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Caught in the Act: Billionaire's Island & Motel Betrayals (2 Shocking True Stories)
Jun 23, 2025
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Welcome to Reddit Unheard Stories, where we explore real-life sagas that hit hard. Tonight, we present two shocking tales of husbands blindsided by betrayal. Witness Jake's agonizing dilemma as his wife gets too close to her new publisher, a billionaire, on his infamous "Pleasure Island," leading to a dramatic confrontation and a fight for his marriage.
Then, rewind to Tom's past, where his instincts as a journalist led him to uncover his first wife Maria's affair in a motel room, leading to a brutal, public exposure. Both stories are packed with raw emotion, hard choices, and the long road to healing (or not).
If you're fascinated by the complexities of trust and deceit, this episode is for you. Like, subscribe, and join the conversation!
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hey there folks welcome to Reddit
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Unheard Stories where we dive into tales
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so wild they'll leave you speechless
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today I've got a saga packed with drama
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betrayal and a marriage pushed to the
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brink by a shady billionaire and a
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private island getaway it's like a
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thriller novel come to life with twists
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that'll keep you hooked
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so grab a coffee get comfy and let's
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dive into the story of Jake Miller a
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writer whose world got flipped upside
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down trust me this one's a doozy if you
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vibe with this drop your thoughts in our
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Reddit thread and share it with your
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crew let's get started picture this jake
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Miller is a 30-year-old guy living in
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Alexandria Virginia with his wife of
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five years Sarah jake's a thriller
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writer cranking out books about Cole
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Striker a tough as nails detective who
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cracks impossible cases leaps off cliffs
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to dodge killers and has a love life
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that would make anyone jealous jake's no
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Cole he's just a regular dude 6t tall
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curly brown hair blue eyes and in decent
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shape from hitting the gym a few times a
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week sarah 28 is a knockout with long
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blonde hair a passion for fencing and a
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music store she runs like a pro
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they're tight planning to start a family
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soon and life's pretty sweet
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but then a guy named Victor Draos storms
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into their world and shakes everything
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up victor's the new owner of Jake's
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publishing house a slick billionaire
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with long dark hair a decade older than
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Sarah and a presence that screams
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control
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he's got this private island off North
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Carolina called Allesium Greek for
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paradise but it's more like a playground
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for trouble
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it all kicks off at a swanky dinner
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Victor hosts for his writers and editors
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sarah and Victor hit it off dancing to a
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string of songs laughing like old
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friends jake clocks it from across the
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room noting how Sarah's eyes light up
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he's cool with it at first she's
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charming and guys notice her all the
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time but when she starts calling Victor
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by his first name like they're buddies
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Jake's gut starts whispering warnings a
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few weeks later Sarah comes home
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practically bouncing
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"babe you won't believe this," she says
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her voice all excitement "victor invited
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us to his island for a weekend just us
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him and a friend of his it's going to be
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unreal."
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Jake's eyebrows shoot up why is his boss
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cozing up to his wife like this he
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presses her and she admits she had lunch
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with Victor gave him a tour of her music
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store and didn't mention it till now
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he made a pass at me but I shut it down
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she swears her blue eyes wide
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jake wants to trust her but something
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feels off why is he inviting us to his
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island Sarah what's his deal she waves
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it off he just wants to get to know his
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writers better it's a networking thing
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Jake but Jake's not convinced he
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channels his inner coal striker and digs
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into Elysium online gossip paints a
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sketchy picture wild parties affairs
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even divorces tied to that island
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it's nicknamed Pleasure Island and not
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the wholesome kind jake's ready to shut
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it down but Sarah's pleading come on
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it'll be fun i can handle Victor don't
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you trust me
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then his agent Mike calls dropping a
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bombshell victor's company might bury
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Jake's next book's marketing if he skips
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the trip it's a straightup power move
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and Jake's stuck he's torn but he agrees
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laying it out for Sarah if you cross a
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line with this guy we're done i'm
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serious she nods promising she's got his
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back jake packs light slipping a
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satellite phone into his bag for backup
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you never know when you'll need an exit
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plan right they catch a small plane to a
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tiny airport then hop on a boat that
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cuts through the waves to Alisium the
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island's a stunner white sand beaches
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turquoise water a massive house with
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tennis courts a pool and peers jutting
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into the ocean
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jake wonders why anyone needs a pool
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with beaches like these but rich folks
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right they're greeted by Simon a jacked
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up dude with a megawatt smile who's
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Victor's right-hand man then there's Mia
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Torres Victor's friend who he calls the
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most beautiful woman alive mia's got
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dark hair curves that turn heads and a
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rep as Victor's mistress she's all
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warmth hugging Sarah like their long-
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lost sisters jake's already on high
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alert keeping his eyes on Sarah as
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Victor rocking swim trunks and a
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sleeveless shirt plays the perfect host
