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A Soldier Came Home Early... What He Found Shattered His World | Reddit Unheard Stories
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Jun 25, 2025
#redditrelationship #aita #redditstories 💔 Imagine serving your country overseas, only to return home to the ultimate betrayal... This is the true story of Major Michael Bennett — a loyal husband, devoted father, and decorated soldier. When a shaky video call from his daughter reveals something’s not right at home, he drops everything and flies across the world... only to discover a secret that would change his life forever. What unfolds is a rollercoaster of emotion, heartbreak, strength, and resilience. This isn’t just a story about betrayal — it’s a story about what happens when love, loyalty, and pain collide. 📌 Don’t miss the moment she realizes he saw everything. 🔔 Subscribe to Wistaloom for real stories that hit where it hurts — and inspire where it matters. 💬 Have you ever faced betrayal from someone you loved? Share your story in the comments. You’re not alone.
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hey there folks welcome back to
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Wistaloom
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today we're diving into a story that's
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going to grab your heart and twist it
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hard it's a tale of love loyalty
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betrayal and the kind of bond between a
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father and daughter that nothing can
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break this is the story of Michael
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Bennett a soldier who thought he had it
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all until the rug got yanked out from
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under him so settle in maybe grab a
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snack or a drink because this one's
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going to take you on a ride let's get
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started picture this michael Bennett's a
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42-year-old guy a design specialist for
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a big electronics company and a major in
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the National Guard he's got a life most
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folks would envy married for 18 years to
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his high school sweetheart Sarah who's
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still a knockout at 40 sarah's 56 with
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shoulderlength dark brown hair and warm
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brown eyes that sparkle when she smiles
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which is pretty much all the time their
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marriage solid as a rock or at least
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that's what Michael thought the cherry
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on top is their 15-year-old daughter
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Chloe who's smart funny and the kind of
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kid who makes you proud everyday michael
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always says Sarah got even prettier
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after Kloe was born like motherhood just
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made her glow their time together even
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with Michael's deployments was always
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full of warmth love and those late night
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moments that kept their spark alive he
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never doubted her and she never doubted
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him
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life was good but right now Michael
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isn't at home in his cozy small
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townhouse
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he's halfway across the world stationed
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in Afghanistan for a year-long
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assignment on the command staff it's
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dusty hot and dangerous but he's doing
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it for his country for his family he's
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used to the long stretches away the
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sandstorms the constant alertness what
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he's not used to is the kind of call he
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gets one evening sitting in his bunk
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staring at a grainy video feed on his
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laptop
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it's Chloe and she's not her usual
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bubbly self her voice is shaky her eyes
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red like she's been crying she's scared
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and she's begging him to come home why
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because her mom Sarah has been acting
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strange spending nights away from home
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hanging out with some guy named Thomas
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Warner yeah that Thomas Warner the town
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mayor the guy with the flashy car the
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occasional limo the big shot attitude
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michael feels like someone just punched
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him in the gut kloe's spilling her heart
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out telling him how she's seen Sarah
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sneaking around how she's overheard bits
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and pieces that don't add up thomas is
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slick tall always in a sharp suit
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driving that black Mercedes like he owns
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the world kloe's terrified wondering
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what's happening to their family michael
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tries to keep his voice steady but his
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heart's racing he tells her he'll figure
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it out promises he loves her more than
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anything and ends the call with a knot
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in his chest afghanistan's tough but
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this this is a whole new kind of battle
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he doesn't waste time michael files the
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paperwork for 30 days of emergency
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family leave jumps on a flight that
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takes a grueling 26 hours and lands in
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his hometown airport it's a Friday
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evening the sky is turning dark and he's
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renting a car his mind spinning
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he's still in his camo fatigues too
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focused to change too raw to care he
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drives to his neighborhood parks half a
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block from his house and just watches
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the street lights cast a dim glow making
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everything feel a little surreal lights
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are on in the living room the kitchen
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and upstairs in the master bedroom
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through the windows he sees Sarah moving
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around getting ready for something she's
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dolled up her movements quick almost
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excited michael's stomach churns he
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pulls out his phone and dials Khloe
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keeping his voice low she answers after
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a few rings whispering like she's hiding
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she confirms Sarah's been in her room
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for over an hour showering priing acting
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like she's got big plans khloe's voice
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cracks as she asks why her mom's doing
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this why she's putting them through this
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michael tells her to hold off says they
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need the full story before jumping to
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conclusions but inside he's falling
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apart he tells Kloe he's going to follow
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Sarah see what's really going on and
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figure out his next move
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chloe begs him to be careful asks if he
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needs to change out of his uniform
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michael brushes it off his camo's fine
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for this mission they say "I love you."
