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Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the

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Epstein Chronicles. In this episode, we're going to pick up

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where we left off with the Virginia Roberts memoir The

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Billionaire's Club. The next day, I attended class as usual,

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but not able to concentrate like I normally did, too

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excited about when I'd be seeing Robbie that night again.

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As I walked out of class that afternoon, even the

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teacher noticed a difference in my performance and asked me

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if I was feeling well on top of the world. Actually,

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I smiled back at the old instructor, and it wasn't

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far from the exact truth either. I hadn't ever felt

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the churning of the butterflies of my stomach and the

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constant thoughts of anyone else like this before. My girlfriend

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and I got a tuk tuk back together, as we

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usually did after school, and I couldn't shut up about

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the night before. She was laughing at my girlishness, telling

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me that anyone who just met me would think that

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I had never been let out before. But little did

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she know that I had more than my fair share

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in experience with men, and never had I ever come

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across anyone that could make me feel this way, And

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what spun me out even more was that it was

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such an instant attraction. Never considering myself a person who

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believed in the existence of love at first sight, but

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a true romantic deep at heart, I couldn't help but

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believe in it. Now He's my walk in proof of it.

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Waiting for me in the hotel lobby was the very

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person I couldn't stop entertaining the thoughts about all day.

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There he was, looking ever so fine standing in front

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of me. Now the whole entire world faded away, and

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all that was left for the moment was this complete

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stranger I had only met last night but somehow captivated

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the very essence of my very heart. There was no

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need for me to try and act cool now he

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already knew I was snagged, hook line and sinker. Smiling

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all the way up the many stories in the elevator

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up to my room. He took notice of my posh

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de core of the hotel. You should see where I'm staying.

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This is a palace compared to where I'm staying. His

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first impression of me was that I was going to

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be a spoiled high maintenance girl that had money coming

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in from parents or a hefty trust fund. Casually, he

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got to find out, through many deep and meaningful conversations

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that my life's grim story wasn't that pretty at all.

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For some reason beyond my knowledge, I had the need

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to tell this stranger almost everything, wanting to be judged

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and looked down upon. For everything about my life that

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I knew I was wrong, and being the first time

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I had spoken about my years with Jeffrey to anyone

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honestly like that ever before, I had felt like I

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had deserved punishment. He offered me no judgment, instead, only

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gave me his warmth and compassion as he wrapped his

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strong arms around me, making me feel so meager and small,

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but so safe at the same time, encouraging me to

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see the worthiness of myself and leave that life behind.

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He adorned me with the kind of love that I

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was not accustomed to. He took me in and made

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me feel so at home. It was like I had

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known him my whole life. I couldn't bear to be

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without him another second. While I was away on this

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dream holiday, when he was in training for amoy Thai

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tournaments and I wasn't in school. Nobody would ever see

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us two enveloped in each other in my hotel room

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to care about anything else, which is why I asked

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him to come stay at my hotel with me, seeing

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he was never at his own anyway. My girlfriend was

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soon departing back to Wisconsin, making my room more than

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available for him. Enchanted by his words and tender touch,

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and the way that he made love to me was

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again like nothing I had experienced before, even down to

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after sex. As I had been routinely instructed by Jeffrey

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to get up for a warm washcloth to clean his

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genitals afterwards, he refused it, telling me I was no

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longer a slave and that he didn't want me acting

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like one. He just rather laid down together afterwards and

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repeat our sweet nothings with many adjoining kisses. On the

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third night together with nothing but the bed sheets between us,

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we had spent all night looking at each other and

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into each other's eyes, sharing such an undeniable passion for

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one another. In the deepest caverns of my heart, I

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knew that this man would give me what I had

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never experienced before, true love. We were still laying in

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each other's arms when the orange and pink sunrise began

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to rise slowly through the peak of my room's windows,

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enticing me to come feel the freshness of the morning's

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chill on the bed sheets were still wrapped around my body,

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and I went to the balcony. It was overlooking the

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city in a valley surrounded mountainous tops. My thoughts began

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to rampage through my head and I knew this could

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only be a dream for me. It was getting serious, now,

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too serious for the life that I led back home.

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As if he sensed my anxiety, Robbie walked up behind

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me and wrapped his strong arms around my waistline, gently

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kissing my neckline and pausing with this ever so thoughtful

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stare and gave me the exact that I needed to

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expel my thoughts back home. As you already know, I'm

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going back to somebody else. It's my job, and as

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much as I really like you, this guy that I

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kind of see is going to expect me to be

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putting him first. I'm so sorry to say all of

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this after such a wonderful few days as we have

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spent together, but you need to know that this thing

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happening between us can't get any more serious than what

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we have for now. I'm so sorry. I look down

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to the floor with nothing else I could say to

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alter his perception on me now that I had told

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him the truth, and it never dawned on me that

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he wouldn't be out the door before I could even

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finish the sentence. But he continued to surprise me with

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the efforts to make me believe we were more than

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just friends with the summer crush. You see, your problem

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is that you don't see what I'm looking at right

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here in front of me, a beautiful girl who is

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completely lost in a game she has no control over.

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Get out of it. Now, take my hand and follow

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me back to my home in Australia. I heard what

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he said, but I found it hard to comprehend what

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he was actually talking about. What I asked him, with

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a look of confusion on my face. He're nobody's property.

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You can do this, marry me. His statements got more

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and more profound as he went on repeating the questions.

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He got on one knee and proposed again, Jenna, I

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am in love with you and I want to spend

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the rest of my life making you happy. Please don't

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go back to him, I know that I'm the only

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one for you, and I will always treat you right.

