The color completely drained from Mason’s face.
“She’s mentally unstable!” Richard interjected, stepping forward. “She makes things up when she gets stressed!”
“That ungrateful girl did this to herself!” Beatrice shrieked.
People in the hallway began whispering and pulling out their phones. Nurse Mendez, with a phone hidden in her pocket, recorded every single word.
The three of them fled toward the elevators. A minute later, my phone buzzed.
Mason dropped his gentle facade instantly over text and voicemail.
“Get back to the house right now or I swear to God I’ll come get you. You’re still my wife, and everything you own belongs to me.”
I looked at Victoria. She hit record on her device and placed a dossier in front of me: bank wire records, fraudulent tax filings, and text messages where Mason talked about keeping me “broke and cornered.”
That was when I realized the broken leg was only one part of their crimes.