I did not follow their arguments.
I did not call Rachel to ask what had happened.
I had no interest in becoming the referee in a relationship I had never agreed to be part of.
My lawyer handled the legal questions. Tyler and I exchanged necessary information about our finances and the children. We began the process of determining what separation and divorce would mean in practical terms.
The property documents were reviewed, and I continued to follow professional advice rather than assuming that my understanding of the deed answered every possible legal question.
That mattered to me.
I wanted a resolution based on facts, not revenge.
I also learned something about Rachel that made me more cautious about the claims circulating around her.
Some of the information in the folder had been incomplete, and a few details were open to interpretation. There was no reason to turn suspicions about her previous employment into accusations we could not prove.
