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My Fiancée Said, “I Slept With My Life Coach To Prepare For Marriage,”

My Fiancée Said, “I Slept With My Life Coach To Prepare For Marriage,”

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"That is exactly the point.""Look, Dylan. You are hurt," he said, switching to that calm, "be rational" voice people use when they are trying to guilt you into backing down. "I get it, but calling off the wedding at this point is financial suicide for our family. Cannot you two work this out after the honeymoon?"I hung up on him. I had had enough bullshit for one day, but apparently the universe—or those people—decided I had not.Carol called me an hour later. She was crying."Dylan, sweetie, please tell me this is all a misunderstanding.""I am sorry, Carol. I wish it was.""The wedding is in nine days, Dylan! My sister is flying in from Portland. Cannot you just postpone it? Give her a chance to make this right.""I know the timing is terrible, but there is no making this right, Carol. I cannot trust her anymore."Carol started crying harder. "What am I going to tell people? How do I explain this?""Tell them the truth: Lauren had an affair, and I called off the wedding.""I cannot tell people that! It will ruin her reputation!""Her reputation ruined itself."She hung up, too.Around 3:00 p.m., Lauren showed up at my apartment building. The doorman called me: "Mr. Collins, Lauren Henderson is here to see you. She seems pretty upset.""Tell her I am not available.""She is saying it is an emergency.""It is not. Please ask her to leave.""She is not leaving, sir. She is crying pretty hard and making a scene."I sighed. "I will be right down."When I got to the lobby, Lauren was sitting in a chair sobbing. She looked terrible. Her hair was a mess and she was wearing the same clothes from yesterday."Lauren, you need to leave.""Dylan, please. Just five minutes. Let me explain what really happened.""You already explained: you were sleeping with Phoenix for spiritual reasons.""I was confused! He manipulated me! He told me it was normal for coaches and clients to have that kind of connection.""So now you are saying he took advantage of you?""Yes, exactly! He is the bad guy here, not me!""But yesterday you said it was spiritual growth that made you a better partner for me.""I was trying to protect him! I did not want him to get in trouble.""So which story is true, Lauren?"That shut her up, but only for a minute. When she realized that did not work, she switched tactics:"Fine, I messed up. But do you know what my dad is threatening to do? He is cutting me off completely! No more credit cards, no more car payments, no more anything! He is making me move out of my apartment because he pays my rent!""That is between you and your dad.""No, it is your fault! You could have handled this privately, but instead you decided to destroy my entire life!"
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