I didn’t consider her an enemy either.

She was another person trying to untangle a history she hadn’t fully understood.

Afterward, I opened the hand cream and placed a little on my wrist.

The scent made me cry, but not from fear.

PART 19

The first mediation meeting wasn’t about our marriage.

It was about the practical costs of separating our finances while the investigations continued.

Evelyn sat beside me.