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00:00hey jenna congrats i heard you and ethan just had a baby girl i was thunderstruck because of work
00:06separation i haven't seen my husband for a year she didn't notice anything was wrong i'll definitely
00:12be there this weekend for the baby's welcome party she waved the invitation in her hand look at this
00:17design right i forced a smile and took the invitation from her trying to look calm in the
00:22father section i saw my husband's name ethan walker in the mother section wendy foster i didn't know
00:29this woman i memorized the hotel address then handed the invitation back that weekend i went to the
00:35hotel on the invitation the party was lively a pretty woman stood at the entrance holding a one
00:40month old baby girl greeting guests she smiled at me you must be from my husband's office his company
00:46really does hire all the pretty ones please come in waves of shock crashed inside me i looked at the
00:51baby in her arms she was fair skinned and clean her eyes and brows had a trace of ethan i
00:57kept my face
00:58blank and asked where's ethan ethan went to pick up my in-laws they'll be here soon two days ago
01:05my
01:05in-laws had told me they booked a senior tour group and would be traveling for two weeks i was
01:10worried
01:10their retirement savings wouldn't cover it so i sent my mother-in-law 1200 as a travel fund all these
01:17years i treated them like my own parents i never thought they'd been lying to me just like ethan
01:23wendy didn't notice the storm brewing behind my eyes she led me to the section reserved for ethan's
01:28co-workers man ethan's so lucky gorgeous wife and now a daughter who's even prettier several men and
01:36women chimed in wendy you made the right call i'll admit i was a little worried when you quit your
01:41job
01:41to stay home six years later you and ethan are still this happy and now you have a baby together
01:47i'm so happy for you guys my nails digging into my palms i realized that my marriage to ethan was
01:54only seven years old and he'd been cheating on me with wendy for over six of them what's even more
02:00ridiculous i'd had no idea for seven whole years even this morning he'd sent me his usual good morning
02:06kiss emoji and a text thinking of you babe for the past seven years we had a good marriage he'd
02:13never
02:13lost his temper with me he told me his salary was five eight zero zero um kept only one five
02:19zero for
02:20himself and gave me the rest he used his annual bonus to buy me a bracelet every year a year
02:25ago
02:26he talked to me about a relocation for work that would raise his monthly salary by one thousand five
02:31hundred dollars he said we needed to think about our son's future after much thought i agreed to let
02:37him relocate to a city a thousand miles away now i saw that he was like night itself i could
02:42no
02:43longer see him clearly at all ethan's doing great he's been top salesman for years his base salary is
02:49five eight hundred dollars and he rakes in commissions every month i realized then that the salary he told
02:54me was only his base pay and his commissions were used to support his other family wendy you really know
03:01how to handle your man tell me your secret how does ethan listen to you and treat you so well
03:06i was curious too i glanced at wendy without changing my expression
03:12it's just that ethan is a good guy i'm lucky to have found him husband and wife need to understand
03:18each other if you worried he might cheat just keep control of the money ethan gives me his whole
03:23paycheck and only keeps a hundred and fifty dollars a month for cigarettes and he uses his bonus to buy
03:29me
03:29a bracelet every year you know what they say where his money goes his heart follows he gave wendy his
03:37bonus to buy bracelets then what had he been giving me they chatted animatedly completely oblivious to me
03:44standing there like an iceberg silent out of place frozen when this phone rang she smiled
03:52it's ethan calling me here hold her for a sec she casually placed the baby in my arms the baby
03:58light as a ball of cotton lay quietly in my arms she opened her bright eyes and didn't cry or
04:03fuss
04:04i looked at her with complicated emotions even though i felt like falling apart seeing this soft
04:09little creature i pushed the emotions down wendy stood right next to me ethan's voice came clearly
04:15through the phone babe you just finished postpartum recovery don't overdo it okay i picked up mom and
04:21dad don't worry i'm not tired take your time seriously don't rush as soon as she hung up a chorus
04:29of
04:29envious voices rose you two are so sweet at the office he texts you every single hour wendy you really
