My mother-in-law actually laughed when I headed into divorce court alone, while my husband sat smugly beside three expensive attorneys, certain they were about to strip me of everything. But when I told the judge I had never signed their divorce agreement and opened my folder, the entire courtroom was about to discover something my husband’s family had never bothered to learn about me.
“”Well, look who’s here,”” Ruth Ellison whispered loudly enough for everyone to hear. “”And without a lawyer. How embarrassing.””
Her diamond bracelet glittered as she covered
