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I Inherited a Fortune — Then My Husband & His Sister Tried to Steal It! | True Story
Aug 13, 2025
#redditrelationship #aita #redditstories I Inherited a Fortune — Then My Husband & His Sister Tried to Steal It! | True Story Hi, I’m Mabel. At 30 years old, I suddenly came into a large inheritance after my beloved grandmother passed away. But instead of happiness, it revealed the ugly truth about my husband Toby and his sister Julia — their greed and betrayal shocked me to the core. In this video, I share how I uncovered their plan to steal my money, the heartbreaking consequences, and how I unintentionally got revenge on both of them. From secrets revealed by my niece Viola, to legal battles and justice served — this is my raw and emotional journey. If you’ve ever felt betrayed by someone you loved, or want to hear a story about standing up for yourself and winning, this is for you. Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more real-life stories.
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My name is Mabel and I'm 30 years old. I
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recently came into a large fortune that
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revealed the ugly side of my husband.
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Today I want to share my story and how I
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unintentionally exacted revenge on two
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people at once. To start, let me
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introduce myself a bit more. Though I
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grew up away from my grandparents, we
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were very close. They visited us every
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few months just to spend time with me.
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I was especially close to my
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grandmother, the apple of her eye, and
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she never ceased to spoil me. When my
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grandfather passed away when I was 17, I
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was devastated.
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My grandmother didn't take it well
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either, so to be closer to her, I chose
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a college in her state. It was there
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that I met my ex-husband, Toby. Toby and
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I started dating in our junior year and
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had a pretty good relationship.
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He was everything I was looking for in a
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partner. So, we continued our
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relationship after graduation.
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We got engaged a few months later, but
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decided to wait until we were
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financially stable to get married. In
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the meantime, since I had a better
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apartment, Toby moved in with me. While
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my relationship with Toby was great, his
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sister Julia and I couldn't get along.
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She lived in another state with her
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husband, but doted on Toby obsessively.
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She hated me from the moment we met,
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probably thinking I was stealing her
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baby brother.
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She was always rude and unaccommodating.
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The only reason I tolerated her visits
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was her daughter, Viola.
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Viola and I got along very well, and
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Julia appreciated the break when I
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looked after her daughter.
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Despite Julia's behavior, Toby never
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stood up for me. Too afraid to hurt his
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sister. Not wanting to cause a rift, I
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kept quiet and dealt with it. 3 years
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after our engagement, Toby and I were
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financially stable enough to get
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married. It was an amazing day, and
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everything seemed perfect until 4 years
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into our marriage, two major events
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occurred. First, my grandmother passed
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away, leaving me heartbroken.
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I inherited about a million dollars in
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money and assets, but her loss
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overshadowed any material gain. Second,
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Julia and her family moved back to town.
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Suddenly, Toby was rarely home, always
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at Julia's place. When he was home,
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Julia was often around. The only solace
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I found was spending time grieving my
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grandmother's death. I felt abandoned by
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Toby. One day, Toby came home alone
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after work, a rare occurrence. "Hey,
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sweetie, how was your day?" I asked. "It
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was pretty good. What about you?"
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Oh, same old. I went to meet Julia and
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we got to talking. You seem to be
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visiting Julia a lot. You know, we're
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really close. I miss her and I guess I
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just feel better when I'm around her.
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Anyways, do you want to know what we
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talked about? Yeah, sure. Tell me. Well,
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I told her we were planning on buying a
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house.
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I'm going to cut you off right there. I
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never agreed to that. Just listen to me.
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Julia asked how I had the funds for it.
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And I told her about your inheritance.
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She suggested it would be a great
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investment and why is that? You have
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more than enough money to almost fully
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purchase a house. I think we should
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invest in it to be well settled for the
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rest of our lives. But I want to invest
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my money elsewhere. What's better than
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securing a house for ourselves?
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I can think of several better uses for
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our future. I don't want to spend all my
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money on one thing.
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It's like you're saying your money is
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yours and not mine.
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Well, it kind of is. I get to decide
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what I want to do with it and you have
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no say in it. Look, you either invest
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your money in something for both of us
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or I'm leaving. Where would you go?