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they grab drinks jake sticks to
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sparkling water sarah sips white wine
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and Victor asks about Jake's new book
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mia's read all his novels gushing about
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Cole Striker's cliff diving stunts and
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love scenes which feels nice but oddly
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staged the air shifts when Victor
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suggests a swim sarah slips into a pink
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bikini that leaves little to the
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imagination mia's in a blue one that's
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even skimpier and Jake's trying not to
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stare he and Victor hit the water racing
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like it's a showdown but Jake's watching
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Sarah lounging on the shore
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mia's a pro swimmer diving in like she's
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gunning for gold and when she and Jake
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are alone she's flirty as hell you're
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like Superman out here she purr swimming
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too close jake shuts it down fast i'm
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married Mia let's keep it cool she
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laughs like it's all a game but Jake's
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not here for it back at the house Jake
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finds Sarah fresh from a shower saying
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Victor gave her a tour pool gym tennis
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courts nothing weird jake's skeptical
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but lets it slide
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they agree to stick together no falling
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for Victor's tricks later at drinks and
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snacks Mia's still eyeing Jake and
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Victor's laying it on thick with Sarah
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complimenting her store and her perfect
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figure jake's blood simmers at dinner
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Victor pushes Jake to try tiramisu and
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water he hasn't touched himself jake's
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paranoid did he spike it simon clears
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Jake's plate quick and Jake's thinking
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"Yeah something's up." They head to the
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courtyard for music and dancing jake and
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Sarah sway close whispering "I love you
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and it feels like they're a team again
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but then Mia cuts in her perfume and
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curves pure temptation jake's distracted
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but he notices Victor's hands on Sarah's
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waist she's not pushing him away jake's
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had enough he storms over pulls Sarah
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aside and lays it down it's him or me
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Sarah no middle ground she pulls her
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hand from Victor's looking rattled her
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blonde hair glowing under the lights
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just for the weekend Jake she says voice
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shaky monday everything's back to normal
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can't you have fun with Mia for now
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jake's heart cracks you serious if
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you're okay with this we're done his
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voice is steady but he's breaking inside
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no I'm out he grabs her hand pulls her
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close and kisses her with everything
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he's got love pain anger then he steps
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back tears burning his eyes
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the fact you'd even consider this guy
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it's over Sarah we're through he turns
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grabs his bag and bolts for the back
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fire escape sarah's screams "No Jake no
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chase him." But he keeps running sobbing
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into the night he calls his buddy Nate
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for a pickup 20 minutes later a plane
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lands near the south dock victor and
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Simon are on his tail shouting there's
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no escape telling him to stay for Sarah
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victor's flailing in the water no match
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for a fight jake hops on the plane with
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Nate at the controls and they jet off to
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a lake near Dallas a car is waiting and
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Jake pays Nate before driving home to
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Alexandria the house is dark filled with
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photos of happier times jake slumps in a
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chair staring at nothing and passes out
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at 8:00 a.m Sarah pulls up in a rental
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car looking like hell she's a wreck
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saying she's never screwed up this bad
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and can't lose him jake's not buying it
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what did you think Sarah i'd be cool
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with you and Victor because Mia was
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distracting me she admits Victor pitched
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a swap and she thought Jake would go for
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it since he seemed into Mia she says it
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was meant to spark their marriage jake
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scoffs you thought Victor's better than
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me
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she says "No just different older
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powerful exciting." But she swears she
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didn't mean to cheat thought Jake would
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be okay with it jake's gutted "you ain't
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the woman I married," he tells her my
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Sarah wouldn't fall for some rich dude's
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game she begs for a chance says their
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passion still fire she drops her clothes
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and Jake's tempted their chemistry's
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always been off the charts but this cuts
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deeper than desire still he gives in
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pulled by that spark they've always had
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10 years later they've made it work but
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it was a rough road jake didn't trust
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Sarah for over a year but they stuck it
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out they've got three kids now Emma 8
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Lucas 6 and Ava three jake's a
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stay-at-home writer and Sarah runs two
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music stores Vel he ditched Victor's
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company signed with a new publisher and
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wrote a book about an island adventure
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that mirrored this mess it sold like
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crazy even landed a movie deal victor
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cast as Damon in the book couldn't
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complain when it hit too close to home
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jake and Sarah signed a post-nuptial
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agreement for Fidelity trust took time
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but they rebuilt it one day a red sports
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car rolls up and outsteps Mia still drop
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deadad gorgeous hugging the kids like
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she's their aunt jake pours her aeltzer
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and they chat sarah's due home soon and
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Jake's whipping up a loaded salad but
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that's another story now let's pivot to
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another tale that hits just as hard meet
