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I read the entire thing, and damn this part was bad. The rest of it was almost perfect… but this is decoupled from material reality. It ignores that the US people agree and ask for legalization. It also ignores that China itself didn’t ban cannabis until the 1985 when the UN and US asked them to. They totally mischaracterize the drug problem in the US. Alcohol use has increased and goes ignored, despite its real health problems. I have a lot more to say about it but reading their whole report was enough phone time for me.
Here’s the section, thought y’all would agree it’s bad.
The U.S. government actively promotes the legalization of marijuana regardless of people's health. Marijuana is a controlled narcotic drug by the UN International Drug Control Conventions. In the 1970s, the United States promulgated the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), which classified marijuana as a federally controlled substance. The federal and state governments of the United States have failed to regulate drugs and substance abuse and even pushed for the legalization of marijuana under the influence of lobbyists groups, resulting in more and more young people becoming victims. In their book Can Legal Weed Win? The Blunt Realities of Cannabis Economics published in 2022, Robin Goldstein and Daniel Sumner, researchers with the University of California, Davis, underlined that one of the pipe dreams behind the legalization push is the intention to make legal cannabis a new cash cow for the government through tax. Marijuana sales in the United States have exceeded 30 billion dollars so far, and the U.S. marijuana market is expected to reach 65 billion dollars by 2030. According to the data released by Open Secrets, from 2018 to 2021, some marijuana and products-related enterprises and trade associations in the United States spent more than 16.6 million dollars on political lobbying, with an average annual expenditure of about 10 times that of 2016; In the first three quarters of 2022, more than 5.6 million dollars were spent on marijuana lobbying. Enterprises and organizations profiting from marijuana trade money for power, and form interest groups with politicians, thereby letting drugs and substance abuse going unchecked, a striking demonstration of Washington's failure in social governance.
Drugs and substance abuse endanger life and health. According to a survey released by U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 59.3 million Americans over 12 years of age abused drugs in 2020, of which 49.6 million smoked marijuana. According to public information on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly 40 percent of American high school students use marijuana for a long time. According to a report released by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in August 2022, 43 percent of young Americans have smoked marijuana in a year, 8 percent have used hallucinogens, and 11 percent have smoked marijuana every day, the highest level in record. According to a study released by the Manhattan Institute for Policy Studies on August 4, 2022, the number of Americans dying from drugs and drug abuse has increased dramatically in recent years, by more than 100,000 per year. More than 107,000 cases involving deaths from drug overdose occurred in the 12-month period ending in August 2022, according to data from the U.S. CDC. Marta Sokolowska, the Deputy Center Director for Substance Use and Behavioral Health in FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, pointed out that drug abuse has become one of the most devastating public health crises in the United States.
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Hello everyone! I have a 7ish year old male (neutered) dog. I’m not sure about breed or age since he came from a shelter, but he’s about 70 pounds, looks like a pit bull/golden retriever mix if I had to guess. He mostly sleeps during the day in between taking trips outside to bark at the dog next door or chase squirrels. He is acting mostly fine, still eating and drinking, no vomiting or diarrhea. We walk about 2 miles every day after I come home from work. He still gets excited when it’s take to go on a walk and always begs for my dinner. There’s just one thing that’s off:
He seems to be very restless and almost sad at night. He always slept with me, at the foot of the bed and typically sleeps pretty soundly through the night, dreams and all. But over the last week or so, he has started trying to sleep up next to me….or more like on top of me, and he seems off in some way. It’s just very odd behavior for him. I have done some mild googling, but it’s hard to describe what I’m seeing in a simple google search. He is getting exercise, so that’s not the problem. He has taken Prozac for years to help with anxiety, so that shouldn’t be an issue, and he has a doggy door and can go outside any time. I don’t see anything noticeable appearance wise that would cause discomfort. I just want to help him, but I have no idea what is making him so restless at night?
For background- he has always had a birthday of a funny stomach but I haven’t noticed any digestive issues. He was also brought the vet in January for digestive upset or some sort, almost like pancreatitis but the recovery time didn’t fit the diagnosis, as he was eating and drinking by the night.
If you have any questions let me know. Any information will help. Thank you!

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Today Hanford — home to 56 million gallons of nuclear waste, leaking storage tanks, and contaminated soil — is an environmental disaster and a catastrophe-in-waiting.
It’s “the costliest environmental remediation project the world has ever seen and, arguably, the most contaminated place on the entire planet”

...

"It wasn’t even until the '80s that we started learning more about a lot of the stuff that had happened during its operation as far as leaks go, near accidents, intentional releases of radioactive material to test wind patterns, or potential biological weapons.
To this day a lot of stuff is still under wraps. The government still isn’t letting us in to understand the full totality of what the Hanford project has been for the Northwest.

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There are 177 underground tanks that hold 56 million gallons of nuclear waste. We know that 67 of those tanks have leaked in the past into the groundwater that feeds the Columbia River.
We know that during its operation in the '50s and 60s the government was monitoring the water in the Columbia River, and even at the mouth of the Columbia they were finding radioactive fish. So we know that there have been leaks that made it to the river.
Right now, we know that there are two tanks currently leaking. The Washington Department of Ecology and the U.S. Department of Energy know about these leaks, but they can’t do anything about them because there’s no other place to safely put the waste.
Their answer right now is to throw tarps over these tanks so that when it rains it’s not pushing that radioactivity into the groundwater.

