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

separate bedrooms, and then a quiet divorce.”

“Six months,” I repeated, the date June fifteenth repeating in my head.

“Think about it,” Eric said, sliding a white business card across the table. “But do not take too long, because he needs to make the announcement by the end of the week.”

The radiator in my one-bedroom apartment in Astoria hissed and continue reading …