Part 2: My son h.i.t me 30 times in front of his wife… so the next morning, while he sat in his office, I sold the house he thought was his.

I don't know.

That choice was taken from me too.

Kristen's first request seemed harmless.

Witness a succession amendment.

“Just paperwork Gloria already intends.”

Martin refused.

Kristen showed him the evidence again.

He signed.

Then another document.

Then introduced her to a lender.

Then attended a meeting.

Then another.

Every bad choice made the next easier.

By the time he realized Kristen and Trevor intended to move real assets, Martin was already buried.

So he did what weak people often do when they have gone too far.

He tried to save himself secretly instead of confessing openly.

He began keeping copies.

Emails.

Texts.

Draft documents.

Recorded conversations where legal.

He created a private digital archive.

Then waited.

For what?

Courage.

A safe exit.

Someone else to discover the scheme.

Anything that allowed him not to be the person who finally said:

I betrayed Gloria.

That person turned out to be my son's fist.