I PAID OFF MY HUSBAND’S $450,000 DEBT — THEN HE TOLD ME TO LEAVE. HIS PARENTS SIDED WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND. THAT’S WHEN I STARTED LAUGHING.

I stared at him.

Almost a year.

I thought about all those nights I’d stayed up working.

All the weekends I’d spent reviewing contracts.

All the money I’d put toward his business.