not reduce this to money?”
“No.”
He seemed affronted, as though it was acceptable to explain twenty-seven years of marriage with loneliness but unfair to assign a $486 price to one of his hotel visits. GetMarriage Tips
Three weeks later Daniel moved out, claiming he needed “space to think.” Rachel’s two-bedroom apartment in Dublin evidently offered ideal surroundings for reflection.
I retained Melissa Grant, an attorney with a modest second-floor office in a Westerville brick building between an accountant and a physical therapist. She wore reading glasses on a chain, drank from a mug reading I BILL FOR THIS, and had no taste for courtroom theatrics. I liked her at once.
After reviewing the paperwork she asked, “Do you know how much he spent?”
“Not exactly.”
“We’ll calculate it.”
Looking over her glasses, she instructed, “And from now on, keep your communication boring.”
“Boring?”
“Short. Factual. Child-related where necessary. Property-related