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You're begging me to buy a house with my
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money for your future. If you leave,
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that's your loss. So, you're okay with
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me leaving because you want to keep your
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money? Don't twist my words, Toby.
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You're the one threatening to leave if I
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don't spend on you. I thought you loved
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me and wanted to spend your future with
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me. Forgive me for looking out for us.
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You're really bad at whatever you're
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trying to do here. I'm keeping my money
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and deciding how to spend it. Fine, but
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could you at least think about spending
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it on a house for us? Sure.
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I wasn't sure why Toby was so adamant
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about buying the house, but something
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didn't seem right. I knew I had to stand
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my ground. Toby began to distance
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himself from me after that conversation.
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He started spending even more time at
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Julia's place. Julia stopped coming over
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except to drop Viola off for
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babysitting.
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I tried talking to Toby multiple times,
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asking him what was wrong, but he always
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brushed me off, insisting everything was
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fine. Eventually, I gave up, figuring
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I'd wait until he was ready to talk.
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However, things took an unexpected turn
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when Julia dropped Viola off one day.
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"Hey, Viola, how's my favorite niece
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doing?" I greeted her. "I'm your only
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niece," she replied with a giggle.
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"Still my favorite, though. I hope I'll
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always be your favorite." "Of course you
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will be. So, what do you want to do
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today?" "I was thinking we could get our
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nails done and then have some ice
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cream." "Yay! Can I paint my nails
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pink?" "Of course you can. And can I get
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strawberry ice cream? Why not? We'll get
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you everything you want. I only have one
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niece, and if I don't spoil her, would I
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really be her aunt? You know, you're my
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favorite aunt. I really will miss you.
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Miss me, sweetie? What do you mean? I'm
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not going anywhere. Are you sure? Yes,
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of course. Where do you think I'll be
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going? Well, it's just that um What is
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it? You can tell me anything. I promise
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I won't tell anyone else. Okay. Well, I
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heard mommy and uncle talking the other
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day. Uncle as in uncle Toby?
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Yeah. Mommy said she's going to help
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uncle with getting some cases. Cases?
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What are you talking about? They kept
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talking about some cases that would give
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them some money. Then she told Uncle
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Toby that he would have a nice big house
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after you left. You what? Oh my god.
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Sweetie, when did you hear about this?
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About 2 days ago. Are you sure you heard
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correctly? Yes, I'm sure. As soon as
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mommy saw that I was listening, she
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yelled at me to go to my room. She also
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told me not to tell you anything, but I
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only told you because you're my favorite
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aunt. Thank you so much, sweetie. Now,
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enough of this. Let's go out and have a
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fun day. I tried my best to go about the
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rest of the day as if I hadn't heard
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what Viola told me. I could tell she
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felt bad for telling me, but I reassured
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her she did nothing wrong. I spoiled her
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just like always. When it was time for
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her to go home, I made her promise not
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to tell her mom or Toby what she had
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told me. Viola promised and hugged me
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goodbye before Julia picked her up. As
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soon as they left, panic rose in my
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chest. I knew something was wrong with
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Toby, but to trick me into spending my
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money on him was a new low. It was
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something I would never have expected
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from him. Unsure of what to do, I called
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Toby's father, Edgar, who was a lawyer.
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Although he could have been in on Toby
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and Julia's plan, I had a gut feeling
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that he was a good man. He always
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treated me like a princess and put Julia
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in her place whenever she tried to bully
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me. Edgar picked up the call in his
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usual cheerful manner. Hello, darling.
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To what do I have this phone call? Hi,
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Edgar. How are you? Oh, I'm doing quite
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well. What about you? Um, I actually
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don't know. I called because I need your
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help. My help? What could I help you
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with? Isn't Toby around? He is, but he's
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kind of the problem. Oh, no. I always
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told that boy to treat you right. It's
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hard to come by women as amazing as you.
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Thank you, Edgar. You may be the only
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one in your family who thinks I'm
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amazing. What are you talking about?
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Well, I was babysitting Viola the other
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day, and she told me that Toby and Julia
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are planning something against me.
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Against you? What do you mean? Viola
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didn't know the specifics, but
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apparently they plan on taking money
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from me. What in God's name are you
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telling me? I don't know exactly what's
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going on. I'm worried, and I figured I'd
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come to you for help since you're a
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lawyer.
