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Hey everyone, it’s Arthur.
What started as a loving marriage turned into a 20-year web of betrayal, secrets, and emotional wreckage. In this deeply personal story, I share how I uncovered the shocking truth about my wife, my daughters, and the man she claimed was just “a family friend.”
From hidden photography exhibits to DNA tests and the ultimate betrayal, this is a real-life tale of heartbreak, deception — and revenge.
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hey everyone it's Arthur and if you're
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tuning into Wistaloom today I've got a
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story for you it's about how my life the
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one I thought I had perfectly mapped out
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pretty much blew up in my face it's a
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story of love or what I thought was love
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and lies and some pretty unexpected
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explosions and believe me I know a thing
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or two about both so let's rewind a bit
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back in grad school working on my
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master's degree in chemistry I met
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Ellaner for me it was instant love at
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first sight took her about 6 months
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right before she got her masters in art
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history to feel the same but it happened
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we were an item neither of us had much
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experience but our bed life was great as
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far as I was concerned and she never
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complained
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we married less than a year after her
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graduation we found jobs in the same
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city she taught at a community college
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and I split my time between a state
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university and a science consulting firm
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life was good after three years of
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marriage I left the university and
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worked full-time as a consultant
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specializing in explosives one of my
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clients was the federal government which
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meant extensive travel when our first
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daughter Sophie was born my government
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work involved constant travel i knew it
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was tough on Ellanar and I even offered
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to quit for a full-time teaching job at
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a local college that had tried to
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recruit me multiple times however
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Eleanor appreciated the financial
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benefits of my job and the lifestyle it
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afforded us encouraging me to persist
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her smiling mantra was always "I can
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survive i'm self-sufficient."
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My travel continued even with the birth
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of our second daughter Khloe 2 years
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after Sophie i suggested a career change
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again but Eleanor insisted I stick with
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consulting citing the additional
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responsibilities of raising two children
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so I did when our daughters turned 5 and
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seven my schedule eased allowing Eleanor
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to return to work she secured an
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administrative position at the local
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university primarily affiliated with the
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liberal arts college for reasons I never
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fully understood but it made her happy
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around that time Eleanor developed a
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keen interest in photography we now have
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over a dozen albums chronicling our
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lives with the kids then things started
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getting strange eleanor developed an
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unexpected interest in other languages
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particularly Italian she began traveling
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for her job notably to Chicago attending
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meetings with benefactors visiting
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professors and the Art Institute
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additionally she always visited Marie a
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college friend who had been an Italian
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exchange student and was now working in
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Chicago when our children were 8 and 10
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global terrorist activities made my
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skill set highly valuable to the federal
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government i was recruited to work
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full-time for a 2-year period involving
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extensive travel before accepting I
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discussed it at length with Eleanor as
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it would require more travel possibly
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longer with occasional absences lasting
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more than a month elellanor encouraged
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me to accept saying she and the girls
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would miss me but would manage fine my
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government assignment meant I was away
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for two consecutive Christmases when
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Khloe was 9 and 10 and Sophie 11 and 12
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this was heartbreaking
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elellanar took the girls to visit Marie
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in Chicago during this time i maintained
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daily phone contact with them and they
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appeared content
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marie's relatives including kids around
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our daughter's ages were also present
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shortly before Thanksgiving after over 2
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years combating terrorism I returned to
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full-time consulting with minimal travel
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eleanor continued her occasional travel
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usually once a month for 2 or 3 days
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mostly to Chicago i gladly assumed all
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parental duties for Kloe and Sophie when
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she was away girls tend to grow closer
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to their mother and while I had a good
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relationship with Kloe and Sophie they
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rarely confided in me or sought my
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opinion on personal matters unlike their
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openness with Eleanor
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this didn't bother me much except for
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one thing they never shared their
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experiences or were as talkative about
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their trips with their mother to Chicago
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while not withdrawn they never
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voluntarily provided information and
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often playfully changed the subject it
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was odd looking back then just before
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18-year-old Khloe went to an outofstate
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college and Sophie was a junior at
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another Elellanar experienced a dark
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period i'd find her in tears when I
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inquired she attributed it to becoming
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an empty neester and suggested a
