"Samantha"
Dona Haydèe looked at me with those same green eyes her children had. But she conveyed a kindness that even calmed me.
"You already know my ex-husband is worth less than nothing, don't you?" Dona Haydèe began.
"Oh, Dona Haydèe, how could someone as good as you have been married to that pig for so long?"
"Oh, daughter, those were different times. My marriage to Reinaldo was a business deal. I was the only daughter of a sexist millionaire, who thought marrying his best friend's son was the best thing to do." She began. "My father always knew about Reinaldo's reckless behavior toward me, but he told me it was a man's thing. He threatened me that if I left him, I wouldn't have any support, I'd be left homeless, and I'd lose my children. So I put up with it."
"Until he left with someone else," I finished. "Yes! By this time, my father already had Alzheimer's, and I was legally responsible for him and his entire fortune. When my father became ill, I refused to grant Reinaldo powe