At 2:00 a.m., My Husband Thought I Was Asleep While He Emptied Our Safe to Run Off With His Mistress. Before Leaving, He Kissed Me and Whispered, “Poor Audrey. You Never Saw This Coming.” Hours Later He Sent a Photo From the Airport. I Replied With Four Words That Made Him Call Me Immediately.

I attended what the company required and let the rest proceed without me as a spectator.

There is a temptation, after a public injury, to sit in every room where your name is spoken.

I had spent enough years sitting in rooms where Daniel spoke for me.

I would not now sit in rooms so I could watch him lose.

PART 5

Six months after the divorce was finalized, I walked into the main boardroom at Sterling Global with a file under my arm and no speech prepared.

I had been in that room hundreds of times.