Counseling.

A family again.

I don’t care about the money.

I just want you.” “No,” I said.

“We can’t.” His attorney slid a settlement across the table: he would “drop” his claim on my company if I split the marital assets down the middle, dismissed the theft complaint against his mother, and withdrew the defamation documentation.

I picked it up, looked him in the eye, and tore it in half.