I Changed the Locks—Minutes Later My Son Arrived With a Crowbar, and Everything Shifted

cleaning. I changed the sheets, opened the windows, carried away their energy with the fresh air.

That evening, I received a threatening email from their lawyer. I forwarded it to Elias without responding.

“Don’t worry,” he replied within minutes. “Legal theater. They have no case.”

I made dinner just for myself—homemade tomato sauce pasta. I ate in the continue reading …