04:36found a good one even if every other guy cheated ethan never would i used to think ethan was very
04:43attentive to me calling and texting every day even though the calls were short under a minute but i
04:49never suspected he was unfaithful work family the child all the big and small things filled my time
04:55he was also busy with work i never imagined he was sharing every little detail of his life with another
05:01woman i carried the baby and found an empty seat i noticed the baby was wearing a custom silver bracelet
05:07the charm was a star i recognized it immediately seven years ago when i first found out i was
05:13pregnant with twins a boy and a girl my mother had ordered a matching pair of silver bracelets from
05:18a jeweler one with an angel charm one with a star she traveled a thousand miles to an old church
05:24to
05:25have them blessed but fate wasn't kind there were complications during delivery and only our son
05:30survived i was devastated the birth had damaged my uterus and i could no longer have more children
05:36of the pair the angel bracelet had been worn by my son from the day he was born
05:41the star one i kept carefully locked in our home safe whenever i thought of the daughter i'd never
05:46held i'd take out that bracelet and cry for a long time my hands trembled as i touched the star
05:52pattern and gently turned it over engraved on the back were the letters eleanor that was my mother's
05:57name i'd chosen it for my unborn daughter to honor her my daughter's name is eleanor ethan picked it
06:04wendy walked over smiling and sat down next to me he also had this bracelet custom made for her
06:09you have no idea how much he loves having a daughter my heart shattered into tiny pieces
06:15i forced myself to stay calm he treats you well wendy smiled and chatted as if we were old friends
06:21you must be pretty new at the company i used to know all the old employees after i left ethan
06:27told
06:27me they hired a lot of new people i gave an insincere the company treats people well but
06:33there's a lot of travel ethan only stopped traveling this past year he used to travel all the time
06:40we'd barely see each other for weeks but now we've made it through bitter smile touched my lips yay
06:46before ethan was relocated out of state a year ago he used to travel about half of every month i
06:52felt bad
06:53for him always moving from city to city so i never asked him to worry about anything at home when
06:59his
06:59parents got sick needed hospital stays or required care i never made him handle any of it even the
07:05intimacy between us had dwindled over the years but i never complained now i understood he'd never been
07:11on business trips he'd been taking care of another home wendy showed no sign of taking the baby back
07:17she got up from time to time to greet more friends and relatives she looked at the baby
07:22quiet and content in my arms and said in surprise my daughter really likes you when i ask my friends
07:28to hold her she always cries you've been holding her for so long and she hasn't cried at all it's
07:34amazing i said flatly maybe it's because i have a kid too i've had practice well then thanks for
07:41holding her i need to go greet some new arrivals she was delighted and didn't stand on ceremony i nodded
07:46she walked off to greet the guests without a worry i looked at the large banner hanging in the center
07:52of the room it read welcome eleanor i felt as if my body had been filled with shards of glass
07:58my son had never had a welcome party at the time the whole family was drowning in the pain of
08:03losing
08:03the other twin ethan had insisted we not hold a celebration my parents disagreed they thought a
08:09welcome party was an important milestone but he refused saying the grief of losing her daughter was too
08:15much and now that he had a daughter he was perfectly happy to throw a big celebration i was the
08:20only one who
08:21still remembered the daughter who never got to be born suddenly my mother-in-law called i didn't
08:27hesitate i answered jenna did you see the text i sent you her voice sounded normal no my voice was
08:33as cold as ice are you at the supermarket or something it's noisy go read my text i can't hear
08:38you just message me back she hung up i opened the messaging app 20 minutes ago she'd sent me jenna
08:46i need
08:47three thousand dollars transfer it now don't ask questions my fingers gripping the phone turned white
08:53blood rushed to my head not only had his whole family been lying to me but now they wanted me
08:59to
08:59pay for the illegitimate daughter's gift i was so angry i laughed i didn't reply she texted again did you
09:05send it yet after all i've done for you you can't even help family i still didn't reply i was
09:11waiting for
