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Jun 24, 2025
#redditrelationship #aita #redditstories A Husband’s Dark Revenge After Wife’s Shocking Betrayal | Wistaloom Hey Wistaloom fam! Dive into the wild and twisted true story of Joey Canelli, a Pittsburgh guy whose perfect life shattered in the blink of an eye. From a rocky marriage, a brutal murder, to a cold-blooded revenge plan — this tale has everything: love, heartbreak, betrayal, and a chilling payoff. Join me as we unravel Joey’s journey from loyal husband to a man consumed by revenge. Was he justified or did he cross a deadly line? You’ll want to stick around till the end and drop your thoughts in the comments!
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hey Wistlum fam it's your boy here ready
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to take you on a wild ride through a
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story that'll stick with you long after
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this video is done we're diving into the
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life of Joey Canelli a regular guy from
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Pittsburgh Pennsylvania whose world got
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flipped upside down in the craziest way
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this tale's got love heartbreak betrayal
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and a revenge plot so slick it could be
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straight out of a movie so grab a snack
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get comfy and let's step into Joey's
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world it's a chilly morning in
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Pittsburgh and Joey's parked at his
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breakfast table sipping a hot cup of
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coffee
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the morning papers spread out in front
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of him and he's flipping through it same
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as he does every workday his wife Jenna
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is upstairs getting ready for her gig at
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Callus Realy a real estate agency to
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anyone peeking in this morning's just
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another day in the past year same old
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routine maybe a little tense see Joey
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and Jenna's marriage has been rocky for
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a while now and things ain't what they
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used to be we'll get into that in a sec
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as Joey scans the headlines something
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catches his eye right in the middle of
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the front page
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it's exactly what his buddy Carlo Vital
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hinted at last night over a couple of
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cold ones carlo's the kind of guy who
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doesn't mess around with empty talk and
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sure enough there it is bold as day
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local man found dead in garage the
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article is about Robert Tolson a guy who
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works at Jenna's agency found executed
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beaten up and strangled in his own
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garage the cops they've got no leads no
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suspects zilch the investigation's just
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getting started
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joey doesn't even finish reading he
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folds the paper nice and neat sets it
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down right where Jenna always sits and
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takes a slow sip of his coffee there's
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this warm almost smug feeling bubbling
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up inside him like everything's clicking
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into place just the way he wanted he
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leans back eyes on the doorway waiting
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for Jenna to come down when she does man
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she's a knockout jenna's drop deadad
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gorgeous even more stunning now than
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when they met 5 years ago but there's no
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good morning babe or warm smiles between
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them their marriage has been on the
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skids for the past year ever since a
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huge fight about her working crazy hours
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jenna's been cold distant like the spark
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they had when they were dating just
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fizzled out joey misses the way things
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were but right now he's not feeling all
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warm and fuzzy he's got something else
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brewing jenna pours herself a coffee
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barely glancing at Joey their eyes meet
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for a split second and he gives her a
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small smile just to say "Yeah I see
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you." She doesn't say a word keeping up
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this silent treatment that's been going
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on for 2 months straight it started
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after their big blowout and it's like
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she's locked herself away leaving Joey
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on the outside wondering where the woman
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he fell in love with went she grabs the
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paper with one hand her mug in the other
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and starts scanning the headlines then
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bam her eyes hit that article about
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Robert Tullson her face goes pale and
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she chokes on her coffee spitting it out
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like she just saw a ghost "oh god no!"
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she yells looking like she's about to
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puke as she bolts for the bathroom joey
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just sits there stonefaced not moving a
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muscle he doesn't need to say a thing
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everything's playing out just like he
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expected can you imagine that your
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wife's freaking out and you're just
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chilling sipping your coffee joey takes
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a deep breath stands up and puts his mug
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in the dishwasher he grabs his briefcase
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heads out to the garage gets in his car
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and drives off without checking on Jenna
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whatever she's feeling right now he's
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done caring now let's back up and get to
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know Joey Canelli or JC as his buddies
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call him he's 29 Italian American born
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and raised in Pittsburgh's Little Italy
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growing up Joey was no saint he ran with
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a crew of kids who called themselves the
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Junior Mafia think young punks getting
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into all kinds of trouble stealing
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vandalizing you name it joey and his
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best friend Carlo Vital were tight
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closer than brothers they were the same
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age hung with the same crowd but there
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was one big difference joey had a knack
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for dodging trouble carlo not so much he
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was always getting nabbed by the cops
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one night when they were about 16 Joey
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and Carlo broke into a warehouse down by
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the docks hoping to snag some
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electronics for quick cash mp3 players
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were the hot thing back then and they
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figured it would be an easy score but
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security was tighter than they thought
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as they were sneaking out with a few
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boxes the guards pounced one grabbed
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Carlo but Joey didn't hesitate he shoved
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a box into one guard's face tackled the
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other and clocked him hard enough to
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free Carlo run man," Joey yelled and
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Carlo bolted joey wasn't so lucky the
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second guard got back up grabbed him and
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they roughed him up bad bruises blood
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the works before the cops showed up the
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police thought it was hilarious laughing
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with the guards as they dragged Joey to
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the station he spent the night in a cell
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and when his parents bailed him out they
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were beyond pissed
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joey never snitched on Carlo though he
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took the fall got two weeks in juvie and
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probation and told Carlo not to worry
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about it carlo's rap sheet was already
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long enough to land him in serious
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trouble if he'd been caught carlo was
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torn up about it calling Joey over and
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over to apologize
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"i owe you big man," he said "i'll make
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it right no matter how long it takes."