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He paused for another second and repeated his question, Jenna,

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will you please marry me? My hand fell into my

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face after that, and without even letting myself think through

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the answer, I let my heart do all the talking.

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Looking back up to him, I said yes. I almost

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shouted the answer at him, as if saying it louder

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would give the word more meaning. Wanting to believe him

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and everything that he was saying felt like a vacation

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from all of the suffering and loneliness that I had

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endured over a lifetime of abuse and degradation. But knowing

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what you want and getting it are two things that

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rarely went hand in hand, or so I thought. All

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I knew from the brief period I had known this

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stranger was that he was offering me a life and

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loved down and unfamiliar path. And it was a gamble

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to believe a complete stranger, But somehow I knew he

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was right. My heart was beating so loud I thought

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it was going to jump right out of my chest,

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while the earnestness in my reply he picked up in

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his strong arms and took me back to the bed

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and reiterated his words in a more physical sense this time.

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Never had I felt loved like this before, so swept

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off my feet and unable to even think, eat, or

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do anything for that matter, which would involve leaving the

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hotel room without him. Every day after school would be

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my Robbie waiting to take me back to the hotel

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room for another night's passionate rendezvous. But a few nights

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after his proposal, he had another surprise in store. He

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didn't just want to get married someday. He wanted to

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get married now this week even I walked into the

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fabric store and was attended to by several seamstress who

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were already expecting my arrival. I was there to design

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and have fun designing my own dream wedding dress. While

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I was busy picking out fabrics and having measurements taken,

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I would look away for a moment, only to catch

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his tender eyes staring in my direction. Such adoration behind

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his looks. Could it be real? I would often ponder

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it to myself, just hoping for the gamble I was

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taking to work. I still had to believe in something

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better than what I was accustomed to, and here he was,

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writesmack dab in front of me, giggling at all of

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the lace and frills they were trying to dress me

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up in, looking more like an antique porcelain doll than

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anything else. I closed my eyes and pictured the day

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that I thought would never come. Starting to imagine the

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kind of dress I would like to wear. I envisioned

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a simple, sleekness, a complimentary, figure hugging gown with the

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small train, but long enough to distinguish and distinct as

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an actual wedding dress. After we settled on what we

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were going to wear for the big day, we would

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next have to decide where we would hold the ceremony,

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not before celebrating the entire week beforehand, though. We started

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our honeymoon early, celebrating every night, spending our time between

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the hotel room and sending our heads spinning on the

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dance floor at many different clubs, only with each other

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in sight. The dance floor was ours. We were out

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to give each other something to remember each night by

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I whispered all of the things I couldn't wait to

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do to him. Once we got back to the hotel room,

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and watching him heat up on the dance floor. I

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was never able to get enough of him, driving me

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crazy like a thirst I was unable to quench. His

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lips were like a fountain of deep springs that I

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could never reach the bottom of. Seven days, exactly a

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week after his proposal, I sat on my bed in distress,

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contemplating what I would say to the man who I

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was about to call. There was no nice way to

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go about it. I it couldn't last forever with it

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and with him, and this was my one chance to

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get out of it for good. I was leaving him,

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never to return to him ever again. I just had

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to go ahead and do it. Part of me was

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hoping he'd be at least a little happy for me

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and the sudden change in my life's direction. But the

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other part of me knew I was already asking too

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much of him. Calling his office in New York, I

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was transferred to Jeffrey's personal office. He picked up the

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phone on the third ring, pausing before I could get

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any of the words to come out of my mouth.

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But I mustered up my courage eventually and gave him

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my prepared spuel, beginning with how much I had appreciate

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everything he had done for me up until this point,

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I hoped that he would understand, but he just wanted

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me to hurry up and get to the point. Trying

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to contagiously pass on my excitement through the phone line,

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I finally screamed out, I'm getting married. Can you believe it?

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No reply was given, only silence on the other end.

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Trying to make some conversation. Ridding the uncomfortable silence, I

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went on to tell him about Robbie and how I

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had fallen madly in love with him over the last

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amazing few days we'd spent together. The absence of sound

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made my thoughts begin to run wild, and to get

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some response, I had to ask him what he thought

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about everything I was telling him. Finally, a few seconds later,

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his reaction to the news sunk in, and his only

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and final reply until many years to come was have

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a good life. With that statement, he slammed down the

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phone receiver, leaving only an echo of the dial tone

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to answer back to. I was too paralyzed from the

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shocking response. What have I just done? Was the first

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thing that entered my thoughts. Overwhelmed with guilt, I felt

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like I was falling down a deep, dark hole. And

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then the tears began to flood in here I was

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standing at the dawn of a new happy wife for myself,

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and I couldn't see past how bad I had let

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Jeffrey down, not yet seeing the hold he had on me.

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All right, folks, we're gonna wrap up right here, and

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we're getting close to the end. So in the next episode,

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we're gonna pick up where we left off and bring

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this bad boy to a completion. All of the information

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that goes with this episode can be found in the

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description box. What's up, everyone, and welcome to another episode

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of the Epstein Chronicles. In this episode, we're picking up

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where he left off with Virginia Robert's memoir The Billionaires

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Playboy Club, Like my white Knight on a horse, In

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came my hero to soothe my somberness. He rushed over

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to the bed where I was beating myself up mentally

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and wipe the falling tears from my cheeks. I take

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it that it didn't go so well, huh. Sniffling through

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my sobs, I managed to tell him that it doesn't

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matter anymore. All I care about is you, and leaving

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all of that life behind me, I wrapped my arms

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around him, and he asked me in a half joking voice,

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then why are you crying? He got me almost laughing

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now too. I guess it's just so scary, taking such

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a huge plunge away from what I'm used to, and

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taking such a big move to another country. It's just

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all so different, and I'm just trying to comprehend everything

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that's happening in such a short time. Always out to

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lift my spirits, his next comments made me gush in laughter.

