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My Wife Planned to Cheat… So I Beat Her to It | TRUE STORY
I built everything from scratch — my business, my marriage, my life.
Then I found out my wife, Ruby, was planning to cheat with a serial womanizer. Not only that — she wrote a guide on how to manipulate me into letting it happen.
So I turned the tables. I used the same script she wrote to catch her in the act... and made her feel the weight of her betrayal.
💔 This is a raw and emotional true story of love, betrayal, and calculated revenge.
👀 Watch until the end to see how one man used cold strategy to reclaim his dignity.
⚠️ Warning: Contains themes of infidelity and emotional manipulation.
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I go by Lou. To my wife, Ruby, and to my
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employees, I'm the steady hand. The guy
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who started with a bucket and a mop, and
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built the largest office cleaning
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company in the city. At 4 years married,
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we had what I considered a perfect life.
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No kids, two incomes, a comfortable
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home, and the kind of freedom that
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people in their late 20s dream of. We
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met in college, a college I didn't
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finish, but Ruby excelled. She became an
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accountant and credit controller, rising
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through the ranks of an engineering
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firm.
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I in turn used my work ethic to grow my
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cleaning business from a handful of
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local stores to a sprawling operation
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with contracts at the biggest companies
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in town.
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We were a team, a welloiled machine. But
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even the most perfect machines can have
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a faulty part.
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About 4 months ago, a man named Ross
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Evans, a private detective, came to my
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office. He was investigating a salesman
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named Alistair Clark, a man notorious
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for pursuing married women.
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Clark was targeting an accountant at a
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firm my team cleaned. Ross needed my
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help. He needed me to have my staff
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collect her discarded notes, flowers,
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and anything else she tossed out. He had
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authorization from the company's CEO,
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and after a quick, nononsense phone
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call, I agreed. We worked with Ross for
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about 6 weeks. My team provided the
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evidence. Ross got his client the proof
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he needed and another marriage ended in
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divorce. I went back to my life
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satisfied that I had helped someone in a
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bad spot. I had no idea that I was about
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to become the subject of my own
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investigation. A few weeks later, my
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life started to feel off-kilter.
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Ruby was distant, lost in her thoughts
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and glued to her phone. I tried to talk
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to her, but she'd waved me off. Her
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silence a wall I couldn't climb.
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Then Donna, one of my most trusted
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employees, came into my office.
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Donna was a fixture in my business, a
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kind of surrogate mother to me. And I
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could tell by the look on her face that
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something was seriously wrong. Remember
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that man we were monitoring? She began,
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her voice a low, uneasy whisper.
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Alistister Clark. Well, he's visiting
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your wife's office now. She handed me a
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card. He brought her a big bouquet of
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flowers and they went to lunch. I read
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the card, my blood turning to ice. Dear
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Ruby, thank you for assisting me in
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renewing my contract. I hope you'll join
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me for lunch so we can catch up. With
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love, Alistister, the language was
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innocent on the surface, but I knew what
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it really meant. This wasn't their first
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interaction, and this man was a
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predator. I thanked Donna, asked her to
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keep a close watch, and immediately
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called Ross Evans.
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You're actually the third husband
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involved presently, Ross said, his voice
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grave. Lou, this man is despicable. He
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goes after married women, specifically
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those who he thinks will respond to a
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challenge. He manipulates those with
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kids and pressures childless women like
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Ruby, to ask for free passes from their
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husbands. He seems to get a thrill out
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of the husbands, knowing he's one. Ross
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revealed that Clark had been sued by
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seven husbands in Dallas for alienation
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of affection and had been run out of
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town.
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This wasn't a man who would give up
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easily.
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I agreed to join the other husbands in
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their investigation.
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The plan was simple. I'd provide my
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business credit card to pay for Ruby's
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phone bill, allowing Ross and his
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associate Mike to install a program on
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her device.
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It would be a ghost, a silent partner,
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transmitting every call, message, and
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email to their server. Ruby was on edge
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when I got home. She clutched her phone
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like a lifeline and went to bed early. I
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knew what I had to do. In the middle of
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the night, when she got up, I seized my
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chance. In less than a minute, I scanned
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the QR code, installed the program, and
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slipped the phone back under her pillow.
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The next day, Mike called. They had
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found a new email account, one Ruby had
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set up specifically for Clark. He was
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relentless, a master manipulator.