In Soviet Russia, tanks throw tarps over you!

There’s also the potential for an explosion to happen in one of these tanks. One whistleblower I spoke to, Donald Alexander, is a retired Department of Energy scientist who worked at Hanford for a really long time. What he was most concerned about was a hydrogen explosion — pressure building up in the tanks that would release radioactivity throughout the Northwest.
A similar accident happened at a Soviet facility called Mayak in 1957. The Soviets didn’t let the public know what had happened because it was a covert production site for plutonium.
The CIA found out about it a few years after the fact. But by then the damage had been done. Hundreds of square miles were eviscerated and communities were completely destroyed. The long-term impacts are still being felt there because radiation lasts millennia.

"the CIA found out about it later" Riiiight

The big thing right now is trying to get all this waste vitrified, which is turning it into glass so it can be stored safely and permanently. The government thought that could be done in four years, but that was 30 years ago now.
I would argue, when it comes to vitrification, they’ve made almost no progress. So far, we’ve spent $40 billion to build a huge facility that doesn’t even work yet. A couple of the whistleblowers who I talked to tell me that they don’t think it’ll ever work.
Bechtel is the big contractor for this “vit plant,” as they call it. But they have a really bad track record and are well known for reaping the spoils of U.S. military ventures all over the globe.

World-historic fascist war profiteering corporation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechtel

In October they had a test facility up and running that was going to do a run of vitrification for low-level radioactive waste. They basically had a ribbon cutting for this big machine and it ran for a week, then overheated, and they had to shut it down.
So even their test run for vitrification didn’t work.
Bechtel is a privately owned corporation and we’re spending billions of dollars paying this company to not get the job done. It’s a big mess.

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Are the people who live nearby concerned?
Richland is the town that’s closest to Hanford, and it’s basically a government town — it always has been. Richland was born out of the Manhattan Project. It used to be full of nuclear engineers and physicists [helping build weapons], and now it’s full of nuclear engineers and physicists who are working on the cleanup.
It’s interesting going to Richland because they still celebrate the atomic age. There isn’t any real talk about how polluted the place is, and there’s no mention of what the bomb did to the Japanese.

But there are also other communities nearby that have been deeply involved in trying to remediate the site. The Yakama Nation has been very active, as well as other organizations, like Columbia Riverkeeper in Hood River and Hanford Challenge up in Seattle.

new bit: fascist redditors doing land acknowledgements in a toxic wasteland like Stalker

As far as agencies go, I would say the Washington Department of Ecology is by far the most involved and is very critical of the operation, but they’re just a state agency. They don’t have a ton of power.
The Department of Energy, I have been told over and over again, is just completely understaffed and underfunded. They don’t have the personnel and expertise to manage [the Hanford cleanup], which is frightening really.
I would argue it’s going to take more ingenuity and more expertise to clean it up than it took to develop the bomb in the first place.

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Why YSK: Because the prices have increased by a substantial amount, and if you are someone that is looking to buy or sell a home this affects you directly.
So, air conditioning is something a lot of people take for granted. I'm a tech in the HVAC industry and the most difficult thing I have to do is explain to people why the new air conditioning system they need is costing them $12k when the article they just read says the average cost of a system is only $8k in the U.S.
The reason why is because that article you are reading was published in 2022. HUGE changes hit the HVAC industry this year on January 1, and homeowners do not know about it. I am constantly going to appointments with customers who's AC finally crapped the bed after 15 years and they're shocked to see the price to have it replaced.
So, if you have never heard the term SEER before, it stands for Seasonal Energy Efficiency Rating. Essentially it is a rating that is placed on HVAC equipment that reflects it's energy consumption during heating and cooling season. The higher the SEER rating, the more energy efficient it is to run during peak conditions (middle of summer and winter), therefore lowering your gas and electric bills. As the SEER rating on equipment goes up, so does the price when you install it. Last year, a basic 14 SEER system would run you about 7-9 grand depending on what brand, what tonnage, any job specific related stuff like ductwork modifications, etc. The problem now is equipment is no longer being produced based off of SEER ratings.
As of January 1 this year, the EPA implemented a new system called SEER2. Essentially what has happened is the standards for newly produced air conditioning equipment has been raised. In order to achieve a higher energy efficiency score, higher bars have to be met as far as the equipment's performance in peak conditions. So, what was a 14 SEER system last year would be closer to a 12-13 SEER2 system this year. The numbers between different model number and brand match ups all fluctuate a bit, but the biggest thing is systems that are rated below 13.4-14.3 SEER 2 (depending on where you live in the U.S.) systems are no longer allowed to be installed on new construction homes.
These new requirements did two things to the HVAC industry. On the manufacturing side of things, every single company nation wide got slapped with a letter that said "hey, your new equipment has to meet these new efficiency standards. Make it better." So that drove the cost of equipment production up. Production of old SEER rated equipment completely stopped. Those units are no longer being made. It's all the new more efficient systems now. The old systems that could be modified to meet the new criteria were, the rest were bought up, rush installed, or junked. So, now we have more expensive equipment and supply chain issues because the manufacturers are still climbing out of the mud pit that was becoming compliant with new efficiency changes.
On the retail side, this has directly impacted the price going out to the consumer. Oh, slap an economic recession on top of that? Yeah, prices have gone up.
The absolute cheapest system I have been able to quote so far this year was $9,000 dollars, and that job was pretty minimal fuss. 9 grand was what I was quoting for 15-16 SEER equipment last year depending on the brand. This year? That's the entry level 14.3 SEER2 system. My average ticket price so far this year? $13,000.
Now there are obviously going to be price fluctuations from company to company. Smaller companies (one location, maybe a couple dozen employees) can offer lower prices because they have less overhead. Larger companies are insured, bonded, usually have strong ties to distributors and manufacturers, and can handle larger jobs/more complex homes. Regardless of which you choose, Joe from Joe's Heating and Air and Joseph from HVAC United are both going to give you an estimate that is a lot more expensive than last year.
Point is, if you've got an older system, now is the time to either get it regularly maintained and tuned up by a professional or start preparing your wallet. If you're looking to sell your home, the age of your AC system directly affects the price of your home, and buyers are being very choosy right now over HVAC in houses. If you're looking to buy, I don't blame you. With prices being what they are, I would definitely hire licensed HVAC company to do a full system assessment before signing a contract. If you don't, you might be inheriting a massive bill in a few short years.