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You think that was a hard phone call, Wait until

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I call my Sicilian mother. Watch this. I know exactly

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what she'll say. First, it'll be a saga about how

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I'm killing her with myself as actions. Then it'll be

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about how she's going to kill herself for doing such

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a terrible job raising normal children. Don't worry, though, She'll

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love every second of it. Logs thrive off of the

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drama in their lives and off everybody else's for that matter.

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He was pretty much on the dot when he told

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me how she'd react to the news. In the end,

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after relentlessly trying to change his mind, she sighed, if

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it was going to be anybody to do something as

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crazy as this, Robbie, it would be you. It wasn't

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a blessing as such, but at least she wasn't threatening

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suicide any longer, calling the closest of our families that

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night before our wedding to share. But then the announcement

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wasn't celebrated by any members of either side. But that

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didn't discern us one bit. My parents took it well,

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considering their only daughter was marrying a foreign man that

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they didn't know from the next guy on the street.

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And to top it off, I was moving to Australia permanently.

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When I asked my dad many years later why he

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hadn't put up a fight, he simply replied that nobody

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expected it to last very long. Fair Enough, I thought,

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I don't think anyone did at first, even us at

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our toughest times. We were a rare attribute. These days

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in the Nama, we have all been accustomed to living

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in turning nothing into something, which I had also come

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to realize was the most precious gift in my life. Love.

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Falling asleep was easy to do in his arms. That night,

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I laid my head on top of his chest, listening

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to the drum of his beating heart. I had never

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felt like I was more at home than ever before

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in my life. He pulled me gently in closer to him,

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letting me know that he was there for me, and

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when the lights went out and the thoughts would usually

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creep in. Amazing how he knew what I needed without

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even asking for it, wishing for something like this my

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whole life. I thought I was being such a fool

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in so many ways, but I was so wrong. The

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way his pretty eyes looked at me with such an

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understanding and compassionate sincerity made me want to trust his

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words and believe the love that he was offering me

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was indeed real. The next morning, Robbie was up and

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out of bed early to pick up our tailored wedding

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suit and dresses for our big day at Deyset Temple.

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His best friend from high school days that was traveling

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with him from Australia met him at the hotel lobby

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at seven o'clock. He was going to be joining us

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for the wedding as Robbie's best man. He still hadn't

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been able to find black shoes to go with the suit,

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so after he dropped off my dress back to me,

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he was off again to try and find himself a

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pair of decent looking ones, overjoyed with excitement. I was

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thrilled from the second I kiss Robbie goodbye for the

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last time before we were officially married. Looking in this

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only a week ago, I was now a different person.

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I felt like I was plunging into a bottomless abyss.

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Here I go, I thought to myself as I plunged

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out the door, letting the butterflies of my stomach carry

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me all the way to my nearly husband. I had

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to go to the beauticians that morning for my pre

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wedding makeup and dressing. The ladies who were doing my

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hair and face at the salon did a great job

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making me feel so beautiful for my special occasion that

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every girl dreams about their entire life. Requesting simplicity at best,

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not wanting to go overboard with all of the wedding apparel,

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they tied my long hair up into a knot, wrapping

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it around a veil of flowers made up of baby's

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breath and small yellow, purple butting flowers. I couldn't have

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dreamt it up better myself. And when I met my

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husband to be at the bottom of the mountain, he

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stood before me, speechless. You look so beautiful were his

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first words that his mouth formed, almost whispering them. He

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took my hand and we walked into the skylift together.

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Behind us followed an interpreter that Robbie hired to translate

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the Buddhist monks ceremony speech for us to English only speakers,

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and his best friend, who was only moments before he

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gave him the best man's speech about being the last

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chance to walk away from this and not get married

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to a girl he hardly knew. But my Robbie wouldn't

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hear a word of it. He already made up his

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mind the instant he proposed, and I said, yes, I

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was born to be with this girl. He told his

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best mate, all right, then let's do this. Then, once

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he knew that Robbie was sure in his decision, he

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was more than a static for him. We were slowly

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lifted up the tremendous mountain side, surrounded by floral green

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carpet of mossy grass that covered the earthly skyscraper and

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falling fog. It was like being carried to Heaven, or

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the closest thing to it, taking my eyes off the

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scenery and catching him adoringly staring at me again. I

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welled up with unstoppable tears. I am so lucky. Is

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this really happening? He squeezed my hand and replied back,

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You're the only one for me. I love you, relieving

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the anxiety written all over my tear stained face. Getting

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out of the carriage, we were greeted by good fortune

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from the gods above. A sun shower cascaded over us.

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As we advanced into the Anchian Holy Temple. My tears

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of joy dried and my happiness was glowing for all

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to see. The many visitors to the temple stopped and

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took photos of the passing bride and groom. No other

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foreigners had ever been married there, and certainly anyone wearing

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traditional Western wedding attire. Such a sight had never been

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seen behind these religious walls. We became a permanent icon

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at the temple. The ceremony was done in the Buddhist

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customs according to their ancestral accordance and translated for us

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in our own language. Both Robbie and I were anointed

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with a blessing from the monk, with a splash of

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water and seven sacramental bracelets, each one representing another meaning

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to the longevity of our union together. We signed our

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names in the Buddhists wedding registry of Deussept Temple and

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officially became Missus and miss Robert's, at least officially in

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our hearts, knowing the laws of Australia only recognized certified weddings,

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meaning when we got back to his homeland we'd have

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to make a run for the courthouse. This was our

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real wedding, though perfect, down to every detail. Waking up

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to the highest point of the temple, to the balcony

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hanging over the edge of the cliff side overlooking the

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city of chang May, we knew we had found the

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perfect spot to recite our vows of love to each other,

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providing everything for me and more than I could ever ask.

