Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Herbert translated everything faithfully.

Marquis immediately assured her, "Don't worry. There's no marriage that can't be ended."

Jessica had just begun to relax when Marquis added, "But if your husband hasn't committed any specific misconduct, it could take a lot longer."

"How long?" Jessica asked, her hands moving in practiced sign language. When she finished, Herbert stepped in to voice her question.

"The fastest is about six months. But if things drag on, it could take a year or even two," he answered.

The light in Jessica's eyes dimmed at once.

She didn't have that kind of time. She couldn't afford to wait.

If the quickest route was still half a year, she might as well just wait for death to dissolve the marriage on its own.

Seeing her reaction, Herbert pressed, his tone low and urgent, "She wants this divorce as soon as possible-otherwise she wouldn't be going to all this trouble. Isn't there any other way?"

Marquis paused, deep in thought before replying, "Ms. Greene, you mentioned earlier that there might be emotional infidelity. If your husband doesn't meet the other legal criteria, then our only option is to gather evidence of emotional betrayal to prove the marriage has broken down. If the evidence is solid, a judge may grant the divorce in one hearing."

Jessica hadn't planned to air Timothy and Sheila's affair so openly, but she had no other choice if she wanted to win this case.

gave Sheila were just for a relative, but bringing Sheila to school events to pose as Henry's mother, letting others in the parents' group mistake

that showed Timothy's emotional

evidence of a physical affair, things would be even more

back in the city, Timothy and Sheila had stayed at the

made her feel exposed, but Timothy had left her no

be so shameless with Sheila, what pride did she have left to

let's file for divorce

the attorney

in Timothy's handwriting. The paper itself was gone now, but she'd taken a photo as soon as she found it right before she decided she

there was

The incident at Oakwood.

a nurse that Sheila was his mother, and Jessica was just the

event or guests at home, Timothy would always ask her to stay out of sight. Every time she was

ve

he'd transfer

dollars to