*Waves* I'm back again everyone! Thank you so much for all the kind words and very helpful feedback on my last try. I tried rework things and am hopeful it's better this time? lol idk Gulp. Kids gloves please lmao. Thank you for taking the time to read and offer feedback it means a lot!
LOVE OUTSIDE THE LINES is a 101,000 word #ownvoices adult contemporary romance that will appeal to fans of Akwaeke Emezi’s You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty, Abby Jimenez’s The Happy Ever After Playlist, and the movie Music and Lyrics.
Poppy Thomas is desperate to stretch her writing muscles beyond clickbait listicles like “6 Sesame Street Moments Where Elmo’s Bad Bitch Came Out.” At her favorite coffee shop inspiration strikes in the form of the older man she shares a table with—Summoner, the former 80s rockstar whose music she was raised on, and who disappeared from the public eye decades ago. A coveted interview with this recluse would jump-start her career toward serious writing. He doesn’t know she’s recognized him; she won’t take no for an answer.
A particularly cold and snowy day has Summoner inviting Poppy into his home. Over cups of tea, movies, and murder shows, the two discover they have more in common than either of them imagined. Poppy struggles with major depression and finds understanding in Summoner, whose anxiety led to his reclusive life. With more time spent together, the prospect of an interview fades and feelings come into focus.
The blossoming relationship quickly falls under the questioning disapproval of everyone they know. Family and friends can’t see any compatibility between the two because of their large age and experience gap. She’s a nerdy Black woman who can talk about cartoons for hours. He’s a British expat, twice her age, who rode the early MTV wave to sell 60 million albums. Love should be enough to overcome all boundaries, but society and Poppy's and Summoner’s mental health issues have different ideas about their unconventional relationship.
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Hello. My grandma was put into a nursing home last year and short time later of being there she is now in memory care, and she is not all there.
At the time of my grandma making her will she put her ex husband daughter as power of attorney. We will call her Kay.
I live in California and she lives on the east coast, Kay came out when we had to move grandma into a home and helped out, after Kay went back home is has been very difficult to keep in contact with her.
I have been trying for a year to get documents from her like the advanced health care directive, which I know I am responsible for.
Long story short kay as power of attorney has access to Grandma's money, which she has a large settlement from an accident. The money is suppose to be used to take care of my grandma but I'm afraid Kay is being shady and possibly taking money.
Is there any way for me to find out if Kay is being untrustworthy. Do I need to get a lawyer or is there another way about this.

Hi all. I wanted to post a quick note in case it helps anyone who felt the way I felt last night. I'll make it brief. This is in the East Lansing area of Michigan.
I saw a house I really liked. It was listed at $299,900. I put in an offer for $305,000 with 59 days of rent free living, allowed the homeowners to keep the laundry machines, and waived power washing which they said they'd do. I thought it was a pretty good offer. They got three others, two of which were 10k over asking. One was cash. Obviously they took the cash.
Having been reading this subreddit and other horror stories lately, I basically gave up. I make $165,000 a year, but I'd have to liquidate all my investments in order to pay cash on a 300k+ home. There is just no chance. It's hopeless. I was convinced I'd be living in my parents' basement until I'm 40.
But I decided to keep looking anyway. So I look at a few others. I find one I like even more. It's listed at $330,000. I tell my realtor that I'm willing to go up to $370,000 in order to get it. It had just been listed, so there were no offers in yet (two others have said they were planning to). My agent called the seller's agent and asked them, what would it take to get you to sell it to my client and take it off the market today? The seller responded with $350,000 and a guarantee to cover the appraisal gap. I said yes. Offer accepted, home purchased.
So what I wanted to put out there is that if you can get in early, and you're aggressive, it is possible to land a house without waiving inspections or having to put down an insane amount of money in cash. Don't lose hope. I'm glad I didn't. This home I got is WAY better than that first one I lost.