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His vows were to love me unconditionally until death do

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we part, shelter me from all the cruelty in the

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world that I was so accustomed to, and be like

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a bear, because the bear never forgets. Tears once again

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streamed down my eyes as he made this moment unforgettable,

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wiping the miscaa fading underneath my eyelids, whilst giggling at

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my embarrassment, I took my hands back into mine again

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and gave him the vows that were the sacred, prepared

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words from my heart. My ears were thundering the sound

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of a million horses hoofs descending downhill, and my heart

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was beating so fast my words barely trembled out of

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my mouth when I began to tell him how much

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he had changed my whole life around, and how dedicated

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my entire being to loving him and only him. Until

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I blew my final breath, I meant every word of

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what I said to him. This was it for me,

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wanting nothing more out of life than to be with

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someone like him, to raise a few kids together and

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grow old on the front porch, letting the days fade

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us by. I know it probably sounds boring to most people,

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and it would have to me as well many years ago.

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But after the life I had led, I had enough

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experience in the real world for my liking, and now

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all I want is to do to enjoy the remaining

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days of my life for what it is, a simple

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and satisfying existence. Our day was so special, not only

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to us, even to the monk that married us. Upon

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our descent down the lifts. He asked if he could

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take a photo with the bride and groom in front

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of their symbolic liberty bell, signifying the union of Easter.

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It represented a lot for us too. It was a

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commencement of a new life together and just the beginning

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of battling each other's past demons together. Kissing the bridal

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party goodbye. Who were just the local girls I had

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met on some of our many nights out having fun.

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I threw my arranged bouquet of Thailand's white wedding flooras

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mixed with the colorful orchids to the screaming Thaie women

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behind me, and they were given one last tradition to

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take with us, the release of cage doves. It was

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such an incredible gesture, especially for me, symbolizing their freedom

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as well as mine. I opened the cage door to

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let them free to decide their own fate. As the

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wings on the birds began to spread open and they

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took their final descent into the blue skies, granting themselves freedom,

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I knew mine had finally come too. The relevance of

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watching them fly away and how I had perceived my

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own day of marriage related to the identical feeling of

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feeling an entrapment of my own kind. I was liberated

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from the bounds of slavery I had come to know

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over many years I had spent with my fair share

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of greedy, pervert old men, only to have the serendipity

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mend my scars with the powerful healing of what true

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love has to endeavor on as customary in the romance

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novels I have read as a young girl. He picked

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me up in the hallway before our hotel. Sweeten carried

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me over the threshold, poofy dressed, and all my arms

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were tightly squeezed around his neck, never once taking my

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eyes off of him until he revealed yet another sweet surprise.

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Besides the cleaners tidying up the room while we were

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going back, they were given instructions by none other than

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the groom himself to pick up the petals off the

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stems of red roses to place on our bed in

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the shape of a giant heart. The rose petals led

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the way to where we consummated our love physically, and

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it was undeniably the first time in my life I

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had ever been made love to. Hours passed by before

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we thought about anything else besides one another's words of

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arousal and tantalizing touches and lingering kisses. We had a

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quiet dinner at a local restaurant and went went straight

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back into the arms of each other again, so profoundly

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in love with one another. It was the ideal display

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of what the honeymoon period should have to show for us.

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It was crazy, young and energetic, just what it should

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have been for two blossoming lovers. All right, folks, we're

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gonna wrap up right here, and in the next episode

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we're gonna pick up where we left off. All of

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the information that goes with this episode can be found

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in the description box. What's up, everyone, and welcome to

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another episode of the Epstein Chronicles. In this episode, we're

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going to get it right back to the Virginia Roberts

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memoir Billionaires Playboy Club. The following morning, we left the

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Princess Hotel, no longer under any of Jeffrey's financial privileges

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or control, so to speak, continuing our love spree and

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another dwelling of our own accord. Three days later, when

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we finally showed our face for the first time since

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checking in downstairs in the new hotel lobby, besides to

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request fresh sheets and towels. The entire staff of the

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hotel had a good laugh at our expenditure. From their reaction,

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it must have been nice to see a couple so

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affectionately fond of one another. Now we wanted to have

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another type of fun. Robbie had visited a tourist agent

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by himself before we got hitched to book a honey

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room iinerary for us to explore Thailand and beyond together,

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another surprise he had in store for me. We left

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early in the morning and joined the crowded bus for

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our journey beyond the border of Thailand to a village

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and the war torn nation of Laos. When we got

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through the extremely armored visa office eight hours off the

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beaten path, we then had to cross a flooding river

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from a recent heavy downpour of rain in a slim

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banana boat that looked like it could barely handle our weight,

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let alone the excess of my luggage that Robbie was

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so kind to trek around the world for me. Unbelievably,

482
00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:52,839
we did make it to the other side, only to

483
00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:56,240
find that my honeymoon in the tropics wasn't exactly how

484
00:24:56,279 --> 00:24:59,400
it had been explained to me. Naked children ran through

485
00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:02,880
the dirty stree eats with one boy that decided to

486
00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:05,640
release his bladder on the pathway where we were walking

487
00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:08,240
as we passed by him on the way to our hotel.