09:12her to show up at the party a moment later another message came she scolded me i always thought you
09:18had some decency i was wrong you're worthless fine don't expect anything from us ever again a mocking
09:26cold smile curled on my lips all those words about i treat you like my own daughter you're wonderful
09:32the walker family is so lucky to have you all of it had been lies a joke at my expense
09:37wendy came
09:37back while still on the phone i clearly heard ethan's voice from the receiver babe mom found
09:43another bracelet for our little treasure you don't have to buy anything our baby already has plenty
09:49of jewelry ethan added this one's different it's the angel bracelet that was blessed at the old church
09:55it's special not like ordinary jewelry my blood boiled i was so angry i almost lost control two days
10:02ago my son leo left for summer camp before he left margaret made him take off his bracelet so he
10:08wouldn't lose it he took it off and gave it to her for safekeeping i never imagined she'd now give
10:14my
10:14son's bracelet to ethan's illegitimate daughter tell her thanks wendy smiled sweetly whatever just get
10:20everything ready we'll be there in ten we're almost there see you soon as soon as she hung up wendy
10:26reached for the baby but then she saw more guests arriving and hurried off to greet them again
10:30i kept holding their illegitimate daughter the baby stayed remarkably quiet in my arms i looked at
10:36her silently your welcome party will be unforgettable for everyone finally i heard the voices of ethan and
10:44his family arriving late i carried his illegitimate daughter onto the small stage babe where's our baby
10:50as he asked wendy i picked up the microphone and said in a voice dear your bastard is right here
10:57in my arms
10:58for a second the room went completely silent every eye turned to me on the stage then chaos erupted the
11:05guests buzzed like boiling water ethan looked like he'd been struck by lightning he stared at me frozen
11:11my in-laws faces turned even pallor wendy looked dazed as if she'd been hit by a truck but her
11:17instinct
11:17was still to trust ethan she hurried over to me trying to keep her emotions in check and spoke gently
11:24i'm sorry i don't know your name i thought you were one of ethan's co-works are you and ethan
11:29having some kind of conflict we can talk it out please give me the baby first okay my cold face
11:36and
11:36sharp eyes frightened her she reached out carefully afraid i might hurt the baby if she made the wrong
11:41move i didn't hand the baby over instead i said i've been his legal wife for seven years we have
11:48a six
11:48year old son do you think we have a conflict wendy's face went white her legs buckled and she stepped
11:54back tears streamed down her face that can't be i stared at ethan and asked coldly honey tell me
12:03how many years have we been married the word honey dripped with sarcasm everyone's eyes burned into ethan
12:09like fire his face flushed red all the way to his neck he stood there frozen i always thought ethan
12:15was divorced turns out he never even left his first wife so which one's his actual wife how does
12:21a guy end up with two no wonder that woman on stage didn't say a word earlier i could tell
12:27something
12:27was off i looked at my in-laws who were also humiliated and awkward dad mom i said deliberately
12:34tell everyone which one of us is your daughter-in-law wendy stared hard at them too my in-laws
12:41lowered their
12:42heads and didn't answer ethan looked like a man with a knife at his throat he walked onto the stage
12:47one painful step at a time wendy cried and grabbed his arm tell me what's going on which
12:54one of us is the other woman ethan tried to calm her guilt heavy in his voice don't get upset
13:00i'll explain everything wendy wouldn't let it go i want you to tell me right now she pointed at me
13:06with
13:06the hand that wore her wedding ring she's crashed our baby's welcome party this needs to be cleared
13:11up in front of everyone whether i'm the other woman or she is we were both deceived by you we're
13:17both
13:17victims i recognized that ring when ethan and i got married i'd fallen in love with that exact design
13:24but it cost 2500 too expensive i'd settle it for a 250 gold band instead back then ethan's eyes had
13:33reddened with guilt he promised me that someday when he could afford it he'd buy it for me now
13:38he could afford it and it was on another woman's finger ethan looked up at me a mess of emotions
13:43swirled in his eyes shame fear guilt his lips moved with difficulty i'm sorry let's not do this here
13:50can we go home and talk his voice was so low that only the three of us could hear i
13:55was so angry i
13:57could feel my teeth grinding i deliberately raised the microphone what did you say dear my voice carried
