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

I had met him.

“It is done,” he said, turning to me.

Through the glass doors, I could see Eric standing near the security desk, being handed his briefcase by two guards.

The guards escorted him past the velvet ropes, their faces expressionless as they guided him toward the exit.

Eric walked out of the building alone into the bright daylight.

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