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Sister-in-Law Said ‘You’re Not Really Married’... Her Response Was LEGENDARY | Sleeping Reddit Pills What was supposed to be a cozy Christmas dinner turned into a legal ambush—but what happened next? Absolute legend behavior. Welcome back to Sleeping Reddit Pills—where the tea is piping hot and the betrayals are next-level. Today’s story is a wild ride through family lies, secret evidence, and a wife who calmly shut down a holiday ambush with the help of her lawyer on speed dial. 🎄 Holiday drama? Check. 📜 A fake “gotcha” moment? Shut down. 💼 Cold, calculated receipts? Oh, she came prepared. 🔥 Real revenge? No. Something better—truth, healing, and power. 🔔 Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe if you enjoy real-life Reddit tales where karma hits hard and justice tastes sweet.
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wild stories that'll keep you hooked
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today I've got a crazy one for you a
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family drama that exploded at a
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Christmas dinner and flipped everything
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upside down this is a tale of secrets
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betrayal and how one guy's wife
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outsmarted a scheming family so grab a
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snack get comfy and let's jump in
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i'm telling this from the perspective of
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Jake a dude caught in the middle
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watching his wife Sarah take on his
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toxic family here we go it was Christmas
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night and Jake's dining room looked like
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it belonged on a holiday card
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the table was loaded with turkey mashed
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potatoes green beans and those buttery
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rolls everyone fights over
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twinkling lights hung around the windows
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and the smell of pine from the tree
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filled the air
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jake was in his element cracking jokes
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with his cousins passing the gravy and
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sneaking an extra scoop of stuffing when
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his mom wasn't looking his wife Sarah
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sat next to him her laugh blending with
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the chatter of 20 family members for a
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second everything felt perfect
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then his sister Emily stood up she was
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at the head of the table her manicured
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nails gripping the edge like she was
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about to deliver a courtroom speech her
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voice sliced through the noise
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where's the marriage certificate Sarah
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let's see it the room went dead quiet
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jake's fork froze halfway to his mouth
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he glanced at Sarah who set her glass
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down slowly her face calm but her eyes
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sharp emily's lips curled into a smug
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smile come on show us the papers or
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can't you because they don't exist do
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they
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jake's stomach dropped 20 pairs of eyes
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swung toward Sarah his mom Linda sat
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across the table her thin smile looking
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way too pleased like she'd been waiting
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for this moment his uncle Dave looked
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confused his aunt Karen horrified jake's
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brother Matt shifted uncomfortably
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avoiding eye contact jake's hand
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tightened on his napkin "emily what the
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hell?" he started but she waved him off
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"no Jake we're done pretending." Emily
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snapped 5 years of watching her act like
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she's part of this family 5 years of
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lies prove it Sarah prove you're really
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married to my brother jake's mind was
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spinning he knew Emily and Linda had
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never warmed up to Sarah there hadd been
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snide comments cold shoulders and little
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digs over the years stuff like "Oh Sarah
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you're so independent." Or "Jake you
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sure you two are on the same page?" But
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this this was next level he looked at
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Sarah expecting her to be rattled but
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she was cool as ice she met Emily's gaze
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then scanned the room taking in every
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face some looked shocked others like
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Linda barely hid their glee "well
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Emily," Linda pressed folding her arms
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"we're waiting."
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Sarah exhaled softly like she was
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letting go of something heavy she
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reached for her phone her movement slow
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and deliberate the silence grew thicker
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as she scrolled through her contacts and
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tapped a number emily's smirk flickered
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like she wasn't sure what was coming
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sarah put the call on speaker sarah a
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deep smooth voice answered calling me on
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Christmas this better be good jake
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leaned forward confused sarah's voice
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was steady hey Tom sorry to bug you on a
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holiday we've got a situation here my
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sister-in-law thinks my marriage to Jake
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isn't legit a pause then a low chuckle
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so they finally pulled the trigger huh
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linda's smile stiffened emily's
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confidence started to crack who's that
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emily demanded her voice sharp tom
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Harris the voice said cool and sharp
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like a blade partner at Harrison Cole
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sarah's lawyer for the last 6 years this
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stunt not exactly a surprise
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jake's jaw dropped lawyer since when did
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Sarah have a lawyer on speed dial
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he glanced at her but she was locked in
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on Emily "tom can you clear something up
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for Emily?" Sarah asked "she's convinced
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there's no record of my marriage to
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Jake." "Sure thing," Tom said jake could
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hear papers rustling "marriage
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certificate filed and registered June
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10th 5 years ago joint accounts property
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deeds all locked in and legally binding
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want me to email copies to the whole
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family?"