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shopping trip to Chicago with the girls
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the trip was hastily planned and
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apparently required several long phone
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conversations with Marie in Italian
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since I didn't understand Italian I
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accepted Eleanor's account without doubt
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despite her being unusually emotional
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beforehand
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eleanor returned from Chicago after an
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additional 3 days showing a more
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positive outlook though not entirely
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back to normal what truly surprised me
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was the limited number of purchases they
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brought back upon inquiry I learned that
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some items would be shipped later i also
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observed a positive change in our bed
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life which was never problematic except
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during my prolonged absences when I
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remained faithful to Elellanar the
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improvement coincided with Kloe leaving
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for school i attributed this positive
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shift to Elellanor and me growing closer
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as empty nesters relishing the
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heightened love making
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then the pivotal event in my story
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unfolded i took an unplanned break from
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work around noon on a Thursday without
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informing Eleanor my golf plans were
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thwarted by rain so I decided to
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surprise Eleanor with an anniversary
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party
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while consulting an event planner around
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3bon a delivery man arrived with a
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wooden crate marked fragile it was
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addressed to Elellanar and after signing
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for it we positioned it in the living
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room the delivery struck me as unusual
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examining the return address which read
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Romano Photography Studios along with an
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address in Chicago's center city I
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called Eleanor at work to inform her
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initially quiet she mentioned it was
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workrelated and supposed to be sent to
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her office while this seemed rational
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three factors raised suspicions the
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prolonged silence her commanding tone
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and stressed voice when instructing me
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not to open it and her overall uptight
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demeanor
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intrigued I took photos of the crate and
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entered the return address into my
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laptop upon Eleanor's return from work
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she hurriedly inspected the crate
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appearing suspicious of tampering when I
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asked about its contents she became
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vague and standoffish sensing something
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a miss I offered to help open it but she
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insisted on inspecting it at work for
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potential damage and an insurance claim
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the next morning before I left two
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maintenance personnel from her college
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carefully moved the crate to a school
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van under Ellaner's supervision when I
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shared my enthusiasm about a school
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exhibition trying to gauge her response
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she avoided eye contact and hesitated
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stuttering twice this only fueled my
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curiosity the fifth unsettling aspect
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was Eleanor's subsequent silence about
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the mysterious crate over the following
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two weeks during that time I gathered
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publicly available information about
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Romano Photography Studios this entity I
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discovered served as the US business
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front for the globally renowned
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photographer Allesandro Romano
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surprisingly Eleanor despite her
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photography hobby had never mentioned
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him aleandro Romano had a distinctive
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style blending photographic realism with
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various effects he was also the sole
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practitioner of a unique effect named
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after him romano Abilita Artistica
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while intellectually and artistically
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intriguing two astonishing facts stood
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out the person overseeing administration
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at his studio was his niece Marie Romano
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Biani Eleanor's friend additionally
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Aleandro had died in a car crash on
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September 1st of the preceding year and
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his memorial service in Chicago took
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place on September 6th the timing seemed
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highly coincidental eleanor becoming
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emotional around September 2nd
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supposedly about becoming an empty
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neester and her and the girls shopping
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trip to Chicago from September 5th
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through 8th i hold a masters in
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chemistry from a top 10 school allowing
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me to piece it together the only
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plausible explanation was that Elellanar
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had been involved in a genuine love
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affair with Aleandro Romano for at least
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10 years and my daughters were aware of
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it another intriguing detail emerged a
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Chicago exhibition of Aleandro's most
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famous and stimulating works including
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those from private collectors and some
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never seen publicly was scheduled for
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April 16th 18th 3 weeks away i was
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confident Eleanor would have a business
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trip to Chicago then despite the 18th
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being my birthday and the exhibition
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likely featuring the photographs from
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the crate delivered to our house i'd
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never felt more driven my initial rage
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needed to be suppressed to execute my
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plan i arranged a business trip for the
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night I discovered the incriminating
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information and two nights thereafter i
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left a heartfelt message on Elellanar's
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work phone apologizing profusely and
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promising to make it up to her before
