That mattered to me more than Connor’s ruin ever could.

The report became part of a court filing two weeks later. Kenneth reopened the financial portions of the divorce based on omitted medical and marital records, misrepresentations, and documents Connor had sworn did not exist.

There were affidavits. There were deposition notices. There were clinic records and messages and dates that no amount of charm could rearrange.

Melinda gave a statement after her own attorney explained that Connor had left her exposed in ways she hadn’t understood. I didn’t ask whether she cried.

I didn’t ask whether Connor shouted. Some details belong to the people who earned them. I only needed the truth on the record.

Connor’s public version of our marriage didn’t survive the first hearing. His attorney tried to frame it as private pain between former spouses. Kenneth let him finish.