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And he promises her they'll always stick
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together no matter what then he hangs up
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his eyes locked on the house at 7:00 p.m
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a black Mercedes pulls into the driveway
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outsteps Thomas Warner tall slender
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looking like he just walked off a
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magazine cover
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michael expects him to ring the doorbell
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but the guy's on his phone pacing then
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the master bedroom lights go out and
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Sarah appears on the porch she's
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stunning hair perfect dress hugging her
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curves that big smile Michael used to
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live for she locks the door glances back
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to make sure Khloe's not watching and
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then Michael's heart stops she leans in
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and kisses Thomas not a quick peck but a
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warm familiar kiss like they've done it
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a hundred times
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thomas opens the car door for her and
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they drive off michael's hands shake but
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he's quick enough to snap a photo of the
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kiss on his phone evidence he's going to
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need it he follows them keeping a safe
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distance the traffic's light so it's
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easy to stay unnoticed they cross town
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and pull into the parking lot of the
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Ryzen Hotel a fancy place known for big
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events michael parks a few spaces away
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watching as they step out arms around
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each other walking close like they're
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glued together he grabs another photo
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their body language screaming that this
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isn't some one-time thing they look too
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comfortable too in sync like a couple
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who's been at this for a while michael
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pulls his camo hat low slips on
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sunglasses and heads inside blending in
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with the crowd people nod at him some
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even thank him for his service but he's
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barely registering it his eyes are
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scanning his heart pounding in the lobby
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he spots a sign for the St james
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Hospital charity ball on the third floor
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music's drifting down live orchestra the
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kind of stuff Sarah loves michael skips
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the elevator taking the stairs to avoid
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being seen he needs to stay sharp needs
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to see this for himself on the third
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floor he follows the music to the
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ballroom peeking through the entrance he
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spots them sarah and Thomas acting like
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the king and queen of the night they're
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greeting friends shaking hands laughing
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sarah's glowing but Michael notices
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something that cuts deep her wedding
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rings are gone he thought their marriage
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was bulletproof but here she is playing
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the part of someone else's date while
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he's been dodging real bullets 10,000 m
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away michael slips into the men's room
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locks himself in a stall and tries to
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breathe his mind's racing replaying
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every moment of their 18 years together
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the late night talks the way Sarah's
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eyes lit up when he came home from
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deployments the love they made that
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always felt like it could fix anything
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how did it come to this he feels foolish
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betrayed like the grounds disappeared
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beneath him tears sting his eyes but he
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wipes them away no time for that now he
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needs proof needs to know how deep this
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goes needs to protect Chloe he pulls
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himself together and heads back out back
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at the ballroom he blends in his uniform
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is like a free pass the ticket guy
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salutes him says "Welcome sir." and
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waves him through michael finds a spot
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behind a pillar out of sight but with a
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clear view of the room he spots Sarah
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and Thomas on the dance floor moving to
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a slow song her arms are around his neck
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her heads against his chest his hands
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resting way too low on her hips
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michael's jaw clenches but he stays calm
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snapping photos it takes every ounce of
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willpower not to charge in to not deck
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Thomas right there but that would just
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land him in jail and Khloe needs him
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free he needs absolute proof of their
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affair and then he'll figure out how to
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make them pay for what they've done to
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him to Kloe to their family to their
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dance another song then head to their
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table arm in- arm sharing another kiss a
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caress michael captures it all he's seen
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enough for now he slips out to the
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hallway finds a seat where he can watch
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the ballroom doors and the elevators as
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a soldier he's learned patience and it
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pays off 2 hours later the events
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winding down and Sarah and Thomas step
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out smiling laughing but instead of
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heading to the lobby they hit the
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elevator's up button michael's blood
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runs cold he watches the elevator stop
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on the 11th floor then heads to the
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front desk flashing his government ID he
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says he's got an urgent message for the
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mayor the clerk hesitates but gives him
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the room number 11:14
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michael takes the elevator to the 11th
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floor checks the hallway and finds the
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room
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he presses his ear to the door hearing
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only soft voices at first unsatisfied he
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heads to the stairwell propping the door
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open with a handkerchief so it doesn't
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lock he can see room 11:14 from there so
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he won't miss them leaving it's midnight
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and Khloe said Sarah usually gets home
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between 2:00 and 3:00 a.m so he settles
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in for a long wait his mind's a mess
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imagining Sarah with Thomas betraying
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everything they built he tries to focus
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but the pain's overwhelming his life
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feels like it's spiraling into a dark
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hole pain rejection humiliation he's got
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to stay strong for Kloe but knowing the
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woman he loves the woman he trusted
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completely is giving herself to another
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man right now it's a tidal wave of hurt
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around 1:30 a.m he checks the door again
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this time he hears it moaning then
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Sarah's voice loud unmistakable yes oh
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God yes do me Tom do me hard it's the
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same cry Michael knows from their
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intimate moments the sound that used to
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make him feel like the luckiest man
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alive now it's a knife in his heart
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tears stream down his face but he forces
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himself back to the stairwell knowing
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they'll leave soon by 2 a.m he's outside
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the room phone ready to record
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15 minutes later the door clicks open he
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hits record as they step out thomas's
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arm around Sarah her leaning into him
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smiling she looks fresh like she just
