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My Husband Plotted to Declare Me Insane… Here’s How | Sleeping Reddit Pills They called me unstable. They said I was paranoid. They even brought in a doctor to try and have me committed. But I wasn't crazy — I was being set up by my husband, his mother, and his sister so he could marry his assistant and take everything. What they didn’t expect? I was documenting everything. This is the story of how I turned their entire twisted scheme against them — with proof, a plan, and the help of the right people. If you’ve ever been gaslit, underestimated, or pushed to the edge by the people you trusted most, this story is for you. 🔔 Subscribe to Sleeping Reddit Pills for more jaw-dropping real-life dramas. 💬 Share your thoughts or similar stories in the comments below. Tag: #Gaslighting #TrueStory #FamilyBetrayal #DivorceRevenge #JusticeServed #SleepingRedditPills #ToxicFamily #MentalHealthAbuse #Outsmarted #EmpowermentStory People Also Search For: gaslighting story wife outsmarts cheating husband mental health manipulation
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you know sometimes life just throws you
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for a loop you're minding your own
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business living your life and then bam
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everything you thought was solid just
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isn't for me that moment of realization
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started subtly with unexpected visits
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from our family doctor Dr martin he'd
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been our doctor for years a familiar
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face a steady presence
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but then all of a sudden he was showing
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up at our house every few days and
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here's the kicker
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it was always when my husband Marcus was
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at work my mother-in-law Elellanar would
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be there to greet him putting on this
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sickly sweet overly concerned act
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sarah dear Dr martin is just here to
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check on you she'd coo her voice
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dripping with fake sympathy we're all
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just so worried about your episodes
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episodes that's what they called it
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anytime I dared to question Marcus about
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his super late nights or the sudden
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influx of ridiculously expensive gifts
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or you know the random lipstick stains
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I'd find on his shirts it was always an
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episode
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my name is Sarah Mitchell and I was 35
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when I found out my husband was actively
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trying to have me declared mentally
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unstable
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and it wasn't because I was actually
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sick it was because he wanted me out of
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the way permanently
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this whole mess really kicked off about
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3 months before everything came to a
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head i remember it clearly
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i just asked Marcus about a hotel charge
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on our credit card nothing dramatic just
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a simple question
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instead of denying it or explaining he
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did something I didn't expect he called
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his mother
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the very next day Eleanor moved in "oh
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just until you're feeling better honey."
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she chirped as if I were recovering from
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some mysterious illness soon after
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Marcus' sister Kate started showing up
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every single day she'd act super worried
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like she was genuinely concerned about
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my well-being while simultaneously
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spreading these wild rumors about my
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behavior to anyone who would listen
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honestly the gaslighting was so intense
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I might have actually started to believe
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them if I hadn't accidentally overheard
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a conversation in the garden i was just
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stepping outside maybe to get some fresh
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air when I heard Kate's voice she was
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talking excitedly
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the resort is booked for June jessica is
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so excited about the wedding we just
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need to take care of Sarah before then
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jessica Marcus's young assistant the one
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who sent him messages late at night the
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one with the flirty emojis my blood ran
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cold
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then Elellanar chimed in her voice low
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conspiratorial
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dr martin is waiting for the right
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moment one more outburst and he'll have
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enough to sign the papers marcus will
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get guardianship and by the time Sarah
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can fight back it'll be too late i froze
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my mind raced piecing together all the
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bizarre events of the past few weeks
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that's when the horrifying truth slammed
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into me their entire twisted plan
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marcus wanted me declared mentally ill
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so he could marry Jessica without going
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through a messy expensive divorce and
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Eleanor she had never really liked me
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she always thought I was too old for
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Marcus too independent too me after that
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moment in the garden everything clicked
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into place and I started to notice
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everything the slightly bitter taste in
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my food especially after Elellanor had
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fortified it with her special vitamins
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the way they subtly tracked my every
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move asking leading questions watching
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me how Marcus would deliberately bait me
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into arguments then secretly record my
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reactions on his phone but I wasn't
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going to let them win not a chance as a
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pharmaceutical sales representative I
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knew a thing or two about medications i
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immediately stopped taking their mystery
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vitamins
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i pretended not to notice their little
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tricks their whispered conversations
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their knowing glances
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and while they were busy underestimating
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me thinking I was spiraling I was busy
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building my case i started recording
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their conversations I set up hidden
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cameras in strategic spots and I found a
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real psychiatrist Dr chen a respected
