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.

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

showed

evidence of a physical affair,

remembered that, back in the city, Timothy and Sheila had stayed at the same

front of so many people made her feel exposed, but Timothy had left her

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

signed, "Then let's file for divorce

told the attorney everything she'd found

she'd discovered at home, covered in Sheila's name over and over in Timothy's handwriting. The paper itself was gone now, but she'd taken a

there was the school

The incident at Oakwood.

that Sheila was his mother, and Jessica

every time there was public event or guests at home, Timothy would always

ve

he'd transfer two

to