“If she adds me to the deed,” Daniel said, “we can refinance.”
“Exactly,” Norma replied. “Once the property is marital, everything becomes easier.”
“She trusts me.”
Norma laughed.
“Then use that.”
I listened to those twenty-three minutes three times.
Then I called a family law attorney.
Family
The next morning, on the fifty-third day of my marriage, I came downstairs to find Daniel and Norma in the kitchen.
Norma was stirring that same soup pot.
The spoon scraped slowly against the bottom.
Daniel looked at me first.
“How much did you hear last night?”
“I heard enough.”
Norma straightened.
“You seem to be misunderstanding something.”
