No-fault. Uncontested. Surprisingly simple: 24 years of unity unwound in 24 hours with a single courthouse visit. A quarter of a century erased in a flurry of signatures and notarized stamps.
The official papers felt brittle in her hands. For him, a new beginning. For her, the end of everything.
Johannah is a corporate warrior by day and multi-genre writer by night.
I hope eventually the papers will feel like a new beginning for her too.
Cuts to the quick. Well done and devastating.
Sums it up perfectly.
The ending really packs a punch. Well done!