Those are the terms.

They are not negotiable.

They are simply the description of what it means to be an equal parent, which is a thing you have never once been.”

Chapter 17 — And If I Don’t

“And if I don’t?” he asked.

“If I don’t sign it?”

I pulled out my phone and set it on the counter between us, face up, my attorney’s number visible on the screen.

“If you don’t sign it,” I said, “then at nine o’clock tomorrow morning, I send a single text message, and my attorney files the divorce petition.