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Jun 7, 2025
#redditrelationship #aita #redditstories Exposing My Wife’s Secret Affair — The Truth Will Shock You | Wistaloom Welcome back to Wistaloom! Today, I’m sharing my most personal, jaw-dropping story — a rollercoaster of betrayal, heartbreak, and ultimate redemption. From falling in love with Laya, to uncovering her affair, to executing the perfect revenge, and then surviving another devastating betrayal from my first marriage. This isn’t just a tale of heartbreak — it’s about resilience, justice, and finding peace after chaos. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro & values 00:34 How I met Laya 01:08 Our marriage & secret business 03:51 Discovering the affair 07:51 Surveillance & proof 09:44 Revenge & consequences 12:09 My first marriage & betrayal 15:10 Building a new life 17:00 Final showdown & justice served 18:47 What would you do?
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welcome back everyone to Wistaloom today
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I'm diving into a wild deeply personal
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story a saga packed with betrayal
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heartbreak shocking twists and a
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redemption arc that'll leave you stunned
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i've always tried to live by one simple
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guiding principle treat others the way
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you want to be treated it sounds
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straightforward doesn't it be kind be
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honest own your mistakes but let me tell
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you leading a good life staying true to
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those values is way tougher than I ever
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imagined so buckle up folks because this
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is a roller coaster of emotions tough
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choices and a comeback you won't believe
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let's get started picture this i'm Ethan
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a 6-foot guy with light brown hair a
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self-proclaimed computer geek from my
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high school and college days at the
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University of Wisconsin back then I was
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the go-to guy for tech troubles always
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tinkering with programs coding games and
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fixing systems that's how I met Laya a
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stunning 5'4 blonde with a jaw-dropping
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36 24 36 figure and a personality that
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could light up any room she was studying
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legal studies aiming to be a corporate
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lawyer while I was kneedeep in computer
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science dreaming of building the next
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big game one day a professor sent her my
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way when her computer crashed i helped
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her navigate the system and we hit it
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off we became efficient collaborators
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then close friends spending hours
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together laughing learning and growing
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closer over time I realized I was
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falling for her deeply in love and to my
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surprise Laya got to know me saw past
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the geek label and fell in love with me
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too it felt like a miracle a connection
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I never thought possible we got married
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within 2 months of her landing a job as
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a legal secretary at a major brokerage
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firm she worked hard to support us while
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I finished my degree and I admired her
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dedication her friendliness her drive
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over the next 5 years Laya climbed the
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corporate ladder eventually transferring
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to the Chicago headquarters as the
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assistant to the manager of the firm's
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legal department i graduated with a
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computer science degree and dove into
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writing computer game programs starting
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my own business my games took off some
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of them so popular you or your kids
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might recognize them we moved to
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Highland Park a beautiful suburb along
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Lake Michigan and built a comfortable
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life together we worked because we loved
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it not out of
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necessity life felt perfect a dream come
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true or so I thought but here's where
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the story takes a turn secretly I'd
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started another company TechGuard
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Solutions based in Milwaukee about an
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hour away we investigated computer
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software fraud a growing issue in the
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tech world to keep things confidential I
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stayed anonymous wearing disguises to
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hide my identity even from my own team i
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hired a sharp office manager Nora and
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contracted expert investigators like
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myself rotating them on projects to keep
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clients from getting too familiar
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techguard grew through word of mouth
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landing 150 clients working five or six
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projects at a time and pulling in over
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$3 million in profits last year my pay
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went to a separate account under an
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alias and I took on a job myself once a
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quarter just for the
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thrill laya had no idea about TechGuard
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i'd tell her I was meeting my game
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distributor in Milwaukee handling
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business online while I drove to our
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company apartment slipped on a disguise
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and used a company car a Buick to dive
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into investigations sometimes local
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sometimes in New York or beyond I'd
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finish reverse the process and head home
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you might wonder if I was sneaking
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around dating others betraying Laya not
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a chance i loved her beyond words beyond
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my own understanding and would never
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hurt her or our marriage or so I
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believed one day I took a job at
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Vanguard Software in Oakbrook another
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Chicago suburb to investigate a
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programmer possibly selling source code
