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.

“The investigation will determine what is relevant.”

“Yes,” I answered.

“And until then, everyone should avoid assumptions.”

“I have spent seven years avoiding assumptions.”

The clerk recognized my name from the divorce filing, or possibly she simply recognized the expression of someone who had arrived carrying too much.

For once in weeks, I slept without listening for Andrew’s key in the front door.

While I woke, pale morning light rested across the curtains, and the decision I was avoiding seemed abruptly simple.

I would open Victor’s file.

Not because