Newly divorced, I donated the mansion to charity; my mother-in-law shouted, “So my 12 relatives are going to be homeless?” and I responded with a phrase that left her speechless…

My 15-year marriage to Javier ended abruptly, to the surprise of many. To everyone, we had always been the model of a   successful family: the businessman husband, the devoted wife, two studious children, and the spacious mansion in an exclusive neighborhood of Mexico City. But only I knew that behind that brilliance were impossible-to-heal…