You should have talked privately.

I reread it several times.

He had put my belongings outside in front of our children, yet the humiliation he remembered was his own.

I replied that we would discuss the house and parenting arrangements with appropriate counsel.

A minute later another message arrived: Don’t drag Eleanor into this.

You have no idea what she promised me.

That single sentence changed the direction of my thoughts.

He wasn’t surprised by Eleanor’s involvement.