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

describing a plan to defraud your new wife out of an apartment, while calling her father a nobody. There is no reframe for that. There is only the sound of it, playing in a quiet room, while everyone you’ve ever tried to impress listens.

The recording kept going. “She’s so easy to manage. That shabby little flat she took me to was pathetic.” “Her father’s a nobody. She’ll be grateful for whatever we let her keep.” “No weakness from the start. Let her know who makes the decisions.”

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