Inside is a petition for judicial separation of financial obligations, a provisional property use request for the apartment, and an emergency notice preventing Diego from withdrawing major joint funds until the dispute is reviewed. It is not quite war. Not yet. But it is the map to the battlefield after you’ve stopped pretending you’re still married to a man acting in good faith.
You sign every page.
Your handwriting stays steady. That surprises you. Maybe not because you are stronger than you thought, but because some signatures stop being emotional the moment survival enters the room. When you finish, Valeria collects the papers and says, “Good. Now do not answer his calls until I tell you to.”
He has already called twelve times.