what was already mine.”
“That is what the document says.”
“We are not friends, Andrew.”
“I know.”
“We are not rebuilding the marriage.”
“I know.”
“You cannot use honesty now to keep me emotionally connected to you.”
“I won’t.”
“What will you do?”
“Testify.”
“And after that?”
“Find work.”
“You could start another company.”
“Maybe.”
“Without family money?”
“Definitely.”
“I have to learn whether I can build anything without hiding behind someone else’s name.”
Trust was not a door that opened simply because someone apologized.
Later that evening, I came
