Irretrievable

“You both agree the marriage is irretrievably broken?” The judge’s words hit my ears like a sonic boom, echoing like a coin dully ricocheting off the walls of an empty well. But could it be irretrievable if it was never even right to begin with?

I somehow manage a “yes.”

Ashley Emert is a pop culture-loving word nerd who also happens to be a bit of a cat lady.