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Jun 14, 2025
#redditrelationship #aita #redditstories He Waited for Her to Come Back... Until He Found Out the Truth | Epic Reddit Revenge Story He watched 10 years of marriage vanish down the street... and then the truth shattered everything. In today’s gripping episode from r/UnheardStories, we dive deep into the life of James—an ordinary man betrayed by the one he loved most. But this isn’t just a story of heartbreak… it’s a tale of calculated revenge, shocking propositions, and an ending you’ll never see coming. From whispered rumors to full-blown betrayal, from heartbreak to redemption, this rollercoaster will keep you hooked until the very end. 💬 Was James justified in what he did? Did he go too far—or was it the only way to reclaim his dignity? ⚠️ Grab your coffee or popcorn—this is one of the wildest stories we’ve ever told. Like, comment, and subscribe for more unheard Reddit stories that’ll make your jaw drop.
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hey Reddit unheard stories community
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buckle up for a tale that'll twist your
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heart and leave you questioning
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everything picture this a man stands at
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his window watching a car vanish down
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the street carrying away 10 years of his
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life he's oddly calm almost numb
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wondering why he's not shattered
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this is the story of James a guy who
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thought he had it all until betrayal
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unraveled his world leading to a revenge
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so calculated it'll chill you and a
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redemption so unexpected it'll warm you
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grab a coffee settle in and let's dive
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into this roller coaster it's a quiet
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evening in a suburban neighborhood the
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kind where kids ride bikes until dusk
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and porch lights flicker on like
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clockwork james a 38-year-old accountant
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with a knack for fixing leaky faucets
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stands at his living room window his
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hands are stuffed in his pockets his jaw
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tight as he watches his wife Sarah's
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silver sedan pull out of the driveway
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the car turns right its tail lights
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glowing like embers before fading into
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the night 10 years of marriage late
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night talks shared vacations quiet
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mornings with coffee gone just like that
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but instead of tears or rage James feels
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nothing a shrug a fleeting thought about
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the dripping kitchen faucet he should
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fix why isn't he more upset that
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question naws at him as he turns toward
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the kitchen replaying the last half hour
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in his mind earlier that day James had
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come home from work his tie loosened his
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briefcase heavy with spreadsheets the
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house smelled of nothing no dinner
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simmering no trace of Sarah's usual
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lavender candle
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she was at the kitchen table a full
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glass of red wine untouched in front of
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her that was the first red flag sarah a
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marketing manager who thrived on routine
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was never home before James
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her days stretched long her commute
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longer and she'd breeze in half an hour
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to an hour after him her heels clicking
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her smile tired but warm
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the second flag no dinner sarah loved
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cooking her lasagna was legendary among
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their friends the third and most jarring
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was the wine
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sarah rarely drank preferring herbal tea
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or sparkling water a glass of Merllo at
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5 p.m something was wrong "hey hun,"
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James said his voice cautious as he set
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his briefcase down sarah's eyes met his
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and they were different distant resolute
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"sit down James," she said her tone flat
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i need to talk to you his stomach
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twisted but he grabbed a beer from the
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fridge the cold bottle grounding him as
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he settled across from her
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what came next hit like a freight train
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sarah spoke carefully her words measured
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but heavy
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i've felt disconnected from you for the
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last 6 months i don't know why exactly
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but we're drifting apart i've tried to
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talk about it but all I hear is that
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we're in a rough patch that things will
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get better but they haven't
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james' mind raced 6 months he'd noticed
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her pulling away fewer hugs less
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laughter but he chocked it up to work
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stress he opened his mouth to protest
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but Sarah raised a hand i need a break
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James not a divorce just space time to
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figure out what's going on with me with
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us
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i think you should do the same a break
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the word echoed in his head absurd and
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surreal
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sarah come on he said leaning forward
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his beer forgotten it's not that bad
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every marriage has ups and downs we
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can't fix this by being apart not
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talking
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but Sarah shook her head her hazel eyes
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unyielding
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talking won't fix this James you think
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our only problem is that we're not close
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anymore that if we just get physical
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it'll all be fine but it's deeper than
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that we don't make love we don't cuddle
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and I can't explain why i still love you
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i love you as much as the day we got
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married but something's wrong and I need
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to understand it her words stung each
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one a pin prick to his pride james had
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always seen himself as a good husband
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reliable attentive maybe not perfect but
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who was he thought of their wedding day
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sarah radiant in white her laugh filling
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the dance floor how had they gone from
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that to this "so what's the plan?" he
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asked his voice tight sarah sighed her
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fingers tracing the rim of her wine
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glass "i've packed some things i'm
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staying with my sister Mary until I find
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my own place i'll call you once a week
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keep in touch this isn't about throwing
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away 10 years it's about saving us
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she stood her chair scraping against the
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hardwood floor and walked out no goodbye
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kiss no lingering glance just the sound
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of her suitcase wheels rolling across
