The Day I Signed My Divorce Papers My Ex Husband Gave Me A Bank Card And Told Me The Pin Was My Birthday

living expenses, the fifteenth of every month.

I kept reading. My hands had begun to tremble again.

December of the first year. A deposit with the memo: for a warmer coat. It’s cold.

My birthday the following spring. Memo: happy birthday.

Christmas. Memo: Christmas money.

I sat in that bank lobby while people moved around me, and I pressed the papers against continue reading …