My Husband Said a Foster Child Would Leave With Nothing—Then a DNA Match Brought a Man With a Silver Cane to Our Divorce Hearing
The contested work would require a $2,500 retainer.
He explained what it covered, how it would be recorded, and that it was not a guarantee of success.
I counted out twenty-five bills.
Elena gave me a receipt.
I kept it beside the bank record.
Five hundred dollars remained from the withdrawal.
It was not enough to become comfortable, but it gave me choices I had not had the night before.
I bought groceries and the prenatal vitamins recommended by my clinician.