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Joey brushed it off but that promise
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stuck with him like glue his parents
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though they were done with his nonsense
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his dad laid into him with a belt
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leaving welts that stung for days and
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they shipped him off to St peter's
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Catholic High School to get him in line
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let me tell you those nuns and priests
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didn't play they cracked down hard and
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by senior year Joey had turned it around
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one priest Father Michael saw potential
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in him and pushed him to aim higher joey
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ditched the gang life got his grades up
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and earned a spot at Penn State college
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was a fresh start joey studied human
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resources graduated with honors and
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landed a solid job at a big company for
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the first time his parents were proud of
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him he dated plenty of girls in college
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but nothing serious joey wasn't ready to
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settle down that is until he met Jenna
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Fakara 3 years after graduation they met
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at an HR seminar and Joey was hooked
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from the jump jenna was different
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beautiful smart with a personality that
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could light up a room one minute and
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shut you out the next she was stubborn
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as all get out and once she made up her
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mind good luck changing it but Joey
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loved her fire they hit it off and after
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a few dates he knew she was the one
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jenna's life hadn't been a walk in the
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park she was abandoned as a baby left in
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a church pew by her mom and grew up
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bouncing between orphanages and foster
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homes that rough start left scars jenna
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could be warm and loving but she had
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these dark moods that Joey figured came
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from her past
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still she was the most affectionate
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person he'd ever known and he fell hard
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his parents weren't fans of Jenna they
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warned him she was trouble told him to
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slow down but Joey was too far gone he
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and Jenna got married in a small church
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ceremony agreeing to hold off on kids
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until they were set financially and
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Jenna could stay home as a mom his
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parents didn't like that plan either but
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Joey was head over heels so he ignored
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them for the first couple of years
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things were great they were building a
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life dreaming about the future but
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trouble started creeping in during year
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three jenna's company got bought out and
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she lost her job she spiraled into a
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deep depression and Joey did his best to
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hold her up but it was tough she'd snap
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at him push him away and he felt like
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she resented his steady job while she
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was stuck at home feeling lost after
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months of job hunting Jenna landed a gig
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as an office manager at Callus Realy it
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wasn't her dream job but it got her back
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in the game slowly she started acting
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like her old self again smiling laughing
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even bringing some spice back to the
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bedroom joey was relieved thinking
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they'd made it through the worst for
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about 9 months life was good jenna got
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excited about her job even started a
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real estate course to level up joey was
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killing it at work climbing the
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corporate ladder and the future looked
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bright then everything changed joey's
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company merged with a firm in Atlanta
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and his new role meant traveling there
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for weeks at a time he was stoked about
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the challenge training staff
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streamlining operations but it meant
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being away from home a lot jenna wasn't
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having it she'd get mad when he was gone
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accusing him of enjoying his time away
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like he was living it up in Atlanta joey
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tried to make it work coming home on
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weekends calling her everyday sending
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flowers the whole 9 yards but Jenna just
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got colder when the Atlanta project
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wrapped up after 6 months Joey got a big
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promotion and was back in Pittsburgh
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full-time
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he thought things would get better but
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Jenna doubled down on her work at Callus
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staying late taking on extra projects
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when he asked her about it she'd snap
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"It's my turn to chase a promotion Joey
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you can handle being alone for a
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change." Their marriage was hanging by a
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thread and Joey felt it slipping away
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one weekend Jenna dropped a bomb she was
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going to Atlantic City for a work
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conference on high-rise condos she
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didn't ask if it was cool with Joey just
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told him she was going and shut down any
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discussion
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joey was done with her attitude so he
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called up Carlo and made plans to catch
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a Steelers game with the old crew at
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Acer Stadium it had been ages since he
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hung out with his buddies and a weekend
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away sounded like just what he needed
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friday morning over breakfast Joey asked
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how he could reach Jenna while she was
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gone she brushed him off all cool and
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distant saying she'd be with important
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people and didn't want him bugging her
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it stung like she saw him as some
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annoying parent instead of her husband
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joey let it slide and later that day
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Jenna took off for her trip hanging with