488
00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:12,640
My doubts of his choice and destinations became apparent after

489
00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:16,160
that sight. Robbie was getting hungry after we hadn't eaten

490
00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:19,079
the entire duration of the trip, and being such a

491
00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:23,319
rugged man he could digest just about anything. Deciding to

492
00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:25,440
stop on the side of the road, he ordered some

493
00:25:25,559 --> 00:25:29,119
kind of seafood dish, daring, I thought, settling for some

494
00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:33,000
toast and jam, something safer, I thought. Then I saw

495
00:25:33,039 --> 00:25:35,400
the lady behind the counter dip some plates in a

496
00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:38,119
dirty bucket full of dirty water, and then rinse in

497
00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:41,039
another bucket of water that didn't look as bad as

498
00:25:41,039 --> 00:25:44,119
the previous muddrench one, and then further proceeded to put

499
00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:47,680
my toast and his food on top of them, serving

500
00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:50,720
it to us all in clear view. I just couldn't

501
00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:55,519
bring myself to eat that. I mouthed in a hush voice,

502
00:25:55,559 --> 00:25:58,559
trying to quietly make my point, but was made public

503
00:25:58,839 --> 00:26:01,519
with the loud mouth out of why not looks fine

504
00:26:01,519 --> 00:26:04,200
to me, you have to try and eat something you

505
00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:06,519
haven't eaten all day. I know it was just his

506
00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:08,920
caring sight that he was trying to force me. And

507
00:26:09,039 --> 00:26:11,759
to top it off, he's Sicilian and they're all about eating.

508
00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:14,559
So it was our first debate, and now we were

509
00:26:14,559 --> 00:26:19,359
officially married, with many more marital conflicts to subsequently follow.

510
00:26:19,799 --> 00:26:24,680
Two headstrong and stubborn people, both both with the best intentions,

511
00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:27,880
but still recovering from old wounds. It was only natural

512
00:26:28,039 --> 00:26:30,160
and important that we thought just as much as we

513
00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:33,920
made passionate love together, countlessly proving to one another the

514
00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:37,559
true intentions of each other's loves, but sometimes in not

515
00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:41,599
so seemingly actions. Finally arriving at the hotel, it was

516
00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:44,160
like a scene out of a horror flike. We were

517
00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:46,599
showed up to the room that looked like somebody had

518
00:26:46,599 --> 00:26:49,519
been brutally killed in The bed sheets were torn apart,

519
00:26:49,799 --> 00:26:52,839
and the bed was stained with blood from some poor,

520
00:26:52,839 --> 00:26:55,759
helpless victim. Nearly vomiting at the purest side of my

521
00:26:55,839 --> 00:26:59,519
room and the stench that accompanied it, I was now

522
00:26:59,519 --> 00:27:02,079
tearing at the thought of even staying here for a

523
00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:05,279
single moment longer. No way, I told my new husband,

524
00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:07,880
and from the tone of my voice. He knew I

525
00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,720
was serious, not that I was not denying the fact

526
00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:12,920
that I had never been an out bad type of girl.

527
00:27:13,319 --> 00:27:15,960
I was fine with that impression. I'm no snob, but

528
00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:18,240
give me the simple luxuries of a clean bed and

529
00:27:18,279 --> 00:27:21,759
a shower, then I'll make myself at home. But this

530
00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,519
was just the epitome of filth and even possibly an

531
00:27:24,559 --> 00:27:27,599
act of a horrendous event. But who knows. The lady

532
00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:29,960
who showed us to the room seemed fine with it,

533
00:27:30,079 --> 00:27:33,160
passing it off as a hooker on her period. In

534
00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:37,079
some ways, that was even worse. Yuck, Okay, Robbie, it's

535
00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:40,359
time to go now. We were heading back down the

536
00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:43,759
hill back to the passport center, declaring our passage back

537
00:27:43,799 --> 00:27:46,720
into Thailand. Considering us a risk due to the short

538
00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:49,599
time we spent crossing the border and back, the officials

539
00:27:49,799 --> 00:27:52,960
held us at gunpoint while others rummaged through our luggage

540
00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:56,440
for drugs or whatnot, Finding nothing. Of course, they released

541
00:27:56,480 --> 00:28:00,279
us and stamped our passports, making us good for another

542
00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:03,839
three months if we wanted. We were thankful for escaping

543
00:28:03,839 --> 00:28:06,519
with our lives alone, although we had nothing to hide,

544
00:28:06,599 --> 00:28:10,599
but still an endearing experience nonetheless in the first days

545
00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:14,400
of our honeymoon, of all days, arriving in Ko Samu

546
00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:17,440
for finally a bit of relaxation in the tropics. It

547
00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:20,119
was my idea of how a holiday should be. Sunny,

548
00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:24,079
warm and clean, well an ideal way for two strangers

549
00:28:24,079 --> 00:28:27,400
to properly get acquainted, dancing into the wee hours of

550
00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:29,920
the night and making love in the blistering heat of

551
00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:33,759
the sunny days. We discovered everything on that island, mostly

552
00:28:33,839 --> 00:28:36,960
being into each other. We made friends of all sorts,

553
00:28:37,039 --> 00:28:41,559
mostly travelers, but everyone the same inn being taken aback

554
00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:46,000
by our fairytale romance. With our captivated eyes never straying

555
00:28:46,039 --> 00:28:48,960
too far from one another, anyone could easily see the

556
00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:53,079
strong chemistry between us. Trying to find the woman in

557
00:28:53,119 --> 00:28:55,799
me was indifficult, as I took to the bounds of

558
00:28:55,839 --> 00:28:59,079
marriage with such ease. No longer a girl, I love

559
00:28:59,119 --> 00:29:02,359
the idea of being a wife and belonging to a

560
00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:05,640
husband like Robbie. Marriage was bliss for the duration of

561
00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:08,319
our honeymoon until we had to ride coach on our

562
00:29:08,319 --> 00:29:11,079
way to the Bangkok airport to fly out to Australia,

563
00:29:11,759 --> 00:29:14,680
chatting away with always so much to say to each other.

