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Caught My Wife Cheated On Me & My Daughter Help Her To Cover Affair So I Divorced Her & Got Revenge
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May 29, 2025
Caught My Wife Cheated On Me & My Daughter Help Her To Cover Affair So I Divorced Her & Got Revenge
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life can feel like a roller coaster with
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twists that lift you up and turns that
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shatter your world this is the story of
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David a man who thought he had it all a
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family a home a life until a single
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moment of betrayal changed everything
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but this isn't just a story of
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heartbreak it's a journey of rediscovery
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resilience and
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redemption welcome to Wistloom where we
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share stories that hit you right in the
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heart grab your headphones settle in and
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let's dive into David's tale david a
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45-year-old dad with a receding hairline
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a decent build and a life that seems
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pretty
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ordinary he's not chasing six-pack abs
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but he could probably lose a few pounds
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he prefers contacts over glasses and
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takes a quiet pride in not needing
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readers yet david's married to Laura
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also 45 a woman with a warm familiar
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charm a slight tummy a well-rounded
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figure that David adores they have a
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daughter Emma who's 21 a fiery college
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senior who's put on a bit of weight
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since her high school volleyball days
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emma's fiercely independent always vocal
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about women's rights but she still lives
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at home leaning on her parents' support
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david's the only one working and money's
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tight he drives a beat up F-150 while
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Laura and Emma cruise in luxury cars
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paid for with home equity loans their
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suburban home has little equity left and
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their neighborhood is typical block
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parties here and there but no deep
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connections with neighbors except for
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Tom and Linda next door their daughter
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Khloe is Emma's best friend david's life
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revolves around keeping the family
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afloat making sure Emma graduates
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without student
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debt but lately something's been off the
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spark in their family has dimmed and
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David feels it deep in his bones when
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Emma started college a void opened in
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David's life he and Emma used to spend
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hours together cheering at her
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volleyball games fixing her old bike in
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the garage or just talking about her
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dreams now she's caught up in classes
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friends and her own world david tried
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filling the gap with volunteer work
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coaching kids soccer helping at the
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community center but it wasn't enough he
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felt lost like a stranger in his own
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home one chilly evening he sat Laura
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down at their worn kitchen table the
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kind that seen years of spilled coffee
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and family dinners "laura," he said his
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voice heavy with worry "are you happy?"
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she looked at him surprised her glasses
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slipping down her nose "happy with
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what?" she asked a little defensive
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david pressed on his words careful but
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raw "your life you've pulled away from
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me you've lost your spark i miss the
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time we used to spend with Emma all
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three of us together are we okay is
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there something I'm not doing for you
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laura sighed her fingers tracing the
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edge of her teacup i'm bored David she
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admitted but I'm fine no complaints why
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all the
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questions david's heart sank but he
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pushed forward i just want you to be
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happy maybe a counselor could help you
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find some balance laura nodded her eyes
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distant i'll think about it," she said
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and the air felt heavy like a storm was
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brewing david let it go but the
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conversation left a knot in his chest
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two weeks later Laura started weekly
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sessions with a life coach david hoped
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it would help maybe even bring them
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closer their intimate life stayed steady
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twice a week like clockwork but David
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couldn't shake the question is this
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normal he never talked about it with
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friends keeping their private life
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private he didn't pry into others lives
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either figuring everyone had their own
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struggles life went on in their suburban
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bubble tom and Linda their neighbors
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were in their 60s tom wasn't handy
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always calling David for help with odd
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jobs but Linda's baking was legendary
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her cookies and pies probably added a
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few pounds to David's frame one sunny
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afternoon David was in Tom's backyard
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fixing a sauna pump that had been acting
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up
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the hum of the tool drowned out his
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thoughts but then he heard voices from
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the gazebo
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nearby it was Emma chatting with Laura
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david didn't mean to eavesdrop but their
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words hit him like a punch to the gut
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emma's voice was clear casual like she
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was talking about the
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weather mom you're so outdated give
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Ethan a try kloe says he's a wild one
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and he'll make sure you're satisfied
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maybe this is what you need to spice
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things up david's hands froze on the
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wrench ethan spice things up his
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daughter was suggesting Laura cheat on
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him his heart raced pounding in his ears
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laura didn't shut it down instead she
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laughed lightly saying "I'll think about
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it." David's world tilted his wife and
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daughter plotting behind his back emma
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even mentioned David's upcoming hunting
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trip saying Ryan her boyfriend could
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invite Ethan over while David was gone
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"he's scrawny but Khloe says he's just
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right for some fun," Emma added david's
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blood boiled he finished the repair in a
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daysaze his mind screaming how could
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they do this he felt like the ground had
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been pulled out from under him his
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family slipping away in a way he never
