I was granted sole legal and physical custody of Nadia, the family home, and court-ordered support.

And Selina — stripped of the apartment, the necklace, and the job, all at once — was gone the very week his corporate cards stopped working.

The last I heard, Barrett was in a rented one-bedroom out past the edge of the city, working as a junior analyst at a small firm, living on a sliver of the income he used to describe to dinner guests in such loving detail.

I felt no urge to celebrate any of it.