For a long time afterward, Alexander didn't show up again.
Mark would occasionally contact me about foundation-related matters.
Through him, I pieced together fragments of what had happened.
Alexander and Selena had completely cut off contact.
Selena later moved to the West Coast and started a new life.
No conspiracy, no prison time, no devastating price paid by anyone for anyone else.
That actually felt right, somehow.
Our marriage had come to an end, and it had never been because some third party was rotten to the core.
It was Alexander who had made the choices.
Again and again.
He was the one who should bear the most responsibility for those choices.
Mark also mentioned that Alexander had sold our marital home.
"He said it was too quiet there."
I just laughed.
When I lived