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You did the right thing coming to me.
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Now tell me, do you believe Viola? I do
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because in the past few months, Toby has
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been distancing himself from me. I tried
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talking to him about it, but he never
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took me seriously.
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All right. And why do you think Julia is
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involved? Ever since she moved back,
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Toby has been spending a lot of time
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with her. It made sense at first since
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they were apart for years, but now he's
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at her house for hours every single day.
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That's strange.
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Did something happen a few months ago
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that might have triggered Toby's
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behavior? Yes. I received my
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grandmother's inheritance when she
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passed away. It was a substantial
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amount. Toby wanted to use it to buy a
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house, but I was hesitant. Since then,
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he's been acting weird. My guess is that
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they're planning to get your money.
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First of all, I'm so sorry my children
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are doing this to you. This is not how I
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raised them.
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Secondly, why don't you drop by my
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office tomorrow and we'll figure this
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out properly. That sounds great, and you
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have nothing to apologize for. You're
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clearly a good man. Thank you for
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helping me. I don't know what I would do
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without you. I was genuinely grateful
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that Edgar was willing to help. I hadn't
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expected him to side with me over his
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own children, but I was relieved he did.
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The next day, I took a day off work and
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went to Edgar's office. Once there,
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Edgar apologized again for Toby and
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Julia's behavior. I told him to focus on
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helping me navigate this situation. We
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suspected Toby was planning to ask for a
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divorce, so our first step was to
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contact all the reputable divorce
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lawyers in the city for advice. This
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would limit Toby's access to good
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lawyers due to a conflict of interest,
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as they would already know my side of
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the story. Next, we needed to figure out
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how Toby and Julia planned to take my
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inheritance. Thankfully, I had kept my
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inheritance money in a separate bank
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account and hadn't used it to buy
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anything for Toby or myself. Although I
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had planned to buy Toby some luxury
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items he wanted, that clearly wasn't
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going to happen now.
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Since there was no legal way for them to
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access my money, Edgar and I concluded
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they might try to steal it outright.
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We decided to set up a trap to catch
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them in the act. I had a top-of-the-line
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security system installed in my
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apartment due to my paranoia about
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break-ins.
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Toby knew and agreed to this when he
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moved in. I then pretended to have
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trouble with my bank account, subtly
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letting Toby know that my bank details
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were logged on my laptop.
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Lastly, I told Toby I was going to meet
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a friend over the weekend, leaving him
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home alone.
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I then met Edgar, who would serve as a
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witness and corroborate my alibi. In the
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middle of our conversation, I received a
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notification that money had been
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transferred from my account to our joint
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account. I immediately called the police
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and reported the theft. When I got back
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from meeting Edgar, Toby was sitting in
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the dining room and asked me to sit with
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him. We need to talk, he said. Oh, about
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what? About us. Okay. We're not working
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out. I agree. You agree? What do you
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mean? Well, for starters, I didn't like
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how you threatened to end the
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relationship over money. Something I
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would have spent on us had you not done
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that.
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I didn't think that you would, and
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that's another point. You think so
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little of me, and I don't think that's a
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sign of a good partner.
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As if you've been a good partner. You've
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been selfish since the start. And I only
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put up with it because I loved you. How
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in the world was I selfish? I helped you
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pay off your student loans before mine.
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I supported you for a whole year when
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you didn't have a job. I sacrificed so
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much to make sure you were happy. The
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few times I didn't do what you wanted, I
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became a selfish monster to you.
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Don't act like what you did was some
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righteous thing. I would have done the
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same for you. Would you? You never
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helped me out when I was sick. Why would
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I think you'd sacrifice your comfort for
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me when I really needed it? You're just
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trying to make me feel bad.
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No. And the last reason I don't want to
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be with you is that I don't want to be
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with a lying, manipulative thief.
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What are you saying?
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Don't think I don't know about what you
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and Julia have been planning. I saw you
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transfer money out of my account into
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our joint account. I know you wanted to
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split that during the divorce. No, no,
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don't even bother. I know everything.
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You are a pathetic man and I see no
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reason to be with you. Oh well, I'll
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still get half of what I transferred
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into our account. I still win. Will you?
