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My Wife Planned to Cheat… So I Beat Her to It | TRUE STORY
💔 One betrayal. Two powerful liars. One brilliant plan for revenge.
When forensic accountant Bob Crane overhears a shocking secret, his world collapses. His beloved wife Kelly is having an affair — not just with anyone, but with her powerful boss, a man running for political office.
But just when Bob is about to lose everything, help comes from the most unexpected source — the lover’s daughter.
What follows is a calculated plan of revenge, laced with intelligence, secrets, and the kind of justice only a forensic mind can deliver.
▶️ Watch the full story to discover how betrayal led to one of the most brilliant takedowns ever.
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The weather in Pennsylvania during April
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is a fickle beast. One day you're
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enjoying the first signs of spring. The
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next you're buried under a late season
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snowfall.
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This year, however, was an anomaly.
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Unseasonably warm and drenched with
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rain. It was the kind of weather that
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made everything green and vibrant,
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forcing my hand to tackle the yard work
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far earlier than I'd planned. Normally,
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I wouldn't think of mowing the lawn
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until midMay, but the grass was already
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long enough to warrant a haircut. Still,
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I was thankful. A year ago, we were
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digging out from a surprise snowstorm.
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I'll take a little early yard work over
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a frozen backyard any day. With tax
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season finally over, the sunshine was a
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welcome reprieve. My home is a bit
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unusual. The front of the house is level
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with the street, but the backyard drops
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off sharply, giving way to a small creek
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and a patch of woods. It's a quirk of
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the land that makes my home stand out.
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The basement, which is a full enclosed
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space at the front, opens up at the
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back, giving me a double door that's
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perfect for storing my lawn mower and
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other yard tools without clogging up the
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garage.
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It's one of my favorite features of the
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house. After finishing the yard work, I
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put all the tools away and headed
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upstairs, eager to wash off the grass
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clippings that were clinging to my skin.
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As an accountant, I'm more used to the
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smell of fresh coffee than fresh cut
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grass, and my allergies were already
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starting to act up. As I climbed the
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stairs, I heard voices coming from the
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front of the house. My wife, Kelly, was
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home, and her friend Olivia's car was in
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the driveway.
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I smiled, a little annoyed, but happy
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that she was having a good time. But as
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I reached the top of the stairs, their
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conversation made me stop, my hand
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hovering over the door handle. Let me
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introduce myself. I'm Robert Crane, but
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everyone calls me Bob.
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When I was younger, they called me Hogan
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after the actor in Hogan's Heroes. It
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was a corny joke from an older
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generation, but the name stuck. I'm a
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CPA with a degree in accounting from the
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University of Pennsylvania and I lead
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audit teams at a well-known firm in
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Philadelphia.
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My specialty is forensic analytics. I'm
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a financial detective and I've even
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worked with the FBI on a couple of
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cases. It's not glamorous, but it pays
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the bills and keeps me intrigued. My
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wife, Kelly, is a former political
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science major who planned to go to law
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school. We met in our freshman year, and
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I was immediately captivated by her. She
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was a tall, slim ballerina with a
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radiant smile and a head of long
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strawberry blonde hair that she would
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often wear loose on her bare shoulders.
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She had a way of being both innocent and
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charming, and I fell hard for her. We
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spent our last two years of college
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together, and after graduation, I got a
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great job in Philly. Kelly in turn got
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into pen law and three years later when
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she finished her degree I proposed. We
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were a perfect pair. Kelly became a
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deputy district attorney in Bucks County
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and we bought a beautiful home in
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Doylesstown.
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It was a perfect spot for us close to
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her parents who were ready to help us
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with our future family and close enough
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to her work to make the commute
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manageable. We had talked about having
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children since our freshman year, and
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two nights ago, we had finally decided
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to stop Kelly's birth control.
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The time had come to start a family, and
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I couldn't have been happier. Then I
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heard it.
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Hogan and I decided it was time for me
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to get pregnant.
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Kelly's voice was filled with a joy that
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matched my own, and I found myself
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smiling. But the smile quickly faded.
