"You're nothing without me!" He shouted it while raising his hand against his own wife — eight months pregnant,
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Chapter 11: The Rivas Name Breaks
After the hearing, investors abandoned the Rivas family completely.
The mansion was emptied.
The cars were collected.
The family portraits came down from walls they no longer owned.
Carmen moved into a small apartment with no servants and no staircase from which to command anyone.
Santiago tried to start over, but men who once laughed at his jokes now avoided his calls.
He had believed power came from fear.
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Now he learned fear was a poor foundation.
Everything built on it eventually collapsed.
