On Valentine’s Day, My Ex Brought His New Girlfriend to the Restaurant Where I Work – After He Mocked My Apron, I Handed Him an Envelope
Her voice was getting louder now. “It says there’s a court enforcement action pending. Asset seizure. Wage garnishment.”
The entire restaurant had gone silent.
Carl grabbed for the papers. “Give me those.”
Vanessa held them away. “Is this true? Did you really do all this?”
“It’s complicated!”
“How is fraud complicated?”
Carl grabbed for the papers.
Carl turned to me. “How could you do this to me?” he roared. “I’m the father of your kids!”
I looked at him calmly. “Exactly. You’re the father of my kids. And you abandoned them. You haven’t sent a single dollar in three years.”
“I was going to! I just needed time to get back on my feet!”
I gestured toward the door. “You drove here in a Ferrari, Carl. But you couldn’t afford $50 a week for your own children?”
His mouth opened and closed. No words came out.
“You haven’t sent a single dollar in three years.”
Vanessa stood up, her face red. “You told me you were paying child support. You said she was the one who left. That she took the kids and disappeared.”
“Baby, listen…”
“You lied to me about everything.”
Vanessa looked at me. Then she laughed.
“Oh, Carl,” she said, shaking her head. “You really thought this was a coincidence?”
Carl frowned. “What are you talking about?”
“You really thought this was a coincidence?”
Vanessa turned to me. “Tell him!”
Carl’s eyes darted between us. “Tell me what?”
Vanessa picked up the papers again, flipping through them as if she already knew what they said. Because she did.
“I called her,” she said casually. “Two weeks ago.”
Carl stiffened. “You did… what?”
“I told her you were bringing me here tonight,” Vanessa continued. “I figured she deserved a heads-up.”
She already knew what they said.
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