Then I read the letter he had never sent. In it, Gary described his plans to leave the marriage and start over. The words hurt more than I expected because they proved the lottery hadn\u2019t caused our marriage to collapse. It had simply revealed what Gary had already decided. He hadn\u2019t suddenly stopped loving me because we won. He had already been preparing to walk away, and the money had only changed how aggressively he acted.<\/p>\n
Gary tried to repair the damage once he realized the situation wasn\u2019t going his way. He called crying and promised that everything could return to normal. He told me we had spent thirty-four years together and shouldn\u2019t throw it all away over money. I listened quietly before asking him one question: \u201cIf that ticket had been worth two dollars instead of $2.4 million, would you still have filed for divorce?\u201d He said nothing.<\/p>\n
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