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He had coerced her into telling him our
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private life, the intimate details of
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our relationship and was now using them
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as weapons. He had suggested a weekend
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rendevous and was convincing her that it
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wasn't cheating, that it would only
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invigorate our marriage. Then the final
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blow. I was on my phone with Mike when
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he sent a document to our group chat. It
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was a confirmation for a hotel
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reservation for the coming weekend, a
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double room for Clark and Ruby. He also
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forwarded an email where Ruby had
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written a list of instructions for him,
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a cheaters guide on how to manipulate
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me, how to get me to give her a free
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pass.
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It was a manual for betrayal written by
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my wife about me. I couldn't talk to
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her. he would just find another way. I
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had to put an end to this. I called my
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lawyer and explained everything. My
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lawyer, a friend who knew me well, said,
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"Damn it, Lou, who changed it?" He knew
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I was always a few steps ahead. We drew
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up a plan, divorce, with our business
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assets protected. No legal action
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against Clark, his employer, or hers. It
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was too costly and too messy. My focus
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was on ending this cleanly and
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decisively. But I had to try one more
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thing. My secretary, Kathy, who knew the
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entire sorted story, gave me an idea.
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"What's good for the goose is good for
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the gander?" she said, a wicked glint in
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her eyes. "Why don't you have your own
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weekend with your dream girl?" I knew
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exactly who she meant. Me with Kathy. I
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smiled.
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It was a brilliant lastditch effort to
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make Ruby see the truth. Thursday
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evening, Ruby came home. I had already
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prepared a dinner of chicken, potatoes,
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and wine. I was playing the part of the
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devoted husband, the man who was about
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to be betrayed. Ruby, flustered, said
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she was going to cook dinner for me. I
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smiled, a cold, empty smile. I've
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already handled it, I said. Let's eat
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and then we can talk.
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Dinner was a tense affair with me
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deflecting her attempts to steer the
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conversation. Once we finished, I led
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her to the kitchen table. I had a folder
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ready, a printed letter with the same
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exact excuses and promises that she had
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planned to give me. Ruby, you know I
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cherish you, I began using her own
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script. But we married young, and my
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inexperiences showing. My new secretary,
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Kathy, has been confiding in me. I've
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arranged a hotel stay with her for the
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weekend. It will be purely physical. A
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chance to blow off steam and learn some
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new techniques. It doesn't affect my
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love for you. I trust your love for me
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enough to allow me this one weekend
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outside of our marriage, knowing it
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won't impact us. Ruby's face turned a
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violent shade of red. Over my dead body,
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she shrieked. I want that woman gone by
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Monday or we're finished. I erupted into
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laughter. The sound was a mix of triumph
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and agony. Priceless, I said, my voice
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thick with emotion. I closed the folder
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and handed it to her. The cover was a
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photograph of her kissing Alistister
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Clark. The documents inside were a
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testament to my methodical,
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heartbreaking investigation. Dates,
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times, photographs, emails, transcripts
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of calls. Everything was there. Her face
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went from red to a ghostly white. "You
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knew," she whispered, her voice a
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defeated rasp. You played me? Yes, I
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said the word like a stone in my mouth.
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I did. My story was fictional. Yours,
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however, is quite real. I told her about
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the hotel reservation, about the
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cheaters guide, about every lie and
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every stolen moment.
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You got yourself a boyfriend, I said, my
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voice now filled with a deep sorrowful
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ache. You engaged in an emotional affair
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and plan to make it physical. and yet
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you're angry at me for trying to
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intervene."
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She was speechless. She grabbed the
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folder, ran upstairs, and slammed the
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bedroom door. That night, I heard her
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moving around, heard her on the phone
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with Clark. He was pushing her to go
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through with the plan, telling her to
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pack her bag and bring it to work to see
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my reaction.
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His desperation was palpable.
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I didn't engage. I just went to the
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guest room. And for the first time in
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years, I cried.
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The betrayal was real, and it was
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devastating. The next morning, I woke to
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the smell of coffee and bacon.
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Ruby was in the kitchen, a nervous
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wreck. A packed bag sat by the front
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door. "I suppose this lavish spread is
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your last attempt to show me the kind of
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wife you'll be," I said, my voice
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hollow. "But it won't sway me." I laid
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out the terms, the final brutal terms.
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If you go through with this, it's the
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end. The divorce papers will be
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presented to you at breakfast tomorrow
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morning at the hotel. There will be no
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forgiveness. If you stay home, we'll go
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to counseling and try to fix this. But
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if you leave with him, don't ever come
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back. You're not welcome here. She
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pleaded with me, but I shook my head.
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We've already had that discussion, Ruby.
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Your packed bag says you've made your
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choice.
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I walked out the door and got into my
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truck. She was standing on the porch
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holding her bag, her face a mask of
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grief and confusion.
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She had gambled her entire life for a
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weekend fling, and she was about to find
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out exactly how much she had lost.
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