The Useless Wife They All Feared
Of the three daughters-in-law in one of New York's oldest and wealthiest families, I was considered the most useless.
Vera Hawthorne, married to the eldest Hawthorne son, was a world champion hacker. Catherine Hawthorne, married to the second son, was one of Wall Street's fiercest M&A lawyers.
They talked code and securities law. Me? I cared about the latest jewelry on Fifth Avenue and afternoon tea at the Plaza. I couldn't even watch a chef prepare a lobster without getting teary-eyed.
Everyone saw me as Arthur Hawthorne's pretty, useless wife. He'd spent five years spoiling me rotten.
I didn't mind. All I wanted was a quiet life as Mrs. Hawthorne.
What they didn't know was that I wasn't bo