14:04to every corner of the room go home which home the one with me or the one with wendy he
14:12was even more
14:13ashamed unable to face me he stepped forward and reached for the microphone please stop i stepped back
14:21and pulled the microphone away answer me how many families do you have who is your wife what are you
14:28even doing here today wendy stepped closer pulling at his arm tell her ethan was forced to answer
14:35you're my wife i'm sorry i shouldn't have cheated the crowd erupted again wendy broke down crying and
14:42pounded his chest then what am i how could you do this to me suddenly she remembered something no we
14:49have a marriage certificate i'm your lawful wife you married me properly ethan couldn't look at her
14:57he had to admit it the marriage certificate is fake wendy's legs gave way she collapsed onto the floor
15:04her sobs heartbreaking she screamed at him through tears fake you gave me a wedding gift you gave me
15:11a wedding you were there when my parents died and now we have a child and you tell me it's
15:17all fake
15:17ethan how could you do this to me ethan stood between wendy and me trapped by his own guilt
15:23not knowing which way to turn i spoke to wendy he treated you better than he ever treated me
15:27he gave me his base salary 5 500 a month every penny of his commissions went to you every year
15:35he
15:35bought you real tiffany bracelets the ones he gave me were fake his story about being relocated for work
15:40also fake he's been living with you openly playing the role of your husband i lifted her daughter's
15:45wrist and shook the silver bracelet on it do you know where this bracelet came from she looked confused
15:51waiting for me to explain seven years ago i was pregnant with twins a boy and a girl my mother
15:58had
15:58a matching pair of custom bracelets made one with an angel charm one with a star she had them engraved
16:04with
16:04the name eleanor and took them to an old church to be blessed oh and your daughter's name i chose
16:09it for the
16:10i never got to hold i never imagined he'd give my daughter's things to your daughter my voice caught
16:16even now thinking about the baby i'd lost still cut like a knife i looked at my in-laws standing
16:21in the
16:22crowd my dear mother-in-law wanted to take the angel bracelet my son wears and give it to this
16:27nameless granddaughter my heart turned to ice all those years of care and this was how they repaid me
16:33it feels like a knife stabbed into my throat for seven years of marriage how did i treat you seven
16:40years how many times have you been in the hospital i was the one by your bedsides taking care of
16:45everything a few days ago you said you were going on a trip i sent you one twelve hundred dollars
16:49for
16:50it i treated you like my own parents and you how did you treat me how did you treat your
16:56only grandson
16:57margaret publicly called out looked like she wanted to crawl into a hole the surrounding
17:02guest's comments stripped the old couple of any remaining dignity i can't believe it the guy's a
17:08total jerk and his parents actually enabled him to cheat like father like son the whole family's a
17:14disgrace she was a good wife they didn't deserve her anyone would be unlucky to marry into that family
17:19ethan wrapped his arms around me his voice thick with tears sorry i'm such an asshole you've worked
17:27so hard i won't make the same mistake again forgive me this once i've been such a jerk
17:34wendy watched him her tears also turned into a bitter laugh she grabbed ethan's arm then she slapped
17:40him as hard as she could what about me how are you gonna make this up to me you bastard
17:45her whole
17:46body was shaking her delicate makeup ruined by tears ethan said guiltily i'm sorry i lied to you
17:53and i wasted your time you'll find someone better than a piece of garbage like me wendy laughed hysterically
18:02garbage garbage ethan barely glanced at her he looked back at me his eyes red again
18:09babe can we go home i looked down at the baby what about her what do you plan to do
18:15i know you always wanted a daughter if you're willing to raise her we can keep her wendy stumbled toward
18:21me and fell to her knees her voice trembled please please give me my baby back she reached out
18:28carefully terrified that if she upset me i won't fight you for him you can have him she sobbed
18:36don't take my baby i swear i didn't know he had a family seeing her so desperate for her child
18:41as a
18:42mother myself i felt for her i started to remove the bracelet from the baby's wrist wendy flinched
18:47wanting to tell me to be gentle but afraid to speak don't worry i won't hurt her wendy pleaded
18:54she's hungry let me feed her please give her back i need you to answer a few questions first she
