The parenting issue was not over, and neither was the divorce.

I knew temporary arrangements could change.

Still, as I walked out into the chilly air, I felt an unfamiliar sensation.

I had been heard without raising my voice.

And for the first time in months, no one in authority had accepted Sandra’s description of me as a fact.

PART 13

The house in Upper Arlington had been purchased five years into our marriage.

Kyle liked to say he had bought it with money from the business.