Table of Contents
Prologue ix
Part 1
1 To the Manner Born 3
2 "A Certain Gatsby-esque Quality" 11
3 World's Greatest Dad 16
4 The Maidstone Club 20
5 Deerfield 28
6 Princeton Breakdown 35
7 Out of Control 42
8 Lila Chase 45
9 Cleaning Up 51
10 "He's Going to Run a Hedge Fund" 57
Part 2
11 "A Quick Romance" 65
12 "To the Most Beautiful Girl I've Ever Met" 76
13 The Closet Affair 83
14 "You're a Loser" 91
15 "What a Nightmare" 97
16 "Saving Tommy Gilbert" 104
17 Anna Rothschild 109
18 "Like a Kid with a New Toy" 117
19 "He Was Kind of Fooling Around" 124
20 The Comfort of Silence 130
21 Arson 135
22 Spiraling Down 144
Part 3
23 My Son Shot My Husband 155
24 "Tommy, Open the Door!" 166
25 Perp Walk 173
Part 4
26 Rikers Island 183
27 "Messing With Me" 192
28 "The Press Preys on Well-To-Do Families" 201
29 Is He or Isn't He? 209
30 "Defendant's Appearance Alone Is Remarkable in a Criminal Courtroom" 225
31 My Client Is Radioactive 229
32 A Plea Bargain 241
33 "I Had No Choice" 253
34 "You Have the Potential to Be a Good Lawyer" 260
Part 5
35 The Trial 271
36 A Circus 286
37 "He Was Extremely Good-Looking" 295
38 "It's a Free Game" 308
39 It Was Really the Aha Moment 315
40 "The Ultimate Tantrum" 327
Epilogue 335