The Lies Behind Her Marriage novel · Chapter 23 of 24
Chapter 23: The Decree
One year to the day after I filed, Courtroom 3 of the Lucas County Domestic Relations Court was full.
I had not expected that.
I had expected the bench, the flag, the clerk with the beaded glasses chain, and two chairs.
I had not expected the back three rows to be filled with work coats.
Bridget sat on the aisle in a green velvet jumpsuit, holding her thermos.
Marcia sat beside her in the gray cardigan, with a purse on her knees.
Behind them, row after row, sat the drivers.
They had come in on their day off, in their cleanest jackets, and they sat with their arms folded, watching the front of the room.
I sat at the table on the left, in my father's navy blazer.
Nolan sat at the table on the right, in a suit.
His hands lay on the wood in front of him.
They were different hands now.
There was a split callus across the base of each palm, and a fresh scar on the left thumb from a pallet jack.
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