When the detective said my marriage had “helped” her, I felt something inside me split. Ten years of memories rearranged themselves into scenes from a story I hadn’t realized I was in. Our holidays, our grief, our private jokes—suddenly every moment carried a second meaning, a shadow version where I was not a partner but a prop. Signing the divorce papers felt less like ending a relationship and more like stepping out of a role I never agreed to play.
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