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I Divorced My Wife to Protect Her... Her Final Letter Made Me Realize My Mistake
Oct 28, 2025
A love story that turned into my biggest regret...
We met 15 years ago. She was a professional dancer and choreographer - talented, beautiful, full of life. I thought our love was unbreakable. But I was wrong.
When I discovered my wife Lauren was having an affair, my world collapsed. The betrayal cut deep. But what happened next... I never could have imagined.
In this emotional story, you'll discover:
How we fell in love in the most unexpected way 💕
The moment I discovered her secret
My decision to hire a private investigator
The confrontation that changed everything
Why I chose divorce as my solution
Her final letter that still haunts me today
The choice she made that I'll regret forever
This is a true story about love, betrayal, forgiveness, and the consequences of our choices. Sometimes trying to protect someone can lead to losing them forever.
💔 A story about:
Second chances we never get
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I met Lorraine Lauren 5 years ago. She
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is a professional dancer, teacher, and
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songwriter who is very good at putting
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together big shows with lots of dancers.
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She was tall and dancing made her body
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look great. You can picture Jennifer
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Lopez when she was younger. To give you
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an idea, I met her at one of her shows.
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I was leaving the men's room when I saw
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her slip as she came out of the ladies
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room. I quickly caught her and made sure
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she wouldn't fall, but I was good enough
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for her to fall in love with me. We
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began dating after that amazing night.
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We got married soon after after 2 years.
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So Lauren wouldn't have to quit her job.
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I changed mine and we bought a house
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close to her workshop. I asked Lauren if
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we could have kids after a year. It
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wasn't something she was interested in.
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She didn't want to have kids because it
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might hurt her job. I used examples from
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the music business to try to make my
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point, but she didn't accept them. I
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didn't agree with her, but I put it off
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because we were still young.
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When do I get the invite for your next
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show? I asked her in justest. This time
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you have to pay. You lied about being my
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husband to get free tickets, she said
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with a smile. Do I pay in cash or can I
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make the payments by other means? I
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laughed. She grabbed my hand, dragged me
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to the bedroom, and gave me a strong
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kiss. I didn't wait around to make my
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payment. After an hour, I asked her,
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"So, I get my tickets, right?" She
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smiled at me and kissed me. You get away
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with it, my love. Saturday night at 7:00
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p.m. You have a front row spot this
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time, so go there. She got up and went
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to the shower. I got there right on time
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on Saturday night. And this time, as my
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beloved wife had promised, I was in the
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front row. A guy in a white suit, a
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floral shirt, and gold chains around his
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neck was sitting to my left. He looked a
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lot like Tony Montana, but blonde. After
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checking him from head to toe, I turned
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my attention to the dance. 2 hours
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later, when the show was over, it was
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time for the team to thank the crowd on
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stage. My heart beat faster as my
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beloved wife walked away. She looked
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beautiful. The person sitting next to me
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stood up and began to clap. I saw his
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lips being licked in his face. It made
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me feel sick. When he looked at me, he
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bragged and said, "I'm drilling that
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She's really hot. She gets wet
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with just one finger. She wants more
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even after being drilled all night. Some
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hot guy. I was amazed. I thought he was
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talking about someone else for a moment,
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but his eyes were on Lauren. I thought
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for a moment that he was lying, but my
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doubts were already there. For a few
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minutes, all I could hear was a faint
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ringing in my ears as I stood there. As
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I walked out of the theater, the fresh
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air made me almost pass out. I've never
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had anything like that happen.
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I went home by myself and waited for
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Lauren. I used Lowjack to find out where
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her car was. The theater was 15 miles
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away. She didn't get there until 4:00
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a.m. when she came in. I was in bed. She
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gave me a hug from behind and said, "I
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love you." When I thought about the guy
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from the theater, the warmth of her arms
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quickly turned into the fire from hell.
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I got up early the next morning and went
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to work. The job I have as an accountant
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at a nearby bank lets me make a good
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living. When I got to work early, I got
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right to work.
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That day, I was done with work by lunch
3:28
and asked my boss for the day off. As I
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left the office, one of my friends,
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Staff Sergeant Dustin Smith, a former
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Ranger and a scary figure in the army,
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came with me. He was like a real life
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coconut, hard on the outside and soft on
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the inside. in Iraq. I got him out of a
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Humvee that was on fire. It's time to
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ask for help.