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professional who could back me up and
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verify my mental state
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then one day I hit the jackpot
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i found wedding invitation samples in
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Kate's purse they were dated June 15th
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it was a stark reminder that they were
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running out of patience and so was I the
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day everything came to a head Ellaner
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called out her voice annoyingly cheerful
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sarah Dr martin is here again i looked
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in the mirror took a deep breath and
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made sure I appeared perfectly calm and
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collected
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it was time to let them think their plan
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was working it was time for their grand
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finale
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i walked into the living room elellanar
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Kate and Dr martin were sitting there
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waiting for me like a panel of judges
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ellaner was holding a tissue dabbing at
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her dry eyes pretending to be sad "sarah
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please sit down," she said her voice
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dripping with fake sympathy dr martin
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ever the professional nodded gravely i
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sat down keeping my hands folded calmly
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in my lap through the window I saw
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Marcus pulling into the driveway right
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on time for his part in their little
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charade ellaner sighed dramatically
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"we're doing this because we love you
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Sarah," she said her voice soft and full
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of practiced concern "we've noticed such
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alarming changes in your behavior."
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Kate quickly chimed in piling on the
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accusations
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the paranoia the mood swings the
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obsessive cleaning dr martin nodded
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along pen poised ready to write down
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their fabricated symptoms "it might be
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best if you spent some time in a
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facility," he said his voice flat and
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clinical that's when I smiled for the
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first time I saw a flicker of
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nervousness in Eleanor's eyes they
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expected me to cry to argue to prove
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their twisted point instead I stayed
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perfectly calm "i see," I said my voice
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even "and when were you planning to tell
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me about the wedding?" The room fell
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absolutely silent "marcus who had just
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stepped into the room stiffened." "What
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wedding?" he mumbled utterly confused i
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turned to Kate keeping my smile in place
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the invitations in your purse are
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beautiful blushed pink suits Jessica
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don't you think elellanar's grip on my
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hand tightened her fake concern
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immediately replaced by genuine panic dr
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martin you see she's going through
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Kate's things this paranoia is getting
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worse i pulled my hand away firmly
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actually Dr martin I think you should
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see what I have to show you they didn't
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know it yet but their plan was about to
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fall apart i had proof the fake medical
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records the drugs the secret wedding
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plans most importantly I had witnesses
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they thought I was their victim they
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were very very wrong before we continue
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I said taking out my phone we should
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wait for one more person
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right on cue the doorbell rang elellanar
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stiffened her fake concern completely
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replaced by real worry before anyone
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could react I stood up i'll get it I
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said smiling she's my guest
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at the door stood Dr lisa Barrett a
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highly respected forensic psychiatrist
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for the past month she had been quietly
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evaluating me gathering proof that I was
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perfectly sane "dr martin," she said
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coolly stepping inside her gaze
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unwavering
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"i'm surprised to see you here
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considering the ethics complaint I filed
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against you this morning." Dr martin
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pald
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he knew exactly what that meant his
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involvement in my family's scheme could
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cost him his medical license marcus
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stepped forward his face a mask of
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confusion and agitation
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what is this Sarah i sat back down
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feeling calmer than I had in months
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let's talk about the medications
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Eleanor's been mixing into my food
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that's ridiculous Eleanor snapped but
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her hands trembled as she clutched her
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tissue
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dr barrett calmly set down her briefcase
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actually
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she said "Lab tests confirmed that food
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from this house contained substances
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known to cause anxiety and confusion
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care to explain Dr martin?" Kate jumped
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up her face red with indignation "see
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this is what we mean." She's acting
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paranoid collecting food samples "we
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also have this," I said holding up my
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tablet i pressed play eleanor's voice
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filled the room chillingly clear once
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she's committed Marcus can file for
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emergency custody the lawyers say he'll
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be able to handle all the property
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matters without her consent marcus
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lunged for the tablet but I didn't
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flinch "that's just a copy," I stated
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calmly "the originals are already with
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the authorities along with the wedding
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invitations and your prenuptual
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agreement with Jessica."