Okay so what essentially happened was in the fifth grade for the first two three months I would walk my brother out of school now. This was never a problem until one day he wasn't feeling well. When I went there he wasn't there I asked he's teacher where he was and she said he wasn't feeling well so he went home, I then ran outside because I was concerned about him that's where the problem start. One of the teachers there brought me the principal's office we started to argue. Well essentially a day or two later I left at school and I went to another one now the next school I went to was a Montessori School and trust me never send you kids there so essentially what happened was I met this kid named let's go with Jack will go with Jack so Jack he was never a really big fan of me he really was not a nice guy he wasn't the fifth grade but in the sixth grade he bullied me mostly and what are the teachers do absolutely nothing luckily I did have one teacher who is very nice and she did take my back sometimes now I also had a friend named William he wasn't really my friend he was also a complete joke to me now I kind of sympathize with William after this whole happened he had a hearing disability so I can't really blame him for everything but he was a jerk he'd make annoying noises he would completely annoy me for no reason at all we were friends for the first month or two essentially my problem started happening in the 6th grade now my anger level have been building up because of this Jack and William because they would not leave me alone they would annoy me mooselessly and essentially I hit my snapping point one day I had no this was all so in October one day I had face planted into the hard ground because one of my friends thought it would be a good idea to pick me up by my legs and feet and they could not hold me and my head went into the ground and my nose got impacted so I'm crying obviously I'm sent to go sit on near the door and after that I wouldn't stop crying because it's still hurt I wanted to go home and then I had to go to the principal's office because I won't stop crying so I kept crying and crying and eventually I threw up and it might have been something that I ate but I was not feeling well anymore and then my principal came in and said you need to stop being a baby and enough of those boo boos you won't send you home because of a boo boo and I flipped out at her I said I don't give two s**** leave me alone I am sick and tired of all the name calling they did call me names like coleteaha, cole Totem so I lost my crap and I had gotten kicked out am I the jerk.

Been playing with ChatGPT and thought about using it to generate the base of an adventure setting to help flesh things out and have been very happy with the results so far.
Here is an example for creating a ruin feeding it random rolls after getting it to generate a random realm for one of my Gods. It is a bit simple at parts, just kind of parroting the prompt, but its easy to expand upon whatever seems interesting, with with the tool or just your own imagination.
I also included the prompt it gave me when I asked it to build a realm after describing its creator to ChatGPT.
Example

Can you create a ruin located somewhere in the wilderness of Nocturnis?
It should be a cultural site that is a monument site to past glories.
There is a major inhabitant and the remnants of another group or pack they deposed. The major inhabitant originally came here to guard something precious and now stay as they are waiting for someone else to arrive. The major inhabitants should be Outsider prisoners that have gone native and the remnant group should be the altered human servitors of the former owner.

Ruin Name: The Echoing Halls
Description: The Echoing Halls is an ancient, crumbling ruin located deep within the wilderness of Nocturnis. Once a glorious temple and cultural center, it now stands as a monument to the past glories of a long-forgotten civilization. The architecture of the Echoing Halls reflects a beautiful, yet eerie combination of gothic and organic design elements, with twisted columns and arches that seem to grow out of the ground like the roots of ancient trees.
Major Inhabitants: The Forsaken The Forsaken are a group of Outsider prisoners who were captured by Kasu and his followers during the early days of Elysium. Over time, these prisoners have gone native, embracing the darkness of Nocturnis and forsaking their monstrous origins. They now dwell within the Echoing Halls, having taken it upon themselves to guard a precious artifact hidden within the ruins. This artifact, known as the Soulshard, is a fragment of Kasu's own essence, imbued with immense necromantic power.
The Forsaken are an enigmatic group, bound together by their shared history and their duty to protect the Soulshard. They are a formidable force, having honed their combat and magical skills in their time within Nocturnis. They await the arrival of someone they believe is destined to claim the Soulshard and harness its power for the greater good of Elysium.
Remnant Group: The Shadowbound The Shadowbound are the altered human servitors of the former owner of the Echoing Halls. Once loyal guardians and caretakers of the temple, they were twisted by the darkness that enveloped Nocturnis after the Outsiders' arrival. Now, they are shadows of their former selves, their minds and bodies warped by the corrupting influence of the Outsiders.
The Shadowbound are a tragic reminder of the past, their once-noble purpose now reduced to a bitter struggle for survival. They haunt the depths of the Echoing Halls, hiding from the Forsaken and eking out a meager existence amid the crumbling ruins.
Points of Interest:

• The Soulshard Chamber: A hidden chamber located deep within the Echoing Halls, housing the precious artifact guarded by the Forsaken. The chamber is protected by a series of complex magical wards and traps.
• The Hall of Whispers: A vast, echoing chamber that once served as a gathering place for the temple's visitors. The walls are adorned with intricate bas-reliefs depicting scenes from the long-forgotten civilization that built the temple.
• The Shadowbound Sanctuary: A subterranean refuge where the remnants of the Shadowbound dwell. The area is filled with makeshift shelters, shrines, and the remnants of their once-proud culture.
• The Forgotten Gardens: A series of overgrown courtyards and terraces that once served as the temple's lush gardens. Now, they are home to twisted, nocturnal flora and the occasional dangerous creature that lurks in the shadows.

