After My Husband Departed For Work, I Secured Our $650,000 And Filed For Divorce

on a crisp autumn afternoon, the kind of day when the Chicago air turns sharp and clean, and you can smell winter approaching.

I sat in Eleanor’s office, watching the leaves swirl past her windows while she read the court’s decision over the phone.

“Total victory,” Eleanor said, and I could hear the satisfaction in her usually neutral voice. “The court continue reading …