“Dad… My Back Hurts So Bad I Can’t Sleep. Mom Told Me Not to Tell You.” I Had Just Walked In From a Business Trip

“I’m sorry.”

I believed her.

Did not reconcile.

Those are separate questions.

PART 48 — THE DIVORCE

I filed after the emergency settled enough that my decisions were not purely adrenaline.

Some people asked:

“How could you even think about staying?”

I had not seriously considered staying.

But I also did not want divorce to become an impulsive punishment.