ON MY WEDDING NIGHT I HID UNDER THE BED TO SURPRISE MY HUSBAND

man who records himself planning to defraud his wife does not walk away with a favorable settlement. He walks away lucky to avoid worse.

He got nothing. The apartment stayed mine. The marriage was annulled with a speed that reflected exactly how indefensible his position was once his own voice was in evidence. And the receipts he’d so carefully kept — the ones meant to be his weapon — became, in my attorney’s hands, just more proof of premeditation.

Lorna fared no better, socially, which for a woman like Lorna is the