"Even if it's not your fault, you admit it! That's the rule!"
I looked around the room. Not one person spoke up for me.
Every single one wanted me to kneel.
But why?
Because of Caroline's face? Because she thought she was a goddess walking among mortals? Because nothing I did was ever enough?
The questions burned through the fog in my mind. I rose slowly, my gaze locking onto Caroline.
"I agree to the divorce."
The room went dead silent.
"From this moment on, the bond between husband and wife is severed. You and I are strangers."
My voice wasn't loud, but it landed like a sledgehammer.
Caroline blinked, her mask of arrogance slipping. She hadn't expected me to agree so readily. She expected the dog to beg.
Before anyone could react, I grabbed the divorce agreement from the table, signed my name, and pressed my thumbprint onto the paper.
"Are you crazy?"
My in-laws leapt from the couch.
"Harrison!" my mother-in-law shrieked. "Are you even a man? Is it that hard to just apologize? She mentions divorce and you actually sign?"
"Tear that up right now!" my father-in-law roared, face turning purple. "Kneel and repent! List every mistake you've made until she forgives you!"