564
00:29:14,759 --> 00:29:17,759
We watched the movie and finally got comfortable leaning up

565
00:29:17,759 --> 00:29:20,839
against each other as pillows. We both fell asleep on

566
00:29:20,839 --> 00:29:23,480
the long ride, and when we woke up to the

567
00:29:23,559 --> 00:29:25,960
sound of the bus's brakes coming to a halt, we

568
00:29:26,039 --> 00:29:29,240
initially realized my purse and Robbie's wallet, with all of

569
00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:33,039
our money and cards, were missing. Stranded in the city

570
00:29:33,079 --> 00:29:37,039
of Bangkok was frightening enough as it was, but to

571
00:29:37,079 --> 00:29:39,599
make matters worse, a lady looking in her mid seventies,

572
00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:42,240
scrawny and hunched over from an obvious lack of nutrition,

573
00:29:42,599 --> 00:29:45,200
lifted up her skirt to a passer by with a

574
00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:48,559
she mal hanging off his arm, and began smacking her vagina,

575
00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:52,839
blaring out look no cock, pussy, pussy only five bought,

576
00:29:53,319 --> 00:29:56,359
repeating herself many times over. The man just walked on

577
00:29:56,440 --> 00:29:59,279
past as she sat back down on the curb, waiting

578
00:29:59,279 --> 00:30:02,519
for the next to learn customer. Robbie and I shook

579
00:30:02,519 --> 00:30:06,200
our heads in disgust and disbelief. Things could really be

580
00:30:06,279 --> 00:30:09,119
that bad for someone I would know best, as it

581
00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:11,799
wasn't far off the life that Jeffrey had been trainding

582
00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:15,279
me up for, completely broke at two o'clock in the morning,

583
00:30:15,559 --> 00:30:17,759
and with no one a call for help. I panicked

584
00:30:17,799 --> 00:30:21,119
right away. Robbie rub my back and his tired eyes,

585
00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:24,680
trying to make the situation better. Luckily, we had made

586
00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:27,240
friends with some really nice people from the resort on

587
00:30:27,279 --> 00:30:30,119
the island, who gave us about two thousand bought when

588
00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:33,039
they saw how devastated Robbi and I were. With just

589
00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:35,200
enough money to rent a really cheap room for the

590
00:30:35,319 --> 00:30:38,319
night at a backpacker's hostel and pay for a taxi

591
00:30:38,359 --> 00:30:41,839
to the airport the following day, we were saved early

592
00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:44,759
the next morning. We were off in separate planes, since

593
00:30:44,839 --> 00:30:47,839
Robbie's ticket was pre booked and no available seats left

594
00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:50,119
for me to join them. Meant we would be landing

595
00:30:50,319 --> 00:30:54,240
in Australia separately. Fortunately, we had found the corresponding flight

596
00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:57,119
that arrived within the same hour of each other, but

597
00:30:57,319 --> 00:30:59,599
I would have to make a stopover in the Philippines.

598
00:31:00,119 --> 00:31:02,880
The lengthy hours of the duration of the flight seemed

599
00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:05,920
to stretch with the thoughts of the journey ahead of me.

600
00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:08,960
I couldn't wait to get back to my husband's loving arms.

601
00:31:09,319 --> 00:31:11,720
The trip was going well, sleeping the majority of the

602
00:31:11,799 --> 00:31:14,759
flight until I had to change planes in the Philippines.

603
00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:18,319
After the plane landed, and before any of the passengers

604
00:31:18,319 --> 00:31:20,720
were allowed to get off, we were handed a declaration

605
00:31:20,799 --> 00:31:23,759
statement that informed us that if we were carrying any

606
00:31:23,839 --> 00:31:26,480
drugs or a weaponry, we would be arrested and face

607
00:31:26,599 --> 00:31:30,440
charges with death as the ultimate penalty. Not that I

608
00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:33,319
had anything to worry about, but what a thought to

609
00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:37,079
willingly sign over your life. I got the chills and

610
00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:40,519
handing over my signed declaration and traveling documents to the

611
00:31:40,519 --> 00:31:44,359
customs officer obtaining my passport, he additionally asked to see

612
00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:47,440
my departing ticket. No problem, I thought, I just had

613
00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:50,279
done many times, and I handed over the required information.

614
00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:54,359
The officer looked me up and down, and then got

615
00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:56,599
on the phone immediately, which sounded like a phone call

616
00:31:56,640 --> 00:31:59,359
to his superiors, but I could tell since it wasn't

617
00:31:59,359 --> 00:32:02,960
another language. A brief conversation, but long enough to get

618
00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:06,279
me thinking. He then called over to guards, who took

619
00:32:06,319 --> 00:32:08,119
me by the arms and brought me into the empty

620
00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:10,960
room to be interrogated. No one would tell me what

621
00:32:11,039 --> 00:32:13,960
was going on, and they all scattered around in frenzy,

622
00:32:14,039 --> 00:32:18,279
ignoring all of my hysterical inquisitions, leaving me by myself

623
00:32:18,319 --> 00:32:21,000
and alone with my thoughts, I couldn't help a panic

624
00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:24,519
even worse now, this was the total bombshell of confusion

625
00:32:24,559 --> 00:32:27,759
on my part. What had I done wrong? Minute later,

626
00:32:27,799 --> 00:32:30,440
a large framed woman in a green uniform entered the

627
00:32:30,519 --> 00:32:33,440
room with the guards from before and sat down across

628
00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:36,079
from me with a stern look in her eye. She

629
00:32:36,319 --> 00:32:39,480
placed my documents on my desk in between us, not

630
00:32:39,559 --> 00:32:42,480
saying a word to me. She was waiting for me

631
00:32:42,559 --> 00:32:45,720
to give her an explanation about something. Can you please

632
00:32:45,759 --> 00:32:48,440
tell me what this is about. Have I done something wrong?