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Carlo was like stepping back in time
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they hit up the Sweet Kitty Cat Lounge a
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sketchy strip club that felt like it was
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pulled straight out of the Sopranos the
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place was packed dancers everywhere
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music pumping and Carlo was in his
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element
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a young girl barely 18 started dancing
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for Joey getting all up in his space
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carlo leaned over grinning and whispered
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that she was available for the night if
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Joey wanted joey was tempted things with
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Jenna were so bad but he shut it down
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i'm married man he told Carlo fidelity
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means something to me carlo laughed
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called him soft but Joey held firm
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sunday was game day Steelers versus
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Raiders at Acer Stadium
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the rivalry was intense like a street
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fight on the field the crowd was
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electric and Joey screamed himself
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horsearo as the Steelers pulled off a
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nail-biting 21-20 win it was the perfect
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day or so he thought carlo invited him
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to keep the party going but Joey passed
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he had a big day at work Monday and
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Jenna was supposed to be home that night
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except she wasn't joey got home late
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Sunday and the house was empty no note
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no call nothing he went to bed with a
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bad feeling gnawing at him like
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something was seriously wrong monday at
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work was a grind meetings a lawsuit
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total chaos but around 5:30 Joey finally
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got a chance to check his emails buried
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in his inbox was one titled "Who was the
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last to know?" Thinking it was some dumb
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spam he opened it what he saw hit him
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like a sledgehammer a photo of Jenna
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locked in a passionate kiss with another
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guy at the bottom a message read "Want
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to know what happened next click the
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link." Joey's heart was pounding but he
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clicked the next photo showed Jenna and
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the guy Robert Tullson from her agency
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in a motel room no clothes on another
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link joey's hand was shaking as he
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clicked again the final photo was Jenna
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on a bed with Robert her face lit up
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with lust the text read "Pick provided
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by Robert Tolson." Joey's world
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shattered the woman he loved the one
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he'd built a life with was cheating on
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him and someone out there wanted him to
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know rubbing salt in the wound his blood
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boiled but instead of losing it he went
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ice cold revenge mode kicked in he
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copied the photos to a CD ran a scrubber
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to wipe them from his computer and sat
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back plotting his next move he stepped
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out to a pay phone old school
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untraceable and called Carlo
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it's time to collect on that debt Joey
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said his voice steady carlo didn't ask
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questions just said I got you joey's
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plan was ruthless robert was getting the
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death penalty and Jenna was getting a
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life sentence of her own making can you
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even imagine finding out your spouse
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betrayed you like that joey wasn't just
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hurt he was ready to make them pay over
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the next few days Joey played it cool as
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ice he sent flowers to Jenna's office
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made dinner reservations at a fancy spot
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near her work left messages for her to
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meet him knowing full well she wouldn't
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show it was all part of the setup to
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make it look like Jenna was pulling away
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ready to ditch him meanwhile Carlo was
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handling Robert on Thursday night Joey
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joined his work buddies for poker at the
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old stage coach bar giving him a
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rock-solid alibi that same night Carlo
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took care of Robert beating him
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senseless and strangling him in his
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garage friday morning Joey was up early
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watching Jenna get ready for work she
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was a wreck after seeing the news about
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Robert her hands shaking as she grabbed
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her keys but Joey didn't say a word he
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left for work and that's when phase 2
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kicked in at a four-way stop two guys
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ambushed Jenna's car like something out
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of a heist movie one jabbed her with a
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needle cut her seat belt and slid her to
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the passenger seat they were gone in
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under 30 seconds no witnesses no trace
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later that day a woman dolled up to look
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exactly like Jenna walked into a bank on
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the east side of town she flashed
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Jenna's driver's license and passport
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withdrew $25,000 from their joint
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account and walked out with a cashier's
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check a guard escorted her to her car
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jotting down the license plate then at
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Pittsburgh International Airport the
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same woman checked in for a flight to
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New York connecting to Rio de Janeiro
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the tickets were booked online the night
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before and by evening Jenna was
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supposedly on her way to Brazil it was
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all a setup jenna never set foot on that
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plane joey waited until noon on Saturday
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to call the cops playing the part of the
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worried husband detective Larry Bton
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showed up at the house notepad in hand
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asking about their marriage joey stuck
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to his story everything was fine no
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reason for Jenna to vanish bactton
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wasn't buying it especially when he
