I Came Home After Four Years Working Abroad and Found My Wife Starving in Our Backyard—Then My Mother Asked About the Money I Hadn’t Told Her Was Fake

“I know that now.”

Then:

“But I didn’t then.”

We sat with that.

My mother’s abuse had its own responsibility.

Our marriage still had repair work unrelated to criminal law.

That distinction helped.

I could condemn Selina without pretending I had been a perfect husband.