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"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."

— Leonardo da Vinci

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The night my son called me a leech, he was eating pot roast I had cooked in the house I owned, drinking wine I had paid for, while his wife tried to hide a smile behind her glass. For one stunned second, the only sound in my dining room was the clock ticking over the mantel. Then Daniel leaned back and said, “Maybe you should get a job instead of sitting around here expecting everyone else to carry you.”

Chapter 2 I took the statement from his hand. “Yes. About that.” “Since when?” “Since your father died. The sale of his share in the…

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The room was still laughing when I decided my marriage was over. My husband, Daniel Bennett, stood beneath a chandelier at a Baltimore hotel, one hand around a champagne flute and the other resting on my shoulder as if I were part of the furniture. “Claire’s been very supportive,” he told the forty people gathered for his promotion party. “Of course, outside of cooking, there really isn’t much she can do.”

Chapter 2 For most of our marriage, Daniel believed I did occasional consulting from home. I never told him that, but I allowed the assumption…

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The night my mother told me my job was to work so my older brother could enjoy his life, she pointed toward the front door as if thirty years of being her daughter could be canceled with one manicured finger. The Thanksgiving turkey was still warm, the candles were still burning, and my fiancé, Marcus, was sitting beside me when she said it. What nobody at that table understood was that if I walked through that door, I would be taking far more than my coat with me.

Chapter 2 The following afternoon my phone alerted me that someone had forced open the service entrance to my Tribeca apartment. I was eating lunch…

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