PART 5

There was one fact Mark had never understood.

Years before he decided he wanted everything, I had become the primary earner in our household.

I worked as an operations analyst for a regional healthcare group and was promoted twice, quietly, without the sort of celebrations Mark expected when his business won a contract.

I had kept an account in my sole name from before our marriage.

My grandmother had left me a modest inheritance, and I had maintained records showing where that money came from.