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I am Sergeant Timothy Burns. You jerk of
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a woman. You were still living. He was
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glad to see me. I'm alive and well, I
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told her. Well, I'm still alive, too.
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Thanks a lot. Please explain if you were
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fired for being a stubborn jerk. Yes, I
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agreed and said honorably discharged is
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the right word. Again, I didn't listen
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to the songs. H then why are you here?
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My name is Dusty and I need to keep an
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eye on my wife. Dusty runs a small
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private research business. Telling them
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what happened made me think that this
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has been going on for a while and that I
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might have been stupid to ignore it. I
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asked him to do it for free and he said
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yes. We agreed to meet after I smiled.
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After a week, I saw the same guy again
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that night at a nearby bar. Two more
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guys who looked like his security were
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following him. He was as rude as ever
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and tried to touch the waitress. The
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staff looked a little scared. I walked
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up to the bartender and asked, "Who is
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this guy?" He said that his
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father-in-law is a mobster in the area.
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He worked as a small-time bouncer at a
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nearby club and became famous when he
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slept with the daughter of a mob boss.
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There are people who hate him and want
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him dead, but no one likes him. I drank
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my drink and went home. When I got home,
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Lorraine was cooking. I changed clothes
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in my room, then went to sleep. Lorraine
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asked me to join her for dinner. I told
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her I couldn't see her because I was
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sick. She left me and went to eat
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dinner. It was like lying down on a bed
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of thorns. It was hard, but I faked
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being sick and stressed at work to get
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through the week. I just stayed the
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night and left early the next morning.
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When I got to Dusty's office on Monday
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morning, his secretary told me to move
5:37
things around in his room. He wasn't
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sitting in his regular chair. Instead,
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he was standing by the window. After
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that, he told me to sit down and gave me
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a drink.
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A meeting at 10:00 a.m. with Jack
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Daniel. This is what you need. I have
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very bad news to tell you. Your wife
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Lorraine is seeing a jerk named Alex
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Wilson. His name is Franchesco Accardi,
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and he is married to that jerk. The
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underground is run by him. To get a
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divorce here, you have to prove
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cheating. Alex will follow you. There
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is, however, something else I need to
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tell you. The boss doesn't like Alex
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because he is his son-in-law. He just
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puts up with him. The girl, Gia, prays
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to the ground. Alex takes a step. So
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hard to kill there. When you score a
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goal in soccer, the goalie stands at the
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goalpost. That's what took place to me.
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That's what will happen to him.
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The only thing I know for sure is that
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if Gia goes out without her husband, he
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goes out without her. After that, Dusty
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set down a large folder on a USB drive,
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this is what you need. In 2 hours, I got
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everything together and went to my
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office.
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When I got the call, Dusty told me that
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Gia is with a friend at a nearby coffee
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shop. I told my boss about a family
6:53
problem over the phone and then left the
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office. When I got to the cafe, there
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were only two women sitting there. Gia
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Cardi, could I have a moment with you? I
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need to talk to you about something
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important, I told her. Wilson, she
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looked at me and said, this is Gia
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Wilson. I need some alone time with you.
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It's important. Do you remember who you
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talked to? I said, yes. Okay. She moved
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to a different table. John Burns is my
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name. I'm a bookkeeper. Alex Wilson,
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your husband is having an affair with my
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wife. This is the proof for future use.
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Picture of Alex with my wife were right
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in front of her when I put the folder on
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the table. That's what I could tell
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because her face turned red and she was
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in tears.
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This is what he does to repay me for
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worshiping the ground he stood on. He
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has a lot to say sorry for. If she wants
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to file for divorce, I can give her a
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copy of the proof. She smiled and said,
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"Go get a divorce. He has to be alive to
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show up to a divorce hearing." I got up
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and walked out the door. "Do you love
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your wife?" she asked me when she called
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my name. She said, "Show her love."
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Before I could answer, "You might not
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spend much time with her." A cold sweat
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went down my back. Did I say that Lauren
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should die?
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I ran out the door and into my house. A
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big Cadillac pulled up in front of my
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house. I understood what was going on. I
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quickly parked my car and went inside.
