I Came Home From a 12-Hour Shift to a Maxed Card and a Mess—So I Cleaned Everything and Set the Boxes by the Door

and turn your brain off.”

I lifted boxes all day while calculating how many I needed to lift to pay for her latest purchases.

“I’m done, Rebecca,” I said. “Clean the house or get out.”

She laughed. “Get out? This is my house too. Community property. I get half of everything.”

Half of the debt she created.

“Then you can have half the housework,” I said.

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