Realm Name: Nocturnis
Geography: Nocturnis is a realm of dark beauty, approximately the size of Australia. The landscape is diverse, featuring vast obsidian plains, bone-white deserts, dense forests of shadowy trees, and great swamps that emit an eerie glow. Jagged mountains dominate the skyline, and the air is filled with the scent of magic and decay.
Climate: The climate of Nocturnis is mostly temperate with significant regional variations. The realm is perpetually shrouded in twilight, with the sky transitioning between deep indigo and a muted violet. This perpetual twilight provides a fitting environment for the creatures and denizens that call Nocturnis home.
Biomes and Flora: The biomes of Nocturnis are as varied as the realm itself. Obsidian plains are dotted with luminescent fungi that provide faint illumination, while bone-white deserts are home to hardy, skeletal cacti. The shadowy forests are filled with trees that have dark, twisted trunks and leaves that seem to absorb light. In the swamps, eerie will-o'-the-wisps float above the water, casting a dim glow on the twisted mangroves below.
Fauna: Nocturnis is home to many unique creatures, most of which are the result of Kasu's experiments. The realm is populated by various undead creatures, demihumans, and nightmarish beasts. Some of the more notable inhabitants include the Lichenthrope, a werewolf-like creature with the ability to control plant life; the Vampiric Chimera, a fearsome beast with the combined traits of various nocturnal predators; and the Reanimated Behemoth, a colossal undead monstrosity created by Kasu as a guardian for his realm.
Society and Culture: The inhabitants of Nocturnis are a diverse mix of races and cultures, many of which have been shaped by Kasu's experiments and influence. The society of Nocturnis values cunning, intelligence, and adaptability. The denizens often undergo voluntary body modifications and magical enhancements in the pursuit of knowledge and power.
Politics: Nocturnis is governed by a council of eight powerful necromancers known as the Ebon Conclave. They rule with a combination of cunning, magical prowess, and an iron grip on the realm's secrets. Each member of the council is a master of necromancy, and they all maintain their own research facilities, armies of undead, and legions of loyal followers.
Magic and Technology: Magic is an integral part of Nocturnis society. Necromancy, in particular, is widely practiced and is deeply intertwined with the realm's politics and culture. Technology is also present, with many advancements driven by Kasu's penchant for experimentation and body modification. Steam-powered machines and clockwork devices are often combined with magic to create fantastical inventions and enhancements.
Points of Interest:

• Kasu's Necropolis: A sprawling city of the dead, filled with tombs, crypts, and research facilities. It serves as the center of power for the Ebon Conclave and is the nexus of necromantic research in Nocturnis.
• The Fractal Sea Port: A bustling port city built around a massive harbor, connecting Nocturnis to the Fractal Sea and the other realms of Elysium.
• The Labyrinth of Shadows: A vast, subterranean network of tunnels and caverns, filled with traps, treasure, and terrifying creatures. It serves as a testing ground for Kasu's creations and a trial for ambitious adventurers.
• The Obsidian Citadel: A massive fortress carved out of a single piece of obsidian, home to an elite order

TLDR Ai summarized- I come from an abusive family and I married my boyfriend as a means of escaping the abuse. Now married my husband has his own issues, including alcohol and drug addiction, as well as anger problems. When I cheated on him before we got married, he became physically abusive towards me. Despite this, I stayed with him because I feared I would commit suicide if I left him. 2 years in found out I was pregnant. Throughout my pregnancy, I suffered miscarriages and abuse. Now, my husband has been jobless and smoking weed pens every day since November 2021. I feel like my mind and body are deteriorating due to the emotional and verbal abuse I have been enduring. Help
I come from an abusive family, marriage was my escape from it. I was the oldest of 10 kids, homeschooled at 14. I was looking for the attention my parents never gave me. My mother was a bipolar narcissist and cheated on my dad many times throughout their marriage, my dad a workaholic and alcoholic because of his problems with my mom. When I was 15 a 30 year old male neighbor started to groom me, thankfully I never lost my virginity to him. I also became suicidal and depressed because of how I was treated at home.
When I turned 16 August 2017, my husband then boyfriend 22 started talking to me. Our relationship was a secret. My parents normalized a lot of behavior that isn’t normal, so any red flags in my husband I did not see, or I simply looked past. My mom wasn’t supportive of my relationship when she found out because I feel that she felt like she was going to lose a good slave of hers.
Husbands short backstory- Car crash coma around 2014, he won money from it a few months before we got married. He has had headaches everyday since then. He smoked cigarettes, switching to vapes in 2018, then weed vapes around 2021. He also had alcohol problems but has stopped drinking around fall of 2021
My relationship turned sexual June 2018 with my bf and I started birth control. During that time he started working on the road. I wasn’t getting my attention I desired so I started talking to other people, I ended up cheating on him in August 2018 which was also when I started college. A few days after I cheated he came back to town. We had sex, and both of us started experiencing some flu like symptoms that later went away. But during that time he kept asking me if I cheated, I denied but then confessed. He tossed me around and hit me a couple times. I stayed because I felt like I was worthless and didn’t want to have my means of escaping my family to be gone. After he found out about what I did, he started to be verbally abusive towards me and tried to get vengeance but it didn’t work out.
I truly felt that if I broke up with him, that I would’ve committed suicide. April 2019, we got married. I was a few months shy of turning 18, but it was my escape. In May I finished my second trimester then quit college, and then we left on the road for his work. During this time I found things on his phone that he’d be in prison for. I kept telling him that if he kept doing what he was doing I’d leave him. Each time he confessed to me weeks later. Other times he’d physically abuse me for confronting him. He also picked up a really bad alcohol addiction in my opinion. He said it helped him fall asleep, and he’d piss the bed for months. I never shamed him for it.
I quit snooping on his phone to stop our fights. But then his treatment turned worse towards me. He’d always gaslight me and I thought I was losing my mind. I had no friends. I was isolated. I started doing photography on the side to make money, I never asked him for money but when he gave it he’d use it against me which made me strive harder to be independent. 2020 Covid hit. Our relationship was still the same. I never felt loved, or cherished by him. Food was my comfort during this time and I gained weight because of it. He’d always make fun of me. I never felt like a priority. He had a couple different contracts on the road that year.
December 2020 we were back home and I stopped taking birth control because I didn’t like the side effects. That same month I found out I was pregnant. He wasn’t happy. I had hyperemsis gravidarum during this time and lost over 50lbs. My husband was angry at me for not doing all of my wifely duties. My father called me a lot during this time because of his marriage problems. One night my husband got angry and he physically abused me. It was March 2021 I was 15 weeks along, a few days after the abuse I found out that I miscarried. I delivered alone because he kept complaining about his headaches, not being able to drink alcohol, and how uncomfortable the hospital was. I was depressed, and stayed in the relationship.
We went back on the road in May. I got pregnant again at the end of June 2021. But I miscarried a few days later, I think it was because of CBD gummies he gave me a few weeks before. I never took alcohol or drugs since. I told myself that I’d be leaving him within 6 months because of his verbal and emotional abuse towards me. His job ended in November. We went back home.
January 2022 I found out I was pregnant. He wasn’t happy. My entire pregnancy I was mistreated. I was sick like a dog with hyperemsis gravidarum. He’d force me to clean up around the house. I finally was able to eat food after 17 weeks. His attitude never changed towards me my entire pregnancy.
From November 2021 he has been jobless, and smoking weed pens every single day. He makes a lot of excuses to not do anything. He wants me to put all of the effort in everything. He’s still verbally and emotionally abusive. The last time I was physically abused was December 2022 and I told him I’d call cops if he dared to again. My mind and body feels like it’s deteriorating. He doesn’t see the urgency of getting back to work. He has a huge stash of guns, and threatened to shoot me once.
I’m sick and tired. I know I deserve better. How do I leave? What do I do?

