Husband leaves his sick wife to be with his mistress. She Acts When He Returns For Her Inheritance.

realization

Caden came to see too late the whole degree of Liora's dishonesty and his own errors as the evidence mounted. His eyesight smudged with sadness."

What have I done? he said, his deeds weighing down on him. The jurors and judge listened carefully, picking up every nuance.

Liora's front broke to expose her actual character to everybody around her. Caden realized coldly and mercilessly.

Their once-great ideas were destroyed.