633
00:32:48,599 --> 00:32:52,480
I asked her politely, trying to restrain any animosity towards her.

634
00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:55,640
Her reply sounded as grim as she looked. You have

635
00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:58,519
been in Thailand for three months and now you only

636
00:32:58,559 --> 00:33:01,480
have a one way ticket booked Australia with no visa.

637
00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:05,119
What exactly are your plans once you get there, miss Roberts.

638
00:33:06,039 --> 00:33:08,559
To myself, I wondered what business it was to her?

639
00:33:09,279 --> 00:33:11,839
Don't people travel with one way tickets all the time.

640
00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:14,640
Knowing I was in no position to be able to

641
00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:17,720
say anything like that or even at all, I just

642
00:33:17,759 --> 00:33:20,480
gave in nicely and told her my intentions to travel

643
00:33:20,519 --> 00:33:23,880
over there. Crying through the entire explanation. I wasn't sure

644
00:33:24,039 --> 00:33:25,799
if I was even going to make my flight. Now

645
00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:28,440
she had to think about everything I had told her

646
00:33:28,519 --> 00:33:31,000
for a moment, deciding whether or not she would grant

647
00:33:31,079 --> 00:33:34,200
me permission to meet my husband in Australia or send

648
00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:38,160
me back alone to Bangkok. With only time on my side,

649
00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:41,559
she had to make a hasty verdict. Now one more

650
00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:43,759
question had to be answered before I was let go.

651
00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:46,839
She wanted some proof. If you have just got married,

652
00:33:46,839 --> 00:33:49,680
can you show me your marriage certificate? Then this didn't

653
00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:52,440
help my story's credibility at all, seeing that we were

654
00:33:52,559 --> 00:33:55,920
married in a Buddhist temple and given woven bracelets instead

655
00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:59,279
of certificates, explaining to her that I didn't have one

656
00:33:59,319 --> 00:34:01,920
to show her, but was already aware that I would

657
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:04,920
have to obtain a legal marriage certificate through a courthouse

658
00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:08,119
upon my arrival in Australia to stay there legally. It

659
00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:10,800
was only because of my husband's beliefs we wanted to

660
00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:14,760
get married in a Buddhist ceremony. She must have shared

661
00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:17,039
a common interest in the religion or something like that.

662
00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:19,760
As she finally cracked a smile upon the photos of

663
00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:22,039
the wedding day that I showed her and carrying in

664
00:34:22,119 --> 00:34:24,840
my purse since getting them developed. If she wanted proof,

665
00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:28,199
well this is all I really had. Handing me back

666
00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:30,519
my documents and ticket, I was now free to leave,

667
00:34:30,719 --> 00:34:32,800
but she wasn't leaving me much time to run through

668
00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:36,880
the airport's terminal to get to my departing flight. Expeditiously

669
00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:40,360
bolting through the busy airport, my adrenaline was still pumping

670
00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:43,519
from the previous encounter with the officials of the Philippines,

671
00:34:43,599 --> 00:34:45,920
who had enough power to condemn me if they had

672
00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:48,360
felt like it. I caught my plane in the nick

673
00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:50,719
of time, and once I was settled in my seat,

674
00:34:51,039 --> 00:34:53,320
my thoughts went back to my dear Robbie and how

675
00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:56,559
much I was missing them. I was just relieved that

676
00:34:56,639 --> 00:34:59,280
I was on my way to be back with them again. Soon,

677
00:35:00,079 --> 00:35:01,960
looking out the window, I could see the red earth

678
00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:05,440
beneath me. As I landed for the last time, I

679
00:35:05,519 --> 00:35:08,480
took notice of the first steps I walked off the

680
00:35:08,519 --> 00:35:10,800
plane and onto a new soil for the first time.

681
00:35:11,599 --> 00:35:13,519
I had so much to be looking forward to in

682
00:35:13,599 --> 00:35:16,119
my new husband. In my heart, I knew that this

683
00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:18,360
was all I ever wanted. This was going to be

684
00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:21,159
my heaven. There was another surprise in store for me

685
00:35:21,719 --> 00:35:23,880
when two elder strangers walked up to me and asked

686
00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:27,320
my name, are you Jenna? Nodding at their question, they

687
00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:29,480
gave me their first names and wrapped their arms around

688
00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:32,360
my neck. My new mother in law then said, we

689
00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:34,880
are Robbi's parents. We wanted to be the first ones

690
00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:38,519
who welcomed you to Australia and into our family. Yeah,

691
00:35:38,559 --> 00:35:41,360
that's an Italian shit right there. Just interject that is

692
00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:45,599
definitely some Sicilian Italian type shit. While waiting for Robbi's

693
00:35:45,599 --> 00:35:49,039
plane to arrive, we all chatted about many things, like

694
00:35:49,079 --> 00:35:51,559
the flight over from Thailand and the scare at the

695
00:35:51,599 --> 00:35:55,079
previous airport in the Philippines. I asked them how they

