MARTINEZ'S LOVE

with mummy and daddy, my tail tucked between my

me back to the office Saturday morning so I could pick up my car. Before I hopped i

zy for letting you go," I heard her

ory. They were absolutely sympathetic and once again volunteered their basement. D

ng every item in every box that someone had taped to the inside of the door. As with everything, Martinez had been thoroughly efficient in exorcising me from her life. In the end, I took the

ternal credit, my sister wasn't there to criticize. Instead, she hugg

eless router, so I was in business in only a few minutes. I changed my clothes and mounted my thirty-two inch flat panel television to the

n't going to let me

ld me how bad he's fucking you over, but

er the mani

over, Joyce. He's entitled

rapidly read through the papers and then zeroed in on the proposed settlement. When

d and buy out your equity for fifty-thousand. It has to be worth three

None of this mattere

ant the house anyway, if h

end, she convinced me that I at least needed to maintain a majority ownership so decisions could be made without Martinez's involvement. Right then I could not have cared less

sulking or feeling sorry for myself. Instead, I was planning on how I could get my husband back. Listen, I am a Lawyer, a

over to his clinic on Monday morning, and drop off the changes I'd made to the settlement documents.

hen George arrived at eight. He peeked his hea

oking so chipper or dressed so

self on my se

to drop this divorce foolishness. I love him, George, and

sighed and leaned back in my chair. I knew George was worried about me dragging out my pain and suffering by not making a cl

aces of the parking garage connected to the modern high-rise building that housed the offi

retty and immaculately-dressed young lady behind

nd well modulated voice, "welcome to Lib

ously. "I have some paper work I need to

may I have you

diately she knew of me. She recovered quickly, though, and gave

s Douglas, someone will

met before. Two things about Liberty Clinic were readily apparent I thought as the woman approached me. One was that the women working here were all good looking and better dressed th