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packing for a three-ight stay in a local
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hotel part one of my plan involved
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preparing all the necessary divorce
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papers to serve and file once I obtained
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the expected proof part two aimed to
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find a way to have someone visit and
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film the Chicago exhibition on its
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opening day the 16th which was by
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invitation only part three focused on
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organizing my affairs to secure as many
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material possessions and funds as
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possible my sentiments toward Eleanor
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were indifferent and I was very close to
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feeling the same about Sophie and Kloe
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part four was about ultimate revenge
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even after the divorce part one was no
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problem i got a recommendation for a
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good divorce attorney Gail Schiff she
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advised me on everything despite her
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recommendation for irreconcilable
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differences she was willing to proceed
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with long-standing infidelity needing
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proof before filing she could arrange
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service on Elellanor by a law
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enforcement agent along with a private
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process server to record events on the
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last night of the exhibition the 18th
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for part two I found a young appraiser
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named Marcus Milan in Chicago he was
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familiar with Aleandro's work
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certain he could get an invitation to
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the opening and not averse to filming
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the photos I thought would interest me
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using a small easily hidden HD camera I
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gave him he conveyed his belief that he
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could provide a thorough and high
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appraisal desiring a challenge to
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establish himself i hired Marcus for
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segments of parts three and four i
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cashed in two bearer bonds from our safe
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deposit box totaling about $25,000
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ellaner wouldn't know about them i
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provided my attorney with a complete
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list of all our assets an appraisal of
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our house photographs of all Eleanor's
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jewelry and updated financial statements
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as a small segment of part 4 on the last
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day of my supposed absence I sneaked
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into the house while Eleanor was at work
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I took a magic marker and erased my face
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from every photograph in the dozen or so
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album she had compiled i was surprised
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to find I appeared in no more than 15%
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of the photos i also discovered two
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previously unseen photos featuring
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Eleanor Marie Chloe Sophie and notably
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Alessandro i made high-quality scans and
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photocopies before returning them to the
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album marked with a black marker an
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arrow pointing to Aleandro and a legend
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declaring him the love of Eleanor's life
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2 days after my return Elellanor
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informed me she had to go to Chicago
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from the morning of the 15th to the
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afternoon of the 19th expressing
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disappointment about not spending my
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birthday together i suggested
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accompanying her but she smoothly
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demurred stating it was all business she
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promised to make it up to me in a way I
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hadn't ever experienced before followed
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by a kiss at that point I just endured
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for all of parts 1 3 and four there was
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a particularly risky aspect talking to
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Kloe i decided I needed a face to face
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with her so after dropping Eleanor off
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at the airport on the morning of the
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15th I drove to Carnegie Melon
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University in Pittsburgh where Kloe was
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studying chemical engineering why Chloe
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and not Sophie kloe was more like me and
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how her brain worked and had a harder
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time lying although her failure to
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advise me of Eleanor's affair suggested
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otherwise she seemed more concerned with
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our nuclear family than Sophie i called
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Khloe's cell and she seemed excited to
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meet i told her I'd take her to a late
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lunch at a real restaurant we met and
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after our meal I informed Khloe there
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was a very serious matter i asked for
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her assurance not to disclose our
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conversation to anyone including her mom
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and Sophie until the day after my
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birthday and she promised i then
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revealed
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i learned about your mother's
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involvement with Alessandro Romano and
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I'm contemplating divorce
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"oh no Daddy," she exclaimed tears
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welling up "there's only one hope i need
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all the information you have about it
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and I need you to undergo a DNA test
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what she exclaimed nearly on the verge
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of a meltdown
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observing the public setting I
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instructed her to meet me outside and
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then we'd head to my car once in my car
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I told Kloe the survival of our family
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depended on her opening up after a brief
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period of crying she began to share she
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revealed she didn't realize mom was
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involved with Aleandro
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uncle Allesandro as they were told to
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call him until she was 12 sophie knew
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before her when she confronted Mom Mom
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explained it as an adult matter saying
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she was in love with two men and
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insisted Kloe would understand later
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mom emphasized "I must never know
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because it would end our family as I was
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too insensitive to comprehend."
