Chapter 2
"Since there was never a signed prenuptial agreement, we will begin dividing properties."
"What!" Karen cried, snapping out of her boredom. The lawyer looked up from his paper work and eyed Karen. "I signed the prenup a week before the wedding!"
"I didn't. Sorry love." Lyle looked over and shrugged, an innocent look playing on his face. Karen had the notion to smack him across the face, but she contained herself.
"Shall we carry on?" The lawyer asked, looking from Lyle to Karen.
"Yes, I'd like to see what this S.O.B. is trying to take from me." Karen growled.
"Alright. The amount of $2,000 shall be paid to Lyle Finster for his traveling puppet show. The amount of $89,000 will be paid to Lyle Finster for the vehicle purchased during the marriage. The Park Avenue Penthouse shall now belong to Lyle, and payments from Karen Finster shall pay for the Penthouse."
"What?" Karen's voice was hardly a whisper. "That's not fair! I worked very hard for my money and I'm not going to give it to marry for money sleaze bag over here. This is not over. We're taking this to court. I signed the damn prenup and I'm not giving him anything." Karen said defiantly.
"One more thing." The lawyer seemed unfazed by her bold speech.
"What?" Karen barked, turning to face him.
"Is there anything else that we need to know about."
Karen's stomach dropped. "Like what?" She tried not to let on.
"Anything bought with his money, children, anything that connects you to him."
Karen didn't respond at first. She thought for a moment. Would it be illegal to not tell them she was pregnant? Oh, what had she gotten herself into?
"No." She shook her head.
The court date Karen had insisted upon was set and now she needed to find council to represent her case. She was fairly sure she could win, the penthouse was technically all hers. It would be rather impossible for Lyle to take it. But what about the baby? What if he found out about it?
She needed a drink.
"Since there was never a signed prenuptial agreement, we will begin dividing properties."
"What!" Karen cried, snapping out of her boredom. The lawyer looked up from his paper work and eyed Karen. "I signed the prenup a week before the wedding!"
"I didn't. Sorry love." Lyle looked over and shrugged, an innocent look playing on his face. Karen had the notion to smack him across the face, but she contained herself.
"Shall we carry on?" The lawyer asked, looking from Lyle to Karen.
"Yes, I'd like to see what this S.O.B. is trying to take from me." Karen growled.
"Alright. The amount of $2,000 shall be paid to Lyle Finster for his traveling puppet show. The amount of $89,000 will be paid to Lyle Finster for the vehicle purchased during the marriage. The Park Avenue Penthouse shall now belong to Lyle, and payments from Karen Finster shall pay for the Penthouse."
"What?" Karen's voice was hardly a whisper. "That's not fair! I worked very hard for my money and I'm not going to give it to marry for money sleaze bag over here. This is not over. We're taking this to court. I signed the damn prenup and I'm not giving him anything." Karen said defiantly.
"One more thing." The lawyer seemed unfazed by her bold speech.
"What?" Karen barked, turning to face him.
"Is there anything else that we need to know about."
Karen's stomach dropped. "Like what?" She tried not to let on.
"Anything bought with his money, children, anything that connects you to him."
Karen didn't respond at first. She thought for a moment. Would it be illegal to not tell them she was pregnant? Oh, what had she gotten herself into?
"No." She shook her head.
The court date Karen had insisted upon was set and now she needed to find council to represent her case. She was fairly sure she could win, the penthouse was technically all hers. It would be rather impossible for Lyle to take it. But what about the baby? What if he found out about it?
She needed a drink.