The day I gave my cheating husband everything and asked for n0thing in return, his mistress smiled at me like she had w0n.

“I knew there were papers. I didn’t know her signature was forged.”

Daniel stood again.

His attorney grabbed his sleeve.

“Sit down.”

Lily began trembling in my arms.

I stroked her hair.

“You’re safe.”

She looked toward Daniel.

Then she said, “Daddy got mad because I saw him practicing Mama Emma’s name.”

The courtroom changed.