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When I got to my room, I opened the
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door. Alex was on top of my wife. He
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told me, "Get out of here before I kill
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you." I sneered. Try me, He came
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at me quickly and tried to punch me in
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the face. He was thrown out of the room
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when I grabbed him. I kicked him down
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the stairs as he was getting up. His
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weight made him fall and land on the
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ground. Lauren yelled at them to stop.
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"You will kill him." "Woman, worry about
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your own safety," I told her.
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I kicked him hard between the legs as I
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went down the stairs. I got down on the
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ground, put my hands on his head, and
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punched him in the nose. Heard a man
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yell, "Stop or I shoot!" as I punched
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him. It was a man with a gun who caught
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my attention. I stood up and went back.
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Soon after, three more men walked in.
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And then an old man did, too. You must
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be Burns. Hi there. My name is
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Franchesco Accardi, and I'm here to pick
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up Mr. Alex Wilson and Miss Lauren
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Burns. This trash can goes with you, but
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my wife stays. Dear Mr. Burns, I wasn't
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asking for your Okay. I was just telling
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you. She's not leaving this house. I
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told her she is mine as long as she is
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my wife and no one can take her away.
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Not your spouse. All right, I can wait,
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but eventually I will collect her. They
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picked up Alex and left in a matter of
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seconds. I shut my eyes and sat down in
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a chair. After a short time, Lorraine
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came down and sat down next to me. She
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was crying while sitting at my feet. I
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put my hand on her face and asked why.
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How long will it last? He was both
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lovely and strong. I felt weak for a
9:57
moment and then it kept going. It's been
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6 months. I'm sorry. I'm willing to do
10:02
anything you ask of me. You broke your
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promise and I trusted you. I can't keep
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going like this. I want to get a
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divorce. I left the house after getting
10:11
up. Dusty and I talked on the phone and
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I asked for one last request. He did
10:16
what they asked. I met with a lawyer and
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began the divorce process a few days
10:20
later. I gave Lauren the papers in
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person. She broke down in tears and told
10:25
me she was not going to divorce me and
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would fight the divorce until the end of
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time. You said you'd do anything to keep
10:32
our marriage together. Without trust, I
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can't stay with you. If I have to, I
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have to earn your trust again. We need
10:39
to start over as if we were strangers.
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If you are my wife, that can't happen.
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Let's get a divorce.
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She cried over and over and looked right
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at me. Do you really want this? Yes, I
10:53
said. After a few months, we split up.
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She called me to come to the house the
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day I got my freedom. It's urgent. That
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day, something in me was dying. I got
11:05
myself together and went inside. She was
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sitting in a chair. I thought you left
11:10
to be with your mother. I inquired. She
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did not say anything.
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As I walked toward her, a group of guys
11:16
burst through the door. Franchesco
11:18
Accardi came after them. I have come to
11:21
collect your ex-wife, Mr. Burns. I
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looked at Sarah. She was seeing me
11:26
already. I know this is what you wanted.
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You can count on me to do this. She shed
11:31
a tear and my heart sank. The bedroom
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has a folder. Check it out. She walked
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over to Francesco and I saw her eyes as
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she left the room. They were gone in an
11:42
instant. When I went to my room, I saw a
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box and a letter. I took the letter out.
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Dear Tim, I know that when I said my
11:51
vows to you, I broke your heart. I
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messed up and now I have to deal with
11:55
the results of my mistake. I know that
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Franchesco Accardi told you he would
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come get me once. I'm not your wife. The
12:02
day you asked for a divorce, I knew you
12:03
were lying. You can't lie. That's not
12:05
like you at all. I will do what you say,
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even if it means dying. I'm sorry. I
12:10
hope you live a long time. In the next
12:13
life, I'll wait for you.
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Hello, my name is Lauren Burns. The
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folder had Lauren's insurance policies,
12:20
bank information, and house papers.
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Everything was given to me by her. It
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broke my heart. What did I do? I ran
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outside quickly, but didn't see anyone.
12:30
They were no longer there. In the news
12:33
that night, they said that they had
12:34
found two bodies that had not been
12:36
named. One was a man and the other was a
12:38
woman. And they were burned so badly
12:40
that they could not be recognized.
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10 years have passed since that terrible
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day, and I still have to deal with the
12:48
sentence Lauren gave me. I'm still
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alive.