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On the day I got divorced, I texted my mother: [I got the certificate.] She replied: [Withdraw the investment.] That very day, 25 million dollars in funding was frozen, while my ex-husband's family was still raising champagne glasses in the VIP lounge at the airport, celebrating his mistress officially taking my place. His younger sister even posted on social media, mocking me: [Some people have finally been kicked out of our family.] I replied: [Have fun. Remember to buy your own return tickets.] Three days later, my ex-husband showed up at my door, eyes bloodshot. He asked, "Charlotte Evans, who the hell are you?" At the city hall, I texted my mother: [Mom, I got the certificate.] She replied almost immediately: [Withdraw the investment.] That very day, 25 million dollars was pulled from the accounts of Foster Healthcare. Meanwhile, my ex-husband, Andrew Foster, and his entire family were busy flying overseas to celebrate his newfound freedom. What did 25 million dollars mean? It was enough to force a medium-sized medical device company to shut down three product lines. It was enough to buy an entire floor of an office building in the city center. And it was enough for my mother to send the entire Andrew family crashing back down to earth after receiving my text saying: [I got the certificate.] [Withdraw the investment.] She wrote it as casually as if she were asking me whether I wanted spaghetti for dinner. But I knew exactly what those two words meant.