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The chilling words echoed in the sudden, cavernous silence of the room, each syllable tightening a knot of despair in Marina’s chest. The air grew heavy, suffocating, as the legal formalities concluded, leaving her utterly numb. Stepping out into the harsh light of day, hoping for a moment of quiet solitude to process the devastating news, she was met by an even more crushing presence. Nadine, Elias’s ex-wife, stood waiting, her posture rigid, her gaze cutting, sharp as polished glass. A cruel smirk played on her lips as she delivered a final, brutal verbal assault. “You were never meant to have anything,” Nadine hissed, her voice dripping with venom. “Childless wives don’t inherit. Now, leave the flat immediately.” The command was absolute, leaving no room for argument or appeal. In a haze of shock, exhaustion, and a grief too heavy to bear, Marina could only comply, walking away from her life with nothing but a small suitcase, her heart a shattered mosaic of disbelief and pain, the very ground beneath her feet feeling utterly dissolved.
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