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to a
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competitor the owner Marcus Kaine had
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designed a program to track securities
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transactions and I thought it would be
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fun to explore maybe even tie into
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Laya's work i set up at the Drake Hotel
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a short drive away and met Marcus he was
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tall dark and handsome the kind of guy
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women notice with a charming outgoing
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vibe that put me at ease i genuinely
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liked him he gave me everything I needed
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set me up in his office as a special
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projects manager from a customer there
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to debug his program it seemed like a
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solid plan on day two I confirmed his
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suspicions a programmer Tim was leaking
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code and I traced exactly how while
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working on my report Marcus' phone
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buzzed on the desk beside me he was out
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of the room so I glanced at the caller
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ID my heart stopped it was Laya's number
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my wife i nearly grabbed the phone to
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surprise her thinking her firm might use
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Vanguard's software imagining her shock
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at finding me there but that had blown
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my cover exposed Tech Guard i chuckled
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at the irony until Marcus returned and
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called her back
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my amusement turned to sickness as I
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overheard him laya I'm glad you called i
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had a wonderful time last night can we
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meet at Morton at 6:30 okay I'll see you
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there and afterward we'll go to your
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place for dessert bye beauty i felt like
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I'd been punched my world spinning i
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excused myself stumbled to the men's
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room and sat in a stall heart pounding
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nausea
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rising how could Laya do this i thought
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she loved me as much as I loved her our
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life together felt real satisfying she
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never hinted at unmet needs was my
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marriage a sham did she love me at all i
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couldn't wrap my head around it my heart
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breaking as I tried to process the
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betrayal once I calmed down I knew I
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couldn't act on a hunch i needed proof i
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returned to Marcus's office focused on
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finishing the project but my mind raced
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he grinned apologized for his call in
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front of me and said "Sorry man but that
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woman is attractive i met her a few
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weeks ago at a customer's office and we
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hit it off." I despised him in that
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moment but I could see why Laya might be
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drawn to his charm he went on "She told
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me when her husband she calls him Tech
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Guy leaves town she'd call me we'd meet
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up she married Tech Guy knowing he'd get
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rich give her a good life while she
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could still have fun with guys like me."
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He laughed i asked if she loved him she
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said yes but she enjoys affairs with
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attractive men i held it together barely
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gathering intel without tipping my hand
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the tech guy nickname sealed it this was
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my Laya she'd cheated maybe not just
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with Marcus i needed more evidence
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before acting i called Laya from my car
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playing it cool she sounded sweet loving
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saying she missed me
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it made me sick knowing the
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lie i asked about her day she said work
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and maybe dinner with friends i told her
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I'd be gone another day or two and she
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asked me not to call later claiming
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she'd be out late really just avoiding
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interruptions with
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Marcus i felt ill but determined
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i stopped at an electronic store bought
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five mini wireless surveillance cameras
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and a modem to monitor our house the
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kitchen living room family room master
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bedroom and guest room i'd cover every
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spot she might take him at home I
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disabled our security camera parked in
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the garage and installed the new ones
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linking them to a recorder in my
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basement workshop i could watch online
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discreetly
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i left drove around the block
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reactivated the security system and hit
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a pizza place sipping beers to stay
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sharp eyes on my setup back at the hotel
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I watched my laptop hoping I was wrong
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at 8:1 p.m Yla's car pulled into the
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garage
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alone my heart leapt maybe nothing would
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happen then the security camera cut off
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i switched to the kitchen feed saw her
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walk in wearing my favorite short black
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dress low cut with spaghetti
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straps i loved that outfit until now she
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wouldn't wear it for friends tears hit
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me as Jeff entered parking in my spot to
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hide from neighbors they kissed his
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hands on her back she said "Let's move
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to the bedroom." Grabbed wine and
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glasses and they left the kitchen i
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tracked them through the living room to
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our bedroom not the guest room like I'd
