The Life You Left by Carmel Harrington

Author:Carmel Harrington
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers
Published: 2014-06-05T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

The past couple of weeks had just flown by and Sarah could hardly believe that it was now almost December. She had found a divorce lawyer, a guy called Conor Burke. He came highly recommended apparently. Ruby had a friend at work that had used him in his divorce the previous year. It was one of the most unnerving and scary things Sarah had ever done going in to meet him for the first time. When you fall in love, get married and start a family, you never ever see a future where a divorce lawyer plays a part in it. She really didn’t know what to expect. But she’d need not have worried, as Conor was extremely understanding and helpful. She supposed he saw people like Sarah all the time, looking for help to do something that ultimately they never really wanted to do, but circumstance had driven them to his door. She had vowed to herself that she would do everything possible to keep things as amicable as possible for the children’s sake, although there were times over the past couple of weeks that her resolve in that vow had very nearly weakened. It would be very easy to play the bitter and twisted ex-wife. And truth be told she felt she had earned that right to a certain degree. Had they no children she might have played that role with glee, but, for her children’s sake, she decided to stay on her moral high ground and do the right thing. She just hoped that Paul would do the same.

They all wanted to get an agreement fostered without the need for a court case. With this in mind Conor had written to Paul over a week ago and hoped that between Paul’s lawyer and him they could start negotiating on access and maintenance fairly quickly. Sarah hoped that Paul felt the same way about avoiding court, because every time Sarah thought of it her stomach just flipped. She’d never even been in court before, her only reference for what went on there was from watching soap operas. And she wasn’t sure that was a good source of information!

Another issue she had to deal with was financing it all. Money seemed to be always an issue these days. She just couldn’t get over how much it all cost. She had received an invoice from Conor already for €242 for just the letter he’d sent Paul. District Court could cost up to €5000, so she was really hoping that Paul would work with her, not against her. She had called him several times and begged him to come and visit the kids. Tommy was still struggling with his Daddy not being around and he was quick to lose his temper lately, which was very unlike his usual self. The sins of the father, a true phrase in this case. He’d not been in any more fights in school, he’d promised Sarah he wouldn’t, and was true to his word. But it was hard to miss the effect that Paul’s absence was having on the children.

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