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today we've got a story that'll hit you
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right in the gut a day in the life of a
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guy named Jack Turner that started
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ordinary but ended with his world turned
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upside down it's a roller coaster of
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betrayal heartbreak and finding a way to
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so settle in and let's get into it it
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was a dreary Tuesday morning in late
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spring the kind of day where the skies
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just gray enough to make you want to
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jack a 32-year-old sales manager was
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already worn out by 10:00 a.m he'd just
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dropped off a particularly annoying
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client at the airport a guy who'd spent
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the entire ride griping about everything
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from the weather to the coffee at their
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last meeting jack's head was pounding
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and the thought of heading back to his
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office to slog through a stack of
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contracts felt like torture
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with the client finally out of his hair
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he decided to take a breather about a
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mile from the airport he spotted a
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run-down bar and restaurant the kind of
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place that looked like it hadn't been
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updated since the '9s "screw it," he
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muttered pulling into the lot a burger a
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couple beers and some quiet sounded like
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the perfect escape before diving back
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into the grind inside the place was as
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drab as it looked from the outside dim
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lights sticky tables and a jukebox
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playing some forgotten country tune
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jack slid into a booth ordered a beer
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and let out a long sigh as he took his
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first sip he was halfway through his
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drink idally wondering why a good burger
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was so hard to come by when the door
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swung open and a couple walked in they
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caught his eye right away not because
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they were flashy but because they seemed
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the woman was a curvy blonde in a short
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skirt and a tight pink top her legs
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catching the light as she moved the guy
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he was trying hard to pull off a tough
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guy look skinny jeans black leather
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jacket a vibe that screamed "I watched
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too many biker movies." They slid into a
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booth across the room sitting side by
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side their shoulders touching jack
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watched them for a moment smirking at
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the guy's attempt to look cool but then
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the woman turned her head laughing at
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something the guy said and Jack's heart
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stopped it was Lisa his sister-in-law
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his brother Mike's wife and the guy she
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was cozying up to was definitely not
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jack's grip tightened on his beer bottle
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as he stared trying to make sense of
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lisa and this dude let's call him Tommy
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were way too comfortable for this to be
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a casual lunch they ordered drinks and
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before the waitress even walked away
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they were all over each other tommy's
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hand slid up Lisa's thigh disappearing
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under her skirt and she leaned into him
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her head tilting back as they kissed
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like nobody else was in the room jack's
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mind was racing he felt a mix of shock
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and rage bubbling up his knuckles white
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around the bottle lisa and Mike had been
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married for 3 years and as far as Jack
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knew they were happy mike was crazy
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about her always had been ever since
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they started dating four months before
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their whirlwind wedding Jack had never
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been Lisa's biggest fan she was pretty
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sure but shallow always needing
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attention to him she wasn't nearly as
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smart or grounded as Mike who was a
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genuinely good guy the kind who'd give
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you the shirt off his back but Mike saw
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stars when he looked at Lisa and for a
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while it seemed like she felt the same
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until now jack sat there watching them
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torn between storming over and
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confronting them or staying put
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he'd never liked Lisa much always
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thought she was trouble but seeing her
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like this it was a punch to the gut mike
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didn't deserve this the question wasn't
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whether Jack would do something he knew
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he had to the real question was whether
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he could keep himself from decking Tommy
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right there in the bar
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taking a deep breath he decided to play
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it cool he stood up beer in hand and
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walked over to their booth sliding in
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across from them with a casual "Hey Lisa
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what's up?" Lisa's eyes popped open her
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face going from flushed to pale in a
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tommy pulled his hands off her turning
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to glare at Jack clearly annoyed at the
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jack kept his tone light almost friendly
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but his words cut deep i'm Jack Lisa's
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brother-in-law he said emphasizing the
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last part his eyes locked on Tommy's you
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know Mike's brother tommy's face froze
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his tough guy act crumbling lisa
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stammered trying to cover saying Tommy
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was just an old friend but her voice was
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shaky and her eyes darted around like a
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jack leaned back smirking and said
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"Looks like a real friendly lunch huh?"
