The price of betrayal (Jack and Ashley) novel Chapter 15

hapter 15 

Chapter 15 

Then the officers played the school’s security footage. Crystal clear video of their mob mentality in action. That shut them up fast. 

The consequences came dom hard and precise. Each person would pay according to their participation. 

Some called their husbands in tears, scrambling to liquidate assets and empty retirement accounts to stay out of jail. They left broken but free. 

Others found their marriages couldn’t 

Those who couldn’t pay: faced arrest. 

hley bore the heaviest burden. 

vive the scandal. Their husbands sent divorce papers instead of help. 

She’d caused the most damage, encouraged the most violence. 

Her share of the debt was crushing. In desperation, she turned to Jack. 

“Please, Jack! Help me, 

for Tyler’s sake! I could never pay this off in ten lifetimes!” 

“What happens to our son if I go to prison?” 

Tears streaked her expensive makeup as she begged. 

Jack hesitated, then tried appealing to me. “Honey, maybe we could be lenient? For old times‘ sake?” 

I met his 

eyes with glacial contempt. “Seriously? You think you have 

oht to ask me for mercy?” 

“The thought of our years together makes me sick now. Every moment was a lie.” 

“The divorce papers are ready. We’re done.” 

I turned to the officer. “Add charges for Ashley encouraging her son to torture my daughter. Don’t forget the wire incident.”