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Yeah, he was not letting that part go. So he left. We were okay. And shortly after, things were quickly unraveling. And obviously, I was trying to desperately get out of this relationship. And I was lamenting to a mutual friend. I just feel so stupid. I shouldn't know. Not that first red flag of the check fraud incident when we were first dating. to kick this guy to the curb.

And she laughed and said, you know, he's done this before. Don't you know his Judge Judy story?

And she laughed and said, you know, he's done this before. Don't you know his Judge Judy story?

And she laughed and said, you know, he's done this before. Don't you know his Judge Judy story?

And I said, no. I got on the computer that night, did a little Google search, and there he was as a defendant on Judge Judy for scamming a very innocent foreign exchange student that he had met at Six Flags Magic Mountain. Oh, my God.

And I said, no. I got on the computer that night, did a little Google search, and there he was as a defendant on Judge Judy for scamming a very innocent foreign exchange student that he had met at Six Flags Magic Mountain. Oh, my God.

And I said, no. I got on the computer that night, did a little Google search, and there he was as a defendant on Judge Judy for scamming a very innocent foreign exchange student that he had met at Six Flags Magic Mountain. Oh, my God.

It was not great. So it was a pretty full circle moment and pretty embarrassing, but also like, well, this is what it is. But I was ultimately able to break free from him after a couple more months of turmoil. And I decided pretty quickly after the second interrogation incident in my apartment that I just needed to get away. I was in way over my head with a very active criminal.

It was not great. So it was a pretty full circle moment and pretty embarrassing, but also like, well, this is what it is. But I was ultimately able to break free from him after a couple more months of turmoil. And I decided pretty quickly after the second interrogation incident in my apartment that I just needed to get away. I was in way over my head with a very active criminal.

It was not great. So it was a pretty full circle moment and pretty embarrassing, but also like, well, this is what it is. But I was ultimately able to break free from him after a couple more months of turmoil. And I decided pretty quickly after the second interrogation incident in my apartment that I just needed to get away. I was in way over my head with a very active criminal.

So I ended up moving up here to the PNW and it was the best decision of my life. I met my husband a year or so after I moved up here and we have a great blended family and a beautiful family. five-year-old daughter. She just celebrated her fifth birthday, actually, two days after your big birthday, Dax. You guys are almost birthday twins.

So I ended up moving up here to the PNW and it was the best decision of my life. I met my husband a year or so after I moved up here and we have a great blended family and a beautiful family. five-year-old daughter. She just celebrated her fifth birthday, actually, two days after your big birthday, Dax. You guys are almost birthday twins.

So I ended up moving up here to the PNW and it was the best decision of my life. I met my husband a year or so after I moved up here and we have a great blended family and a beautiful family. five-year-old daughter. She just celebrated her fifth birthday, actually, two days after your big birthday, Dax. You guys are almost birthday twins.

I did. After we split up and I came up here, he moved, I think, to live with family in Indiana, presumably on the run. God only knows how many other activities were going on and people were looking for him. But I did learn from a mutual friend a few years after he'd been here that he ultimately committed suicide.

I did. After we split up and I came up here, he moved, I think, to live with family in Indiana, presumably on the run. God only knows how many other activities were going on and people were looking for him. But I did learn from a mutual friend a few years after he'd been here that he ultimately committed suicide.

I did. After we split up and I came up here, he moved, I think, to live with family in Indiana, presumably on the run. God only knows how many other activities were going on and people were looking for him. But I did learn from a mutual friend a few years after he'd been here that he ultimately committed suicide.

Even though he brought so much misery and chaos and just destruction to my life and to his, there were obviously parts of him that were redeeming. And it's hard when you go through such a dark period of time with somebody and have a lot of remorse and resentment. But

Even though he brought so much misery and chaos and just destruction to my life and to his, there were obviously parts of him that were redeeming. And it's hard when you go through such a dark period of time with somebody and have a lot of remorse and resentment. But

Even though he brought so much misery and chaos and just destruction to my life and to his, there were obviously parts of him that were redeeming. And it's hard when you go through such a dark period of time with somebody and have a lot of remorse and resentment. But

I felt like when that happened, it helped me understand that a lot of his actions towards me were coming from something that I could not comprehend.