Coralie was a nurse anesthesiologist at Meridian General, and she and Grayson had reportedly been involved for eighteen months. Even worse, day eleven of my hospitalization was the same day Grayson attended a departmental retreat in Michigan with a colleague. That colleague was Coralie.

While I was forty-seven feet below the hospital auditorium fighting peritonitis, Grayson accepted an excellence award and quietly changed his financial documents as though he were preparing for a future without me. He had not waited until I recovered. He had acted while I was still fighting to survive.

I revised the divorce terms. Priya filed an amended petition citing financial misconduct and anticipatory breach of fiduciary duty. Grayson’s attorney called the new terms aggressive. Priya agreed. Seven months later, the settlement was finalized.