Here I am sitting in a dark room opening my laptop preparing myself to a watch a video I recorded from our home, I wasn't ready for it I knew something was not right ever since she began working for that guy, I inhale deeply a let out a huge sigh and pointed the cursor to the video file and watched.
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I was right she was having an affair, my world came crashing down as I watched her fucking that guy in our house in our own bed the worse part is she was enjoying every second of it everytime that asshole rammed her inside out I can her expresion being elated, I've never seen her expression like that before everytime I do it with her she just looks bored, she was drowning in pleasure moaning like there was no tomorrow.
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I hated it, my anger kept rising as continued watching, to the point that I could only see red, why has she done something like this? have I not been a good husband? everything she asked for I always gave to her, everytime she wants a time with me I spend it with her, why? why? WHY!?
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Was it my fault?
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It wasn't like this there were times when both of us would be happy with each others company, I met my wife Shoko when were still in college, I confess to her the first day of school because I was mesmerized by her beauty, I thought she would reject me but to my surprised she said yes, I was so happy that I felt I floating in cloud 9 and shouted in joy.
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Ever since then we've been together after graduation I took job and started working hard a year later I proposed to her and showed her a ring, a ring that I worked hard for her, with tears in her eyes she accepted my proposal and we got married the next year, It was the happiest moment of our lives, I thought it would last forever, I thought we'd be together forever but fate itself has something in store for me.
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3 years in our marriage Shoko decided she wanted to work, then and there I shouldn't have agreed, but I wasn't the type of person who is controlling, we weren't poor we also wasn't rich, we live a perfectly balanced normal life, I can easily provide for the both use but she wanted to help somehow so without hesitation I agreed.
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She began working a couple of months later, but as the days goes I noticed she started to become more and more distant and cold and before I knew she began to come how late at night, when she was still a housewife she would cook for both of us her cooking was delicious and it was the many reasons I wanted to go home early so I can taste her homemade cooking, but nowadays I just eat microwave meals.
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From time to time she do have off days but it seems she's still focus on working and can't stop messaging on her phone, I've invited her to go eat sometimes and flat out rejects me telling me I should just eat by myself, her personality started to change she became more and more detest towards me and she wouldn't allow me touch her anymore everytime ask to the deed with her she just tell me to use my hand and the way she looks at me is like looking someone who jsut failed in life.
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Her love for me is gone, but still I didn't lose hope that maybe one day she'll open up to me again and our love with each other would be rekindled, but I think I was just hoping for nothing.
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One day I came home only to see an unfamiliar shoes in the hallway pretty sure it wasn't mine, as I walk in I saw Shoko talking to guy she introduced me to him, his name was Mr.Akizaki Shoko's boss guy was good looking, I mean I'm not gonna lie I was good looking too, but this guy could be an actor just disguising as a business man on how good looking he is.
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Everytime Shoko talks about him I could see the spark on her eyes as if she was talking to someone she's been in love with for a very long time, I know because she used to look at me like that, her and Mr. Akizaki seems like very close friend, but I noticed something for a guy who's all about business he's clothing seems to be in disorder and my wife also look the same and they both out of breath.
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I soon realize something was off after her boss left I asked her what was going on and she told me nothing happened, she scoffed at me and told me that she was just being hospitable to her boss and she can't believe I'm being suspecious about her and asked me "What's the matter with you?" I asked her the same thing but she just told me she doesn't want to argue anymore and went to take a bath and went to sleep.
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I knew something was going on and I'm not going to wait for it much longer the next day my off day and while she was working I bought several suvaillance equipment, cameras, recorders, nanny cams the whole shebang and started putting them in discreet locations after everything was ready I waited.
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And here I am watching them cheating behind my back recorded everything I couldn't help it and just started crying not of sorrow but of anger and resentment, I was so angry I was ready to march and scream at her but I didn't, I stopped myself and calmed down and called a good friend of mine to talk about it and have a drink.
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At the bar:
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"She did what!?"
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my friend screamed when he heard the story, Keisuke Nato is good friend of my mind, no he's a like brother to me, we've been togther since middle school and always there when I needed some company to drink with.
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"So what are you gonna do?"
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"I don't know...I-I just don't know" as I drink the whole glass of whiskey to drown my sorrow
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"Well you have the recordings, why not hire a lawyer? sue them both for damages squeeze them dry you know"
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"It's just that easy those 2 can easily pay me from the money they're worked for, no I want them to taste karma, I want them to feel something to the point they won't be doing that shit until they die" I poured another whiskey to my glass
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"Hmmm...so what are you planning"
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"...."
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At this point I have no idea what to do, as continued drinking something caught my attention I saw a guy in black, he looks like one of those hitman guys in the movie, he had suitcase with him and then started to call someone and said "Job's done" and then lightbulb.
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"I have an idea"
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"Oh really?" Keisuke questioned
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"Yeah I teach those 2 a lesson they would never forget, I lesson about fear"
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"And how in the world would you achieved that?"
