Then I met his eyes and whispered, You forgot one thing!

“If they make a move against you,” Marcus told me, “this gets used. Promise me you won’t back down.”

I promised.

Back in the present, Raymond continued giving orders. Patricia smiled. They believed they’d already won.

I waited until they finished.

Then I looked Raymond straight in the eye.

“You overlooked one thing,” I said calmly.

He scoffed. “And what’s that?”

“This house. The clinic. Everything here—it belongs to me.”

They laughed. Briefly.

I handed him my phone, already open to the documents. Joint tenancy. Right of survivorship. Immediate ownership. Nothing to contest.

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