The Backstory

At 36, I was single, never married, and working as the vice president of R&D for a biotech company. I was pretty well off as I had helped develop some important medical tech, and my stock options were paying off handsomely. Not having a wife or kids did save me money, but I did want to get married. I had dated, but I was not very social and preferred the company of books and movies to people. I was not unattractive, but no heart throb either.

One day, the company hired a new receptionist. She was in her early twenties, very cute and very bubbly and social, which in the past would have not meant much to me, but there was just something about her. We actually had banter when I saw her, which was unusual for me as I hated small talk.

We ended up going out, and I fell in love with her, and I thought she was in love with me. A few months later, we married in Tahoe, Nevada. She had me pay to fly out her friends and close family, and I agreed. Sex was good, but a bit vanilla. The wildest thing we did was doggie-style, and she only suck my cock during foreplay to get me hard.

She also loved to spend money. She quit her job and spent her days at spas, going to lunch with friends, the country club we joined, or getting her hair done or shopping. I had plenty of money, and she had come from a working-class family, so I used that as an excuse to allow her to spend.

A couple of years into our marriage, day I heard her on her phone as she was sunning out back, and I could tell she was talking to a lover. I confronted her, but she denied it. I had my suspicions, but I could not prove anything. Soon our sex life went south, and she was spending more time away from home including more "girls' night out," and I grew more suspicious.

Finally, I had enough and announced I wanted a divorce, which is when she hired Gloria Beck, who was not only the most prestigious divorce lawyer in town, but a feminist icon.

What no one knew, I was working on a special device at work. I had my own private lab that no one else had access too. I had developed a gun that show a neural disrupter ray that would put anyone in a deep trance. I unethically used it on some interns but did not do anything other than put them in trances, have them act out of character in the trance, and give them silly triggers like barking like a dog when I said certain words, but they would immediately forget they did it.

I told Haylee and Gloria I wanted to settle before our Monday morning court date. I met with them at Gloria's office late Friday afternoon. It was then I used the gun to put them in trances, told them to get the makeovers and what clothing to buy for the court appointment, and gave them triggers. I then had them think we could not come to an agreement, so we had to go to court Monday.