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all right folks Welcome back to Sleeping
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Reddit Pills where we dive into stories
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so wild they'll keep you up or knock you
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out Tonight I'm narrating a tale of
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betrayal cunning and one heck of a
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comeback Picture this a guy named Ethan
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thinking he's got it all figured out
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only to get outplayed by his wife Sophia
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Grab your blanket get cozy and let's
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jump in Ethan tossed his flashy Rolex
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onto the kitchen counter with a smirk
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I'm done Sophia I'm leaving you for Mia
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This house it's mine so don't even try
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He leaned back expecting Sophia to fall
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apart She was 35 They'd been married 12
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years and he figured she'd beg him to
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she just sipped her coffee and gave him
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a calm smile "You sure about that Ethan
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maybe double check your facts." His
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cocky grin wavered "What's that supposed
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to mean?" he snapped Sophia set her mug
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down cool as a cucumber Just saying you
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might want to look closer
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Ethan's eyes narrowed
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Don't play games Mia's young full of
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life everything you're not And this
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house always been mine He strutdded
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around the kitchen so sure he had her
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beat You know your problem Sophia You
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got boring Mia gets me Supports my
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dreams Sophia raised an eyebrow
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You mean that real estate scheme of
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yours ethan's jaw twitched but he
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brushed it off Yeah exactly She believes
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in me unlike you Always playing it safe
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like when you nagged me about that land
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deal last year That's going to make me
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millions Sophia didn't flinch She walked
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to her home office Ethan trailing like
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he owned the place "Practical huh?" she
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said almost laughing like keeping copies
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of all our bank records or hiring a
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private eye Ethan froze What sophia
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turned locking eyes with him You think I
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didn't know about Mia the money her
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sudden promotion out of nowhere Ethan's
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face went pale You're bluffing Am I she
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flipped open her laptop Remember those
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bank papers you had me sign his
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confidence cracked Those were routine
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updates he stammered Sophia smirked Nah
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those were fakes You tried to move our
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joint assets to your account but I
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signed decoys Ethan's voice dropped
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That's impossible Sophia leaned in You
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forget I was a financial fraud
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investigator before we got married He
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grabbed the laptop hands shaking These
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are fake They're real she said Just like
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the proof of your fraud and embezzlement
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Ethan slammed the laptop shut You can't
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prove nothing Sophia strolled to the
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safe opened it and pulled out a folder
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"Photos first or the bank records."
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Ethan spun toward the door "Mia's got
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nothing," he growled "I'm out." Sophia
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didn't blink "She might be rethinking
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things She called last week after her
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boss chewed her out about office
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Ethan's face turned ashen His perfect
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plan was falling apart "What do you
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want?" he finally croked
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Sophia sat down crossing her legs Now
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that's the question Let's talk about
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Ethan realized too late he'd
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underestimated her and his world was
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about to flip upside down The next
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morning Sophia sat across from her
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lawyer Rachel in a quiet office Papers
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rustled as Rachel flipped through the
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evidence Sophia had piled up She let out
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a low whistle Dang Sophia This is
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airtight Bank records surveillance shots
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coworker statements It's all here Sophia
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nodded thinking back to Ethan's face
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when he slunk out of the house last
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night Tail between his legs He tried
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calling Mia right after but her phone
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went straight to voicemail Seems an
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anonymous tip about her dodgy financial
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moves had already hit her boss's desk
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"What went down after you called him
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out?" Rachel asked stacking the papers
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Sophia grinned He backpedled hard said
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it was a misunderstanding that Mia meant
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nothing to him She paused remembering
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Ethan's desperate graveling
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Then he tried threatening me saying no
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one would buy my story
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Rachel raised an eyebrow and I played
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him the recording of our fight Turns out
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my phone picks up audio real clear when
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it's sitting on the counter
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Rachel smirked Just then Sophia's phone
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buzzed with a text from Ethan
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We need to talk I'll do anything She
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showed Rachel who chuckled They always
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want to chat once they're cornered
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What's your play sophia leaned back I
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want him to feel what he's losing Not
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just the house or the cash but his whole
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world his job his rep everything
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Rachel tapped the folders With this we
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can make it happen The company board's
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going to dig into these records and once
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they do Ethan's done Another text from
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Ethan popped up Mia's ghosting me What
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did you do sophia smiled thinking of the
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anonymous email she'd sent to Mia's
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department head flagging the suspicious
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timing of her promotion and some weird
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transactions Nothing outright damning
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just enough to stir the pot