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showered thomas has a smug look they
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kiss then Sarah spots Michael leaning
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against the wall he steps forward voice
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steady but cold
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how'd your little rendevous go Sarah her
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hand flies to her chest eyes wide with
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shock she drops to her knees stammering
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michael this wasn't supposed to happen
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you weren't supposed to see this thomas
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tries to play it off saying it's just
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campaign work nothing more michael isn't
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buying it he lays it all out the kiss on
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the porch the dancing the moaning he
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heard through the door he tells Sarah
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not to come home to stay with her lover
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he's filing for divorce and going to the
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media about Thomas' affair with a
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soldier's wife sarah's sobbing thomas is
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frozen and Michael walks away leaving
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them in the hallway as the elevator
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doors close back home Khloe's waiting
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eyes puffy from crying she throws her
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arms around him saying how much she
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missed him michael holds her tight
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promising they'll get through this they
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talk about Sarah and Khloe's done she's
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angry hurt says she can't stay with her
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mom she begs to go with him to
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Afghanistan but Michael explains she
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needs to stay here he sleeps on the
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couch too uneasy to use the bedroom
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haunted by the thought of Sarah and
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Thomas there sleep comes in fits 45
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minutes here half an hour there he's
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already planning divorce lawyer securing
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their finances protecting Khloe and
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Thomas he's got to pay for what he did
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the next morning they try to keep things
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normal michael makes coffee scrambles
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eggs and they eat talking about anything
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but Sarah then the phone rings it's
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Sarah and Kloe answers voice hard she
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tears into her mom calling out the
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affair the neglect saying it's not a
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one-time thing she admits she's the one
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who told Michael to come home fed up
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with Sarah's lies sarah's crying but
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Khloe's not having it hanging up and
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collapsing into Michael's arms they
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spend the day together trying to
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distract themselves kloe talks about her
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fears what will her friends think
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michael says real friends will have her
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back but she's not convinced he promises
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to call his mom see if Kloe can stay
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with her grandma until his deployment's
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over in 5 or 6 months that evening the
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phone rings again it's Mark Thompson a
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city councilman and buddy of Thomas'
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calling to clear up a little
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misunderstanding
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he's all smooth suggesting it was just a
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late night hangout maybe too much booze
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no big deal michael shuts him down
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saying he caught them in a six-month
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affair while he was deployed in
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Afghanistan mark tries to spin it
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talking about Thomas' clout hinting at
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consequences if Michael pushes this
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michael isn't phased he's faced worse
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than a small town mayor he warns Mark
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he's got a line of military buddies
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ready to back him up and he's not scared
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of Thomas or anyone else he tells Mark
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to tell Thomas and Sarah they're going
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to feel the same pain they caused mark
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tries offering money but Michael isn't
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having it he wants Thomas to admit the
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affair publicly and resign or he's
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exposing everything he hangs up telling
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Kloe they're going to fight this out
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monday morning Michael meets with David
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Sullivan a reporter and old National
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Guard pal at a local diner over coffee
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he shares the photos and videos keeping
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Sarah's face blurred to shield her
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identity he's not out to destroy her
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just to expose Thomas's betrayal of a
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soldier's family david's shocked but
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agrees to look into it michael
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emphasizes the affairs length 6 months
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of sneaking around while he was overseas
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the next day the story hits the front
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page a photo of Sarah and Thomas kissing
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outside room 1114 with a headline
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questioning the mayor's affair with a
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married soldier's wife the article
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details the charity ball hotel records
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and rumors of their regular meetups
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thomas' team scrambles calling it fake
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blaming sinister forces but the town's
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buzzing too many people have seen them
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together and witnesses start calling the
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paper confirming the affair and outraged
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that it happened while Michael was
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deployed that afternoon Thomas holds a
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press conference but it's a mess his
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council buddies ditch him half his
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staff's missing and he's stumbling
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through denials saying he and Sarah are
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just acquaintances nothing shameful
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happened then Sarah pushes through the
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crowd grabs the mic and drops a
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bombshell my name's Sarah Bennett wife
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of Major Michael Bennett and for 6
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months I've been having an affair with
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Mayor Warner the room erupts thomas
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tries to brush her off calling her a
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liar but Sarah's done she calls him out
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for chasing her knowing she was married
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knowing Michael was in Afghanistan she
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turns to the cameras tears streaming and
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apologizes to Michael then walks away as
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reporters swarm Thomas he storms off and
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the next day he resigns packs up and
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leaves town sarah doesn't go with him
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michael should feel vindicated but all
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he feels is empty he misses Sarah
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despite everything he spends his leave
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with Khloe setting her up with his mom
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enrolling her in a new school 60 mi away
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he promises to get her when his
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deployment's done then he's back on a
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plane to Afghanistan carrying a burning
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anger he plans to unleash on the enemy
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but Fate's got other plans weeks later
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he's caught in an ambush critically
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injured losing a leg kloe steps up
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helping him recover and now he's back at
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his job living with her occasionally
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speaking about the struggles soldiers
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face not just in war but at home where
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betrayal can cut deeper than any wound
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sarah's story doesn't end neatly she
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moves in with Thomas for a bit but they
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leave town and no one hears much after
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that michael and Chloe they're
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rebuilding piece by piece stronger
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together this story is raw real and
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shows how love can lift you up or tear
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