Rob,
I am not at all surprised by the conversation. It was inevitable. You mentioned MC, are you 2 presently going or is that something you hope for in the future? From my point of view all your W's anger and accusations were not coming from someone who is done with the M , but someone who was furious at you. i hope for your D's sake your W has the good sense to delay the deposition to save money. If you decide to try to work things out , you will need it to repair the financial damage of the legal costs. Your W probably feels you put her through it, so she will do the same. However she needs to understand that you did not accuse her of rape and child abuse. You didn't trust her and drove her away? The court could care less, just the L's because they get paid to discover it. You could use the money to take D on a trip if you get back together, LOL. If you talk to W again maybe try to veer the conversation to what will be not what was. It may get her to focus on where she wants to go from here. BTW, you were amazing in that conversation, if that does not bring W around then there is truly nothing there. Yes there are many issues between you but you did manage to bring a child into the world together and both seem to love and want her. I think deep down you both want the same thing, to have your family intact and have the joy of raising her together, and to recapture was what once between you. I am so hoping this break in the ice will not refreeze!