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Khloe was sworn to secrecy kloe broke
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down again then recounted hoping
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Allesandre's funeral would end it
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all after mom made a scene at Aleandro's
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casket Khloe confronted her saying if
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she jumped into someone else's arms
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she'd tell me mom rebuked her claiming
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to have loved both Aleandro and me and
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that there would be no one else she just
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needed to honor Aleandro's memory
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kloe believed her and prayed I'd never
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find out i gleaned more details until I
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sensed it would be counterproductive to
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press further she remained in anguish i
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then expressed my hope to reconcile
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based on her information but needed one
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more thing
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i need both of us to submit DNA samples
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to determine if you are my biological
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daughter Kloe cried objecting insisting
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I was her only father i know that I'm
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your father I reassured her but I have
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to know whether I'm your biological one
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too
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despite protests she agreed i gave her
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the sealed envelope for the lab with
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instructions for results to go to both
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of us as I drove her back she watched me
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drop it into an express mailbox when we
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hugged goodbye she pleaded with me to
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forgive mom and make it work i explained
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I couldn't promise that as I don't lie
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like her mother but I acknowledged she
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had done her part i reminded her not to
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tell anyone about our talk until the
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19th at the earliest she assured me then
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she mentioned that mom and Sophie would
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be attending a Chicago exhibition of
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Alessandro's works some featuring Mom on
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my birthday mom apologized for the
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timing but had to attend for inherited
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works
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mom wanted Chloe to join but she had too
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much school work i smiled i know thanks
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for being honest after another hug she
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left unseen by her I shed tears
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realizing my relationship with Sophie
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was now as dead as the one with Eleanor
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i hadn't decided if I could salvage it
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with Kloe kloe remained unaware I had
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recorded our conversation there was one
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thing Kloe didn't know a segment of part
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four of my plan the swabs I put into the
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envelope supposedly mine belonged to an
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Italian janitor who worked in my office
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building i promised to pay for his
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ancestry determined as a birthday
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present the one I sent for testing
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showed he was over 80% Italian why an
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Italian's DNA because I wanted everyone
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to hurt since Alesandre was Italian I
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wanted everyone to conclude he was
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Khloe's father and if I could work it
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out Sophie's
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i crossed my fingers Khloe wouldn't
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spill she hadn't and Eleanor hadn't
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heard from me so I was sure it was true
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around 11 p.m on the 16th Marcus Milan
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emailed photos of the relevant parts of
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the Romano exhibit they hurt me deeper
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than I thought i shook and sobbed
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viewing them there was a series of 10
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photos increasing in size all with
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Alessandro's distinctive characteristics
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including the last two brilliant Romano
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Abelita Artistica effects
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the series was entitled Natali Amore
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Christmas Love the first two showed
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Sophie and Kloe blurred in the
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background of a photo of Ellaner around
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9 and 11 in the second of those first
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two one of Ellaner's body was exposed
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and she had a duck me look the next
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three showed Ellaner increasingly less
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dressed until the final one where she
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was completely exposed the second series
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started again with the girls in the
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background somewhat older the last four
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were progressively risque until the
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second to last with Elellanar in an
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exceptionally suggestive pose and the
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last one where the clear implication was
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she had just been ducked and was in
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bliss after I recovered I looked again
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if they didn't break my heart I'd say
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the last two were probably the best of
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their type I'd ever seen marcus Milan's
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report read "Sorry I know that this will
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be hard on you the collection is worth a
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minimum of $300,000
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more likely $500,000."
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The second to last photo alone would
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bring $125,000 to $175,000 if sold
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separately the last two photos are the
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best execution of Romano Abila Artistica
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effects in history he contacted Marie
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who put him in touch with the owner
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Elellanor elellanar said they weren't
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for sale because they were priceless and
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the four where she was completely
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exposed would not be sold until after
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her passway
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i wouldn't want the general public and
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especially my husband seeing me like
