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"You barely pull in 2,500 dollars a month. My mom insisted the house go under my name," Sergio Clark said. He slid the home purchase agreement across the table. The down payment was 200 thousand dollars. I'd contributed 150 thousand dollars of it. I looked at him. "Fine," I said. He paused, clearly caught off guard by how quickly I agreed. "Really?" he asked. "Really," I replied, smiling lightly. "But you'll need to sign the divorce papers too." His face shifted. He blurted out, "Are you out of your mind?" "Not at all." I set the divorce papers I'd prepared earlier on the table. "You keep the house. I'll walk away with nothing." He stared at me, his expression unreadable. Three seconds later, he picked up the pen. Little did he know that I had something else tucked in my pocket.