He Said Someone Like Him Would Never Date Me — So I Made Sure He Never Would

out to a college friend who’d gone into law. Kept it hypothetical: if someone pays for a car in a relationship and it ends, is there any way to get it back?

It depends on ownership and documentation.

That was enough.

The lawyer’s name was Patricia Wells. Fifties, sharp-eyed, calm—the kind of woman who’d seen every version of heartbreak and never confused continue reading …