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The $9.90 Wife: My Final Mystery Box

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Abstract

On the third day after my daughter was born, I asked Carter for money to buy formula. Instead, he shoved a pile of mystery boxes in front of me.

"Pick one."

For three years of marriage, my living expenses depended entirely on drawing from mystery boxes. The most I ever got was $108.

All because on the day of our engagement, instead of the agreed-upon $108,000 family wedding gift, my dad suddenly brought out a giant mystery box, laughing:

"Let's not be cliché! Whatever you draw is what we get!"

I froze on the spot.

What I never expected was that Carter drew the grand prize: $1.88 million.

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