The onions told me everything the vows had spent five years obscuring.

I did not need to be angry about it, standing there.

I only needed to understand it, at last, plainly — and then to reach into my bag for the papers that would make it official.\n\nI reached into my tote bag, took out the document my lawyer had prepared, and set it squarely on the coffee table.

Zachary picked it up and read the top line, and the color went out of his face.

“A divorce agreement?”