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that while I'm alive," she said with a
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laugh i sent the digital recording of
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Khloe's words along with Marcus' photos
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and words via email to my attorney Gail
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Schiff she contacted me at 7:30 on the
17:51
morning of the 17th my divorce petition
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was clearly justified citing infidelity
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i informed her a law enforcement officer
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would serve Eleanor the following night
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at the gala i also gave Gail an envelope
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addressed to Sophie it contained a
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letter from me a swab from the Italian
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janitor's cheek a new swab for Sophie
18:10
and an express mail envelope for a DNA
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lab with instructions the letter told
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Sophie that if there was any hope for a
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future relationship she needed to swab
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her cheek place it in the envelope with
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my swab and send it the lab would mail
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results to her and me i emphasized that
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even if she didn't desire a future
18:29
relationship she needed to comply or I
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would tie up our finances for years
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ending her college education
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i signed it your father Arthur the
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process server reported to Gail that
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Elellanar and Sophie were all smiles
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hobnobbing at 9:00 p.m on the 18th they
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were perplexed when handed the envelopes
18:47
by the law enforcement officer as the
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process server took photos they opened
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them on the spot the officer left but
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the server stayed taking more photos
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until he was kicked out the photos
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showed Eleanor sinking to the ground in
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a fetal position and Sophie first
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distraught then angry then tending to
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her mother sophie called me the morning
19:07
of the 19th expressing disgust with how
19:09
I handled serving the papers i responded
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strongly saying it was tough and she
19:13
should tell someone who cares she stated
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she wasn't inclined to do the DNA test i
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questioned if she didn't want to find
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out who her biological father was versus
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the one supporting her all these years
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she affirmed I was her father i
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expressed uncertainty but emphasized I'd
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already instructed my attorney to freeze
19:31
all accounts there would be no money for
19:33
her education unless she mailed that
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envelope with her cheek swab now that I
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think of it I mentioned I'd need a video
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of her swabbing putting it in and
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mailing it due to her past lies i
19:44
emphasized I hadn't lied she retorted I
19:47
hadn't told the whole truth i stated she
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was as unpleasant as her mother and gave
19:51
her an ultimatum do as I say and email
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the video or this would be our last
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conversation i then forcefully hung up
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eleanor didn't call me from the 18th to
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the 21st likely staying in Chicago with
20:04
Marie the exhibition excitement made it
20:06
into two local Chicago papers with a
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photo of Eleanor seemingly provided by
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the process server it was apparent
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Eleanor had visited the house which I no
20:15
longer considered a home on the 22nd as
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an envelope I'd left on the steel
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reinforced front door with a changed
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lock had vanished my attorney's message
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indicated a need for discussion the
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envelope was addressed to vile ducking
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[ __ ] my brief message inside "Hey
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contact your attorney regarding the
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retrieval of your personal belongings
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the sooner we sell the house and
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conclude our sham of a marriage the
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better i'll resist any attempt by you to
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return to this house until it is sold
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consider doing something decent for once
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in our farcical relationship and don't
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resist it even though economic reasons
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seem to be your sole motivation given
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your lack of love or respect for me your
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formerly clueless ex arthur PS the doors
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are booby trapped any unauthorized entry
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will start all of your previous family
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albums on fire a court appearance by the
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attorneys was required for living
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arrangements we finally agreed through
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our attorneys to both vacate the house
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and immediately put it on the market
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with temporary housing expenses
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considered an asset division ellaner
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tried to be difficult in monetary
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negotiations but she had no bargaining
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power because she acquired her precious
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photographs from Alessandro while we
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were still married when I demanded five
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photographs she got hysterical
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especially after seeing how I'd doed the
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family photo albums at Eleanor's
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insistence we took Marcus' appraisal one
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by her appraiser and one by a neutral
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appraiser marcus' was the lowest costing
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her $200,000 more than if she'd accepted
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his this seriously cut into what she'd
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get she offered me two photos she chose
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but rescended when I agreed as long as
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she had them delivered to a firing range
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and watched what I did to them when all
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was said and done Elellanar was left
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with her personal possessions half the
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furniture and one quarter of the house
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sale price nothing else no alimony but a
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suspended jail sentence more on that
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later we agreed to jointly pay all of
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Kloe and Sophie's college expenses until
