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welcome to wistaloom where we dive into
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stories that will grip your heart and
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mind today we've got three tales packed
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with betrayal revenge and dreams that
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crumble under the weight of secrets
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these stories are about love tested
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friendships twisted and choices that
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in our first story starts in a swanky
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daytona restaurant where i james am
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celebrating my third anniversary with my
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wife clara the candles are flickering
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the wine's flowing and the vibe is pure
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romance until i spot a familiar figure
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weaving through the tables it's marcus
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my best friend since we were 7 years old
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trading baseball cards in second grade
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but marcus he's got a reputation the
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guy's a charmer a real ladies man with a
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bank account that could make anyone's
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head spin i lean across the table and
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whisper to clara "that's marcus he's
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loaded but watch out he's got away with
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words." clara with her sharp green eyes
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and a smile that could melt ice just
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laugh softly "relax james," she says
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brushing her hair back "i can handle a
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famous last words right i nod trying to
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shake off the unease marcus has been my
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rock forever but clara's got a thing for
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the finer things in life and i'm not
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sure how this mix is going to play out
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marcus wraps me in a hug that's a bit
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too enthusiastic for a place this
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fancy james man it's been forever he
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booms drawing a few curious glances then
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his eyes land on clara and i swear the
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room gets a little brighter for him this
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must be your lovely wife," he says
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flashing that million-doll
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smile he mentions the custom pickup
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truck he sent for our wedding in
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singapore a gift that had clara
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practically bouncing with excitement
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she's all "oh marcus that truck was
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amazing," and throws her arms around him
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for a hug that lingers just a second too
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long "i'm trying to focus on my steak
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but clara's practically interviewing
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marcus." he casually drops that he's
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bought a penthouse condo in the dunes
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clara's eyes light up like she's just
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lottery renovating she asks leaning in
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those condos are brand new what could
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you possibly change marcus chuckles all
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smooth saying the bedrooms felt cramped
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and he's turning it into a masterpiece
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with custom paint and designer furniture
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i can see clara's wheels turning she's
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always been drawn to wealth despite my
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solid job and investments keeping us
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comfortable the night takes a turn when
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clara insists marcus join us for dinner
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"come on james he's your best friend,"
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she says waving the waiter over "before
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i know it marcus is at our table
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dominating the conversation while i'm
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reduced to playing solitire on my phone
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clara's laughing at his stories her
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attention completely on him i catch a
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few sympathetic glances from other
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diners and it stings this is supposed to
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be our night trying to steer things back
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i suggest we focus on each other but
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clara's already got another
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idea james she says her voice sweet but
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firm we've got two spare rooms marcus
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should stay with us you guys can catch
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up and he can try my cooking cooking
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clara's idea of cooking is ordering from
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the most expensive restaurant in town
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i'm stunned remembering my first wife
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emily who passed away 5 years ago after
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a sudden heart attack
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she and marcus were close but i never
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worried she was loyal to her
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core clara though i'm starting to wonder
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she's only 32 11 years younger than me
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and her history of a messy divorce makes
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me question her motives still marcus
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hesitates saying he doesn't want to
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intrude but clara's insistent and soon
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he's agreeing to stay monday night i
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come home to find clara and marcus
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acting like old friends
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dinner's amazing but i spot takeout
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containers in the trash yep clara's
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cooking they're so wrapped up in each
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other they barely notice me by wednesday
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it's worse i walk in and clara's
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practically glued to marcus on our
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overpriced sofa she looks at me her face
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serious and says "james we need to
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talk." my heart sinks she drops the bomb
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she's leaving me for marcus and wants a
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divorce as soon as possible i'm
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blindsided but i find my voice i'll
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fight you every step clara i say my
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anger rising she laughs cold as ice i
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don't want your money james just what i
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brought into this marriage she's always
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been about money so i play along asking
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"where do i sign?" but inside i'm
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reeling a few months later the divorce
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is final and i'm a single man again i
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head back to that same restaurant and
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who's there marcus sitting at a
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twoperson table grinning like he's got a
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secret you did it man marcus says
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raising a glass i'm confused until he
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spills the truth we planned this clara's
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greed made her an easy mark marcus used
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his wealth to lure her knowing she'd
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leave me he even set her up at the ritz
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for a spa weekend where she cheated with
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her personal trainer caught on
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video marcus called off their engagement
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leaving clara with nothing but her own
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money and a bruised ego i laugh shaking
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my head you saved me man dinner's on
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me marcus winks always got your back
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james clara never saw it coming and i'm
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free from a marriage that was all about
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dollar signs now let's meet daniel and
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laura married for 20 years with two kids
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emma daniel's just dropped emma off at
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university driving home with a mix of
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pride and exhaustion but when he pulls
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into the driveway the house lights are
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on and something feels off he walks in
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to find laura on the couch looking
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nervous with two suitcases by the door
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and a note topped with her wedding rings
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daniel picks up the note and reads aloud
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dear daniel i'm leaving you for another
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man i love him and he loves me we're
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going far away please don't look for me
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we had good times but we've grown apart
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goodbye he smiles tucking the note into
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briefcase this makes things easier he
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says his voice calm but chilling laura's
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confused and then daniel drops a
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bombshell he's known about her affairs
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for years laura's been unfaithful for 12
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years starting with her tennis coach at
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the country club then a colleague during
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late night work trips and even her best
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tom daniel's been watching waiting and