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foolishly hoped they sat on our bed
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kissing toasting to a handsome man in
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great closeness they drank then Marcus
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stood and Laya undid his pants i
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couldn't watch but I saw
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enough it wasn't their first time she
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praised their encounter suggested
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tomorrow night and said she might not
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let me be bad with her again my hope
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that she loved me that I could fix this
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died she didn't respect me our marriage
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was over i turned off the feed collapsed
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in bed and cried until morning i woke
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eyes swollen face a mess but resolved i
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wanted to end our marriage and I'll
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admit I wanted to hurt her like she hurt
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me revenge isn't noble but I needed it
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to heal marcus deserved consequences too
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breaking up a marriage with no remorse
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as tech guy I could strike without a
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trace at Vanguard during a staff meeting
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I took Marcus' keys made copies and
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slipped into his home i already had
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system access but I hacked his security
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files got passwords and wrote a virus to
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wipe his source code every drive home
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and customer systems changing passwords
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to lock him out
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then I hacked Laya's work computer used
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her password to shift $200,000 from my
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business to Marcus' account then to one
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I set up in the Grand Cayman Islands
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erasing the trail a skilled analyst
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might trace it but I'd be long gone
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thursday night I burned his archived
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codes in Milwaukee no profit just
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vengeance friday I handed Marcus my
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report said Techgard would bill him
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shook his hand and wished him luck
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smiling inside chaos erupted by 9's A.M
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his systems crashed customers panicked
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phones rang off the hook i drove home
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found Laya crying sent home pending a
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securities fraud investigation over the
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$200,000 i acted shocked asked for
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details she claimed she barely knew
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Marcus met him weeks ago i knew better
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later I learned Marcus fired Tim for the
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code theft then blamed him for the crash
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tim wasn't innocent and I'm fine with
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coders facing justice for messing with
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source code the $200,000 traced to
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Marcus he blamed Laya she blamed him in
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the fallout Marcus admitted their affair
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i confronted Laya she cried begged
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forgiveness claimed it was one time
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loneliness from my trips lies i served
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her divorce papers citing infidelity she
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got 10% of our worth $150,000 a $50,000
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fine and 3 years probation no jail
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marcus got 6 months served three a
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$50,000 fine and lost his
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company last I heard he and Tim work for
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a competitor laya couldn't afford
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Chicago moved to Milwaukee and
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waitresses at a bar i hope she remembers
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my love and feels the pain I did i sold
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our Highland Park house moved to a
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Milwaukee apartment with 1.8 8 million
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from our funds and $1.2 million from
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Techguard i sold the company for $4
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million told Norah the truth she'd known
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it was me disguises or
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not we fell in love married and were
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expecting our first child this December
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we don't work full-time just savoring
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life's rewards but this isn't my first
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betrayal years ago I was married to
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Sarah a woman I loved for 12 years
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we had three kids Daniel Mia and little
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Oliver i lived by the same values
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treating others right owning my faults
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one day returning from a two-day
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conference in Texas I walked into a
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shock sarah and the kids were laughing
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in the kitchen i asked what was funny
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and the mood shifted sarah didn't ask
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she told me to sit waving papers in my
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face adoption forms and divorce papers
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she wanted a man named Victor to adopt
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our kids saying I should sign because
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I'd want the best for them then we'd
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move on she was cool composed no guilt
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daniel 10 smirked mia 9 ignored me glued
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to her iPod oliver 7 said Victor had a
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big house they liked him like that made
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it okay i stared stunned wondering if
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Sarah was drunk or high but no sign of
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that she dropped the papers handed me a
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check for half our accounts and told the
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kids to take my bags to my truck they'd
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packed before I got home ambushing me i
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asked voice sharp if she thought I was
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going
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anywhere this was my family's house my
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parents gift before we married her name
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not on it i shouted she could leave but
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I was staying sarah rolled her eyes told
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the kids to pack they'd go to Victor's i
