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My Wife Cheated While I Was Serving the Country… So I Took Everything | Reddit Unheard Stories
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Jun 22, 2025
#redditrelationship #aita #redditstories My Wife Cheated While I Was Serving the Country… So I Took Everything | Reddit Unheard Stories 💔 In this emotional rollercoaster from Reddit Unheard Stories, Noah Bennett — a former soldier turned husband and father — discovers the brutal truth behind his wife's betrayal. What begins as a picture-perfect life spirals into lies, blackmail, and revenge. But this isn’t just a story of heartbreak — it’s about taking control, protecting your kids, and rebuilding from rock bottom. From burner phones and hidden cameras to a private investigation and a shocking final twist, this real-life tale has it all. If you've ever been blindsided by someone you loved, you’re going to feel this one deep. 🎙️ Subscribe to Reddit Unheard Stories for more real, raw life experiences that will shake you, heal you, and make you feel seen. 👇 Share your thoughts in the comments — what would YOU have done? ⚠️ Viewer discretion advised — mature themes and strong emotional content.
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hey there folks welcome to Reddit
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Unheard Stories where we share the kind
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of tales that hit you right in the heart
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raw real and unforgettable
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i'm about to tell you my story one
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that's been weighing on me for years
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it's about love betrayal and clawing my
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way back from the brink it's a long ride
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so grab a coffee a beer or whatever
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keeps you cozy and let's dive in imagine
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a night so dark you can't see a thing
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the kind where the air feels heavy with
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secrets
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i'm crouched low pulse racing waiting
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for a signal when it comes two muffled
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shots cut through the silence sharp
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final two guards hit the ground for the
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next 15 minutes it's chaos gunfire
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shouts the works then nothing my radio
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crackles to life building cleared ready
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for evac
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that was 14 years ago a world away fast
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forward to now and I'm standing by a
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hotel window watching a fiery sunset a
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glass of bourbon in my hand the burn of
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the liquor mirrors the ache in my chest
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as I think back to how it all started
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and how I ended up here piecing my life
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back together my name's Noah Bennett
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back in college I met Emily Harper the
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woman who turned my world upside down
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she wasn't some Hollywood starlet but
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man she had this spark long wavy auburn
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hair green eyes that could stop you in
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your tracks and a smile that made you
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feel like you were home
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she was a dance major always moving
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always fit with curves that could make
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your head spin we met junior year at a
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campus cafe bickering over the last
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chocolate croissant i let her have it
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and she bought me a latte to say thanks
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that's how it began simple natural like
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we were always meant to cross paths we
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dated through college crazy about each
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other but when graduation came I signed
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up for the army i didn't want Emily
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stuck waiting for a guy who might be
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deployed halfway across the globe so I
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let her go it broke my heart but I
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thought it was the right call 5 years
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later I'm out of the service back in the
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real world and I land a sales job at a
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big company my boss Greg is ex Army too
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and he's got a soft spot for hiring guys
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like me guys who show up work hard and
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don't mess around i'm good at it
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climbing the ranks making a name for
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myself life's looking solid so I decide
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it's time to try dating again i sign up
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for one of those online dating sites
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start scrolling and then boom there she
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is emily my Emily her pictures hit me
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like a freight train she's even more
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stunning than I remember that same smile
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those same eyes i send her a message
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half expecting her to ghost me a week
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later she replies and let me tell you
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she's not happy where the hell have you
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been Noah 5 years and not one call or
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email that fire in her words it's a good
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sign it means she still gives a damn we
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start talking then dating and it's like
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no time's passed at all we pick up right
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where we left off like the years apart
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were just a bad dream within a year
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we're married a year after that our
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daughter Ava is born and 2 years later
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we welcome Chloe life's good a nice
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house in a great neighborhood top-notch
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schools and my career's on fire but
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there's a downside my job means I'm on
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the road a lot sometimes two weeks a
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month emily's a trooper at first but I
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can tell it's taking a toll she starts
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saying things like "I miss you Noah the
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girls need their dad around." I promise
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her it won't be forever that I'll get a
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promotion soon and cut back on travel
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but I'm so caught up in work i don't see
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the cracks forming in our marriage it
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starts with little things when I get
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home Emily's short with me picking
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fights over nothing like me leaving my
