Here and Now by Constance O'Day-Flannery

Author:Constance O'Day-Flannery
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 2000-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

“You heard me, Laura. Ingrid’s pregnant. Four months. No wonder they want this over as quickly as possible. Tell them I’ll take the eight million for the last fifteen years of lies, and the alimony and the child support. I want to get out of this house as quickly as possible and protect myself and my son.”

“I understand, Suzanne,” her lawyer answered over the phone. “My God, this just keeps getting more and more… I don’t even know what the word is anymore.”

“Sordid,” Suzanne supplied. “I’m telling you I would look at tabloid television and wonder what kind of people lived lives like that. Now I know. Me! Talk about learning never to judge!”

“Oh, Suzanne, you’re the victim in all this. You’re not sordid.”

“Please do not refer to me as a victim, Laura. I can’t stand the word. I can’t stand feeling sorry for myself. I find myself crying for the most ridiculous reasons and I can’t put it down to postpartum blues any longer. I just want this over as quickly as possible so I can move on with my life. I’ll pay whatever it takes to get this moving.”

“It is moving, Suzanne. Look how far we’ve come already. I can’t get a judge to move you up on the docket, but I can harass the hell out of Kevin’s lawyers to get the paperwork completed. Then I’ll see what I can do. I know a few clerks in family court.”

“Oh, there’s one thing more,” Suzanne said. “It’s the primary reason I called you.”

“What’s that?”

“I want full custody of Matty. I can’t imagine Kevin fighting me on it, since he’ll have another child in five months.”

“Okay, I’ll tell them. What if he does put up a fight?”

“He won’t. He doesn’t even know Matty. He’s only seen him once and only for about five minutes. Besides, he’s too much of a coward, especially now, when his lawyer lets him know that Ingrid told me the whole ugly story.”

“You know we could fight to put aside the prenup now. You could be entitled to half of all marital assets… might even be thirty million.”

“As they tie us up in court and it takes years to free myself from that man? No thanks. I don’t need that kind of money and I don’t want to fight for anything, except full custody of my son.”

“All right. I’ll get on the phone as soon as we hang up. You’ve opened a checking account in your name?”

“Yes, two days ago.”

“Give me the account number, so I can have Kevin’s lawyers wire the first transition payment into it. Start concentrating on building a new life, Suzanne. At least it will help take your mind off the rest of it for a while.”

“Yes, I think that’s just what I’ll do, Laura. Thanks.”

After giving Laura her new account number, she hung up the phone and looked around at the farmhouse. Once she had loved it. Now it seemed like a place of lies. Even the decorations were planned with a future.

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