His Vanished Ex-Wife

Synopsis

The day I found out I was pregnant with triplets, I sat on a plastic chair in the corridor of a community hospital, calculating the cost of baby formula. An email notification popped up on my phone. It was from Randal Morales. The body held only one sentence: [The agreement has expired, the 21 million dollars have been settled in full, and you have to move out before the end of the month.] I stared at it for three seconds. Then I opened the reply and typed word-for-word: [Got it. No need to wait until the month's end. I'll leave tomorrow. I've already made an appointment with the notary.] 21 million dollars. 7 million dollars for each of the three children. It was more than enough. The day I signed the papers, I walked out the door of the Morales' residence with my backpack, the sun shining brightly outside. Later, word spread across the entire medical community that Randal from Morales Medical Center had combed through surveillance footage across half the city, all to track down his ex-wife, who had taken the 21 million dollars and vanished without a trace.