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shoes by the door or forgetting to call
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when my flight lands "if you were here
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more this wouldn't be a problem," she
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says i brush it off thinking she's just
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stressed from handling the house and the
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girls alone then I notice something else
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one day I'm rumaging through the laundry
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for a clean shirt and find this lacy red
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lingerie silky panties a matching bra
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emily's never been into that stuff she's
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a leggings and tank top kind of woman
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even at bedtime the one time I got her
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something from Victoria's Secret she
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wore it once and said it wasn't her vibe
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so this it's out of character
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i ask her about it and she says she
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bought it to feel good about herself i
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let it go but it sticks with me like a
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splinter I can't quite pull out then
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there's our bedroom things used to be
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electric passionate alive but lately
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it's like she's somewhere else she's got
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excuses she's tired the girls wore her
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out she's not feeling it i figure it's
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the stress of me being gone so much and
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I tell myself it'll get better once I'm
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home more but deep down I'm starting to
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wonder if something's seriously wrong
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the bombshell comes out of the blue i'm
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in a meeting when my phone buzzes it's
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my buddy Jake a friend from high school
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who's always had my back he sounds off
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like he's carrying something heavy noah
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we got to talk it's serious i'm swamped
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so I tell him I'll call later that night
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I ring him back and he hits me with it i
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saw Emily at a farmers market an hour
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away she was with some guy man holding
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hands laughing kissing i thought it was
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you at first but it wasn't my stomach
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drops to my feet i laugh it off say he's
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got it wrong but he's dead serious i'm
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sorry Noah i just thought you should
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know i hang up my head spinning emily
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cheating no way we've got a good life
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two amazing girls why would she do this
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but those little signs the fights the
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lingerie the distance they start
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clicking into place like pieces of a
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puzzle i don't want to see i fly home
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the next day my mind a mess i don't
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confront her not yet i need proof jake
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sets me up with his friend Ryan who's
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been through something similar we meet
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at a dive bar across town and Ryan
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doesn't pull punches don't lose your
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head Noah i did and it cost me
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everything 5 years in prison my house my
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kids get evidence first be smart he
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tells me to check her phone her credit
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card statements maybe even set up
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cameras
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i'm not thrilled about playing spy on my
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own wife but I'm desperate for the truth
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i start small i go through our credit
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card bills looking for anything weird
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fancy restaurants hotel charges gifts I
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don't know about nothing stands out but
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I'm not convinced then I find something
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that makes my blood run cold a cheap
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burner phone tucked in Emily's purse
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she's got a fancy smartphone so why does
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she need this
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i turn it on check the call log one
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number called over and over i jot it
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down put the phone back and feel like
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I'm going to puke this isn't the Emily I
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know i take Ryan's advice and order some
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hidden cameras small ones I can monitor
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from my phone or laptop
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i tell Emily I'm heading out for a
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week-l long business trip but I book a
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return flight for 2 days later
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i check into a hotel nearby and start
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watching the feeds at first it's just
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normal stuff emily with the girls making
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dinner watching cartoons
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but then one night I catch her on that
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burner phone smiling calling someone
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babe she's talking about meeting at a
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motel saying I'm gone till Friday
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my hands are shaking but I keep watching
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she tells him to park at the coffee shop
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a few blocks away and walk to our house
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i grab my camera rent a car so she won't
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spot mine and park at that coffee shop
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waiting around 9:00 p.m a sleek silver
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Mercedes pulls in a guy steps out tall
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fit probably late30s dressed like he's
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got money i don't know him but I snap
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pictures of his face his license plate
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everything he walks toward my house and
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I switch to the camera feeds there he is
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strolling through my front door kissing
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my wife like it's no big deal
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they're all over each other clothes
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coming off right in the living room she
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laughs says "Let's take this upstairs."
