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“Do you fully understand why you are sitting here today?” one specialist inquired politely.
“Because my wife believed that a liver infection had stolen my intelligence before taking my life,” Calvin answered directly.
Every single expert report reached the exact same conclusion: Calvin was in complete possession of his mental faculties.
Meanwhile, Paula gathered extensive paper trails documenting Amber’s private consultations with property appraisers, local banks, and estate attorneys. A local real estate agent officially confirmed that Amber had requested formal market estimates for two private apartments long before Calvin received his final diagnosis. The prospective buyers who inspected the Ford Mustang testified under oath that Ruby had assured them the owner would pass away very soon. Furthermore, Dr. Gable verified that Amber had repeatedly insisted on avoiding the critical drainage procedure that ultimately saved her husband’s life.
Despite the strong evidence in his favor, the endless stress nearly caused Calvin to abandon the fight altogether. Early one morning, he placed a tired phone call to his attorney.
“Let us just pay her a settlement sum and end this right now,” Calvin sighed deeply. “I simply want peace of mind.”
“You will not buy peace that way,” Paula countered firmly. “You will only purchase a permanent license for her to blackmail you for the rest of your natural life. You have endured these past months because you are still secretly ashamed to admit you were deceived. Trusting your wife was never a crime, Calvin; taking cruel advantage of that trust was entirely hers.”
Calvin listened in silence, realizing the truth of her words.
“Besides,” Paula added with a light chuckle, “you are now officially certified as the most sane man in the entire state of Georgia. You hold far more mental health certificates than the rest of us combined.”
Calvin burst into genuine laughter and decided to push forward through the court process.
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