He Said He Needed Space, I Gave Him a Lifetime

The night her fiancé went to spend the night at his club, Mara didn’t chase after him. Instead, she started accounting for every last dollar in the house they owned together. Grant said he needed space. Mara decided to give him the rest of his life.
She switched on the study light and pulled out the bank statements, the home purchase contract, and every receipt from the renovations. They had both contributed to the down payment, and over the years she had poured a significant amount of her own savings into the place. She had kept every single receipt.
Before, it was just a habit. Now, it was the evidence she needed to leave. Mara scanned every document into her computer.
Then she canceled the wedding they had planned for six weeks from now. Finally, she filed a petition with the court to force the sale of their jointly owned home and divide the proceeds based on each person’s contribution.