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Turning the focus to the woman in red, the will was even more cutting: “You should know this: you did not win. You inherited a man who lies easily, loves cheaply, and disappears the moment responsibility costs him comfort. Keep him.” The silence in the church was heavy with the weight of exposed truth. The woman in red, realizing the “wealthy” man she had been chasing was now penniless and disgraced, turned on Ethan with a venom that was almost poetic. She called him a disgusting liar and marched out of the church alone, her heels once again striking the marble, but this time in a frantic retreat.