She named figures.
Not just salary figures.
The household management.
The administrative work.
The logistics.
What those things would have cost if purchased as services.
She named the figure.
Gabriel looked at the number.
He said: that’s not how it works.
Patricia said: it’s how it works when you’re dividing a marital estate.
He went still.
He said: dividing?
I said: I have not filed anything.
He said: then why is she here?
I said: because I want you to understand what the house is.
I said: and what the marriage is.
He said: Sara.
I said: the house is ours. Equally. In every legal and practical sense.
I said: and when you told me this was your house and you were the man of the house, you were wrong.