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If I recall correctly, I had security
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cameras installed in my apartment and
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you made that transaction from my laptop
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when I wasn't home. I've already
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reported you for theft. The police
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should be here anytime soon. You did
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what? Oh, here they come. Good luck.
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I'll see you in court.
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The relief I felt seeing Toby finally
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face the consequences of his actions was
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unparalleled. The following weeks were a
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nightmare of courtroom sessions and
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evidence viewing. Along with the theft
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charges, I filed for divorce.
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Edgar, my lawyer, fought long and hard
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to ensure Toby paid for his crime. Edgar
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won the case, and Toby was sentenced to
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2 years in jail and fined an additional
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$30,000.
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Nothing was sweeter than the taste of
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revenge, just as Edgar and I were
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celebrating our victory. Julia
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approached us. She had been absent
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during all the previous trials and chose
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to show up only on the day of the
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verdict. Her anger was evident as she
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pointed her finger at Edgar.
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Dad, you were helping this witch.
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Give me one good reason why I shouldn't
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have helped Mabel. Uh, I don't know.
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because she literally put your son in
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jail and he deserved his sentence. It
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will make him think twice before trying
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to steal from someone again. How could
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you do that to your own son?
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No, Julia. How could you do that to your
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own brother? Don't think I didn't see
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the real reason behind your plan. You
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were going to help Toby get the money so
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you could also reap the benefits. I was
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trying to give him a break from this
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jerk here. You have no idea how toxic
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she is for him. I don't think she was
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the toxic one, Julia.
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You were a bad influence on him, and he
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was stupid enough to fall for your
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little game. He's getting the punishment
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he deserves. And maybe now he'll think
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twice before ever listening to you.
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You know you're going to lose him this
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way. He will never talk to you again.
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Good, because I have no children as far
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as I'm concerned. Don't be so dramatic.
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I'll be here, but I'm not happy with the
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way you treated my baby brother.
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As far as I'm concerned, neither you nor
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your brother are my children because I
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know for a fact that this is not how I
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raised my kids. What are you talking
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about?
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What I'm saying is that I'm disowning
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both of you. I want nothing to do with
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either of you. You can't do that. I
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actually can, and I'm going to do just
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that. This is all Mabel's fault. If she
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had thought of someone other than
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herself for a second, this wouldn't be
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happening. No, you shouldn't have been
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so greedy. I was going to spoil Toby
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with all the things he wanted, but you
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had to interfere. You took away
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everything from him, and I hope you sit
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and think long and hard about what you
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did to your brother. Goodbye.
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I grabbed Edgar's hand, and we left. We
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couldn't help but chuckle at what had
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happened. I was happy Toby got what he
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deserved, and that I was free of his
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manipulative ways. I did feel bad that
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Edgar had lost both his children because
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of me, but he assured me it was their
16:40
own decisions that led to this outcome.
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I took him out for coffee and we've
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maintained a good friendship ever since.
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Julia harassed me over text, but Edgar
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told her and her husband to leave me
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alone.
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This is where I unintentionally got
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revenge on Julia as well.
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Julia's husband had no idea about her
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involvement in what happened between
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Toby and me, so he called Edgar and was
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shocked to learn the truth. Their
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marriage had been on the rocks due to
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Julia's constant nagging about money
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while she refused to work. He did not
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appreciate her extreme actions and asked
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for a divorce. He also requested and
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received almost full custody of Viola
17:20
with Julia only getting her every other
17:22
weekend. Thanks to a solid prenup, Julia
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got little alimony and was kicked out of
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their house. She blamed it all on me,
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but I was a little happy to see her get
17:32
what she deserved. Despite everything, I
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still got to see Viola often as she
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loved me, and Julia's ex-husband
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couldn't say no to her. He was very
17:42
apologetic, but I reminded him he had
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nothing to apologize for. And yes, I am
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spoiling Viola senseless. As for me, my
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life has only gotten better. I got a
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promotion at work and hired an
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accountant to manage my finances.
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I've invested my money in several
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places, and it's only a matter of time
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before I see returns.
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Getting to where I am today took a lot
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of struggle, but the view from here is
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one I'm loving.
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I have a better understanding of people
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now and I'll be much more cautious in
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the future.