Three Neighbors Learn They Are Engaged to the Same Man, Only One Inherits His $8.3M — Story of the Day
Three women discover that they are engaged to the same con man at his funeral but only one of them inherits his fortune of $8.3 million.
Bart Garrow was a handsome man with charm to spare and a particular talent for older women. He knew just what to say and what to do, and before long, those honeys were dreaming they had finally found Mr. Rught.
Of course, Bart wasn’t Mr. Right, he was Mr. Wrong, and he justified his cruel manipulation of his victims’ emotions by saying to himself, “About time the stupid thing learned what life is all about! As if anyone was going to fall in love with HER…”
Clara, Frannie, and Tessa were stunned when they discovered they were engaged to the same man. | Source: Shutterstock.com
Bart was a conman, and a very successful one too. He had amassed a fortune in excess of $8 million, but he had no intention of giving up his lucrative profession. He was so very good at it, and he derived a malicious pleasure from cheating his victims and shattering their illusions.
No, Bart Garrow wasn’t a very nice man, but he was a clever and audacious one. He was currently involved in a scheme to con three different women who all lived on the same street out of their savings. He considered it a challenge.
So he first moved in on Frannie Karl and stripped her of $300,000, then he moved on to her neighbor Tessa Williams, and robbed her of a cool $430,000, and then he decided to try for a hat trick with their next-door neighbor, Clara Funcinno.
He met Clara Funcinno, a 56-year-old widow at her gym after ascertaining she had a considerable amount on deposit from the insurance payout after her husband’s death. For six weeks, he romanced Clara, took her dancing and dining at the most expensive restaurants in town, and sent her flowers and love letters.
Bart Garrow was a con man and he preyed on older women. | Source: Unsplash
Clara felt as if she was the most cherished woman in the world, as if finally someone saw her, Clara, in all her fragility, strength, and complexity. And so she fell in love.
When two months after their first meeting Bart fell on one knee and asked her to marry him, she didn’t even hesitate. Clara said yes and proudly wore...