He turned pale.
He turned pages. He checked numbers.
He leaned over to Victor and whispered to him, urgedly:
“You are taking on all the debts.”
There I saw Victor’s face disappear.
House: huge debt.
Business: huge debt.
Vehicles: leases.
Additional Liabilities: More.
He hadn’t made a fortune.
He had won a bill.
He tried to shout fraud. He tried to retract.
But his own lawyer presented the paper where it was stated that Víctor rejected an audit by his own decision.
The judge was clear:
She signed. He understood. He accepted. It is definitive.
And I, before leaving, told him the only thing I needed to tell him:
—”You said you wanted everything… except for Thomas. I gave you exactly what you asked for.”
The Fall: When the “Empire” Crumbles
Then everything went quickly:
Brenda left when she discovered what was really there: debts.
