Unraveled Loyalties

David Reese fell in love with his secretary in the third year of our marriage.
For her, he was willing to break with his family, to abandon his wife and daughter.
The day he left, he knelt before the family shrine all night and left all the money to me and our daughter.
'I've let you down, but I can't help it. I love her and can give up everything for her.
'I won't come back. Things like family status and money only hold me back.
'Living in this family with only money and no love - I guess that's my misfortune.
'If I can't be with the person I love, what's the point of living?'
I glanced at him and decisively signed the divorce papers, accepting all the money.
Love is full of holes, riddled with wounds.
Good riddance.