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Afterwards, a friend from the hospital file handed her a copy of the expansion contract.
On the last page there was an authorization attributed to Valeria as a beneficiary of Horizonte.
The signature looked like his, but it wasn’t authentic.
Darío didn’t just want to leave her.
He was trying to close the deal before she found out he could stop it.
Renata appeared at Valeria’s house 2 days later.
He came wearing dark glasses and an expensive coat.
“I didn’t come to argue for Darius,” he said.
“Then you can leave.
I know you control Horizon.
Valeria felt a cold shock in her back, but kept her face calm.
I don’t know what you’re talking about.
“Darío is smart, but he thinks he’s smarter than he is. I investigated your father before him.
Renata sat down uninvited.
—Sign the authorization and let me participate in the project. I’ll convince Darío to give you a quiet divorce.
What if I refuse?
I will give you everything I discovered. Among the 2 we can present the board with a very unpleasant version of you: debts, emotional instability, job abandonment and missing intensive care medications.
I never stole any medicine.
“Truth matters less when someone prepares the tests first.
Valeria looked at the phone placed face down on the table. The recording had been active since Renata entered.
“No,” he replied.
Think about it.
“I already did.
Renata smiled.
“Then it will be a war.
That night Darius filed the divorce lawsuit.
He also applied for sole custody of 7-year-old Camila.
In the documents, she described Valeria as an unstable, indebted, hospital-obsessed woman. He claimed that he had suffered a public crisis before being fired and that it posed a risk to the girl.
Valeria read every page sitting in the kitchen.
