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“You’re overreacting. He’s just stressed,” she’d say. “At least you’re not alone.”
Sitting there in the dim light, looking at my worn hands, I realized something painful:
The next morning, I opened my old ledger and added up the money I had lent Shelby over the years—small amounts at first, then thousands, including a large sum Tyson claimed he needed for a “business.”
That same week, I saw Tyson in my backyard showing a stranger around, talking about building rental units and tearing down my workshop.
Something inside me broke.
That was the moment I changed.
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