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Tom Harris a 56-year-old journalist in
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Chicago married to Lauren 45 with a
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13-year-old daughter Sophie
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a few months back they're in Istanbul
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with a big group three families 16
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people total for a trip full of laughs
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Turkish food and memories
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at the airport their flights delayed 6
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hours so they hit the lounge which is
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oddly empty tom steps out for a smoke
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comes back and spots a slim figure
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talking to Lauren
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his heart races not from the cigarette
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but from a flood of memories it's Maria
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his ex-wife and suddenly he's back 20
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years holding her hand in a church
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saying "I do." Tom and Maria met in
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college fell hard and got married young
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he was a journalist she was a financial
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expert and they were crazy about each
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other maria's sparkling eyes lit up
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Tom's world and when they were home it
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was all love and her killer home-cooked
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meals the first two years were bliss no
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kids yet as they focused on their
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careers but their jobs kept them apart
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tom covering stories in places like Iraq
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maria traveling for work the only snag
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was Tom's mom who lived alone and wanted
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visits
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maria didn't like her and Tom never
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pushed to find out why just kept them
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separate then Tom's mom got sick he told
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Maria he had to care for her and she
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wasn't happy "hire someone Tom," she
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said "but Tom couldn't he needed to be
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there."
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3 days later his mom died in his arms
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devastated he came home and Maria
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shocked him by complaining about his mom
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saying she should have been in a
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hospital tom was floored "why are you
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talking like this about someone who's
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gone?" Maria shut him down and they
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didn't speak for a week to patch things
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up Tom took her to dinner and they
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reconnected but he had to leave for
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Afghanistan soon after while he was gone
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Maria got promotions and a fatter
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paycheck when Tom returned she was warm
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at first but over dinner she dropped a
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bomb
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we need changes Tom i can't handle you
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being gone so much she gave him two
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options get a local job or find her one
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where she could travel with him
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tom relieved she was honest quit his job
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and took a gig at a Chicago TV station
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even though it paid 30% less maria was
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pissed about the money saying it cramped
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her lifestyle things went downhill fast
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they talked less their nights lost
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passion and Maria turned into someone
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who nagged about everything
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one night she even told Tom to stop
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breathing because it bugged her sleep
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then Tom's phone went missing and he
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grabbed Maria's to call it it was locked
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first time ever suspicion crept in a few
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days later Maria came home late from an
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office party disheveled no lipstick a
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bruise on her thigh and no underwear
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she said she just danced too much but
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Tom couldn't sleep his journalist
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instincts kicked in 3 weeks later he's
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outside a Motel 6 tracking Maria's car
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he unlocks room 12 and sees a monitor
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showing Maria with Steve Bowman a
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college rival who always had a thing for
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her tom's heart shatters but he's numb
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he promised the motel manager no
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violence for the footage but he's
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tempted instead he waits outside ice
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pick in hand and punctures Steve's
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Mustang tires
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an hour later Steve and Maria walk out
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his hand on her waist tom snaps photos
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steps out and faces them maria's pale
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like she's seen a ghost steve's grinning
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loving the chaos maria stammers it's not
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what you think but Tom's cold i'm just
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observing he says smiling he tells them
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it's all on video headed to Maria's
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office friends family and Steve's wife
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Linda steve yells to leave Linda out but
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Tom's done
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linda's seen it and she's filing for
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divorce better sell that Mustang to
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cover the lawsuit steve lunges but Tom's
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been to war zones he blocks lands a left
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on Steve's chin and drops him an
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uppercut knocks Steve out cold maria's
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horrified and Tom tells her to get in
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his truck they drive to his lawyer's
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office where Ron hands Maria divorce
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papers no shared property no alimony
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maria earns more tom warns her "Contest
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it and he'll expose her infidelity
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everywhere." She nods defeated and Tom
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walks out months later in court they
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don't speak steve never presses charges
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cameras showed he swung first tom sent
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Linda the evidence and she divorced
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Steve whose life tanked
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tom switched jobs moved cities and
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rebuilt at Istanbul airport he sees
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Maria chatting with Lauren for hours
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later Lauren tells Tom she thanked Maria
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for her mistakes which led her to him
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maria never mentioned Tom just regretted
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losing her ex and envied Lauren's life
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tom smiles closes his eyes and leans
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back grateful for his new chapter jake
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and Tom's stories show how far trust can
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be tested and how love can pull through
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or fall apart what would you do in their
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