Today, I want you to realize that women don’t want to just do what their husbands tell them to.” “Then what do women want?” I thought of my mother, moving out under the pretense of helping me. Would she have left my father if my life hadn’t imploded, providing the perfect opportunity? And of Nancy, who had to hide her handiness from her husband, lying to protect his fragile ego and pocket the money a repairman would get. Of Fran, who was now struggling to get by on her own. And of myself. My situation could turn on a dime once we went to court and I knew it. “Freedom. Self-sufficiency. Respect
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