I listened when necessary.

But I stopped negotiating corporate records as though they were bargaining chips in our marriage.

Those matters belonged to different processes.

If the company records supported legitimate explanations, the review would establish them.

If they revealed misconduct, the appropriate authorities and parties would determine the consequences.

I didn’t have to decide the legal outcome in a conversation with my husband.

And I didn’t have to accept humiliation to prove that I cared about him.