Then:

“The honeymoon reservation was an employee benefit belonging to Mariana and her husband.

Robert and I had no right to give it away.”

She swallowed.

“When Mariana canceled it, I publicly accused her of jealousy and instability.

Those accusations were wrong.”

Then something not required by the settlement:

“I have spent too much of my life confusing my older daughter’s competence with lack of need.