PART 14: Connor Finally Speaks Plainly

Connor asked to see me at a mediator’s office rather than at home.

His attorney attended briefly to clarify that our conversation concerned our marriage and not confidential corporate findings.

Then the lawyer left.

Connor looked older than he had two weeks earlier.

He wore the blue sweater I had given him for our anniversary, a detail that felt painfully deliberate.

“I had a relationship with Bridgett,” he said.