My husband brought three attorneys to court because he thought I was too poor to fight him. His father laughed at me from the gallery. Then I opened my bag and took out one red folder.Marriage
Corabelle Ashgrove laughed first.
It was a small laugh, behind two fingers and a diamond tennis bracelet, and it was designed to be seen rather than heard, which is how that woman has done everything for forty years.
Bartholomew Ashgrove, seventy-one, leaned back in the second row and let his mouth do the thing it does.
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Across the aisle my husband sat with three attorneys from Kaine Petrossian. Italian suits, four leather cases, two encrypted laptops, and a set of colour-coded binders that must have cost eleven thousand dollars to produce.
They were representing the sole heir to Ashgrove Development Group, which is the largest privately held commercial developer in this state.
On my side of that courtroom there was a scuffed leather tote bag and a paper cup of water.Legal Services
Judge Theodora Bracken looked down at me over her glasses.
“Mrs Ashgrove, you understand you have the right to retain counsel?”
“Yes, Your Honour.”
“And it’s your wish to proceed pro se?”
