Five Years After Our Divorce, My Ex-Husband Smirked, “Leaving You Was the Best Decision I Ever Made”—Then My Daughter Ran Across the Ballroom Calling Me Mom

After the divorce, I moved to Biloxi.

Joined a midsized investment group.

Then Mercer Capital.

My first major transaction involved a vendor structure that looked ordinary until several contract clauses conflicted with the target company’s regulatory representations.

We stopped closing.

Investigated.

Restructured the transaction.

Avoided an exposure later estimated in the tens of millions.