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dropped the bomb that they had footage
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of Jenna at the bank withdrawing the
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$25,000 and her car was found in the
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airport's long-term parking lot joey
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acted shocked even squeezed out a few
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tears but inside he was grinning to
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himself the plan was working bactton
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kept digging hinting that Jenna might
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have been involved in Robert's murder
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joey laughed it off saying his petite
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wife couldn't strangle a guy like Robert
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she could barely open a pickle jar bton
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pressed harder asking if Joey knew about
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any more than professional relationship
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between Jenna and Robert joey played
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dumb insisting he trusted his wife
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completely the detective just gave him a
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pitying look like Joey was some clueless
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betrayed husband the investigation
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dragged on but the cops hit dead ends no
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new leads on Robert's murder no sign of
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Jenna both cases started to go cold joey
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kept up the act calling Bactton every
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other day for updates but the detective
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had nothing the Brazilian police
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couldn't find any trace of Jenna after
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her supposed arrival in Rio joey's
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alibis were airtight poker night for
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Robert's murder back-to-back meetings
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when Jenna disappeared he was in the
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clear two weeks after Jenna vanished
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Joey ordered a pizza from Domino's while
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watching college football when the
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delivery guy showed up Joey tipped him a
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couple bucks and opened the box tucked
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inside was an envelope with a note dress
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for church slip out during communion at
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the tensoros mass at St peter's and look
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for a dark Ford crown Victoria joey knew
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what it meant the final piece of his
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plan was coming together he followed the
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instructions to the letter st peter's
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was packed making it easy to blend in
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during communion as everyone shuffled to
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the front Joey slipped out a side door
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the Ford was waiting engine running he
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hopped in the back and the driver peeled
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out without a word 10 minutes later they
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pulled up to a warehouse the driver told
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Joey to head inside through a side door
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inside it was dark and empty except for
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a lit office area at the back a guy
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stepped out carlos Mandara Carlos
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contact they shook hands and Carlos
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called him JC saying Carlo vouched for
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him but his face was serious "she's not
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the same," he warned "seeing her might
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mess you up." Joey shrugged it off "i'm
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past caring," he said his voice flat
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they walked into the office and there
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she was Jenna tied to a chair in the
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center of the room she looked broken her
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eyes dull like the life had been drained
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out of her joey circled her stopping
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inches away staring into her face she
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wouldn't meet his gaze her eyes fixed
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somewhere over his shoulder he didn't
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care he leaned in close and let her have
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it "you brought this on yourself Jenna,"
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he said his voice low and cold "i put up
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with your mood swings your cold shoulder
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but you and your lover disrespecting
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me." "That's where I draw the line
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robert paid his debt now you're going to
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pay yours every single day for the rest
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of your life
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he told her Carlos had a place lined up
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for her somewhere she'd be taken care of
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like cattle "i loved you once," he said
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"but now I can't stand the sight of
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you." A single tear rolled down Jenna's
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cheek the only sign she'd heard him joey
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stared at her for a moment then turned
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and walked out the Ford took him back to
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St peter's just as the 11 or mass was
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letting out he slipped into the crowd
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drove home and poured himself a tall
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glass of Jim Beam to drown the knot in
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his gut 3 years later Joey's a different
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man he sold the house he and Jenna
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shared wiping her from his life he
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spends his nights at the sweet kitty cat
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lounge with Carlo even hooked up with
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that young dancer a few times marriage
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off the table his 5 years with Jenna
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convinced him women are more trouble
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than they're worth once you put a ring
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on it his parents were right about her
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but Joey's not one to dwell on regrets
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he later found out the email came from
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Amanda STA Robert's ex-lover who got
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dumped for Jenna amanda sent those
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photos to get her own revenge and Joey
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never thanked her he didn't need to she
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got what she wanted same as him the cops
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they've got nothing robert's murder and
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Jenna's disappearance are cold cases
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buried in a file somewhere detective
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Bactton's still out there probably still
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suspicious but Joey's alibi held up and
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there's no body to pin on him this story
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is a gut punch wistlum fam Joey went
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from a loyal husband to a man consumed
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by revenge and it changed him forever
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was he justified or did he cross a line
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did Jenna and Robert get what was coming
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to them or was Joey's plan too
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cold-blooded drop your thoughts in the
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