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The Wild Edge of Love Part 12
A Big Win for Him
The next 24 hours seemed to take forever to get through. There were moments of the day that were so lonely and devastating. I did not want to go to court to fight about taxes. The past year, he had done the same thing…waited till the deadline and demanded we do it his way. And the court would have ruled in his favor just the same.
My lawyer sent me the petition they filed. It was absurd to me, reading words about myself that did not resonate at all. Things like “She is wasting marital assets” did not make any sense to me. I was the one who forked out the entire retainer that would have been the amount of the divorce in the first place. He was the the one who has now, at this point, wasted almost 30K of our money in lawyers’ fees because of his ego and greed. I was wasting assets. I don’t even have any assets. HE is the one with assets. So, this is about his money, not mine. I don’t even own the car I am driving my kids around in.
At 8:30 am, another call came from my lawyer, asking me for permission to settle with them out of court regarding our taxes. He said it was the best choice. I did not understand and still do not understand how that could be. But, I went with it, but not before I gave him quite an ear-full and made sure he understood I did NOT agree with him, but was going along with it, hoping he understood…