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the foyer the front door clicking shut
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and the hum of her car fading away james
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sat there the beer warm in his hand
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staring at the empty table "saving us,"
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she'd said but it didn't feel like
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salvation it felt like abandonment days
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turned into weeks and the house grew
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quieter james went through the motions
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work home microwave dinners repeat
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friends noticed the change offering
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sympathy over beers or awkward pats on
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the back "you and Sarah will work it
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out," they'd say but their eyes betrayed
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doubt "sarah called weakly as promised
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her voice polite but distant." "How are
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you James?" she'd ask "i'm fine," he'd
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reply the lie automatic how about you
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i'm fine she'd echo are you ready to
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come home he'd venture hopeful
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not yet she'd say and the call would end
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leaving him with static and silence 6
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weeks into Sarah's absence rumors began
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to swirl whispers at barbecues hushed
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tones at the office sarah had a
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boyfriend
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james laughed it off at first a
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boyfriend no way she'd said she needed
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space not someone else but the rumors
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persisted each one a splinter under his
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skin he couldn't ignore them forever one
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night over dinner with his friends Mark
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and Lisa he decided to dig for answers
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mark a burly contractor with a laugh
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like a fogghorn and Lisa a nurse with a
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sharp wit had been James' friends since
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college they'd shared countless game
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nights vacations and secrets if anyone
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knew the truth it was them the dinner
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started light steak wine banter about
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the local football team but James'
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patience frayed
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"what's going on with Sarah?" he blurted
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his fork clattering against his plate "i
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keep hearing she's got someone else tell
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me it's not true." Mark and Lisa
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exchanged a glance a silent conversation
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passing between them lisa nodded
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slightly and Mark sighed setting down
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his glass save your money on a private
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investigator man he said his voice low
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the rumors are true sarah's been seeing
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a guy from work Ethan Cole for almost a
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year james' world tilted a year that
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meant before she left before the break
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mark leaned forward his eyes apologetic
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she didn't just leave you James she
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planned it kept you in the house
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thinking it was temporary so she'd have
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a fall back if things with Ethan didn't
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work out the words landed like punches
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james' mind reeled replaying moments
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from the past year sarah's late nights
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her excuses her refusal to touch him no
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closeness no intimacy just cold
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shoulders and empty promises and his
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friends had known "why didn't you tell
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me?" he demanded his voice rising lisa
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reached for his hand but he pulled away
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we thought she'd come back she said
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softly we didn't want to hurt you hurt
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him they'd let him sit in that house
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waiting like a fool while Sarah built a
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new life James stood tossed his napkin
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on the table and walked out the night
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air sharp against his skin on the drive
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home rage simmerred
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a year of rejection of playing the good
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husband while Sarah lied his friend's
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silence felt like betrayal too by
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morning James was done being the victim
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he called the Cordless Detective Agency
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a local firm with a reputation for
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discretion and handed over advance
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"find out where Sarah's staying who
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she's with everything," he told them
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then he sat at the kitchen table beer in
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hand and made a list not a to-do list
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but a battle plan
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end the marriage protect his assets make
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Sarah pay not with violence but with
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consequences james started small
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methodical he visited their bank
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noticing Sarah checked their safe
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deposit box weekly she was watching him
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ready to counter any move clever but not
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clever enough he removed their five
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certificates of deposit copied them on
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the bank's machine and slipped the
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copies back into the box unless Sarah
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checked closely she'd never know to
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throw her off he grabbed his passport
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and mentioned to the teller loud enough
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for eavesdroppers that he was planning a
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fishing trip to Mexico over the next
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weeks he cashed out one CD at a time
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paying early withdrawal fees and
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stashing the cash credit cards he kept
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his American Express paid in full
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monthly and a low limit Visa sarah
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though had six cards some with high
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limits james paid their bills noted
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their balances and started spending he
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upgraded his computer bought a new Dell
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with all the bells and whistles a
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Remington 700 rifle from eBay a digital
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camera a smartphone with every feature
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he charged it all to Sarah's cards his
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goal: Leave her drowning in debt when he
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walked away the house inherited from
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Sarah's parents was hers legally but
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they'd used it as collateral for a line
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of credit
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james timed his moves planning to draw
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from it before Sarah caught on why had
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she left him in the house now he saw it
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to keep him waiting believing she'd
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return not anymore but life as it often
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does threw a curveball
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one evening Lisa called her voice urgent
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"james can you stop by it's important."
