“Get a job, you lazy freeloader!” my husband yelled, throwing a newspaper in my face just weeks after I gave birth. I stayed silent, but secretly pulled our bank statements. When I saw where our $90,000 savings went, I smiled, called my attorney, and prepared a surprise that would ruin him…

Chapter 1: The Echo of the Impact

This is the chronicle of my own coup d’état. My name is Della, and until the moment the tightly rolled classified section of the morning paper struck my cheekbone, I had believed my life was merely going through a difficult season. The dull, humiliating thud of newsprint against my skin, however, was not a seasonal continue reading …