My Husband Beat Me on Easter—Then Police Found the Case He’d Been Building to Make My Father Look Like the Dangerous One
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Chapter 22 - Divorce
I filed for divorce.
Ethan contested some financial issues.
Not the marriage itself.
Through lawyers, he initially asked for counseling.
I declined.
He wrote:
I still love you.
That was probably true.
People can love and harm each other.
Love is not a safety certification.
He also wrote:
Your father has always wanted this.
There it was.
Still.
Even at the end.
A third person inside a marriage of two.
I did not reply.
The divorce process forced us to separate facts from narratives.
House value.
Accounts.
Furniture.
Debts.
No children.
That simplified everything enormously.
Eventually the decree came.
I removed my wedding ring.
Not dramatically.
Put it in a small jewelry box.
Later sold it.
May you like
Used part of the money for a couch.
Best trade of the marriage.
