MY HUSBAND SHOOK ME AWAKE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT—“GET UP, BACKYARD, NOW!”

in case something went wrong.”

“And now?” I asked.

“They have it.”

I felt sick. “You brought this into our home. Around our children.”

“I protected you,” he insisted. “That’s why I woke you. That’s why I made you hide.”

“You didn’t protect us,” I said. “You used us as leverage.”

His face hardened. “You’re alive, aren’t you?”

The next morning, I called a lawyer.continue reading …