Chapter 23 - DIVORCEI filed six weeks after June’s funeral.
Daniel did not contest the dissolution.
He contested property.
Of course.
House.
Retirement.
His architecture firm.
My design partnership.
Joint savings.
No giant fortune.
No sudden billionaire reveal.
We had built a comfortable life.
Dividing it took eleven months.
The affair mattered emotionally more than financially.
Where marital funds had paid for Olivia-related travel, Daniel received adjustments.
Not punishment for adultery.
Accounting.
I kept the house after refinancing and offsetting Daniel’s share through other assets.
For months I hated living there.
Then I renovated the staircase.
Not because I wanted to erase it.
May you like
Because the runner was ugly.
That became important to me.
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Chapter 24 - EVELYN’S PLEAEvelyn eventually entered a plea rather than forcing every issue through trial.
Chapter 25 - OLIVIA APOLOGIZESOlivia sent me a letter.
Chapter 26 - THE STAIRSTwo years after the fall, I stood at the top of the rebuilt staircase holding a cup of tea.
Chapter 27 - The EndTwo years and three months after I lost June, I woke before sunrise and made tea.