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Tommy muttered something about needing
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to go and bolted out the door without
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looking back lisa was left alone her
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hands trembling as she tried to explain
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jack wasn't having it he kept his voice
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low but his words were sharp mike
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worships you Lisa he does everything for
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you and this is how you repay him with
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some greasy-haired wannabe who can't
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even pull off a mustache
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lisa's face crumpled and she begged him
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not to tell Mike her voice desperate
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"jack was about to lay into her again
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when she dropped a bomb that stopped him
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cold." "You don't get to judge me Jack,"
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she said her voice steadying "your wife
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Sarah is cheating on you too." Jack
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laughed thinking it was a pathetic
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attempt to deflect "sarah
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his Sarah they'd been together for 10
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years married for seven she was his rock
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kind honest the most loyal person he
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knew the idea of her cheating was absurd
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but Lisa didn't back down she leaned
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forward her eyes locked on his and said
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Sarah had confessed to her about a guy
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from the health club "she's been seeing
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him for weeks," Lisa said her voice calm
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now almost convincing
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jack's laugh faded replaced by a sick
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feeling in his stomach he didn't want to
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believe it but Lisa's certainty was
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unsettling he leaned back trying to keep
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his cool but his mind was spinning was
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Lisa lying to save herself or was there
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a chance a tiny impossible chance that
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she was telling the truth he decided to
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test her "all right Lisa," he said his
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voice steady if you're so sure about
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Sarah prove it get me proof and I won't
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tell Mike what I saw today lisa's eyes
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widened relief washing over her she
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nodded quickly promising to do whatever
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it took jack laid out a plan lisa would
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invite Sarah over hide a tape recorder
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and get her to talk about this supposed
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he wanted details who the guy was how
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long it had been going on everything
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lisa agreed swearing she'd make it
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happen driving back to the office Jack
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was a wreck his hands gripped the wheel
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so tight his knuckles achd he kept
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replaying the scene in his head lisa and
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Tommy her betrayal of Mike and now this
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wild claim about Sarah jack had always
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been the steady one the older brother
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who looked out for Mike mike was the
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charming outgoing one always falling
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hard and fast when he met Lisa he was
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like a kid in love proposing after just
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a few months jack had tried to warn him
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but Mike wouldn't hear it now Jack was
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faced with the possibility that both
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their marriages were crumbling that
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night Jack got home to find Sarah in the
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kitchen humming as she made dinner she
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greeted him with a big hug and a kiss
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her smile as warm as ever jack forced
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himself to act normal but his heart was
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over dinner they chatted about their day
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and when Sarah mentioned her workout at
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the health club Jack couldn't resist
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probing "you've been hitting the gym a
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lot lately," he said keeping his tone
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light "they giving out free ice cream or
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something?" Sarah laughed but Jack
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caught a slight flush on her cheeks she
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said she just liked the feeling of a
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good workout and coming home to him she
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mentioned her favorite black slacks
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fitting better now beaming at him jack
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smiled back but inside he was torn he
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loved her but Lisa's words were eating
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at him a week later Jack handed Lisa a
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small tape recorder she set up a lunch
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with Sarah at her apartment promising to
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jack spent the day at the office
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pretending to work but unable to focus
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he kept imagining Sarah confessing
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laughing about some secret affair
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at 4:30 Lisa called sounding tipsy it's
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done," she said giggling sarah talked
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she told me everything jack's stomach
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dropped he drove to Lisa's place grabbed
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the tape and promised he'd keep his end
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of the deal for now lisa reminded him to
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make sure Sarah never found out about
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the recording or she might tell Mike
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jack nodded his mind already on the tape
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that night with Sarah asleep Jack
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slipped into the guest room and played
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the tape it started light lisa and Sarah
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chatting laughing Lisa pouring wine then
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Lisa confessed about her affair with
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Tommy and Jack was stunned to hear Sarah
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wasn't surprised she already knew
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jack's grip tightened as Lisa shared
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more laughing about Tommy being the
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latest not the greatest but then Lisa
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turned the conversation to Sarah asking
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about her story jack held his breath and
