Chapter Eighteen

Margo arrives at mediation in a power outfit Jinx helped choose, but her confidence fades when faced with mediator Nadia. Mark opens by seeking full legal and physical custody, citing Margo’s finances, her father’s supposed violence, and her sex work. He also reveals he is divorcing and mediating custody for his other children.

Margo counters that her OnlyFans is a job, explains her living situation with her father and roommate Suzie, and provides financial records. Nadia questions practical care plans; Mark falters over daytime care and is corrected that Margo is not a daycare. Margo details her schedule and clarifies her father’s wrestling persona versus real violence, adding the professor-student context.

Tensions spike when Mark frames Margo as too young and unstable; Margo retorts about their past relationship. Nadia separates them and privately confirms Margo’s bottom line: Bodhi remains in her legal and physical custody, Mark gets visitation without overnights. Margo even offers to waive child support, but Mark rejects the proposal, and mediation is continued for four weeks.

Back home, Margo debriefs with Jinx and Suzie, shaken by the shame Mark tried to impose but buoyed that the mediator treated her work as legitimate. Reflecting on sex, stigma, and control, she resolves to own the story and quickly produce high-earning content.

Margo creates a comedic-humiliating “Rigoberto takes over” video where her Roomba controls her actions, escalating to masturbation per robotic commands. Priced at $25, it sells to 500 fans within an hour, netting over $12,000 before fees, restoring her sense of agency and underscoring money as power. She tallies JB’s past payments but keeps funds for looming legal costs and sends him a heartfelt message about boundaries, truth, and their “castle in the sky.”