Others were work-related expenses later reimbursed.

Elena helped me understand which records were relevant to our financial settlement and which were merely infuriating.

One receipt caught my attention: a hotel suite reserved for two people on the night he’d told me a storm had prevented the ship from docking.

I remembered pacing the kitchen while heavily pregnant, worried he was in danger.

That night he’d texted, Wish I could be home with you.

I sat with the receipt for an hour.