In the middle of dinner, my husband laughed and told our friends that no one else wanted me, so he married me out of pity.

Instead, I unlocked my phone.

First, I opened the shared family cloud drive Brandon had forgotten was synced to my laptop and phone years ago.

Then I opened the folder I had discovered three weeks earlier.

Then I sent one email.

After that, I returned to the table, sat down, folded my hands in my lap, and waited.