It was the hardest professional discipline I have ever exercised, and I exercised it on my own marriage, and I would do it again without hesitating.

Chapter 7 — Freeze What We Can

From the hospital bed, with Felix asleep in the bassinet beside me, I called my attorney.

Nadia Davis had been my lawyer for years, and by now she was something closer to a friend, and she picked up on the second ring.

“Freeze whatever we legally can,” I told her.

“Formally dispute the loan guarantee — it’s forged, and I can prove the signature file came off his machine.

Start the separation petition.