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Jun 21, 2025
#redditrelationship #aita #redditstories She Cheated with a Divorce Lawyer… So I Took Everything | Reddit Unheard Stories She thought I was weak. She thought I’d just roll over. She was wrong. In this jaw-dropping Reddit Unheard Story, Ethan – a hard-working mechanic, father of three, and Army veteran – finds out his wife has been cheating with a divorce lawyer. What follows is a calculated revenge plan filled with spy gear, justice, and the coldest comeback you’ve ever heard. 💔 Love. 🔥 Betrayal. 💣 Payback. Watch as Ethan takes back his power, protects his kids, and flips the script in a way no one saw coming. 🔔 Like, comment, and subscribe for more real, shocking stories from Reddit Unheard Stories. 🧠 Got a story of your own? Drop it in the comments or email us. Your revenge could be next.
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hey what's good everybody welcome back
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to Reddit Unheard Stories where we share
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the wildest most heart-wrenching tales
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from real folks just like you today I've
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got a story that's going to grab you by
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the gut and not let go it's about love
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betrayal getting even and clawing your
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way back from the edge this one comes
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from a guy named Ethan and trust me it's
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a roller coaster
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so grab a coffee kick back and let's
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dive in
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imagine this i'm Ethan a regular guy a
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diesel mechanic living in a quiet little
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town i've got three amazing kids a house
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I busted my tail to pay for and a wife
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Sarah who I thought was my forever we'd
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been married 10 years and yeah things
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weren't always picture perfect but I
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figured we were rock solid i'm out here
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working 60-hour weeks fixing engines
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pulling overtime to keep my family
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comfortable
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sarah's at home handling the kids and I
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thought we were in this together until
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one night my whole world got flipped
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upside down it was a Friday and I'd had
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a couple beers after work just chilling
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sarah sits me down looking dead serious
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and I'm thinking "What's wrong something
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with the kids?" Then she drops it ethan
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I've been seeing another guy for a whole
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year
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a year my head's spinning like I'm stuck
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in some cheesy soap opera she says she's
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in love with this guy but still loves me
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too and she expects me to just roll with
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it like oh sure i'll share my wife with
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some dude no big deal hell no she tells
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me she's going to spend more nights with
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him and I don't get a vote i'm sitting
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there trying not to lose my cool feeling
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like my life's crumbling then she hits
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me with another shocker this guy's a
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divorce lawyer and if I don't go along
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with it she'll make sure I lose
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everything house kids savings
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i'm just a mechanic not some high roller
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so I'm like how do I even fight a lawyer
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but then I remember those courtroom
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shows I watch late at night a lawyer
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messing with his client's husband that's
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a conflict of interest that could get
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him in serious trouble maybe even kicked
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out of the bar
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i'm pissed but a tiny grin creeps up
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i've got a card to play the next morning
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I wake up with a hangover head throbbing
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and all I can think is "How could Sarah
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do this to me?" To our family
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i'm staring at myself in the mirror and
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damn I look rough beer belly hairs
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starting to thin eyes tired from working
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too much sarah's words from last night
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keep ringing you're not the man I fell
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for that hurts but she's got a point
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i've let myself slide pouring everything
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into providing for her and the kids
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right then I decide I'm not going out
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like this i'm fighting back but I got to
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be smart for my kids first thing I call
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my in-laws
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sarah's mom Linda picks up all warm and
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totally unaware of her daughter's secret
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life i keep it light acting like
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nothing's wrong and ask about their
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babysitting schedule
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linda says they watch the kids three or
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four times a week from 8 to 5 while
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Sarah's volunteering at a food bank
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volunteering right she's with him that
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stings she's lying to her own parents i
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tell Linda I'm planning a surprise for
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Sarah next week and ask her to keep it
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hush hush she's excited promising not to
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say a word i hang up feeling a mix of
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sadness and resolve i look in the mirror
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again and I'm like "Ethan get it
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together man." I shave comb my hair and
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yeah I've still got more hair than some
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TV cops but that beer belly it's got to
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go sarah's right i've been slacking all
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that overtime 60 hours a week grinding
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for my kids and my cheating wife i love
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my kids more than anything but my
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feelings for Sarah they're fading fast i
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decide to start jogging eat healthier
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and take charge of my life next I go
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into protection mode i cancel all our
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joint credit cards and order new ones in
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my name only then I call my bank and
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have them move everything from our
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shared savings and checking accounts
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into a new account just for me i stop
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all automatic bill payments this isn't
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about being a jerk it's survival sarah's
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acting like I'm some clueless fool but
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she's about to learn I'm not she started
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this fight and I'm ready to push back
