Chapter 4 – Karma Doesn't Need Revenge
Three months passed.
I rebuilt my life.
I invested part of my inheritance into opening a nonprofit that helped women leave financially abusive relationships.
Helping others slowly healed me.
One afternoon, I received an email.
From Ethan.
Subject:
"I'm Sorry."
He had lost his job.
His family business removed him from management.
Sophie had left him for another man.
He wrote six pages begging for another chance.
I never replied.
Not because I hated him.
Because forgiveness doesn't always require reconciliation.
A week later, I accidentally saw him downtown.
He looked exhausted.
Older.
Broken.
He smiled weakly.
"I guess you won."
I shook my head.
"This was never a competition."
Then I continued walking.
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Some endings don't need revenge.
They need distance.
