For Seven Years I Sent Forty Thousand Dollars Every January, Until Emma Finally Spoke
“Don’t talk about my daughter,” I said.
“Please, Arthur,” Mark said.
“Take the marina accounts,” Mark said.
“Take the LLC,” Mark said.
“Just tell Carl to drop the punitive damages on my primary residence.”
I looked down the hall toward the frosted glass door of the clerk’s office.
Emma was sitting behind that glass, waiting to find out where she would sleep tonight.
I could ruin him completely, drag him through years of civil trials, and strip him of every brick he owned.