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The room felt like it was holding its
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breath emily's face went ghost white
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linda's knuckles were pale around her
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wine glass like she was one squeeze away
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from shattering it "that's impossible,"
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Emily stammered "we checked the records
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there was nothing." "Oh yeah," Tom said
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almost amused "that courthouse visit you
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made last month." "We got a heads up
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when someone starts sniffing around
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legal docks we take precautions you know
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in case someone tries to tamper with
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things jake's head was reeling he turned
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to Sarah his voice low you knew about
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this she gave him a small nod her eyes
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still on Emily it hit him like a truck
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all those times Sarah insisted on
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handling their legal stuff herself the
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extra copies of documents the meetings
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with friends he never questioned it
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wasn't just her being organized
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she'd been protecting them linda's voice
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usually so controlled cracked
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sarah what is this nonsense
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sarah smiled but it was cold like the
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one Linda always used on her it's simple
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Linda i've known for years you and Emily
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were trying to make my marriage
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disappear the lost documents the rumors
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the hints to Jake about keeping his
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money separate i saw it all she reached
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into her bag and pulled out a sealed
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envelope setting it on the table with a
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soft thud
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i documented everything every move every
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call every misfiled record she slid the
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envelope toward Linda now that you've
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shown your hand I think it's time we
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talk about respect and boundaries
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jake's heart was pounding he reached for
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Sarah's hand under the table and she
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squeezed back firm and steady emily was
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frozen her arms still crossed but her
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confidence gone linda stared at the
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envelope like it was a bomb tom's voice
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came through the phone again light but
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with a warning oh and one more thing
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i've got a file on every attempt to mess
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with Sarah and Jake's marriage records
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if anything unfortunate happens to those
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documents it'll raise some real
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interesting legal questions sarah ended
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the call with a polite "Merry Christmas
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Tom." Then picked up her fork "so
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dessert anyone i think the pie's ready."
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Nobody moved jake stared at his wife
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half in awe half in shock she'd played
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them like a pro the days after Christmas
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were eerily quiet no calls from Linda no
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snarky texts from Emily
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the family group chat usually buzzing
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with memes and plans was a ghost town
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jake felt like he was walking through a
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fog he kept replaying that dinner
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emily's accusations Linda's smirk
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Sarah's calm takedown
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he'd always known his mom and sister
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weren't Sarah's biggest fans but he'd
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brushed it off as typical family tension
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now it was eating at him how much had he
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missed sarah was her usual self cooking
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breakfast wrapping up leftover gifts
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humming like nothing happened but Jake
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could tell she was carrying something
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heavy her eyes were a little too focused
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her smiles a little too quick
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three nights later they were on the
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couch the TV on low when Jake finally
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asked the question burning him up how
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long did you know his voice was quiet
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almost scared of the answer about what
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they were doing sarah closed her book
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setting it on the coffee table she
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turned to face him her expression soft
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but guarded remember 3 months after our
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wedding when the courthouse called about
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our marriage license being misfiled
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jake nodded slowly
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yeah they said it was a clerical error
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it wasn't Sarah said her voice steady
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linda got someone to check our records
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the original file went missing during
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that check if I hadn't backed it up with
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Tom it would have been gone for good
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jake felt like he'd been punched he ran
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a hand through his hair his go-to when
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he was stressed why didn't you tell me
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sarah's eyes softened but there was
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sadness there would you have believed me
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every time I brought up your mom's shady
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stuff you'd say I was overreacting
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that she just needed time to get used to
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me jake winced she was right he'd heard
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her hints about Linda's behavior stuff
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like her always asking about their
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finances or making weird comments about
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Sarah's job he'd always shut her down
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saying "Mom's just old school babe she
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means well." Now he felt like a total
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jerk
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i should have listened," he said his
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voice rough "i never thought they'd go
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that far." Before Sarah could respond
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her phone buzzed she glanced at the
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screen and showed it to Jake a text from
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Emily we need to talk alone
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jake's jaw tightened but Sarah gave him
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a small smile it's time we clear the air
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she said the next afternoon Sarah met
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Emily at a small cafe downtown jake
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didn't go but Sarah filled him in later
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and man it was a lot emily looked rough
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not her usual polished self no fancy
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clothes no perfect makeup she was
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clutching her coffee like it was keeping
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her upright the second Sarah sat down
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Emily slid a folder across the table
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"how did you know?" Emily asked her
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voice low "how long have you been
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collecting evidence?"
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Sarah stirred her tea slow and calm
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"since before the wedding," she said
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"the first time I heard you and Linda
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talking about protecting the family
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money from me I knew I had to watch my
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back." "You were spying?"
