“Dr.

Vance said she was forty-eight hours from a rupture,” I said.

He held out the draft property settlement.

“If the state licensing board sees a court record of bank forgery, they’ll pull my contractor’s license,” he said.

“That’s your problem,” I said.

“If I lose my license, I can’t pay you alimony or child support,” he said.

He pointed the rolled-up paper at my face.

“Take the house, take the bank accounts, just make the signature report go away,” he said.