ABSTRACT

Alice trusted Howard, her husband. She had reason for doing so. He was devoted to her. Or so she thought.

When Howard died unexpectedly, Alice, in preparing for his memorial service, opened his computer file only to discover that he had recently been leading a secret and complex second life. He had married another woman, fathered a child with her, and periodically lived with both second wife and child, as he described things, while “out of town doing regular business” in Kansas City.