"Wow, that sounds perfect... Look, I know this is indelicate," Jace said. "But with my personal situation I was wondering, did you do a prenup? I mean, Deni, aren't you kind of rich?"

We had anticipated this, so I answered. "There was no prenup, for me or my mother. As for Deni being rich, it is true that, with her parents gone, she owned her home and 4 rental houses, plus she had a trust fund for her education. The houses all had mortgages, and were managed by a company. There was enough extra cash flow - a phrase I never thought I would use - from 4 rentals to...