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That's wonderful, Kel. Olivia replied.
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But what about Paul? A cold knot formed
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in my stomach.
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Hush, Kelly whispered. Hogan's outside
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mowing the lawn. A moment of silence
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passed, and I imagined her looking
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around, making sure I wasn't within
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earshot.
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I've already told Paul that I'm ending
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the affair. He understands.
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With Ganon retiring, Paul sees a chance
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to run for senator. Getting caught in an
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affair wouldn't look good. Three
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sentences. That's all it took to shatter
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my world into a million pieces. Paul
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Evans, Kelly's boss, a 40-year-old
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widowerower with a daughter named
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Barbara. The pieces fell into place with
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a sickening thud. The six-month affair,
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the late nights, the missed calls. It
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all made sense now. So, you're just
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quitting like that? Olivia's skeptical
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tone filled me with a sudden, furious
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clarity. She was a friend of mine from
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Penn State, someone I trusted.
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But her reaction made it clear that she
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was a party to this, an accomplice in my
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wife's deception. Not exactly, Kelly
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laughed. We have a conference in
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Pittsburgh next week. That will be our
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goodbye.
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I stood there frozen, my heart pounding
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in my ears. I wanted to burst through
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the door, screaming to destroy
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everything in my path. But my business
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mind, my training as a forensic
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accountant kicked in. I had to be
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strategic. I had no proof, just a
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conversation. I needed to step back and
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think. I wiped away the tears that had
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sprung to my eyes and with a forced
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smile walked into the kitchen. "Honey,
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are you okay?" Kelly asked, her voice
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laced with concern. "Allergies?" I
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replied, my voice a quiet rasp.
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Looks like it's going to be a tough
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spring. The next morning, I left for
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work before Kelly woke up, using an
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early meeting as an excuse to avoid her.
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My mind was racing, trying to process
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what I had learned. On one hand, she had
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cheated, but it seemed to be over. She
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wanted to be a devoted wife and mother
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now. But my trust in her was gone.
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As an accountant, I'm trained to weigh
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risks and benefits, and the risks here
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were staggering. If she cheated again,
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if this led to a divorce, I could lose
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everything. I had to get proof. Without
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it, I was a betrayed husband with no
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recourse, up against a powerful
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political figure with allies in every
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corner of the city. I needed evidence,
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and it came from the most unlikely of
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sources.
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3 days later, Kelly invited me to a
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political announcement party at Paul
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Evans's house. I knew it would be a
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campaign launch, but I still lacked the
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evidence I needed to make a move. We
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arrived at his lavish mansion, a
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sprawling estate with a backyard horse
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farm. Paul Evans, the man who had been
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sleeping with my wife, greeted us with a
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condescending smile and a chased kiss on
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Kelly's cheek. He made a snide remark
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about me giving Kelly back when I was
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done with her, and I felt a surge of
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rage. As we moved away, we were greeted
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by his daughter, Barbara. She was
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stunning, a classic beauty with auburn
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hair and a radiant smile. "Robert," she
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exclaimed, wrapping me in a tight,
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full-bodied hug. "You look fantastic. No
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wonder Kelly's been keeping you all to
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herself." I was momentarily stunned, but
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two things struck me immediately. She
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never greeted Kelly, and she mentioned
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our gatherings, a veiled reference to
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the affairs that had been taking place
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right under my nose.
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I pulled Kelly aside, a drink in my
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hand, and asked her what Barbara was
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talking about.
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"She's just teasing." Kelly brushed it
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off, pulling me closer. Paul sometimes
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holds meetings here. I knew she was
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lying. He had no need for discretion.
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His wife was dead, and his daughter was
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off at college. He could have a meeting
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with my wife right here in his home
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under the guise of business. An hour
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later, Paul Evans announced his
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campaign. I watched as his daughter
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beamed beside him, a perfect political
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family. The party was a blur of smiling
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faces and empty chatter. I needed a
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moment to think, so I retreated to a
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secluded spot by the pool.
