I came home and found my husband punishing my eight-year-old daughter because he claimed she had torn his mistress’s $10,000 dress.

answered.

Vanessa rolled her eyes. “This is ridiculous.”

Daniel sat at the dining table.

“Actually, it’s about to become very serious.”

Derek’s confidence faltered.

“Why are you here, Daniel?”

“Because Claire asked me to come.”

Daniel opened the folder.

“And because three weeks ago, she retained me to prepare divorce documents.”

Silence.

Derek stared at me.

“You planned this?”

“I planned for the possibility that you were cheating.”

Vanessa stepped backward.

Derek recovered quickly. “Fine. Divorce me. You’ll get half the debt.”

Marcus almost smiled.

“That depends which debt you