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He tried to decline but her insistence
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won at their cozy home Lisa greeted him
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warmly leading him to the living room
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where Mark sat in an armchair a beer in
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hand mark stood shook James's hand and
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said "Lisa needs to talk i'm with her on
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this i'll grab you a drink." He
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disappeared to the kitchen leaving James
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puzzled lisa sat across from him her
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deep cut blouse and short skirt catching
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his eye she was attractive always had
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been but James had never thought of her
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that way until now
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james she began her voice soft we're
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sorry about that night at dinner we
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didn't mean to hurt you we love you and
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we love Sarah we hoped she'd come back
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that you'd forgive and forget
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but that's not why I asked you here
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she leaned forward her eyes intense
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how long's it been since you were close
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with someone the question floored him a
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year and a half he admitted his voice
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low sarah's rejections had left him
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celibate a fact he'd buried deep lisa's
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expression softened i want to change
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that james froze his mind racing was she
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propositioning him before he could
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respond she continued "Mark and I want a
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baby but he's infertile we've thought
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about donors but we want someone we know
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someone who will be in the child's life
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not a stranger we want you James like a
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godfather an uncle always there james'
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head spun this was insane
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lisa I can't mark's my friend he
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stammered standing she grabbed his arm
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pulling him back down mark knows he's
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okay with it he left to give us privacy
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this isn't pity James we've talked about
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this for months we trust you she
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outlined their plan james as the donor
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involved but not a father in the
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traditional sense they'd thought of
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everything emotional support even
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potential organ donation if the child
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needed it it was clinical yet deeply
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personal lisa shifted closer her hand on
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his knee "do you find me attractive?"
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she asked her voice husky james's body
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answered before his mind could and she
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noticed a smile playing on her lips
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"let's go upstairs," she said standing
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dazed James followed his loyalty to Mark
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waring with his loneliness
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in her bedroom Lisa was direct unzipping
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his pants and outlining the benefits of
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their arrangement frequent intimacy to
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ensure pregnancy no strings attached it
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was surreal but James gave in the year
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and a half of abstinence crumbling under
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Lisa's touch afterward Lisa walked him
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to the door her tone light "we'll do
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this daily until I'm pregnant," she said
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marks used to more three or four times a
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week so he's fine with this "call me
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tomorrow." James drove home his mind a
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whirlwind if Sarah was watching him
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she'd notice his visits to Mark and
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Lisa's maybe suspect something the next
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morning he called Lisa voicing his
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concern "don't worry," she said "mark
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didn't leave last night he was in his
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basement workshop the whole time."
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That gave James pause sleeping with Lisa
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when Mark was gone was one thing but
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knowing he was in the house lisa sensed
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his hesitation "it'll be fine James i
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promise." That evening Mark invited
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James for drinks after work the bar was
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dim the jukebox playing softly sitting
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across from his friend James felt a knot
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in his stomach "how do you face a guy
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whose wife you just slept with?" Mark
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sensing his unease got to the point "i
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know it's weird man," he said swirling
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his whiskey "but I'm okay with you and
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Lisa she didn't tell you everything
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though i'm not just infertile i'm
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impotent haven't been able to for over a
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year." James's jaw dropped mark's
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honesty was raw painful
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lisa's passionate James she tries to
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hide it but I know she's struggling i
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can't lose her but I can't keep her if
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she's sneaking around so we chose you
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someone we trust someone steady mark
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leaned back his eyes distant i know
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Sarah's not coming back ethan's a jerk
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everyone says so she'll see it soon
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enough and want you back but you're too
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smart to fall for it that's why we came
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to you lisa needs this and we want a
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baby until the doctors fix me you're our
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guy
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james was speechless the weight of
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Mark's trust overwhelming
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it's saving my marriage," Mark added his
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voice breaking "i need you to get used
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to it to know I'm okay with it." James
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nodded unable to find words that Sunday
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James hosted a barbecue inviting Mark
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Lisa and three other couples the day was
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warm filled with laughter and the sizzle
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of burgers
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when the others left Mark retreated to
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James' study tinkering with his computer
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while James and Lisa slipped upstairs
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lisa was eager her urgency almost
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desperate afterward she lay beside him
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her voice bitter
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sarah's getting away with it you know
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she's crazy or stupid to think she can
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just walk away
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james sensed Mark's understanding of
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Lisa's needs a silent agreement that
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kept their marriage intact weeks later
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James met with John Abbott from the
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cordless agency the investigator handed