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graduation but nothing more as expected
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the DNA results came back they were not
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my biological daughters that infuriated
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Eleanor so much she almost had a stroke
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i talked to Kloe about it not Sophie who
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complied solely for college expenses and
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apparently wanted no future relationship
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kloe said her mother claimed the DNA
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test was incorrect asserting she never
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had close relations with anyone but me
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and Aleandro during our marriage and
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never met Alessandro before Kloe was
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born i questioned why if that were true
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their father had Italian ancestry like
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Alessandro while my family lineage is
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entirely Dutch i expressed skepticism
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highlighting her mother's pathological
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lying throughout our 24-year
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relationship
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despite this she mentioned her mother
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desired another DNA test i explained to
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my children that wouldn't happen as they
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weren't minors and it was unrelated to
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divorce i merely wanted the truth for
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myself and for them to know i reminded
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them they witnessed me swab my cheek and
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mail it regarding her mother's desire
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for a face-to-face conversation I told
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Kloe I wouldn't entertain it and
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instructed my attorney to ignore her
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requests kloe pleaded with me not to use
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derogatory terms for her mother and
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expressed continued love for her she
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asked me as a favor to talk with her for
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an hour i conveyed to Kloe that I
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couldn't comply while I had forgiven her
23:35
and desired to maintain a relationship
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there was nothing that would lead me to
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engage with her mother now for Eleanor's
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suspended jail sentence and getting only
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one quarter of the house proceeds after
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my phone conversation with Kloe about
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the DNA test and Eleanor's desire for a
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talk she did something stupid i thought
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she might so I had a panic button
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connected directly to a private security
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company one night a woman knocked on my
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condo door i didn't see the two big guys
24:01
and Ellaner standing aside as soon as I
24:03
opened the door the two big guys burst
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in and grabbed me but not before I
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pushed my silent panic button they
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pulled me to a chair and secured me
24:11
elellanar came in and the other woman
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departed
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elellanar expressed regret for resorting
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to such measures blaming my refusal to
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meet and redo the DNA test which she
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insisted was incorrect
24:23
she then tried some upbeat remarks
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claiming she always loved me and
24:26
Aleandro asserting her heart was
24:28
expansive enough for both she realized
24:31
reconciliation was impossible but just
24:33
wanted to get things off her chest she
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was holding a swab obviously intending
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to force a DNA sample it irritated her
24:41
that I made no verbal response refusing
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eye contact
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fortunately as she was about to have her
24:47
goons pry my mouth open there was a
24:48
response to my panic button police burst
24:51
in they found me tied up and one of the
24:53
miscreants had illegal items i explained
24:57
the cops ignored Ellanar's plea to just
24:59
let them go and arrested all three the
25:00
kidnapping event didn't play well with
25:02
the divorce judge she indicated a ruling
25:04
would be bad for Elellanar so I got the
25:06
asset division I wanted the criminal
25:08
court took pity on Elellanar for a first
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offense a 2-year suspended sentence and
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a $10,000 fine from her share the two
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guys fared worse due to shady histories
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one got a year in prison the other five
25:22
part four of my plan didn't end with the
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divorce although I won't admit it just
25:26
karma is what I always say 18 months
25:30
after the divorce I was on a Caribbean
25:32
cruise with a 32-year-old divorce a
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Melody
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she was fun but too much like Eleanor at
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that age for a permanent relationship
25:39
while I was cruising Eleanor's apartment
25:42
was broken into it was trashed some
25:45
items stolen including the second most
25:47
provocative and valuable Romano photo of
25:49
Eleanor more items were destroyed than
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stolen including seven other Romano
25:54
photos and all the family photo albums
25:57
upon my return I became a suspect it was
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impossible for me to have done it being
26:02
2,000 mi away but Elellanar insisted I
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paid someone i refused to talk without
26:07
legal representation after scrutinizing
26:09
my phone and financial records excluding
26:11
the cashed bearer bonds they found no
26:13
evidence no association with anyone
26:16
capable of such deeds 6 months later the
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cops practically gave up once the
26:20
statute of limitations expired I threw a
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party my it's all finally over
26:25
celebration
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mostly friends were there my parents
26:28
were gone but my brother his wife my two
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nephews Melody Melody's two adult
26:33
children and Khloe her husband and my
26:35
granddaughter were present i had no
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relationship with Sophie i wasn't
26:40
invited to her wedding and wouldn't have
26:41
attended i learned from Kloe that
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Sophie's husband caught her cheating and
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she's divorcing
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elellanar gave Kloe an ultimatum sever
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all ties with me or her to everyone's
26:53
surprise Kloe chose me likely because
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she was convinced Eleanor was a
26:57
pathological liar and recognized the
26:59
negativity of her mother involving her
27:01
daughters in her cheating kloe didn't
27:02
want her children exposed to that only
27:04
one thing has caused friction between
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Kloe and me in the last 5 years i
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disclosed the truth about the DNA
27:10
testing she was initially upset but
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forgave me just as I forgave her she was
27:16
actually very pleased that I was her
27:18
biological father and I had another DNA
27:20
test done for confirmation and that
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folks is my story it's been a wild ride
27:26
a painful journey but here I am and I'm
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finally at peace
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