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stories that'll grab you shake you and
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maybe even keep you up thinking tonight
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I've got a wild one for you a tale about
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a woman named Emily who went from having
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her world turned upside down to building
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it back stronger than ever this is a
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story of betrayal smarts and the
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sweetest kind of justice so grab a
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blanket get comfy and let's jump in
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emily stood in her kitchen hands
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gripping the granite counter so tight
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her fingers hurt the man she'd been
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married to for 15 years David sat at the
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island scrolling through his phone like
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he didn't have a care in the world
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"you're too old for me now M." he said
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his voice flat like he was talking about
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the weather "i'm done." Those words hit
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emily 38 felt the room tilt this was the
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guy she'd put through dental school the
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guy whose loans she'd helped pay off
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with her own paychecks the guy she'd
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built a life with dreamhouse and all
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and now he was tossing it away like it
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was nothing david didn't even look up
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jessica gets me he went on a smirk
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creeping across his face she's young
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full of life she's 22 you remember what
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that's like right or maybe you don't
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emily's breath caught the countertop
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under her hands smooth cool picked out
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during their remodel 3 years ago felt
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like the only thing keeping her steady
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22 the name burned in her mind she
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wanted to scream to throw something but
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instead she just stood there staring at
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the man she thought she knew "when were
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you going to tell me about Jessica?" she
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asked her voice calmer than she felt
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david shrugged the fancy watch she'd
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given him for their anniversary last
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year catching the light "i'm telling you
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now," he said "she's moving in next week
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you should probably start packing."
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Emily's heart pounded "pack," she said
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almost laughing at the absurdity "this
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is my house too David." He finally
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looked up his eyes cold a smug grin on
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his face "actually it's not everything's
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in my name the house the cars even that
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little pottery studio you've got
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you really think I'd put a homemaker's
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name on anything important that word
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homemaker cut deep emily had built her
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pottery studio from nothing teaching
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classes selling her work all while
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juggling David's demanding career she'd
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stayed up late helping him study for
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exams skipped vacations so he could
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network at conferences put her own
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dreams on hold to lift him up but to him
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she was just nothing a homemaker
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disposable David stood straightening his
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tailored jacket "oh and I'm not signing
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any divorce papers," he said casual as
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ever "no divorce no property split."
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"Simple you can leave quietly or I'll
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make things messy." He headed toward the
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bedroom "their bedroom no his now."
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Leaving Emily alone in the kitchen her
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he thought he had her trapped cornered
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but what David didn't know was that
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Emily wasn't the same woman he'd married
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and she wasn't going down without a
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fight 3 months earlier Emily had found a
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receipt in David's coat pocket a diamond
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bracelet expensive definitely not for
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her tucked with it was a hotel booking
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for a weekend she'd spent visiting her
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mom her stomach had twisted but instead
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of confronting him she'd gone quiet
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smart she'd called Sarah Martinez a
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divorce lawyer with a reputation for
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tearing through cases like a shark
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sarah had listened nodded and said
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"We'll build a case he can't wiggle out
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of stay calm act normal gather
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So Emily did she kept her eyes open her
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phone ready her heart locked tight back
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in the kitchen David's words still hung
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don't bother trying to access our
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accounts he called out before leaving
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for the night i moved everything can't
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have you getting emotional and blowing
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my money emily almost laughed his money
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the arrogance was unreal she pulled out
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her phone and fired off a text to Sarah
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he told me "Let's move." Then she sat at
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the counter staring at a framed photo
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from their trip to Hawaii 5 years ago
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david's arm around her both of them
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grinning like the world was theirs how
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long had he been planning this david
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left the next morning for what he called
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a dental conference in Orlando emily
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knew better jessica was probably there
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maybe wearing that bracelet
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don't touch anything while I'm gone
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David warned pointing to the security
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cameras he'd installed last year they're
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recording i'd hate to press charges if
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something goes missing
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emily nodded keeping her face blank
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"have a good trip," she said softly he
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smirked grabbed his suitcase and walked
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out the second his car pulled away Emily
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sprang into action "first call Sarah."
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"He's gone," Emily said "how soon can we
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move forward?" Sarah's voice was all
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business "we're ready i've got
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everything text messages receipts bank
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statements he's going to regret this."
