The second was a written commitment — that I would take back control of my own salary, report the fraudulent card, demand every dollar returned, and let Amina manage our family’s money until I had proven, over time, that I had genuinely changed.

“Choose now,” she said.

“Because I will not live one more day as a servant to your family.”

Chapter 16 — I Signed

I signed the second document without a second’s hesitation.

I want to be clear that I did not sign it to save my marriage, though I prayed it might.