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imagined for the next week David was a
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storm cloud he avoided Laura and Emma
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snapping at them over small things dirty
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dishes loud music anything he threw
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himself into his garage sharpening power
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tools with a vengeance the screech of
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metal matching the chaos in his head the
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betrayal gnawed at him a wound that
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wouldn't stop
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bleeding he didn't cancel his hunting
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trip but he wasn't going to leave things
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to chance he asked a trusted friend to
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keep an eye on the house while he was
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gone when he got photos on Saturday Emma
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Ryan and a skinny guy likely Ethan
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walking into the house around noon his
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worst fears were confirmed they stayed
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for hours emma and Ryan left around 2:00
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the skinny guy at 4:00 when David
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returned Sunday night Laura tried to act
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affectionate wrapping her arms around
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him like nothing was wrong but David
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noticed her sitting oddly legs crossed
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leaning left as if
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uncomfortable later in the kitchen Emma
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playfully slapped Laura's behind and
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they giggled covering it with fake
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coughs
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david's heart felt like it was caving in
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a weight pressing on his chest so hard
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he wondered if he'd caught something
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from his hunting buddies david couldn't
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stay in that house he faked a COVID
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diagnosis claiming breathing issues to
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buy time his boss gave him leave without
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question and David checked into an
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extended stay hotel alone in the sterile
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room he plotted his exit he updated his
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will changed beneficiaries and canceled
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credit cards he hunted for apartments
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online each listing a stark reminder of
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the life he was leaving
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behind anger fueled him but so did a
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flicker of
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self-preservation he wasn't going to let
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Laura and Emma destroy him he spent
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hours pacing replaying Emma's words
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Laura's laugh the images of that skinny
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guy in his home he thought about
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confronting them but he needed a plan
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something to take back control christmas
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Eve arrived a 23-year tradition in their
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family the dining room was decked out
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with blinking red white and green lights
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pine cones scenting the air but this
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wasn't a joyful gathering david had a
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plan and it wasn't about holiday cheer
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as they sat around the table David Laura
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Emma and Ryan he skipped the usual
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prayer instead he turned to Ryan his
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voice calm but sharp ryan tell me about
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Rachel ryan's face drained of color his
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fork clattering emma looked confused her
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eyes darting between them david pressed
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on the raven-haired beauty with ruby
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lips you were with last Sunday ryan
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stammered denying it but David pulled
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out his phone and played an audio clip a
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voice unmistakably Ryan's saying "Rachel
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you're awesome don't stop." The room
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froze emma exploded accusing Ryan of
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betrayal her voice cracking with rage
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david stood pushing Ryan back into his
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chair before Emma could lunge at him he
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told Laura to take Emma to the kitchen
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amid Emma's curses echoing through the
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house David leaned in close to Ryan
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"tell Ethan to stay away from me or
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he'll regret it," he growled ryan nodded
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terrified then David handed him a manila
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envelope "do one last thing for me," he
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said when Laura and Emma returned David
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called out Laura come back in ryan stood
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handed Laura the envelope and said Laura
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Peterson you've been served divorce
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papers laura looked like she might
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collapse her hands trembling as she
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opened the folder emma's eyes widened
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tears welling up david explained his
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voice steady but cold that recording i
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hired an escort to seduce Ryan and
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recorded how does it feel to be betrayed
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Emma stabbed in the back laura made a
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tiny noise and Emma's gaze flicked to
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her mother then away both women were in
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tears david wasn't done he took charge
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as Emma's car was repossessed her
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belongings dumped in a trash bag on the
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porch laura's BMW was swapped for a
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23-year-old sedan a nod to their 23
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years of
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marriage credit cards were canceled
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phones disconnected except for a basic
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one for Laura with limited talk and text
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david planted a for sale sign in the
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yard a symbolic jab since Laura's name
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was still on the title he locked them
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out ignoring their please as they
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pounded on the door
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mitch the keys to your new car are in
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the ignition he shouted that orange and
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green Malibu out front is yours your
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stuff's been moved over the heater's
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slow but it's got gas maybe Ethan's got
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a place for you laura tried to explain
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her voice soft and desperate david
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please let me
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explain but David cut her off merry
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Christmas take Emma and go the old
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Malibu roared to life its muffler
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rattling and they drove away david
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retreated to the basement sipping
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bourbon the Christmas music upstairs a
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hollow echo months later David was in a
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one-bedroom apartment his life stripped
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to the basics the divorce dragged on a
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slow painful unraveling anger consumed
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him turning him into a recluse he
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snapped at co-workers skipped company
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parties and pushed away friends who
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tried to set him up on dates his boss
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reprimanded him for his short temper and
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David withdrew further feeling defeated
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but he found solace in running the
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rhythm of his feet on pavement a way to
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quiet his mind he shed weight his old