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but I still don't know who this guy is
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getting info from Sarah's like trying to
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crack a safe i think about going full
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action movie confronting her lover maybe
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doing something crazy but I stop myself
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my kids need their mom no matter how
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much she's hurt me instead I tap into my
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old Army C days i spent four years
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investigating crimes in the military so
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I know how to dig up the truth
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i could have been a detective or PI but
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I love working on engines so I became a
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diesel mechanic still those skills are
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about to come in clutch i head to
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Walmart paying cash to keep things off
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the radar i grab some gear soft gloves a
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black turtleneck a ski mask with no
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mouth hole matte gray sunglasses and
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steel toed work boots my old boots are
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shot anyway so this doesn't raise any
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flags i also pick up a gym bag an
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aluminum baseball bat and a sport girdle
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to hide my gut call it my small town
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ninja kit then I swing by an electronic
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store for voice activated recorders and
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a GPS tracker with long-lasting
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batteries i'm not sure exactly how I'll
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use all this but I'm building my plan
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that night Sarah's late getting home and
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I play the heartbroken husband i leave
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her a voicemail sounding desperate
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saying it's about the kids
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she calls back 2 hours later sounding
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out of breath worried i fake a sob
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begging her to come home she rushes back
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in 10 minutes looking freaked out i'm
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pale acting shaken and she's all "What's
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wrong are the kids okay?" I snap "where
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were you when your phone was off with
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him what if the kids needed you?" My
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voice is sharp and I see guilt in her
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eyes she collapses on the couch crying
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but still defends her affair saying she
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loves us both i'm done i tell her our
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marriage is over but I'm not ready to
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show my hand yet i want to mess with her
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a bit first i question her priorities
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asking if her lover is more important
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than our kids
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i lower my voice wondering out loud what
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would happen if I was in trouble instead
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of the kids
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would she care or just call her parents
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to keep the kids longer so she could
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stay with her boyfriend
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sarah's sobbing but she gets defiant
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insisting it's not like that i shake my
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head keeping my tone calm but firm i
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tell her she's using our kids as
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leverage against me and I'm not going to
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stoop to that i want her to see what
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she's risking i point out her phone
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being off for 2 hours how she'd explain
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that if something happened to her
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parents or the kids she's pale knowing
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I'm right but her stubbornness won't let
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her admit it she shrieks her face red
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with anger and guilt and says she's
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going back to him after a shower fine
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I've got a move ready while she's in the
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bathroom I grab the GPS and recorder
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head to her car and hide them one under
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her seat one under the passenger seat
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i've got receivers for both so I can
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track her and hear her conversations
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the signal's good for 10 miles so unless
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she's driving across town I'm set
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i test the devices pocket the receivers
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and wait in my Ford F250 diesel head in
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my hands playing the defeated husband
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sarah comes out dressed up and I plead
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with her not to go i tell her she's
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breaking our family but she softens
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saying she's sorry she loves me but this
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guy needs her i call her out if she was
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sorry she wouldn't keep doing this i
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remind her our three kids are proof of
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our love but she's committed to him she
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promises to be all mine tomorrow
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i shake my head acting beaten and she
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smiles all smug saying she'll always be
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mine yeah right temporary sure once I
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deal with her lover she'll see how much
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she needs him as soon as she leaves I
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grab my bat an old hunting knife and a
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blowtorrch i grin feeling like a bad guy
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in a movie and toss them in my gym bag i
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give her a 5-minute head start then fire
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up my truck following the GPS she's only
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a few miles away humming to the radio
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sounding happy i pull up to a house
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where her car is parked in his garage
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she's got a freaking garage door opener
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for his place that cuts deep
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i jot down his license plate and address
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old CD habits never fade my anger's
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boiling but I take deep breaths i want
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to bust in but I know better this needs
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a plan i change into my small town ninja
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gear in the back of my truck girdle to
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hide my gut gloves turtleneck black
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jeans ski mask tonight's just scouting i
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park in the alley slip through his gate
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and check for alarms
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nothing it's dark as hell outside giving
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me cover i crouch by a window peeking
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inside and my blood boils
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this dude's sitting there getting off
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while Sarah does a strip tease i'm