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And they run off leaving their stuff
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scattered on the floor i'm seeing Red
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but Ryan's voice echoes in my head don't
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do anything stupid so I do something
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risky instead i sneak into my own house
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the doors unlocked thank God and grab
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his wallet from his pants i scan his
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driver's license credit cards all of it
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his name's Mason Brooks i take pictures
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of their clothes record a quick video of
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the scene and slip out before they
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notice back at the hotel I'm a wreck i
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call Jake tell him what I saw he's
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worried I'll do something dumb but I'm
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not going there not yet he sets up
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another meeting with Ryan and this time
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Ryan brings a guy named Lucas a tech guy
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who's done some shady stuff over beers I
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spill everything lucas says he can help
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hackmason's accounts dig up dirt but
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it's not cheap and it's risky i offer
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five grand half upfront he's in we make
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a plan get into Mason's place find proof
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he's messing with Emily and hit him
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where it hurts his bank account his
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reputation i check Mason's license for
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his address a swanky condo downtown i
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scope it out see his car parked there
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through his glass doors I catch him with
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another woman kissing touching like he's
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got no worries in the world i record it
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thinking "This guy's playing more than
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just Emily." I tail them to a restaurant
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and while they're gone I slip a tracker
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on his car back at my hotel Lucas and I
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plan a break-in he's got lockpicking
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skills from his not so legal past and
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I've got the nerve
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we wait till Mason's out of town emily's
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burner phone logs show they're planning
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a Vegas trip after sunset we hit his
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condo lucas picks the lock and we're in
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no alarm thank God we find his laptop
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and Lucas gets to work i snoop around
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filming the place to make sure we leave
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it untouched in his closet I find a shoe
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box full of DVDs each labeled with a
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woman's name one says Emily my heart
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stops this guy's been recording them her
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other women all of it lucas finds emails
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on Mason's computer blackmail he's been
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extorting these women threatening to
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leak the videos unless they pay up
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emily's not his only target we take the
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DVDs wipe his hard drive and copy his
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credit card info lucas maxes out his
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cards drains his bank account makes it
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look like Mason did it himself
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i want him ruined but I'm not done i
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tell Lucas to set up an anonymous email
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account and send messages to the women
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on those DVDs letting them know they're
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free that Mason's scheme is over
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we leave the condo clean no trace we
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were there back at the hotel I pay Lucas
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the rest of his fee and he disappears
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into the night things spiral from there
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i'm monitoring Emily's car tracker she's
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in Vegas with Mason i call her parents
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check on the girls they're fine but her
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dad mentions Emily's girls trip he's got
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no clue i leave a voicemail at home then
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call her cell no answer i leave another
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saying I'm worried that I'll call her
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parents if she doesn't pick up 15
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minutes later she calls sounding annoyed
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everything okay Noah i play dumb say I
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was just checking in suggest a date
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night when I'm back she's vague brushes
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me off i can tell she's hiding something
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and it takes everything not to lose it
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the next day I get a call that stops my
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heart ava's hurt at school broken arm in
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the ER i race to the hospital call
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Emily's cell voicemail i lose it yell
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that if she doesn't call back I'm
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calling a divorce lawyer
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an hour later she calls acting like it's
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no big deal what's with the attitude
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Noah i tell her Ava's in the hospital
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that she was crying for her mom while
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Emily's off with her lover she goes
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quiet then starts crying saying Mason's
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blackmailing her with a video from Vegas
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i don't buy it i hang up take Ava to her
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grandparents and call a lawyer it's over
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i move the girls to a hotel room next to
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mine tell Emily's dad we're having
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issues and needs space he's confused but
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agrees to watch the girls when I'm at
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work
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i call Ryan tell him to finish Mason off
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max's cards again tank his credit
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whatever it takes emily keeps calling
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begging to talk but I ignore her she
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texts says Mason's threatening to leak
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their video i tell her she made her
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choice now deal with it i'm done a few
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days later I get a video call from a
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block number it's Mason tied to a chair
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bloodied up a voice off screen says he's
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got a message for me they mention
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Mason's trip to Tijuana his money
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troubles and someone named Mateo with a
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special recipe
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they say they could have sued him for
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messing with my marriage but chose a
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different path mason looks terrified and
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then the screen goes black i never hear
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from him again nobody does 7 months
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later the divorce is final i get custody
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of Ava and Kloe keep the house till
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they're 18 no alimony no child support
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emily gets visitation but I drop the
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girls off and don't stick around
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a year later I start dating Sophie
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Khloe's old teacher she's kind steady
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and the girls love her we're taking it
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slow no rush to the altar i'm not the
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same guy I was before all this i'm
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tougher maybe but I'm stronger too my
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girls are my world and I'm building a
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new life one day at a time that's my
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story reddit unheard stories it's messy
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it's painful but it's real if you've got
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a tale like this betrayal redemption
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listening i'm Noah and I'll catch you
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