19:03nodded ready to tell me anything how much money did ethan give you including the engagement gift
19:09the wedding everything without hesitation she looked me in the eye he gave me 25 000 as a wedding gift
19:18after we got married he gave me between four thousand and seven thousand a month
19:22and every year he used his bonus to buy me a bracelet i know you could sue me for every
19:28penny
19:28he gave me so i'm not lying i was calmer now if i ask you to pay it back will
19:33you she nodded
19:35yes give me your account number i'll transfer it right now i was surprised by how quickly she agreed
19:41i pulled out my phone and showed her my account details wendy took out her phone and made the
19:47transfer within a minute 360 000 appeared in my account the money is yours i just want my baby can
19:55i
19:55have her back now i walked over helped her up and gently placed the baby in her arms this is
20:01your child
20:01no one is going to take her from you she held the baby tightly terrified of losing her again
20:08and finally let out a breath of relief then i added i'll take the money but i don't want the
20:14man with
20:14that i turned and walked out of the party ethan followed me immediately we went back to the house
20:20we'd shared for seven years in the living room a family portrait hung on the wall it used to warm
20:25my
20:25heart to see it when i came home from work now it felt like a knife cutting into my chest
20:30ethan came
20:31closer and tried to put his arm around me there won't be a next time just this once don't touch
20:36me
20:36ethan didn't dare come closer
20:40he begged i'm sorry babe i was out of my mind i promise i'll cut her off completely we can
20:48be a
20:48happy family again please my in-laws came back margaret spoke with a heavy fake apologetic tone jenna i know
20:55this is hard on you but there's nothing i can do that baby is still ethan's i hope you can
21:01stop
21:01dwelling on this just go back to living your life like before what's done is done harold said don't
21:06bring it up again just focus on the family i glared at ethan i'm divorcing you you make me sick
21:11his eyes reddened what do i have to do for you to forgive me anything i'll do anything hatred surged
21:18inside me i was breaking down my voice cracking he finally understood that i would never forgive him
21:26i went to the bedroom and locked myself inside i saw our wedding photo on the wall ethan smiling
21:32his arms around me from behind i couldn't stand it for another second i climbed onto the bed with my
21:38shoes on took down the photo and stabbed a pair of scissors into ethan's face again and again outside
21:45ethan kept begging then i called my lawyer rachel and told her everything my hands were shaking but
21:52not from fear i want every penny back she laughed that's my girl i'll have the paperwork ready by
21:58morning i hung up and opened the banking app two clicks later every joint account was frozen before
22:04i left the house i reached my son's bracelet ethan suddenly fell to his knees he grabbed my hands and
22:11begged i know i was wrong for our son's sake give me one last chance please i yanked my hands
22:17away i
22:18went to my other house i'd saved most of the money ethan gave me over the years i made about
22:23two thousand
22:24eight hundred dollars a month from my job i bought this house with the mortgage a few years ago and
22:30paid
22:30it off last year we planned to leave this house to our son now it would be our home mine
22:35and leo's the next
22:37day i realized i'd left my work laptop at the old house when i came back to get it i
22:42overheard margaret
22:43talking to ethan by the door jenna's not coming back a divorce might be for the best wendy has a
22:49better temperament her grandparents probably left her close to a million in cash and property if you
22:55marry her it'll all be yours jenna makes nothing and she's stubborn harold chimed in ethan said listlessly
23:02jenna insists on divorce i don't have a choice i was completely numb inside i had my lawyer negotiate
23:08the divorce terms custody of leo went to me the rest of the family assets also went to me he
23:14sent
23:15me many messages begging me to take him back i ignored them all seeing that i wouldn't change
23:21my mind he agreed to the divorce a month later we signed the divorce papers the day after the divorce
23:27was final wendy came to see me like me she'd lost weight over the past month ethan said you got
23:33divorced yes i have full custody i kept my tone normal and took a sip of my coffee she gave
23:39a weak
23:39smile i'm sorry for hurting you it's not your fault it's ethan's neither of us is to blame i hesitated
23:47then decided to be kind i don't know if you're considering being with ethan before you decide i