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"Get this," Sophia told Rachel "Mia's
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been telling everyone at work Ethan was
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already split from me that I was some
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She shook her head Poor girl didn't know
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she was just a pawn in his game Rachel
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spread out documents for Sophia to sign
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Board meetings tomorrow Once they see
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this Ethan's career is toast Sophia
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nodded her voice soft It's not about
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satisfaction It's about being right Her
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phone buzzed again This time Mia we need
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to talk Ethan says you're lying about
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the money Sophia showed Rachel Reply Nah
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Rachel said Let him sweat HR's already
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sniffing around Right on Q A call from
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Ethan's office number lit up Sophia's
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phone She let it go to voicemail
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Tell me about the house Rachel said
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pulling another folder
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Sophia slid over the property docks
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Ethan never read what I put in front of
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him Too busy scheming
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Last month I slipped transfer papers
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into a stack of boring forms He signed
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them without a glance
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Rachel grinned Smart and totally legal
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since he signed willingly
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He always thought I was just the boring
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wife keeping his life tidy Sophia said
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Never saw I was covering my back Another
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text from Ethan Board wants me tomorrow
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What did you do rachel watched her read
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it You sure about this we could settle
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Sophia thought about all the nights she
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spent alone while Ethan was off with Mia
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All the times he brushed off her worries
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about his risky deals All the years he
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took her for granted "No," she said
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firmly "He needs to face it all."
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An email from Mia's work account pinged
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"HR's grilling me about my promotion Did
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you snitch?" Sophia showed Rachel They
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did this to themselves Rachel said
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packing her briefcase Board meetings at
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sophia pictured Ethan's panic when he
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saw how deep she'd dug More than ready
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They never saw me coming cuz they never
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saw me at all The next day Sophia sat in
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the back of the boardroom watching Ethan
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sweat through his pricey shirt The
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chairman's voice cut through the tension
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Mr Carter care to explain these
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financial discrepancies
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ethan tugged at his collar his usual
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swagger gone It's a mixup I can clear it
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up Please do The chairman said ice cold
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Start with why company funds ended up in
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your personal accounts and how Miss
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Larson got a senior role with zero
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Mia sat in the corner pale her youth
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suddenly a problem not an asset She
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wouldn't look at Ethan who kept shooting
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her desperate glances He started to
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speak then choked For the first time in
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their marriage he had nothing to say The
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evidence spoke for itself Unauthorized
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transfers fake reports a clear trail of
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sketchy moves every dock was neat every
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dollar traced "Given these allegations,"
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the chairman said "you're both
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terminated Effective now." Mia sobbed
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Ethan just stared at the table as his
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world crumbled After Sophia found him in
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the lobby head in his hands He looked up
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broken Why Sophia why' you do this i
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didn't Ethan You did Every lie every
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betrayal That was you I just made sure
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you couldn't hide it He stood pleading
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The house We can work something out
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House is mine she said Nothing left to
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work out Mia stormed past mascara
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streaking You ruined everything," she
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yelled at Ethan "You said you had this
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handled." Sophia watched them bicker
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then slipped away Outside Rachel waited
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by her car "How'd it go?" "Just like we
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planned," Sophia said "The board found
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everything they needed in those files
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Ethan's learning Mia is not into
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Rachel laughed "What's next for you?"
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Sophia looked at the sky feeling lighter
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than ever "Vacation maybe The house has
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a killer view perfect for sunsets and
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new starts That night Sophia sat on her
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patio wine in hand phone buzzing with
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frantic texts from Ethan and Mia Ethan's
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last one read "I get it now I'm sorry I
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never saw you." She didn't reply Some
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apologies come too late Instead she
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watched the sunset thinking how the best
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revenge isn't torching someone's world
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It's rebuilding yours stronger
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Ethan thought he was ending their story
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with Mia Nope He just closed his chapter
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Sophia's story just getting started and
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she's holding the pen Next morning word
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spread Ethan had skipped town His real
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estate dreams trashed along with his rep
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Mia's LinkedIn scrubbed clean Sophia
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she's got her house a wideopen future
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and the quiet thrill of showing them who
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She stepped onto her patio coffee in
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hand eyeing the garden It needed work
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and the kitchen could use a facelift
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Small stuff but it would make the place
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Ethan taught her she was tougher than
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she knew And that was his biggest gift
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even if he didn't mean it Sometimes the
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best wins are the ones nobody sees
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coming especially from the woman they
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thought they could ditch That's it for
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