![]() She looked at his face and wished she could be like some of those women she had often read about who, when they looked at a lost or former lover, wondered what they could have seen in him in the first place. She almost smiled-why should their divorce be any different than their marriage? Could you give us some examples of what you describe as your wife’s erratic behavior over the last few years.”ĭonna Cressy sat in the straight hard-backed chair, her back rigid, not touching the wood, and watched the man in the witness stand, the man to whom she had been married for six years, Victor Cressy, age thirty-eight and five years her senior, continue to grind what was left of her self-image into fine flecks of ash (human remains from the cremator’s oven), to dissect every phrase she had uttered during their life together, every tone, every nuance until there was nothing left but his interpretation of how it had been. The lawyer smiled with well-practiced patience, perfectly pitched understanding in his voice as he elaborated. ![]() “Could you be a little more specific when you say ‘erratic behavior’?” ![]()
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