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planning he tells laura about his
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childhood friend vincent whose family
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has ties to some unsavory
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business when daniel learned about
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laura's first affair he called vincent
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"handle it," he said and one by one
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laura's lovers vanished laura's
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horrified tears streaming down her face
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"are they dead because of me?" she asks
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daniel nods his expression cold "i kept
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you around for the kids laura but now
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they're grown." "he reveals a twisted
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detail those delicious steaks laura
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loved they were made from her former
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lovers." she gags missing the bowl
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daniel brought from the kitchen remember
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fifi our dog he asks that dog only meet
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in the freezer that was them too laura
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thinks tom's dead too but daniel's got
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one last surprise he presses a button on
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a disposable phone and two burly men
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walk in these gentlemen will take you to
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tom daniel says laura's relief turns to
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terror as they grab her suitcases and
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daniel watches her go knowing she's
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headed to an old quarry 10 miles out of
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town where tom's waiting at the bottom
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with proof of her infidelity in hand
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daniel's free his revenge
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complete our final story is about ethan
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and sophie two young dreamers in a small
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pennsylvania town sophie's got stars in
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her eyes chasing a career as an actress
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with her cheerleading charm and drama
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ethan's less sure of his path working at
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mcdonald's happy to support sophie's
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dreams but one day sophie bursts into
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their tiny apartment her face lit up
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with news she's landed a small role in a
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blockbuster film shooting in saint
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vincent and the grenardines it's just
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two lines sophie says but it's my big
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break the role came through a hooters's
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regular who promised her a part and even
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ethan's thrilled believing in her talent
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and when a mysterious sponsor buys him a
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ticket too they're off to
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paradise they check into a luxurious
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hotel and while sophie films for 2 days
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ethan soaks up the sun the beaches and
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glamour the other days are a whirlwind
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of parties celebrity sightings and
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hollywood back in pennsylvania the
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hollywood bug bites hard sophie's $153
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$300 paycheck from the film feels like a
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ticket to their future they pack up and
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move to los angeles renting a modest
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hope but la is a different beast sophie
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wakes up early for auditions but the
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roles are small commercials local ads
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nothing like the blockbuster she dreamed
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ethan takes a job at a fast food joint
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to keep them afloat watching sophie's
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savings dwindle on audition outfits and
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head shot months turn into a year and
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sophie's spirit starts to crack in their
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small town she was a star in la she's
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just another pretty face she takes a job
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as a mall model a far cry from her
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dreams ethan meanwhile finds his own
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path as a fitness trainer juggling two
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jobs to pay the bills they're drifting
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apart their dreams slipping away
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sophie's spending gets out of control
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draining their savings and ethan's
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grows one day ethan finds $1,500 in
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sophie's purse she says it's from a
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photo shoot at a photographers's mansion
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but she's cy avoiding his
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questions doubt creeps in sophie starts
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coming home late claiming she's at clubs
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or night shoots for producers
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ethan tries to believe her but stories
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of hollywood's dark side nag at him one
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night he sees her dropped off by a man
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in a fancy suv his heart races is she
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hiding something determined to uncover
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the truth ethan follows sophie to a club
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bribing a bouncer to get in he finds her
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in the vip section laughing with friends
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just as she described relieved he chalks
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the suv up to an uber black and scolds
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himself for being paranoid
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but sophie's behavior changes she's
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secretive aggressive then apologetic
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she's losing weight barely eating and
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erratically ethan worries it's stress
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but one night he wakes to find her gone
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from their bed following a noise to the
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bathroom ethan's world
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shatters sophie's using illegal
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substances frantically trying to hide
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them when he walks in they both break
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down tears streaming
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sophie sobs promising to get help the
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next day she checks into rehab
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determined to fight her demons a month
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later she returns looking stronger her
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eyes bright again ethan's hopeful
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especially with his birthday coming up
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they always go big for each other's
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birthdays days before ethan's birthday
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he finds a cd labeled pilot in sophie's
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purse thinking it's a surprise he plays
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it expecting a screen test or a gift
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instead he's gut- punched by a video of
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sophie in intimate scenes with another
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man furious he confronts her as she
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steps out of the shower trembling she
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admits it started as a one-time thing
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but spiraled "it's been over a year,"
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she says the dates overlapping with her
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rehab stay "ethan's trust is shattered
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she wasn't getting clean she was working
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in adult films." heartbroken ethan cuts
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contact with sophie and throws himself
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into his career he ditches a shady
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multi-level marketing gig and invests
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his savings in a planet fitness
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pennsylvania before leaving la he calls
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sophie hoping for closure she's hurt
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accusing him of abandoning her after
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california the call stirs old memories
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but ethan moves forward building a
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thriving gym and new relationships two
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years later ethan hears rumors that
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sophie's fallen into street-based
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solicitation to support her addiction
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skeptical but worried he investigates
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and finds her a shadow of her former
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self devastated he tries to move on but
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the worst news comes soon after sophie's
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passed away from an overdose while with
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a client ethan collapses in grief
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haunted by guilt wondering if he could
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have saved her his therapist says he did
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all he could but the pain lingers a
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reminder of dreams that faded in the
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harsh light of hollywood these stories
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james and clara daniel and laura ethan
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and sophie show how love and trust can
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unravel in the face of betrayal and
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ambition what would you do if you were
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james outsmarting a greedy spouse or
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daniel driven to dark revenge or ethan
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watching a loved one slip away drop your
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