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clothes hanging loose compliments came
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co-workers noticing his leaner frame but
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he brushed them off the pain of betrayal
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lingered like a bruise always there
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always tender he wondered if he'd ever
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feel whole again if the anger would ever
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fade then came pickle ball a coworker
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dragged David to the local rec center
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insisting he try something new
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there he met Clare a woman in her late
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40s with a quick wit and a warm smile
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she was healing from her own divorce her
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husband having left for a younger woman
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two years earlier their first meeting
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was awkward david accidentally hit her
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with a ball and her friends teased "Kiss
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it better." David blew her a playful
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kiss and Clare laughed her eyes
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sparkling after the game she asked him
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to buy her a drink at Jamba Juice they
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talked and Clare was easy to open up to
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unlike David who felt rusty his words
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stumbling "what happened to you?" she
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asked her voice gentle david hesitated
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then admitted she cheated i couldn't
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accept it it's been years and I'm still
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not over it clare nodded her gaze
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understanding i get it my marriage ended
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2 years ago it takes time to rebuild
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their conversation flowed and David felt
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a spark of something he hadn't felt in
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years hope their friendship grew rooted
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in shared pain and quiet moments clare's
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humor pulled David out of his shell they
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went on dates dinners at small beastro
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movies and cozy theaters long walks in
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the park clare asked questions that made
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David think like one night after a movie
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when she turned to him her voice soft
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who are you thinking of when we're close
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david paused then smiled you i wonder
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what you see in me Clare her eyes
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softened a mirror someone who's been
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hurt but keeps
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going their connection deepened
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passionate yet cautious both wary of
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being hurt again clare introduced David
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to her family who were protective at
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first eyeing him like he might break her
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heart but over time they warmed to him
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seeing the way Clare's smile lit up
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around him then a letter arrived from
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Emma dad I'm so sorry i'm pregnant can
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you find it in your heart to meet your
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grandchild a selfie showed Emma glowing
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but alone her hand resting on her belly
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david was torn he resented Emma's role
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in Laura's betrayal the way she'd
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encouraged it the way it shattered his
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family but the thought of a grandchild
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stirred something in him a longing for
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connection for a piece of his old life
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clare encouraged him to respond her hand
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squeezing his "you don't have to forgive
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her yet," she said but don't close the
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door david wrote back agreeing to meet
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the baby weeks later he drove to Emma's
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small apartment a few counties over
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holding baby Lily so tiny with her small
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hands and feet David felt a mix of love
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and pain emma apologized tears streaming
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down her face i was wrong Dad i've
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changed i've learned david nodded his
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throat tight he wasn't ready to forgive
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but this was a start a fragile bridge
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between them a year later David hosted
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Christmas Eve in his apartment clare
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Emma and Lily were there the table
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modest but warm with the glow of new
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beginnings david gave a short blessing
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his voice steady but soft they exchanged
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small gifts a scarf for Clare a stuffed
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toy for Lily a book for Emma clare
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squeezed his hand under the table and
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Emma smiled at Lily who cooed in her
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high chair it wasn't the family David
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once had but it was something new
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something
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healing that night he and Clare stayed
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at her place a quiet milestone in their
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relationship david lay awake listening
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to her breathe wondering if he could
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finally let go of the past another year
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passed and David and Clare grew closer
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their bond a steady anchor emma sent
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updates about Lily her first steps her
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first words and David visited when he
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could though he kept Laura at a distance
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he'd learned Laura had moved in with
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someone new and to his surprise he felt
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little the hate that once consumed him
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had faded replaced by a quiet
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indifference pickle ball games with
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Clare were filled with laughter her
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playful teasing "nice shot David but you
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look better out of that shirt," drawing
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him out of his shell he started to feel
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like himself again the upbeat man he'd
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been before the betrayal at work he made
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small talk again his co-workers no
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longer tiptoeing around him new friends
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were hard to come by but Clare's
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presence made it easier two years after
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that fateful Christmas Eve David
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celebrated at Clare's house emma and
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Lily joined along with Clare's family
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laughter filled the air as Lily toddled
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around chasing bits of wrapping paper
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david looked around his heart full he
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wasn't the man he'd been angry broken
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alone in a hotel room plotting revenge
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he'd found contentment not in tearing
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others down but in rebuilding himself
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clare leaned against him whispering "We
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made it." David nodded a smile breaking
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through he thought of Emma's letter of
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Lily's tiny hands of Clare's steady
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presence the pain of betrayal hadn't
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vanished but it no longer defined him
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betrayal can shatter your world but it
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doesn't have to define it
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david's story is proof that even in our
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darkest moments there's a path to
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healing to new
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