in which Julian admitted he had stayed married to me only because of my family’s shares in the company.
Serena burst into tears. Julian accused me of setting them up.
“Getting married just to steal from me was the real trap,” I said. “This was simply the consequence.”
Then I called Brandon. He arrived twenty minutes later, soaked by the rain. The moment he saw them, he tried to lunge at Julian, but the doctors held him back.
Serena swore she had been forced into the affair. Julian insisted she had seduced him. They turned on each other in less than a minute.
The surgeon asked me to sign the consent form authorizing the procedure to separate them.
Before signing, I asked Julian for the combination to the safe in his office. Terrified, he gave it to me.
I signed the form and watched as they wheeled both of them into the operating room.
As the doors closed behind them, my brother asked me what else I knew. I clutched the folder tightly against my chest.
I still couldn’t tell him that the affair was only the surface of the truth. There was missing money. There were corporate secrets that had been sold.
And there was a medical decision that had stolen my chance to have a family for years.
I couldn’t believe what was about to happen…
PART 2
The complex surgical procedure lasted three agonizing hours. Julian emerged with nerve injuries that could leave him with permanent physical damage, while Serena faced a lengthy and painful recovery period. Her parents arrived at the hospital demanding absolute media discretion, while my mother pulled me aside into the waiting area, asking me not to destroy a five-year marriage over what she called a simple mistake.
Instead of arguing, I pulled out my phone and played the hidden voice recording for everyone to hear.
No one in the family ever spoke up to defend Julian again.
