mean?”
“It would be easier.”
His eyes filled.
“I really didn’t know what Mom was doing.”
“I believe you.”
That startled him.
“Then why are you still divorcing me?”
“Because not knowing doesn’t erase everything you did know.”
He stared.
“You knew she had access to my business systems.”
He looked away.
“You knew you took my card.”
Silence.
“You knew your family treated my boundaries like suggestions.”
He swallowed.
“And every time I asked you to choose our marriage over keeping your mother happy, you told me I was