, her voice dripping with condescension. We were in the living

even carry your name if

d, "Ethan doesn't hav

it, the manipulation

. I was done arg

clearing my files fr

word-protected. Her ma

ic heart conditions." "Symptoms of sever

ving emails between her

wife. Years she was t

anniversaries, the times she' d cried in my

ose in m

. It was Eleanor,

her face a ma

e shrieked, Jessica rushing

s just given birth! After all she

bled Jessica, always s

ice rising. "In some states, you can't even divorc

mother' s shoulder. "He'

m, the two mast

g, Eleanor," I said calm

r, when Eleanor had gone to "comfort" her daughter wi

expected me to fight for it, to

equity..." s

king away. I didn't care about the money

worth more t