Matthew Scott, my fiancé and business partner, looked at me with that serious expression I used to find charming. He told me our architecture firm, our shared dream, was on the verge of bankruptcy. I didn't hesitate when he asked me to invest every dollar of my life savings – the down payment for our future home – into the company. It was for us, he said, to protect our dream. The very next day, I saw an Instagram post from our office manager, Sabrina. It was a photo of a deed for a brand new condo. And on it, clear as day, were the names: Matthew Scott and Sabrina Todd. My savings, gone, for their secret purchase. Before I could even process the betrayal, Sabrina faked a breakdown, accusing me of bullying her for merely 'liking' her post. Matthew, my fiancé, publicly sided with her, demanding I apologize and pay her moving expenses for emotional distress. He called an emergency all-hands meeting, grandstanding about family values while humiliating me in front of the entire office. He even tried to illegally garnish my salary, claiming it was for Sabrina' s brother' s education. The shock, the disbelief, the sheer audacity of being betrayed and then publicly pilloried by the man I loved and trusted with everything. How could he do this? How could he use my hard-earned money and then try to destroy me professionally and financially? That moment, watching him stand there with her, delivering his sick performance, something inside me snapped. I didn't argue. I didn't cry. I simply picked up my phone and called the Texas Workforce Commission to file an illegal wage claim.
Matthew Scott, my fiancé and business partner, looked at me with that serious expression I used to find charming.
He told me our architecture firm, our shared dream, was on the verge of bankruptcy.
I didn't hesitate when he asked me to invest every dollar of my life savings – the down payment for our future home – into the company.
It was for us, he said, to protect our dream.
The very next day, I saw an Instagram post from our office manager, Sabrina.
It was a photo of a deed for a brand new condo.
And on it, clear as day, were the names: Matthew Scott and Sabrina Todd.
My savings, gone, for their secret purchase.
Before I could even process the betrayal, Sabrina faked a breakdown, accusing me of bullying her for merely 'liking' her post.
Matthew, my fiancé, publicly sided with her, demanding I apologize and pay her moving expenses for emotional distress.
He called an emergency all-hands meeting, grandstanding about family values while humiliating me in front of the entire office.
He even tried to illegally garnish my salary, claiming it was for Sabrina' s brother' s education.
The shock, the disbelief, the sheer audacity of being betrayed and then publicly pilloried by the man I loved and trusted with everything.
How could he do this?
How could he use my hard-earned money and then try to destroy me professionally and financially?
That moment, watching him stand there with her, delivering his sick performance, something inside me snapped.
I didn't argue.
I didn't cry.
I simply picked up my phone and called the Texas Workforce Commission to file an illegal wage claim.
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