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The culmination of the confrontation was a formal divorce. The narrator, armed with damning evidence, insisted Melissa leave immediately and sign the divorce papers. Her final jabs—suggesting he was merely a “safe bet” and that her coldness was due to boredom—only confirmed her manipulative nature. As Melissa lashed out and accused him of being a safe haven, he responded with clarity: she had sacrificed loyalty, respect, and her own integrity, leaving him a shell of a man. With conviction, he told her she was free to leave, emphasizing that her sacrifice was her own choice and that he had no regret for leaving a hollow marriage.