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The room erupted into chaos elellanar
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started sobbing real tears this time
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kate shouted about privacy violations dr
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martin looked like he wanted to
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disappear into thin air marcus just
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stared at me his eyes wide with a
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dawning horror
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how long have you known about Jessica
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about your plan to have me committed he
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asked his voice barely a whisper from
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the start I replied long enough to build
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an airtight case i turned to Dr barrett
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would you say I seem mentally unstable
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not at all she replied firmly in fact
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you've remained remarkably clear-headed
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despite their efforts to manipulate you
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elellanor made one last desperate
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attempt she's tricked you she's hiding
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her symptoms
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the ones you tried to create with
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unprescribed drugs Ellanar i asked my
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voice cutting through her desperate plea
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our security cameras caught you
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tampering with my food the police are
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very interested in that footage the word
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police hit them like a physical blow
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marcus collapsed into a chair his face
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ghostly pale "the police are involved,"
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he stammered "falsely committing someone
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is a serious crime," Dr barrett said her
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voice grave "as is drugging them and
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trying to take control of their assets."
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I stood smoothing down my slacks
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"divorce papers will be delivered
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tomorrow and I filed a restraining order
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against all of you." I turned to
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Elellanor you should start packing i
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want you out of my house within the hour
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elellanor scoffed recovering some of her
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usual arrogance this house belongs to
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the family "check the deed," I said a
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small smirk playing on my lips marcus
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signed it over to me last year to avoid
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tax issues one of the few times his
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shady accounting actually worked in my
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favor kate opened her mouth to argue but
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Marcus stopped her he knew I was right
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what do you want?" he asked quietly
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completely defeated "i want you to
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leave," I said simply "the police will
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be here soon and I'm sure you'll want to
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call your lawyers first." They fled
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elellanor and Kate nearly tripped over
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each other in their haste dr martin
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mumbled something about another
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appointment and rushed out the door
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marcus lingered his shoulders slumped "i
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never thought you'd figure it out," he
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admitted his voice hollow you always
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seem so trusting naive that worked in my
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favor i finished for him while you were
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busy underestimating me I was
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documenting everything after they left
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Dr barrett helped me gather the last
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bits of evidence more drugs hidden in
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the kitchen notebooks filled with their
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fake reports about me "are you sure you
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want to press charges?" she asked "you
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could just divorce him and move on."
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I thought about the fear they tried to
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instill in me the way they tried to make
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me doubt my own mind they need to face
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consequences I said firmly
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not just for me but so they never do
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this to anyone else
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as I walked Dr barrett out I caught my
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reflection in the window i looked
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stronger more determined they had tried
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to break me but instead they had only
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proven how capable I really was for the
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first time in months the house was quiet
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a peaceful quiet
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the kind that comes from taking back
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control of your own story 3 months after
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that intense confrontation I sat in my
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lawyer's office reviewing the final
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divorce settlement marcus had tried to
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fight it at first but the evidence was
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overwhelming between the recordings the
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documented attempts to drug me and Dr
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martin's eventual confession to the
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medical board marcus had no choice but
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to agree to my terms
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"everything's been transferred to your
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name," my lawyer confirmed sliding the
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papers across her desk "the house your
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joint investments and half of all
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marital assets plus the restraining
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orders against Marcus Ellaner and Kate
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remain in effect."
