I have nothing helpful to say, just that I'm green with envy and hate you for how happy you're going to be. Step on a lego. :(

His actions are clearly shady. You wouldn't be here asking for advice if you didn't think they were. I don't want to throw the word "affair" around lightly, but the texts you saw seem to indicate that there is something unresolved there that could be anything but doesn't look good regardless. Is he seriously…

Honestly? If I were you, I'd insist on using the car. I base this on two points:

THANK YOU. I reread that part of the book recently and it was so angering. I can see how beating your wife for perceived wrongdoing could be normal behavior for an 18th century male, but it was HER reaction that left the bad taste in my mouth. He takes a fucking strap to you and all it takes is a little walk and a…