Chapter 10 - My Marriage Ended Before My Children Arrived
Raymond and I finalized the divorce when I was twenty-eight weeks pregnant.
The judge asked whether we were certain.
“Yes,” I said.
Raymond said, “Yes.”
No drama.
No contest over trust.
No fight over babies.
Raymond agreed to generous child support subject to actual paternity confirmation after birth, though nobody seriously doubted it.
We left courthouse separately.
On steps he said, “Clara.”
“Yes?”
“Thank you for not using them to punish me.”
“They’re children, not weapons.”
His eyes lowered.
“My family forgot that.”
“Then remember.”
May you like
He nodded.
That was our final conversation as husband and wife.
