My Mother-in-Law Burst Into Laughter When I Entered Divorce Court Without an Attorney. My Husband Sat Confidently Beside Three High-Priced Lawyers, Convinced They Would Take Everything From Me.

Beside the name was a phone number and a note.

He knows where you belong next.

I responded cautiously.

“Hello?”

“Mara Pierce?”

“Yes.”

“This is Daniel Reyes.”

“I know.”

“I heard you may be returning to the law.”

“Who told you that?”

“Victor did.”

“When?”

“Two years before he died.”

“What did he say?”

“He said you had spent too long mistaking sacrifice for retirement.”

I pressed the letter against my chest.

Daniel continued.

“There is a position available with the veterans’ legal advocacy unit.”

“I am not sure I