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I signed where indicated each signature
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feeling like another step toward freedom
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another layer of weight lifted off my
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shoulders "what happened with Dr
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martin?" I asked "his medical license
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has been suspended pending further
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investigation," she replied
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the medical board was particularly
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interested in Eleanor's admission that
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she'd been getting prescription
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medications from him to spike your food
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the criminal charges had sent shock
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waves through our social circle
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elellanar's country club friends
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suddenly couldn't remember her name much
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less acknowledge her existence kate's
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wedding planning business lost most of
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its clients apparently people were
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hesitant to trust someone who had helped
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plot a false psychiatric commitment
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as for Jessica Marcus' young assistant
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turned wouldbe bride she'd abandoned him
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the moment she realized there would be
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no luxury lifestyle waiting for her
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last I heard she had taken a job in
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another state desperate to escape the
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scandal i left my lawyer's office and
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drove to my favorite cafe where my
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friend Beth was waiting she had been my
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absolute rock throughout this whole
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ordeal helping me gather evidence and
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keeping me sane when I doubted myself
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"so it's really over," she said as I sat
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down "how does it feel?" I thought about
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it as I stirred my coffee
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liberating I said but also sad in a way
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not because I miss them but because I
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can't believe they thought so little of
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me that they actually believed their
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plan would work their biggest mistake
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was underestimating you Beth said firmly
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they saw what they wanted to see the
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quiet accommodating wife who would never
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fight back she was right for years I
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played that role smoothing over
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conflicts and keeping the peace even
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when I first suspected Marcus of an
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affair i tried to fix things quietly to
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avoid confrontation
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that's what they counted on "did you
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hear about Eleanor?" Beth asked lowering
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her voice "she tried to join the
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hospital board last week they turned her
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down flat apparently conspiring to have
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someone falsely committed doesn't look
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good on a resume."
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I couldn't help but laugh
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eleanor had always been so proud of her
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social standing her committee
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memberships her position in society now
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she was experiencing what it felt like
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to be an outsider
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marcus wasn't fairing much better his
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law firm had asked him to take an
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indefinite leave of absence once the
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story broke no one wanted a lawyer who
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had conspired to have his wife committed
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for convenience the house feels
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different now I told Beth a peaceful
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smile on my face peaceful i repainted
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everything rearranged the furniture it
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finally feels like mine
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and the new security system probably
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helps she added with a grin i smiled
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thinking of the state-of-the-art cameras
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and alarms I had installed not because I
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was afraid but because I had learned the
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value of protecting what was mine that
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evening I walked through my house my
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house appreciating the quiet
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the guest room where Eleanor had stayed
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was now my home office filled with light
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and inspiration
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kate's favorite snooping spot in the
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garden had been replanted with vibrant
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roses every space they had tainted had
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been reclaimed and renewed
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my phone buzzed with a text from Dr
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barrett
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thought you'd want to know it read the
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medical board's investigation is
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expanding looks like you weren't Dr
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martin's first convenient diagnosis
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i wasn't surprised people like them
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rarely tried something like this just
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once but I had stopped their pattern not
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just for myself but for anyone else they
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might have targeted as I got ready for
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bed I caught myself smiling at my
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reflection the woman in the mirror
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looked nothing like the one they had
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tried to paint as unstable she was
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strong confident and utterly sane
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perhaps the sest person in that whole
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situation a year ago I would have been
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devastated by their betrayal but now I
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realized it had given me something
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invaluable
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the knowledge that I was stronger than
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anyone including myself had believed i
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picked up my journal a real one this
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time not the fake symptom diary they had
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wanted me to keep and wrote one final
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entry about the experience
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they thought they could break me by
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making me doubt my own mind instead they
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showed me exactly how strong it is
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sometimes the people who try to tear you
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down end up revealing just how
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unbreakable you truly are the doorbell
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rang pulling me from my thoughts through
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the security camera I saw Beth holding
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up takeout bags and wine a regular
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girl's night something Elellaner had
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always disapproved of i smiled and went
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to let her in life wasn't just back to
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normal it was better than normal i was
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free strong and surrounded by people who
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actually cared about me sometimes losing
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a toxic family is the healthiest thing
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that can happen to you and the best
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revenge
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