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when Sarah's voice came through laughing
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calling some guy Ryan amazing
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Jack's world shattered sarah went on
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describing Ryan in graphic detail saying
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he was the biggest she'd ever seen she
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laughed about their first time how she
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doubted it would fit jack felt sick his
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hands shaking as he listened sarah said
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she never meant to cheat that she loved
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Jack but this was just physical
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something she couldn't resist
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she called it BTF big tool fever and
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giggled like it was a joke jack stopped
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the tape his chest tight his eyes
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burning he couldn't believe it his Sarah
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his perfect wife was betraying him he
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forced himself to keep listening and it
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got worse sarah had been seeing Ryan for
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weeks two or three times a week and she
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wasn't stopping she even said she was
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enjoying their intimacy more lately like
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her secret was a thrill jack turned off
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the tape leaning back in the chair his
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mind numb his marriage was over he
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thought about confronting Sarah right
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then but he knew he needed a plan the
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next morning he called his college buddy
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Tom who worked at a law firm downtown "i
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need the toughest divorce lawyer you've
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got," Jack said his voice flat tom set
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him up with Karen Walsh a partner known
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for being ruthless jack met her that day
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playing her the tape karen listened her
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face unreadable then said the tape
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wasn't admissible since Sarah didn't
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know she was recorded
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but Lisa could testify and for Mike's
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case the tape was solid since Lisa
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"your brother's divorce will be a slam
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dunk." Karen said "Yours we'll make it
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work." That night Jack met Mike for
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he broke the news about Sarah first
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watching Mike's face fall then he told
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mike was singing her praises saying how
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lucky he was and Jack couldn't take it
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"come back to my place," he said cutting
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him off "at home," Jack played Mike the
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tape starting with Lisa's confession
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mike's face went from confused to
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furious he paced the room yelling at
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Jack for not telling him sooner jack
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stood his ground explaining he needed
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proof knowing Mike wouldn't believe it
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otherwise they cracked open some beers
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talking late into the night mike crashed
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in Jack's guest room too broken to face
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Lisa the next few weeks were a blur
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karen handled both divorces like a pro
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the health club desperate to avoid bad
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press settled for $1.2 million
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jack and Mike split the money each
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walking away with a chunk they lived
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like bachelors eating out catching games
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sarah kept calling leaving tearful
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messages but Jack ignored her lisa tried
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reaching Mike but he cut her off
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karen told them Lisa's divorce was easy
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her part of the tape left her with no
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sarah's was trickier but her lawyer
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eventually pushed for a settlement
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knowing the tape even if inadmissible
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was damning to escape Jack and Mike took
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the settlement money and rented a condo
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in Miami for a month they soaked up the
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sun played tennis swam and partied
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mike's charm came back and women flocked
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to him they kept things light enjoying
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hookups but avoiding anything serious
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one night Jack met Emily a warm funny
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woman who made him feel alive
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they spent a night together and when
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Jack broke down thinking of her Emily
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held him close listening to his story
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they shared a few more nights but she
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left for home and Mike pulled Jack back
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into the fun 8 months later Jack and
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Mike were at a steakhouse when Mike
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spotted Sarah across the room with a new
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guy jack caught her eye giving a small
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wave she smiled back then approached
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them later asking for a dance jack
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agreed and as they swayed memories
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flooded back her warmth her laugh their
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love sarah said she missed him asked if
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he ever doubted his choice jack admitted
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it was hard seeing her but he was moving
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on she looked sad but nodded letting him
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go as the song ended
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back home Jack climbed into bed where
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his new girlfriend Emily was waiting she
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asked about his night and he told her
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emily smiled pulling him close saying it
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was okay that they'd figure it out
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together jack held her feeling her
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steady heartbeat and for the first time
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in months he felt like he could breathe
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so that's Jack's story a guy who walked
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into a bar and walked out with his life
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changed forever betrayal sucks but
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sometimes it leads you somewhere new if
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