The night Elena Carter lost everything, it rained like the sky itself was grieving.
She stood on the sidewalk across from what used to be her home—no, their home—watching as the lights inside flickered behind unfamiliar curtains. Her name was no longer on the mailbox. Her belongings—what little she had managed to gather—sat in two worn suitcases beside her, already soaked.
A week ago, she had been a wife. A business partner. A woman with a future mapped out in tidy, predictable lines.
Now, she was homeless.
And it all began with a signature.
Chapter 1: The Fall
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