I watched my husband’s face come apart for about a second and a half and then reassemble, and it is the only time in eighteen years I ever saw the machinery.

He said, “That’s a corporate matter.”

And Arthur said, “It is.

And so is where our founding capital came from in 2008.”

Julian looked at me.

He did not ask what Arthur meant.

He said, “So you went to a lawyer.”

I said, “Yes.”