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him a report his expression grim
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i always hope these are
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misunderstandings but there's no doubt
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sarah's with Ethan Cole we'll testify if
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it goes to court james skimmed the pages
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dates places photos it was all true but
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he wasn't as angry as he'd expected he'd
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already accepted it his plan in motion
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he thanked Abbott and drove home the
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report on the passenger seat james's
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next move was the line of credit he
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wrote checks draining it before Sarah
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could react then he found an apartment
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moved out and served Sarah with divorce
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papers citing irreconcilable differences
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to keep her unaware of his knowledge she
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called her voice panicked james this is
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crazy we don't need lawyers let's talk
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he agreed to meet at Angelos's a cozy
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Italian place they'd loved seeing her
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for the first time in months James'
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heart achd she looked good her hair
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longer her smile practiced he still
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loved her but trust was gone sarah spun
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a tale of therapy progress and needing
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just a little more time i know it's hard
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baby she said her hand on his but it's
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hard for me too please give me a chance
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james played along saying he'd think
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about it two days later he called his
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lawyer "cancel the papers," he said
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sarah thanked him oblivious to his true
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plan that night he joined Mark and Lisa
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for dinner afterward Lisa led him to her
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bedroom spreading a blanket on the floor
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"i'm pregnant," she whispered her eyes
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shining "you're going to be a father."
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Their encounter was tender a celebration
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of new life james told her he'd soon
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wrap up things with Sarah maybe leaving
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town lisa urged caution reminding him
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their child needed him then chaos
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ethan Cole a member of the Fraternal
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Order of Eagles was attacked after a
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meeting beaten so badly both arms legs
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and testicles were destroyed he woke in
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the hospital Sarah by his bed her face
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horrified a man approached asking if she
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was Sarah Olsen when she nodded he
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handed her papers "you've been served,"
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he said the divorce filing cited
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infidelity sarah's face pald as she read
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glancing at Ethan's broken body she sank
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into a chair sobbing police questioned
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James but he had an alibi a poker game
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with friends backed by their word and
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gifts bought with Sarah's credit cards
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cameras for Bill and Steve a laptop for
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Mike a monitor for Phil even an aluminum
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baseball bat james took a two-month
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fishing trip to Mexico instructing his
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lawyer to pause the divorce sarah
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returned home her relationship with
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Ethan over credit card bills piled up
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accounts were empty and the safe deposit
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box held fake CDs desperate she learned
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James had quit his job and cut ties with
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his attorney
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4 months later she declared bankruptcy
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losing her house and trading her Lexus
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for a used Geo james returned renting an
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apartment across town lisa 5 months
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pregnant and radiant resumed their
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relationship two months later Sarah
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confronted him in his workplace parking
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lot james drove to a bar Buds Grill
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knowing she'd follow over beers he faced
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her "you want money?" he said his voice
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cold you owe me for the house for the
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pain for a year and a half of nothing
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while you were with him he outlined his
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legal strategy counter suing dragging it
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out leaving her with nothing you played
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me Sarah you got caught this is what
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happens sarah accused him of Ethan's
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attack james smirked
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perception's not proof how's your novel
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going haven't seen Ethan since his first
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day in the hospital have you her anger
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flared calling him a prick "and you're a
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worthless phony," he shot back finishing
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his beer and walking out "new divorce
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papers arrived citing irreconcilable
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differences."
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James didn't contest paying half the
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assets and repaying borrowed funds sarah
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vanished fired after her boss Ethan's
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friend downsized her during a recession
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she moved to California never heard from
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again but the story doesn't end there
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lisa gave birth to a beautiful girl
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Martha mark adored her spoiling her
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rotten james Uncle James was a constant
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presence then tragedy struck mark died
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of untreated cancer his secret kept even
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from Lisa
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after the funeral Lisa handed James an
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envelope labeled for James only inside a
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letter from Mark
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hey buddy if you're reading this I'm
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gone i chose you not Lisa to father our
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child i knew I wouldn't be here and I
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trusted you to watch over them don't let
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me down brother take care of our girls
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james showed Lisa the letter she cried
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and he held her what now she asked i'll
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do what he wanted James said take care
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of my girls
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6 months later they married raising
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Martha together a new family born from
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ashes so Reddit unheard stories what do
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you think was James' revenge too far or
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did Sarah deserve it did he find
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redemption or just a new mess drop your
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thoughts below i'm dying to hear them
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thanks for sticking with this wild ride
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and stay tuned for more unheard stories
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