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demanded to know who Victor was she said
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"Calm as ever he's the man she's been
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with while I'm at work no remorse just
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contempt." Mia told her brothers to
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hurry saying Victor could give them a
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better life that Sarah loved him and
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they did too daniel and Oliver nodded i
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stood opened the door and they headed to
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Sarah's car i stopped her said I paid
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for it it's in my name i told Daniel to
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call Victor to pick them up they all
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kids and Sarah flipped me off i was
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livid i'd worked for this family and
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they ditched me for some guy with money
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i got drunk a first hating Victor but
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more hating my family for choosing
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betrayal sober I found a lawyer met the
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next day he reviewed the papers urged me
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to sign before Sarah changed her mind i
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did and in a stroke lost my wife and
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kids they tossed me aside like stale
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bread no growing old together no staying
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for the kids 6 months later the divorce
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finalized i threw myself into work went
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back to college earned a master's then a
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PhD i became Dr ethan PhD
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CPA accounting might sound dull but it
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fit my structured life i started a
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boutique firm for high- netw worth
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clients grew it through word of mouth
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and saved big by year two i met Khloe a
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wonderful woman a bit taller than Sarah
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with curves and values like mine we
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clicked shared interests and built a
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life by year four my firm needed space
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so I bought a five-story office building
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chloe and I loved it got married on the
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fourth floor a small joyful event months
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later she was pregnant i wanted more
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time with her but life was good
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improving over 6 years
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then Sarah struck again serving me child
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support papers $3,000 a month
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$432,000 in backay absurd after 7 years
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of silence i laughed handed them to my
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lawyer he found Sarah was broke alone
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victor ditched her refused support
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claiming coercion a judge voided the
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adoptions and with their divorce final I
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was her next target sarah roped in my
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parents who'd stayed in touch without
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telling me they bought her soba story my
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dad urging me to forgive reunite the
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family even leave Chloe i lost respect
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asked him to leave mom echoed him saying
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"If I didn't take Sarah back they'd give
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her the house i didn't care my new house
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sale was closing paid in cash." A week
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later they found the house empty sarah
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and the kids moved in two years passed
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no
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contact chloe and I had four kids my
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business thrived i won businessman of
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the year a proud moment my family in the
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local paper i credited Khloe my rock in
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my speech then Sarah stormed in climbed
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the stage called me a neglectful father
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blamed Khloe for ruining us my lawyer
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prepared played a video from private
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investigators it showed Sarah and her
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attorney plotting to void the adoption
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papers medicate Kloe film her cheating
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and have Sarah mend my heart she'd
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manipulated my parents threatening no
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grandkid access her lawyer tried to slip
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out but police stopped him judges in the
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audience took note i glanced at my
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parents grabbed Kloe and the kids and
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left outside I kissed her loaded the car
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and drove off as my parents called my
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name in court I testified against Sarah
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and her lawyer she got 3 months in jail
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4 years probation he was disbarred for
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fraud child welfare warned the kids
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would go to foster care unless my
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parents or I took them i asked my
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parents to step in my dad said I'd
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forgive them someday asked if wanting to
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know my grandkids was so bad if I was
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heartless i said Sarah wasn't just
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mistaken she was cold got what she
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deserved the kids chose Victor i
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reminded him he'd backed her lies her
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cheating turned the kids against me he
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made his choice now lived with it a
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decade later Sarah tried her scheme
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again got caught her husband kicked her
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out daniel and Oliver landed in prison
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mia came to us seeking family chloe kind
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as ever took her in helped her find a
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moral path my parents met my kids before
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passing left assets to me for all seven
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grandkids per my judgment chloe and I
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are near empty nesters and I'll cherish
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having her to myself some call me weak
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for not fighting harder for walking away
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but some battles aren't worth it i've
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got Chloe Nora my kids a thriving life
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what would you do forgive fight or let
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