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gripping the window sill so hard my
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knuckles turn white i almost grab my bat
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but I force myself to stay cool i listen
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she calls him Nathan he's talking dirty
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no shame knowing she's married
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she giggles mentioning someone named
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Nathan and he warns that Nathan will
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regret knowing Sarah
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i've heard enough i slip back to my
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truck change out of my gear and drive
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home i've got a name Nathan tomorrow's
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going to be different i crash early wake
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up and jog to clear my mind after a
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healthy breakfast I fire up my old
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laptop and dig into Nathan's info nathan
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Thomas Reed divorce attorney lost his
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wife in an accident years ago used that
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Saabb story to seduce Sarah jerk i feel
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a twisted satisfaction knowing what I've
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got planned he's going to learn what
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happens when you mess with another man's
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wife
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i jog to the bank grab my new ATM card
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and credit cards pull $300 cash and rent
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a plain sedan from Herz i transfer my
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gym bag to the rental and park down the
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street from Nathan's place i call Sarah
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and she picks up quick i lie saying I'm
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on a break at work and ask how long the
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kids are staying with her parents she
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says until Monday i suggest my mom could
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watch them too keeping my tone chill she
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agrees clueless about my anger i ask if
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I can expect some love when I get home
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and after a long pause she reluctantly
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agrees saying she promised to be mine
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tonight
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i play along saying I'm starting to see
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her side but want equal time she's happy
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thinking I'm giving in i tell her to be
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ready for me joking about getting
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intimate she laughs saying she always
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showers after being with Nathan
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yeah sure i hang up change into my ninja
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gear minus the mask and slump in the
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sedan waiting sarah leaves Nathan's
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after a few hours texting she's heading
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home clean and ready i follow her at a
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distance making sure she's telling the
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truth she pulls into our driveway and I
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drive back to Nathan's i park in the
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alley grab my bat and slip through his
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gate mask and shades on i check his
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bedroom window he's asleep probably worn
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out from Sarah i grin darkly his back
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door is unlocked cocky bastard
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i walk in bat in hand feeling like a
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vigilante i clear my throat and Nathan
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wakes up panicking at the bat i growl
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you picked the wrong wife to mess with i
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swing kneecap crack other kneecap crack
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pelvis crunch he's screaming begging
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offering money i don't want his cash i
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tell him to stay away from Sarah or I'll
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be back i smash his phones slip out and
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burn my gear later no evidence was it
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right
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no I'm not proud of it but he knowingly
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went after a married woman he had it
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coming back home I play the loving
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husband sarah's all over me thinking I'm
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cool with her affair i mark her up
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hickeys on her neck chest thighs
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reclaiming her she freaks out worried
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about facing Nathan but I shrug you're
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my wife deal with it she softens saying
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"It was the best sex we've had better
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than with Nathan i plead with her to
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stop seeing him but she insists she'll
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end it in a few months i nod hiding my
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plan to blindside her monday I serve her
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divorce papers full custody 75% of
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assets no alimony i've got her affair
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recorded her admitting she prioritized
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Nathan over our kids
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my lawyer says Nathan could be disbarred
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for sleeping with a client sarah's
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stunned i tell her I did everything for
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her bought the house her car worked
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overtime and she threw it away i moved
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the kids to my mom's saying Sarah can
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visit without Nathan she's broken days
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later she calls yelling that I almost
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killed Nathan i play dumb asking who
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Nathan is my buddy at work Mike
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overhears and backs me up joking about
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another guy named Nathan sarah can't
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prove anything i plant doubts reminding
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her Nathan used his dead wife's story to
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seduce her she starts questioning him
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the divorce goes my way primary custody
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house split 50/50 accounts 7525 in my
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favor i sue Nathan for alienation of
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affection and Sarah's testimony helps me
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win half a million he's broke alone and
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ruined serves him right
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now I'm in shape six-pack abs baby i'm a
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supervisor at the shop making good money
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for 40 hours my kids are thriving living
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with me and my mom and then there's
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Rachel my divorce attorney turned
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girlfriend she's a rock star loves my
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kids and we're living together
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sarah's doing better now working as an
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accountant but she'll carry her regrets
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forever me i'm happy life's pretty damn
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sweet that's my story reddit unheard
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stories betrayal sucks but you can come
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out stronger
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