Chapter 5

"A divorce petition."

When his mother read the first page aloud, Miles finally understood that I had not moved out to force him to end the vacation.

I was ending our marriage.

He called repeatedly. I sent him my attorney's information. Ten minutes later, he used another number.

"Joanna, please do not hang up."

"Anything related to the divorce goes through my attorney."

"You filed without even speaking to me."

"You removed me from a trip in October and planned to tell me the night before you left. You had months to speak to me."

He insisted that sharing a…