“That’s what I’ll insist on,” she said. “I’ll send you every revision before you sign.”
The next few weeks were less dramatic than they were tedious. Donald’s lawyer returned drafts with new objections. Marissa requested records supporting disputed balances, corrected the schedules, and refused language that would have turned his unsupported financial descriptions into agreed facts. There were no secret court victories, just exchanged documents and a lot of careful reading.
Eventually we had an agreement I could live with. I would keep my equipment, pay the fixed amount through the attorneys, and leave the marriage without taking on the listed debts assigned to Donald. The specified property claims would be finished. Questions about transactions outside that settlement weren’t being pron
