The morning after we buried my father, my ex-husband’s new wife walked straight into his garden and told me to begin packing my belongings.

still people who spoke kindly to each other. “I hope we can all be civil today.”

I looked at him and saw the man I had loved for fifteen years. Then I saw the man who had walked out of our marriage and still believed he had the right to walk back into my inheritance.

“I intend to be honest,” I said. “Civil will depend on the rest of you.”

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