Divorce hit me like a tidal wave. The family that I had married into was no longer mine. My ex-husband asked me to sign a prenup, and I complied happily, was so naïve, I thought we would be married forever. I had come to accept that compliance was a big part of being married to this man, and I forgave all of his behavior while clinging onto the dream of the man who seduced me, the kind, powerful, and loving man who proposed. “I want a divorce,” he told me when I caught him having an affair with a woman ten years younger than me. I was out of the house that very same night, with a $100 bill he tossed at me while I packed my suitcase. I found a cheap motel and stayed there while applying for jobs. The only thing worse than the hunger pains in my stomach, and the heart ache of what could have been was the loss of my stepsons. My ex-husband forbade me to talk to my step-sons, who I had grown to love as my own.
Actors: Kit Mercer
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