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The Perfect Divorce
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Prologue-Chapter 12Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of graphic violence, death, substance use, addiction, self-harm, and physical abuse.
Prologue Summary: “Did He Kill Her?”
Twelve years before the narrative present, Adam Morgan gives an interview on Channel 5 News regarding his conviction in the Kelly Summers case. The interviewer begins by laying out Adam’s story. Eight years ago, he was arrested for murdering his pregnant lover Kelly Summers. Although Kelly’s body was found in Adam’s bed, Adam swears he didn’t kill her. However, the Prince William County Sheriff’s Office doubts that Adam would have slept through the night without noticing someone force an entrance open and stab Kelly to death. Adam contends that he and Kelly were drugged. He also insists that cheating on his wife Sarah Morgan (who’s a lawyer and defended him in his trial) isn’t the same as murder. He suggests that Kelly’s husband Scott Summers or Kelly’s former brother-in-law Bob Miller could be behind the murder.
Chapter 1 Summary: “Sarah Morgan”
In the narrative present, Sarah is married to Bob and living with him and their daughter Summer in Manassas, Virginia. Sarah recently discovered that Bob was cheating on her, and she filed for divorce. She, Bob, and their respective lawyers Jess and Brad meet to discuss the terms of the divorce.
