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\u201cIt wasn\u2019t one time.\u201d The words came out flat, certain. I didn\u2019t even know why I was so sure, but I was. \u201cThis has been going on since he moved in.\u201d<\/p>\n

The look on her face told me everything. Guilt. Panic. The realization that her life as she knew it was over. My phone was still buzzing with responses, but I didn\u2019t turn it back on. I didn\u2019t need to see what people were saying. The damage was done. Everyone who mattered knew what she was, what they both were.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll stay at a hotel tonight,\u201d I said, standing up. \u201cWhen I come back tomorrow, you\u2019re gone.\u201d<\/p>\n

I walked out my front door and got in my car. Behind me, I could hear Sarah screaming my name, begging me to come back, but I was already gone.<\/p>\n

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The hotel room was quiet except for my phone, which hadn\u2019t stopped ringing in 18 hours. I\u2019d finally turned it back on around noon and watched two days of my life explode in real time. 47 missed calls from Sarah, 23 from Jake, dozens more from family members, friends, her co-workers who\u2019d received the video.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt wasn\u2019t one time.\u201d The words came out flat, certain. I didn\u2019t even know why I was so sure, but I was. \u201cThis has been going on since he moved in.\u201d The look on her face told me everything. Guilt. Panic. The realization that her life as she knew it was over. My phone was…<\/p>\n

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