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"Do you still have "those" guns?" I asked
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"Yeah it's still there"
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"Give them to me even the bullets"
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"Whoa! you're not planning to shoot them right? I mean those things aren't even real they're just replicas it can't be chambered with real bullets those guns are specifically made to fire blank ones, those are prop guns"
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"Exactly" I exclaimed "Listen this is my plan..."
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I told Keisuke everything and I could see a wicked smile forming from his face and then we both started laughing like maniacal villains people where looking at use weirdly but I just don't give a shit, cause my perfect revenge is about to begin.
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I waited for the day my wife would go on those company retreat, after several days she told me that her company is going out of town to a well know hot spring.
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"I won't be home the next week, so don't even trying calling me while I'm there I'll be relaxing with some friends, I don't need you to call me every minute"
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"Whatever" I just responed coldly to her
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Days later she then left, I called Keisuke and brough the guns to my home.
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"So where are we making these secret room of yours?"
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My plan is to make a secret room where I can hang those guns and make it look like a room of a hitman, I remember out closet has these empty space that covered up and decided to use it.
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For a couple of ours both me Keisuke started working ripping walls, nailing woods, painting etc, a few days later our job was done and the room looks glorious like it came out from a movie set or something.
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"Whew dude this looks legit" Keisuke added
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"I know"
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"So did it work?"
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"Oh yeah, she's suspecious of me"
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Before all of this to make sure that my "Hitman" persona looks legit I purposely left some vague and cryptic cluse around the house, to make it look like I've been sloppy one of those was a briefcase full of pictures of wanted men, mugshots, wanted posters, some traget pics etc, I love the look of bewilderment look on her face when she first saw it.
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I've also asked Keisuke to send me some letters through mail, Shoko has a habit in retrieving mails, she hands me some of those letters Keisuke made in black enveloped and I could see a curious looked on her face
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Left some "bloodied" clothes in the washer which she obviously saw but refuse to elaborate on it and now she's been looking at me wary.
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Also I acted like I recieved anonymous call from someone in the middle of the night, but it was Keisuke I asked him to call me in a specific time of the night were Shoko was still awake, I'm pretty sure she heard me talk like "Considered it done" or "You won't be worrying about that man anymore Mr made-up-name here" couldn't help but laugh from time to time and I'm sure she's starting to wonder what is happening cause it's bothering her.
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A few months later I was preparing to go to work actually I'm on leave but Shoko doesn't know and then asked her a favor
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"Shoko a friend of mine will come here to pick something up I don't have time can you kindly give it to him, its a black gym bag upstairs in the closet"
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"Yeah sure I'll give it him" she replied
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I can see the look of anxiousness on her face, it's working, I said my goodbyes and left and went to the bar me and Keisuke would go frquently and looked at the surveillance camera at home as both of us started drinking enjoying something that's about to unfold.
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I could see Shoko pacing back and forth mumbling to herself about me changing and being so shady, a few moments later she heard a knock on the door, she opened it and lo behold a bald man wearing a black suit and shades was at the door, I could hear Shoko shriek when she saw the man standing in front of the door.
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"Where did you find that guy again" I asked Keisuke
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"Oh Manza he's good friend mine, we work togther in construction before a real gentle giant but has a very intimidating aura"
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"Oh does he know the plan?"
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"Don't worry I laid it out for him"
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Shoko's POV:
What the hell!? who's this bald guy? is this Shinji's friend? I didn't know he has such friend!?
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"....."
"Uhmmm...c-can I help you?"
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"I'm to pick up something from your husband"
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"Oh right the bag uhmm wait one moment"
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I hurridly went to the bed room to fetch Shinji's bag, what is going on here, first those briefcases with mugshot of criminals and other people with targets on them and then those black envelopes and then those bloodied clothes in the washer, what is Shinji involved to? is there something he hasn't told me? I need to hurry and give the bag so he can leave, where is it?
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Shinji's POV
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Shoko entered the bedroom and started to frantically looking for the bag as she reach for the closet I execute a command on my laptop to slight make the door of the secret room open and sure enough I can see Shoko peeking and the look on her face was priceless, both me and Keisuke are having a blast like kids watching at a funny home video.
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Shoko's POV
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What the hell is this!? I didn't know there was a secret room inside our closet, what is happening here? I don't have time to investigate it, I grabbed the bag and went down stairs and handed it over to the bald man, before he can grab it for unknow reasons the content of the bag fell to the floor and I saw several bundle of cash in all 10,000 Yen, I was shocked to see a huge amount of money like that, the bald man shook his head and started picking up the money and looked at me and said.
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"If I were I'd keep my mouth shut if you don't want any trouble"
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All I could do is nod after, several minutes he said his goodbyes and left, I was shaken up, did my husband always have friends like that? but I'm more curious about that secret room in the closet, I decided to see what's on the other side.
