What the Game Revealed
At a college reunion, a few drinks turned into a game called the Best Wife Challenge.
The rules were simple: each man had to call his wife and ask for $100,000 to buy a car. Whoever got the money first won.
As expected, I was the first.
"Gideon, we're seriously jealous of you. You've got money, freedom, and the perfect life."
The table erupted in laughter, everyone quietly avoiding the memories we all shared.
Like how Josephine Strickland and I had been together for eight years but never made it down the aisle.
Like how she left for graduate school overseas, and I was the last person to find out.
Trying to catch her before her flight took off, I got into a car accident that left me bl