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Emily's voice had an edge but it was
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weak like she knew she'd already lost
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not spying Sarah said protecting myself
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there's a difference she met Emily's
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eyes the real question is why why'd you
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spend 5 years trying to make my marriage
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disappear
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emily looked away her shoulders slumping
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mom said you were after Jake's
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inheritance she said "We needed a plan
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to prove your marriage wasn't real if
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you ever tried to take what wasn't
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yours."
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"And you never thought about how this
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would hurt Jake?" Sarah asked her voice
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gentle but cutting emily's throat bobbed
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she said it was to protect him she
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pushed the folder towards Sarah her
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hands shaking but yesterday I found this
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sarah opened it and her jaw dropped bank
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statements legal notices proof that
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Linda had been skimming money from the
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family trust for years all that time
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she'd been pointing fingers at Sarah
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calling her a gold digger she was the
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one stealing
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emily's voice was barely a whisper
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she needed someone to blame if it ever
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came out
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sarah studied her does Jake know not yet
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Emily said i came to you first i owe you
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that much jake was floored when Sarah
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told him this later they sat in his
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office the folder open pages spread out
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like a crime scene he felt like he was
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looking at a stranger's life not his own
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family's
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all this time," he whispered "she was
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accusing you of chasing money and she
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was the one stealing it."
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Sarah squeezed his hand "i'm so sorry
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Jake." He looked at her his eyes
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stinging "no I'm the one who's sorry i
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should have had your back i let them
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treat you like an outsider."
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Sarah cuped his face forcing him to meet
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her eyes we'll handle this together
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for the first time in days Jake felt
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like they were a team again they called
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a family meeting at their house that
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Saturday morning emily showed up first
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clutching more documents she'd dug up
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looking like she hadn't slept in days
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she and Sarah shared a quick nod like
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they were on the same page which blew
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Jake's mind
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linda arrived last her usual confident
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walk hesitating when she saw everyone
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waiting her smile was tight like she was
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bracing for a fight
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all right what's this about she demanded
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her voice sharp jake stood holding the
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folder his hands steady despite the knot
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in his gut sit down Mom we need to talk
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about the family trust sarah sat beside
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him as he laid it all out bank records
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forged signatures offshore accounts
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linda tried to interrupt spinning some
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story about family investments but Emily
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cut her off we found it all Mom the
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gambling debts the hidden accounts
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everything linda's face fell apart her
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composure cracking you don't understand
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she stammered i was protecting our
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legacy by stealing from us Jake's voice
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broke by trying to wreck my marriage to
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cover it up the room was heavy like the
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air was made of lead sarah stayed quiet
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letting Jake take the lead finally he
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said "We've talked to the family lawyer
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the trusts being restructured you're out
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linda surged to her feet her voice
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shrill you can't do this i'm your mother
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sarah spoke her voice soft but firm
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that's why this hurts so much linda's
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eyes darted around looking for someone
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to back her up but there was no one left
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jake felt no victory just a deep aching
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sadness for the years of lies the trust
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she'd broken the family she'd torn apart
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the next few months were tough
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linda faced legal trouble but Jake and
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Emily kept it quiet to avoid a public
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mess the trust was rebuilt with clear
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rules no one person calling the shots
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emily threw herself into making things
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right not just with Sarah but with
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everyone she'd hurt
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one night over coffee she told Sarah "I
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was a shitty sister-in-law i let mom
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poison me i never thought for myself."
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Sarah reached over squeezing her hand we
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can't fix the past Emily but we can
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choose what's next jake worked hard too
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setting up new controls for the family
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business to make sure no one could ever
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pull this again one night he and Sarah
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were on their porch staring at the stars
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"you know what's messed up?" he said
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"mom always said you were a threat to
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our family but you're the one who saved
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us."
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Sarah leaned against him sometimes the
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people who shake things up are the ones
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helping us see straight
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6 months later they hosted another
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family dinner the vibe was different
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lighter real emily brought her new
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boyfriend a chill guy who made her laugh
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jake's cousins were outside tossing a
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football their voices drifting through
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the windows as Sarah set the table using
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the same plates from that Christmas
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night Jake watched her his heart full
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the marriage certificate Linda had tried
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to erase was still in their safe but it
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wasn't a battle anymore it was just a
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piece of paper a promise they'd kept
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through hell and back jake wrapped his
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arms around Sarah kissing her forehead
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"what are you thinking?" he asked she
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smiled soft and sure how the worst
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moments can lead to the best changes he
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nodded pulling her close "we're stronger
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now aren't we?" Yeah she said because we
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chose to be as the house filled with
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laughter and warmth Jake realized
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something winning wasn't about proving
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anyone wrong or getting even it was
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about healing about letting the truth
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burn so bright no one could hide from it
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and sometimes the best revenge isn't
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revenge at all it's building something
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better from the ashes all right that's
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the story of the Christmas dinner that
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changed it all
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thanks for sticking with me through that
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