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Shinji's POV
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"Looks like my skills in making props is still useful heh" Keisuke responded after seeing the whole cash of fake money spilling out
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Keisuke once work in the entertainment business as Production Designer, he made a lot of stuff the look real but fake, I'm glad to have a friend like him with that kind of skills, because of that my charades will be undoubtedly believable.
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"Hey! look your wife's entering the room again looks the cat got curious"
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"You know what to do"
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"Don't worry I'm ready" he then pull out a phone and dialed a number
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Shoko's POV
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God what the hell is this!? when did Shinji- guns!? this room looks like an office, there are some pictures of men on the wall, some maps, I don't even want to know what's inside those safes, is Shinji a hired killer or something!? oh god if he is one then- these guns look real, videos of people being torured? did he do all of these? oh no no no no, this must be a prank...right it's just a prank I think he's just trying to scare me. heh
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oh no did he find out I was having an affair? shit...
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wait a journal.
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Oh my god I can't believe this Shinji's a hitman!? when!? the journal detailed everything in how he killed his victims.
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huh? what's this? it's about me
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"October 7th
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My wife has become cold and distant towards me, ever since she began working day by day I'm starting lose her, did I do something wrong? I was good husband provided her with everything she ever wanted, I never missed anything during special occasions and I did my best everything to make her happy, is she having an affair? is she cheating on me? I hid this 2nd life of mine from her because I want her to live normally but it she is cheating behind my back then I have no choice but to show her the real me...."
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Oh no, what have I done? I don't want to die yet, I should just apologized and tell him the-
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*You recieved one new message*
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What!-oh it's just a voicemail, that scared me.
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"Mr.Hayabusa I just want to thank you for getting rid of those men thanks to you business is booming, I already transfered some money in your account and a little bonus for making them suffer, I like the screams they make when you tortured have you seen the videos? I've sent them to you, anways thansk again and oh about your wife..."
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About me!?
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"If you think your wife is cheating on you I have a man ready to investigate her and follow her, just give me a call when you're interested, I'm sure we can quickly discover dirt on her and then you can punish her whenever you like"
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No no no no no no! is this a dream this isn't happening is my husband really a hitman? has he killed people!? am I going to die!? I need to go out of here!
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Shinji's POV
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After Shoko entered the secret room I hurridly went home Keisuke told me she's in a state of panic and went down stairs after exiting the secret room, It seems my plan is working she can't tell the lie from the truth and that's fine by me all I had to do is just keep this charade up.
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As enter the house I saw Shoko in front of the door, I can see the paranoia settling in and she suddenly hug me tight
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"I love you! I love you! I love you!"
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"Shoko what's the problem? you look tense as if you've seen a ghost"
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"N-Nothing I just miss this can I hold you a bit longer"
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"Of course" what a gullible bitch
And just like that Shoko did a 180 and became a loving wife again, I didn't know it would work like this I knew she had weak mind as she's easily get's persuaded, all I did was plant lies on her head and her weak mind accepted it without a hinch.
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6 Months later....
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Keisuke and I decide to met up and started drinking talked how our day was and how was everything
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"So...how's life? how's Shoko doing?" he asked me
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"You have no idea ever since that day she's been loyal as dog to me, everything I ask her to do she does it without any hesitation, she hasn't figured it out that all of it was just an elaborate lie to keep her in check"
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"What about that Akizaki dude what happened to him?"
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"Oh him, Shoko ended her relationship with him the day she left that company, I could hear her that night when she told her she's ending everything with him, erased his information from her phone and blocked him in every social media, but not before I copied everything from her phone just to be sure.
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Shoko quit her job a week a later and has become a housewife again but she has become more paranoid than before.
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I hired PI to investigate that Akizaki asshole and a month later the PI gave me a lot of receipt that I used to kicked that jerk out of his position by sending those to his bosses, what's worse Shoko wasn't the only one that fucker has been fucking, it seems he's been in bed with other co-workers and some his bosses wives, last I heard that guy is already in prison paying compensation with every money he earned."
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"damn karma's a bitch"
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"Yup"
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"What about you? aren't you gonna divorced Shoko?"
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"Not yet, I'm still using her as I see fit, she's a great onahole you know"
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"Oh god don't tell me that"
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"Don't worry as soon as I'm bored with her, I'm gonna sue her for everything but for now I'll just enjoy what little time I have with her"
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"Touché"
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*cling the sound of glass toasting"
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The End

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