Chapter 27
Divorced
(Maya’s POV)
The steps of the courthouse echoed beneath my heels as I made my way toward the building, I never thought I’d enter for something like this.
Divorce court.
The final blow.
David was already there, pacing outside like a man on death row, and standing a few feet behind him, arms tightly folded, was Jessica.
Kinsley walked beside me, a calm force in a navy pantsuit and sunglasses that made her look more like a federal agent than a divorce lawyer. She leaned over and whispered, “Ready to gut the bastard?”
“Born ready,” I muttered back.
David spotted me instantly and rushed forward. “Maya,” he breathed, desperation pouring off him like sweat. “Please, don’t do this.”
I stopped short. “Too late. I already am.”
Jessica stepped forward, her eyes flic
