Now his lawyer wrote as though I had arrived at the marriage yesterday with nothing but a suitcase.

Elaine read my expression.

“An assertion in a letter isn’t a ruling,” she said.

“We’ll obtain records through the appropriate process.”

For the first time, I understood why she kept returning to that word: process.

It was slower than rage.

It was also something Dennis couldn’t simply shout into silence.

PART 12