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Speaker 1: About six months ago, I caught my husband and sister

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Speaker 1: Stephen Shirley, my ex husband, will soon be my brother

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Speaker 1: in law. This sounds like something on Jerry Springers Show.

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Speaker 1: The anger that I feel toward them the two of

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Speaker 1: Wa ha, Dear Hart in Georgia, I hurt for you. Um,

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Speaker 1: this is a terrible thing to happen to anyone. This,

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Speaker 1: And it doesn't get much worse than this. Mean you

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Speaker 1: all right. Part two of Steve's response. He's coming up

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Speaker 1: I need your helping advice badly. About six months ago,

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Speaker 1: the forgiveness is for you, because the hate that's burning

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Speaker 1: live on Facebook. After the show, we'll be talking about

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Speaker 1: that particular day Strawberry Letter. Your own personal Strawberry Letter

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Speaker 1: great face. Yes you can see, yes, you can see

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