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There was a knock at the door Marsha had just awakened fro her so early in the ht it was her husband, but he would have his keys and was not due back from his trip for at least another month She went to the door; it was the e that required her signature

When she opened the envelope, a petition for the dissolution of rounds but never iined it would end like this, in such a cold and an impersonal manner She wondered how Ted, her husband of five years, could have ended their e in such a sneaky way

The ideal wife is how Marsha saw herself, the one who always stood by her husband no ot She supported him financially and emotionally, helped him finance a couple of business ventures and took care of his sisters who gave an entirely newto the word moochers She had put her needs on hold to help her husband fulfill his, and for all of her sacrifices, this is how he repaid her

But if she thought getting those divorce papers was a slap in the face, she was about to be blindsided by events that would place her into financial ruins and leave her parents, friends, and neighbors saying, "We saw it coles' dance She was 24; he was 28 It was definitely love at first sight on her part, but it was never quite clear if he had those sas

She had just graduated frooal was to work in her father's firm for a couple of years and then take the New York State Licensing Exam to become a Certified Public Accountant Those plans never ot involved with Ted

Three months later, they eloped to Delaware and tied the knot; it would be several more months before anyone knew they were husband and wife

Those who knew Ted ondering how he landed such a classy wo to question Marsha's state of mind when she married him After all, she came from a well-to-do fa business five years before she was born, and her mother was the publisher and editor of a popular weekly society newspaper

Marsha went to the finest schools that h school and college and was valedictorian at her college commencement She and her parents lived in a picturesque hts section of Brooklyn, New York Marsha was a beautiful and refined young woner clothes