Chapter 4

"And I've already filed for divorce," I continued. "Once the divorce goes through, he'll have to pay me 1100 dollars a month for my son's child support. And if he has to pay for your kid too, with a monthly salary of 12 thousand dollars, how much do you think he'll have left?"

"W-well..." Colette stammered.

I said, looking her straight in the eye, "I came here to tell you not to count on him. He can't give you anything."

"But he said he'd let me move into the school-district house," Colette said.

I was taken aback for a moment,…