Section Four of the prenuptial agreement voids all spousal support in the event of documented assault or financial extortion against you.

She’s given us both, on video, in a single morning.” I closed my eyes for a moment, there in the back of the car, and felt the strange, quiet weight of it settle.

Not triumph, exactly.

Something steadier.

The feeling of a person who has finally stopped absorbing damage and started, at last, to act.

Chapter 10 — Twenty-Two Calls