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Second call emily's brother Mike a
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forensic accountant with a knack for
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sniffing out financial dirt hey sis,"
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Mike answered his tone light but ready
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"he finally made his move huh?" Emily
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exhaled "exactly like you said what have
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you got?" Mike chuckled "oh you're going
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to love this david's been playing fast
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and loose with his money hidden accounts
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shady transfers the IRS is going to have
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a field day emily walked through the
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house touching the walls the furniture
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the life she'd built david thought he
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was slick keeping everything in his name
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refusing a legal divorce but Emily had
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spent 3 months gathering evidence proof
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of his affair his secret accounts his
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sarah had built a case tighter than a
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drum mike had traced every penny David
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thought he'd hidden and those security
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cameras they'd recorded more than David
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monday morning came with a thunderstorm
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the sky dark and heavy emily sat in
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Sarah's office watching rain streak down
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the windows sarah spread out a pile of
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documents and pulled up a video on her
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laptop "these cameras were a gift," she
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said grinning "there was David in his
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home office talking to Jessica on
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speaker phone spilling every detail of
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his plan how he'd hide money avoid a
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divorce push Emily out
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he was so busy watching you," Sarah said
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he forgot he was recording himself emily
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shook her head almost smiling david had
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been so proud of those cameras bragging
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about how they'd keep the house safe now
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they were his downfall
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sarah checked her watch his flight
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landed an hour ago he's probably walking
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into his office right now where our
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process servers waiting as if on Q
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Emily's phone buzzed a text from David
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what the hell why am I being served at
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work then another call this off M you're
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making a mistake she silenced her phone
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and looked at Sarah what's next sarah
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pointed to the documents his financial
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fraud is big mike found proof he hid
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money in offshore accounts lied about
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his income that's not just a divorce
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issue it's criminal and the house you
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paid for the renovations out of your
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Pottery Studios account that gives you a
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legal claim he can't just kick you out
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emily leaned back processing
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and Jessica sarah shrugged she's in for
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a rude awakening that bracelet the car
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he promised her the condo he talked
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about all bought with stolen money she
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might need her own lawyer right then
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Emily's phone rang an unknown number she
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answered and a furious voice snapped
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your husband said we'd be living large
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now they're saying I have to return
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everything this is your fault it was
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Jessica emily couldn't help it she
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laughed no Jessica this is what happens
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when you trust a guy who lies for a
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living good luck she hung up feeling a
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spark of something she hadn't felt in
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months power two weeks later Emily sat
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in her pottery studio sunlight streaming
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through the windows the divorce papers
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were finalized the house was hers she'd
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get half of everything way more than
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David had claimed existed plus
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compensation for the years she'd
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david's life meanwhile was falling apart
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his dental practice had fired him after
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uncovering his financial scams his
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reputation was trashed even Jessica had
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turned on him suing him after realizing
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she might be implicated in his fraud
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and just that morning Mike had called
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airport security had stopped David from
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boarding a flight to Mexico he was stuck
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facing the mess he'd made emily ran her
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hands over a clay vase she'd just
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finished the surface still soft waiting
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she thought back to that night in the
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kitchen David's words echoing
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you're too old for me now funny how fast
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his tune had changed he'd texted her
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again last night i'm sorry Emily i never
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should have underestimated you she
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deleted it without replying he didn't
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deserve her time sarah called with more
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updates the dental board's reviewing his
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license she said and the hospital's
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auditing his practice patients he
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overcharged are coming forward he's done
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emily stood at her studios window
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watching her students arrive for class
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he never thought it would end like this
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she said sarah laughed guys like David
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never do they think they're untouchable
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but actions have consequences that night
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Emily hosted a small dinner at her house
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her house officially now mike Sarah and
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a few close friends sat around the
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dining table the same one where David
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used to ignore her while texting Jessica
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mike raised a glass to new beginnings
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sarah grinned and to justice emily
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smiled her heart full her friends had
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noticed the change in her how she stood
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taller how her laugh came easier they
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didn't know all the details but they saw
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the fire in her eyes after dinner Emily
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stepped onto her back patio the garden
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she'd planted blooming under the stars
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roses climbed the trellis she'd built
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last spring their scent sweet in the air
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she thought about David's words his
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betrayal his mistake he tried to make
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her feel small weak old instead he'd
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pushed her to find her strength she'd
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played the long game gathering evidence
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building her case waiting for the
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perfect moment while David and Jessica
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played checkers Emily had played chess
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and she'd won the next morning Emily
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taught her pottery class guiding her
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students through shaping clay "today is
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about balance," she told them her voice
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warm "and knowing your own strength."
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One of her students a quiet woman named
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Lisa lingered after class "you seem
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different lately," Lisa said "Happier."
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Emily smiled "i've learned a lot about
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what I'm capable of," she said lisa
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nodded like she understood more than she
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let on "back at home," Emily replaced
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David's security cameras with her own
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system one that answered to her his
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fancy furniture the stuff Jessica had
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planned to toss was gone donated to a
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local women's shelter the house felt
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lighter like it was hers again she
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walked through each room touching the
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walls the door frames the life she'd
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reclaimed her phone buzzed a message
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from Mike irs just raided David's office
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he's in deep now emily set the phone
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david's problems were his own she had a
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life to live weeks turned into months
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and Emily's pottery studio thrived she
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added new classes started selling her
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work online even got featured in a local
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art magazine her students became her
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community their laughter filling the
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studio with warmth she dated a little
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nothing serious just enjoying her
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one evening as she locked up the studio
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her phone buzzed another text from David
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please M i'm facing jail time help me
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she stared at the words feeling nothing
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he'd made his choices now he'd live with
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them she deleted the message and drove
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home the city lights blurring past
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emily's life wasn't perfect there were
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still quiet nights when she'd think
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about the years she'd given David the
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dreams she'd shelved for him
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but those moments passed quickly now
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replaced by pride in what she'd built
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her house was her sanctuary her studio
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her legacy and her heart it was healing
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open to whatever came next one sunny
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afternoon Emily sat on her patio
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sketching designs for a new pottery
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mike stopped by carrying takeout from
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their favorite diner
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"heard from David lately?" he asked
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setting down the bags
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emily shook her head not in a while last
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I heard he was pleading out to avoid
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prison mike grinned karma's a beast huh
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emily laughed the sound light and free
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sure is they ate talked watched the
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sunset paint the sky pink and gold mike
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looked at her his expression soft you're
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killing it sis you know that right emily
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smiled her eyes on the roses
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yeah she said i do she thought back to
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that night in the kitchen david's words
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his betrayal his mistake he'd thought he
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could break her throw her away instead
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he'd given her the push she needed to
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rise so that's Emily's story folks a
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woman who faced the worst kind of
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betrayal and came out stronger wiser
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thriving it's a reminder know your worth
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play smart and never let anyone tell you
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