A few months later, David came home from work one afternoon to find the locks changed, and a process server waiting at the end of his own driveway.

Selina had filed an emergency protective order.

It alleged that David had become unstable, aggressive, and a physical threat to her and to the children.

“She submitted screenshots,” David said, staring down into his coffee, his voice gone flat and careful, the way a voice goes when a man is holding himself together by main force.

“Text messages.

Where I supposedly threatened to take the boys and run.