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So, this is where you're hiding? A voice
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purred, and Barbara Evans slid into the
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swing beside me. She was beautiful, but
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my mind was in a turmoil of emotions.
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You seem burdened," she said, her voice
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laced with genuine concern. We talked,
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not about her father or my wife, but
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about my work. She was studying forensic
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accounting and was fascinated by it.
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"For a moment, I forgot my anger and
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found myself mentoring her." Then Kelly
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emerged from the shadows. "So, this is
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where you've been?" she said, a teasing
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lilt in her voice. "No funny business.
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We were just discussing Bob's work,
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Barbara replied smoothly. Kelly then
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announced a new opportunity for her. She
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would be working directly under Margaret
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Williamson, the first assistant DA.
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She would still have to travel with Paul
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to deliver important documents during
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his campaign.
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My heart sank.
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The affair was supposed to be over, but
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the temptation, the allure of the
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campaign trail was still there. I
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couldn't shake the fear of her straying
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again. 2 days later, my hope arrived. It
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came in the form of Barbara Evans, who
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walked into my office unannounced, her
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face grave. "I think you know, Bob," she
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began, shutting the door behind her.
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"I'm truly sorry."
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She then confessed to everything. She
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had found out about her father's affair
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with Kelly 3 months ago when she came
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home from college early and found them
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together in their jacuzzi.
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She had taken photos and filmed them.
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"Why are you telling me all this?" I
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asked, completely shocked. "I despise
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him more than you ever could," she said.
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And then she told me a story of her
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father's political ambitions, his
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infidelity, and his cruel manipulation
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of her mother. A woman who had come to
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America to escape a life of chaos, only
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to find herself trapped in another kind
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of hell.
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Barbara's mother, a devout Irish
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Catholic, could never bring herself to
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divorce him, despite knowing about his
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affairs. My anger at Kelly was now a
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smoldering ember compared to the raging
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inferno of my hatred for Paul Evans.
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Barbara handed me a large envelope. It
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contained photos of her father and
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Kelly, a flash drive with security
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footage, and a website login for his
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home security system. "I want you to end
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your marriage with this betrayer," she
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said. her voice filled with a cold fury.
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And I want my father's career to be
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demolished to the point where he
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couldn't be elected dog catcher. I
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looked at the photos at the proof of my
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wife's betrayal. And a plan began to
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form in my mind.
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I'm not going to destroy him with these
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photos, I said, my voice calm and
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strategic.
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I'm going to do what I do best. Get me
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his financial records, personal and
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campaign related. They nailed Capone on
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tax evasion.
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I'm confident I'll find something. For
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the next 3 days, Barbara and I worked
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together. She installed a keystroke
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recorder on her father's computers,
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backed up his hard drives, and
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configured his security system to send
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footage to a secure cloud space I
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controlled.
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I in turn used a parental GPS tracker to
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monitor Kelly's movements, not because I
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needed proof anymore, but because I
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wanted to know where she was at all
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times.
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I faked a groin injury to avoid any more
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physical contact with her. The thought
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of being intimate with her after what I
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had discovered was unbearable.
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I made an appointment for a full STI
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screening. On Thursday morning, Kelly
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was packed and ready for her conference
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in Pittsburgh. She hugged me from
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behind, her lips close to my ear. "I
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hope you'll feel better so we can focus
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on the baby," she whispered. I fought
12:04
back the tears. I'll apply ice, I said,
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a bitter irony in my words. What's your
12:10
issue with Paul? She asked, a flicker of
12:13
suspicion in her voice. You seemed rude
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at the party. I forced myself to calm
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down. Honestly, I said, shrugging. I've
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seen too many arrogant idiots like
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Evans. They're big fish in small ponds,
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peddling the illusion of power. They're
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all the same. She didn't press the
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issue, and soon after she was gone.
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My life was in turmoil, but for the
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first time in a long time, I had hope. I
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had a plan.
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And I had a powerful unexpected ally in
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the fight for my
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