23:51want you to hear this i pulled out my phone and played the recording for her wendy has a better
23:56temperament her grandparents left her money wendy looked deeply hurt she laughed bitterly so i was
24:03his second choice that whole family is garbage i hope you don't fall back in take care of yourself
24:12thank you i really mean it if we just let this go he'll do the same thing to someone else
24:18i said
24:19she nodded slowly what do you have in mind i pulled out my phone and opened social media we
24:26post everything her eyes widened i'm just fighting back i went first the city lights behind me hi my
24:36name is jenna collins for seven years i was legally married to ethan walker today i found out he's been
24:41living a double life with another woman for six of those years he faked a marriage certificate
24:48he stole my late mother's name for his illegitimate daughter and he gave her the bracelet that my son
24:53wore then i gave the phone to wendy she took a deep breath and started recording my name is wendy
25:00foster
25:01i'm the other woman except i didn't know i was the other woman ethan told me he was divorced i
25:08took the
25:08phone back and added a caption ethan walker medical sales lives in chicago and dallas if you're dating
25:17him run and if you're his employer ask him about his relocation i hit post within an hour it had
25:255 000
25:26in shares wendy looked at her own phone where our video was playing smiled a real smile you deserve
25:33so much better ethan isn't good enough for you and honestly he's not good enough for me either
25:38her smile became more natural let's introduce ourselves properly i'm wendy i paused for only a
25:48second then took her hand jenna the afternoon the divorce was finalized ethan walked into his office
25:55like nothing had happened the receptionist didn't say hello his assistant wouldn't look at him
26:01his boss called him into conference room so everyone could see ethan we've had three client
26:07complaints this morning all of them saw that video i can explain oh you can't use company email to
26:15coordinate a fake wedding you told us you were divorced that's fraud hr is reviewing your file
26:22go home don't come back until we call you ethan walked to his desk to pack his things i heard
26:29he stole
26:29his wife's dead baby's name did you really steal your wife's dead baby's name he didn't say anything
26:36he grabbed his laptop and walked out head down face purple the video of his walk of shame was posted
26:43online before he reached the parking lot his career never recovered i heard later that ethan begged wendy
26:51to take him back for two months not only did she not give in she grew even more disgusted with
26:58him
26:58ethan ended up with nothing not wendy not me not even his reputation he'd always played the good
27:06husband at work he found another job but his pay was cut in half after wendy refused to take him
27:13back
27:14he came crawling to me using leo as an excuse every time ever since leo found out about his father's
27:21affair he'd been cold to ethan my ex-in-law's also showed up at my door teary-eyed asking me
27:29to come
27:29back after i left no one took care of them when they got sick no one drove them to appointments
27:35they
27:35were too cheap to hire a nurse only then did they realize how much i'd done margaret cried and begged
27:42jenna please we made a terrible mistake you're a good person we need you just come home please
27:51i looked at her coldly you want a free caretaker you'll never get a happy ending after that she
27:58and ethan kept showing up either at my place or wendy's until they found out wendy and i had become
28:03close friends that's when ethan realized we joined forces and no one wendy and i both moved on but before
28:11either of us found someone who deserved us we found ourselves first the day leo came home from
28:17summer camp he stood at the door and asked mom is it true i have a sister i knelt down
28:22and told him
28:23the truth he was quiet for a long time then he hugged me and said mom i'm glad i live
28:28with you
28:28that night i started a blog i called it the silent air i wrote about the seven years i lost
28:35within a month
28:36i had 50 000 followers i started a consulting business helping women gather evidence before
28:42they filed for divorce wendy joined me as a partner she handled the legal paperwork i handled the emotional
28:48strategy within six months we'd helped 40 women freeze assets document infidelity and walk away with
28:55what they deserved meanwhile ethan was living in a one-bedroom apartment above a pizza joint his new
29:01co-workers didn't know his story but the blog had a long memory and i wasn't done writing
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