I decided to wait a couple of days to call Molly. When I did, we talked for well over an hour. I tried to sound surprised when she explained how she called her father that Sunday night, telling him what she wanted. She said he seemed relieved, telling her there was a divorce lawyer in their firm. How she went to meet him Monday morning, and the papers were filed that afternoon.
He advised her that she should move out and wait to see what his lawyer had to say. With the help of her father, she told her lawyer the whole story about us. He replied that she should stay with her parents until everything was settled.
The thought was that if Tony found out about us, he might want to make problems.
“How long,” I asked.
“We’ll know more when we hear from his lawyer,” she answered tentatively. “
