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Who Gets the Spaceships?

The world's wealthiest man must confront the reality of losing his prized possessions.

By Skyler SaundersPublished 5 years ago 3 min read
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The Spaceship in Flight After a Bitter End

Barton Scholes, a black man, sullen and beat from the divorce agreement, sits on his patio overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in Bethany Beach, Delaware. Worth north of 250 billion dollars, this man had been a paragon of good business sense. The owner of multinational technology internet giant Encontrar, the Delaware Times, and a manufacturing and spaceflight company Superspace, among other properties, the man commanded a sizable piece of the market. His wife stood adjacent to him vaping an e-cigarette.

“I want what is supposed to be mine,” Puerto Rican supermodel Vallina (née Cantillo) Scholes said, and then pulled in the vapor. Her brown eyes closed as she dragged.

“Look, I’m sorry. I’m stupid. I messed up. I’m terrible.”

“And you’re also about to be about 125 billion dollars short as well. How could you lie to me?”

Scholes looked around the room. It seemed hazy and with the vapor hovering above his head, the dizziness persisted.

“I just said that there was a breach of trust on my part that to you is irredeemable. I get that. But I’m going to fight to make sure that I keep what’s mine. I built those companies.”

Vallina exhaled. “You can have your companies. I just want half. You never signed a prenuptial agreement. I get a percentage on all of those firms. Remember, you lied to me. I can’t let that go.”

“Superspace, Encontrar, the Delaware Times, all are from my doing. You weren’t in those meetings with the shareholders. You didn’t do the necessary work to build up those companies.”

“Yes, but I didn’t cheat on you either, so there’s that.”

Scholes lowered his head. “I…”

“You what? Became the world’s biggest billionaire and are in position to relinquish it because you emoted. You put feelings before thoughts and considered not yourself. No. This was an unselfish act. At least I think it was. Did you ever love me for me or you?”

Scholes paused. He was like a deer in the crosshairs now. “I loved you for you.”

“That was your mistake. You viewed marrying me as a sacrifice. You didn’t have the selfishness to love me for your own sake. You threw these 30 years to the wind, just so that you could have some tryst. You are a selfless male.”

Scholes looked up. “Can we at least be friends?”

Vallina walked over to Scholes and looked directly into his eyes.

“We will never be friends. Our beautiful babies—there is no God—but thank God, they’ve grown past the age of possessing custody over them. They will be our only link. A friendship would mean trust, honesty, and integrity. You’ve shown that you lack these traits as far as I am concerned.”

Scholes stood up and faced his estranged wife. “I have money funding the making of the rockets for Superspace, as well as the launches. I need the money to further supply good people with the wherewithal to do what they do best.”

“I’m taking whatever’s coming to me. You should have thought about all of that before you went slumming with other married women without even signaling to me first. I would have weighed the possibilities. I could have determined whether it would be in our best interest to open up our relationship to outsiders. No, you felt that you could not only embark in extramarital affairs, but also get away with it. I’m not going to go around as the crying and doting wife and stand by you.” She drew in and pushed vapor from her lungs.

“So, you win before the case has even gone to court?”

“I won when you laid down with that trash.”

“Who gets the spaceships?”

“We’ll let the judge decide that.”

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