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She Was Pregnant… But the Baby Wasn’t Mine | TRUE STORY
Sep 12, 2025
#redditrelationship #aita #redditstories She Was Pregnant… But the Baby Wasn’t Mine | TRUE STORY 💔 For six years, Melody was my everything — my wife, my best friend, my future. I believed in us. I believed in her. Until one day, she left her phone and purse behind… and I found something inside that changed my life forever. A positive pregnancy test. We hadn’t been intimate in over four months. That discovery shattered everything I thought I knew. This is the story of how I uncovered her betrayal, faced the truth about my marriage, and found the strength to walk away from the woman I once thought I’d grow old with. If you’ve ever been lied to, cheated on, or blindsided by someone you trusted… this story is for you. 💬 Comment below: What would you have done if you were in my shoes? 🔔 Subscribe for more real stories of heartbreak, betrayal, healing, and personal growth.
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Melody was the center of my world for
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six years. Three of them as her husband.
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I had been her rock, her confidant, her
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biggest cheerleader.
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We had built a life on a foundation I
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believed was unshakable. A life filled
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with shared dreams, laughter, and an
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unspoken understanding that transcended
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words. I woke up every morning with a
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smile, grateful for the woman sleeping
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peacefully beside me, my partner in
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every sense of the word. But that solid
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foundation was nothing more than a
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carefully constructed illusion.
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Looking back, the signs were there, but
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they were so subtle, so innocuous that I
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never questioned them. Melody began
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working late more often, her marketing
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firm supposedly landing big clients that
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demanded her late night expertise.
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I was proud of her ambition and
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encouraged her to chase her career
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goals.
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The late hours morphed into hushed phone
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calls, a secret language she'd speak
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just outside the room so as not to
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disturb me. I trusted her completely, a
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trust that was as deep as it was naive.
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The changes continued, a slow, insidious
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erosion of the life we knew. She started
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going to the gym more frequently. New
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clothes, more stylish and form-fitting,
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replaced her familiar business attire. A
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new perfume, an unfamiliar scent became
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a part of her. And when I complimented
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it, she simply said it was a gift from
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her sister. I told myself she was just
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evolving, blossoming into a more
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confident version of herself. The most
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painful change was the distance that
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grew between us. The physical chasm that
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opened up in our marriage. Our once
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vibrant physical connection faded to
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nothing.
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She was always too tired, too stressed,
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or had an early morning meeting. Month
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after month, our intimacy was replaced
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with excuses. I clung to the hope that
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it was just a temporary rough patch, a
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phase every long-term relationship
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endures.
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The illusion shattered on a Tuesday in
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March. Melody had left for an emergency
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client meeting in such a hurry that
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she'd forgotten her purse and, more
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tellingly, her phone.
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That's when a knot of dread formed in my
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stomach. Melody never went anywhere
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without her phone. I decided to surprise
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her, to bring her purse to her office
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and maybe take her out for a late
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dinner. As I was zipping up her purse to
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get ready to leave, the zipper caught on
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something. I unzipped it further and my
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hand found a small box. Inside was a
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positive pregnancy test.
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My heart stopped. We had tried for a
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baby in the early years of our marriage,
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but had decided to take a break. The
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thought of a baby, of a family, had
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always been a quiet longing in my heart.
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Why hadn't she told me? Why was this a
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secret? I looked at the date on the
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rapper. 2 weeks ago, she'd known for 2
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weeks and hadn't said a word. Then the
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brutal reality hit me like a physical
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blow. We hadn't been intimate in over 4
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months. The timeline didn't add up.
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My mind raced, doing the cruel math. If
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she was far enough along to have a
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positive test, if she had been seeing
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someone else for long enough to get
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pregnant. I sank to the kitchen floor,
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the test box falling from my trembling
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fingers. The tears that came were not of
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joy, but of betrayal, confusion, and a
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deep, soulcrushing heartbreak.
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I spent the next 3 hours in my car
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outside her office building. Her car
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wasn't there. A call to her office
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confirmed my worst fears. She had left
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early for a personal appointment. There
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was no emergency meeting. There was only
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the gaping hole where our life used to
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be. When she finally came home that
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night, I was waiting in the living room.
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The positive pregnancy test sat on the
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coffee table, a silent witness to her
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deception. She froze in the doorway, her
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face draining of all color. "We need to
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talk," I said, my voice barely a
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whisper. She sat down across from me,
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her hands clasped tightly in her lap.
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The silence was deafening, broken only
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by the sound of her quiet sobs. "How
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long?" I asked, my voice raw. "6
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months," she whispered. "6 months."
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While I was cheering her on, she was
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building a life with another man. While
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I was giving her space, she was carrying
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his child. "Who is he?" I asked. "You
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don't know him?" she said, tears
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streaming down her face. He works for
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one of our clients.
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It started as coffee, she explained,
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then became something more.
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I never meant for it to happen. Her
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words felt like a physical assault. My
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heart, my sense of reality, everything I
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believed to be true about our life
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shattered into a million pieces. "Are
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you in love with him?" I asked, my voice
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flat, devoid of emotion. The pause
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before her answer was an eternity.
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"Yes," she whispered. I stood up and
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walked to our bedroom. I pulled a
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suitcase from the closet and began to
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pack. Melody followed me, begging me to
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stay, to talk, to work things out. But
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what was there to work out? She was
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pregnant with another man's child. She
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loved him. Our marriage had become a
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stage for a performance she was putting
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on for my benefit.
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"Where will you go?" she asked as I
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packed the last of my clothes.
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I don't know, I said honestly. But I
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can't stay here. I can't look at you
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everyday and pretend this didn't happen.
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As I loaded the last of my things into
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the car, she came out one last time. I'm
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sorry, she said, her voice filled with
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regret. I know it doesn't mean anything
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now, but I am genuinely sorry. You
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deserved better than this. I looked at
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her, truly looked at the woman I had
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loved for so long. She was still
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beautiful, but now she was a stranger.
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She was a woman who could live a double
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life, who could look me in the eye and
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say, "I love you," while carrying
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another man's child.
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"You're right," I said. I did deserve
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better.
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I drove to my brother's house and told
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him everything. He was furious, wanted
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to confront them, but I just felt empty,
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hollowed out. The divorce was finalized
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8 months later. I heard through mutual
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friends that she had a little girl and
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married the father of the child 2 months
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after our divorce was final. They were
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happy. I was told I was I'm not telling
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you this story for sympathy. I'm telling
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you because I learned something vital
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about trust, love, and the strength to
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walk away.
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The person you love most in the world is
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capable of hurting you in ways you never
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imagined.
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But I also learned something about
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myself. I learned that I was stronger
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than I thought. I survived having my
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world turned upside down. I rebuilt my
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life from the ground up and found
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happiness again. It's been 2 years. I'm
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not the same person I was the day I
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found that test. I am more cautious,
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maybe too cautious sometimes, but I am
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also more aware. I know what I deserve
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in a relationship, and I will never
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settle for less again.
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If you're going through something
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similar,
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if the person you trusted most has been
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living a lie, know that you will survive
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this. It feels like the end of the world
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right now, but it isn't. You will get
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through it.