She Wanted Her Ex on Our Deed, So I Walked Away

At the sales office, Sophia Butler, the girlfriend I'd been with for five years, added the name of her first love, Gordon Farley, to our home purchase contract.

The down payment had come from my parents draining their retirement savings.

She hadn't run a single word of it by me.

Her younger brother was egging things on from the side.

"Gordon, this place is basically yours now. Come crash here whenever you want!"

I pressed my hand flat on the contract, staring at Sophia, unable to believe it.

She just shook my hand off, irritated.