How a Five Million Dollar Bet Led to an Unexpected Marriage in Queens

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I picked up the white business card Eric had given me, the gold lettering of his real estate company catching the light from the bare ceiling bulb.

I dialed the number before I could convince myself to put the card down.

“I will do it,” I said when Eric answered on the second ring.

“Good,” Eric said. “Be at the penthouse continue reading …