696
00:35:55,159 --> 00:35:57,880
knew whom to look for. My father in law laughed,

697
00:35:57,880 --> 00:36:02,199
saying recognizing me was easy Frombby's detailed description. He told

698
00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:04,960
them to look out for a petite, young blonde carrying

699
00:36:05,079 --> 00:36:08,519
an abundance of luggage. Laughing together over a few more

700
00:36:08,559 --> 00:36:11,719
brief conversations of getting to know each other better, they

701
00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:14,679
seem relieved to finally meet me, compared how stretch she

702
00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:17,719
sounded in the conversations I overheard Robbie having with her

703
00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:21,920
while in Thailand. Watching the arrivals board, I knew that

704
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:25,079
Robbie's plane had landed ages ago, but was now just

705
00:36:25,119 --> 00:36:27,639
waiting for him to get out of customs. It didn't

706
00:36:27,639 --> 00:36:30,400
bother me anyhow, I was enjoying getting accompanied with his

707
00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:33,679
parents for the first time. Eventually I saw my husband

708
00:36:33,679 --> 00:36:36,480
walking down the runway behind the gates. I just couldn't

709
00:36:36,519 --> 00:36:39,639
wait a second longer. I ducked underneath the gate and

710
00:36:39,719 --> 00:36:42,039
ran all the way up the runway to jump excitedly

711
00:36:42,079 --> 00:36:45,320
into his arms. I wrapped my arms and legs around him,

712
00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:48,119
holding on to him for dear life. I just missed

713
00:36:48,159 --> 00:36:51,000
him so much. I knew I would never let him go,

714
00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:54,360
theoretically speaking, that is, and I never have nearly a

715
00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:59,039
decade later. Over the near decade we spent together, Robbie

716
00:36:59,039 --> 00:37:01,880
and I have shit their common highs and lows that

717
00:37:02,079 --> 00:37:05,719
every determined marriage endures. It's taken a lot of hard

718
00:37:05,719 --> 00:37:08,760
work and doesn't come without its flaws, but no matter what,

719
00:37:09,360 --> 00:37:12,400
it's just perfect for the two of us. He helped

720
00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:15,039
me how to remember to smile again, and life has

721
00:37:15,079 --> 00:37:18,039
slowly began to sort itself out. They say that time

722
00:37:18,159 --> 00:37:20,920
heals all wounds, but what I had experienced in my

723
00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:24,239
young years. Wasn't nearly long enough to tell or let

724
00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:27,559
all of the hurt go. Seeking help through many counselors

725
00:37:27,559 --> 00:37:30,400
and psychiatrists, I was doing everything that I could to

726
00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:32,920
deal with all the scars and all the pain that

727
00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:36,920
was left behind, completely off of any pharmaceuticals since the

728
00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:39,239
last day of our honeymoon, and healing my heart with

729
00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:42,760
love instead of hate. Our marriage is my foundation and

730
00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:45,119
Robbie is my solid rock. We have to be for

731
00:37:45,199 --> 00:37:48,360
one another, putting the bonds of our union through the

732
00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:51,239
ringer and back. As neither of us expected my past

733
00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:54,280
life eventually to come back and haunt me after so long,

734
00:37:55,039 --> 00:37:57,559
our blissful life came to a sudden halt. One day

735
00:37:57,800 --> 00:37:59,960
when we were out visiting my in laws at their

736
00:38:00,079 --> 00:38:03,679
nearby house on just another plan afternoon. There was a

737
00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:05,880
knock on the front door, and my father in law

738
00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:08,440
got up from watching TV on the couch to answer it.

739
00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:11,679
He rushed back quickly, coming into the dining room where

740
00:38:11,679 --> 00:38:14,360
I was feeding my nineteen month and five month old

741
00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:17,079
boys at the table, and he blurted out, Jenna, there

742
00:38:17,079 --> 00:38:19,960
are three police officers at the door asking for you

743
00:38:20,079 --> 00:38:23,360
by the name of Virginia Roberts. I asked my mother

744
00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:25,400
in law to stay with the babies to find out

745
00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:27,719
what this was all about. I didn't even think it

746
00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:30,159
had had anything to do with Jeffrey at first, and

747
00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:32,559
wasn't even worried. When I opened the door to offer

748
00:38:32,599 --> 00:38:36,159
them to come inside, they weren't actually a police officers

749
00:38:36,360 --> 00:38:39,719
and two federal agents of Australia with one FBI agent

750
00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:45,159
from America. The American agent asked if I would mind

751
00:38:45,239 --> 00:38:47,639
actually coming outside so that I may speak with them

752
00:38:47,639 --> 00:38:51,039
in private. Okay, I said, as well as mentally preparing

753
00:38:51,039 --> 00:38:53,920
myself for something big. From the look of it, it's

754
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:56,800
not over a parking ticket or anything small that you

755
00:38:56,840 --> 00:38:59,760
get three federal agents knocking at your in law's front

756
00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:02,679
door asking to speak to you in private? Can we

757
00:39:02,719 --> 00:39:05,480
ask you if you are in fact missed Virginia Roberts

758
00:39:05,480 --> 00:39:08,239
and originally from Palm Beach County in the United States.

759
00:39:08,719 --> 00:39:12,000
I confirm my name and previous date of residence. Then

760
00:39:12,039 --> 00:39:15,480
they even asked, may we see some identification please? A

761
00:39:15,519 --> 00:39:17,960
different agent asked the question this time, and I told

762
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:19,599
them I will have to go and grab it. My

763
00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:23,400
purse is inside. I'll be just one second Robbie was

764
00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:25,400
standing on the other side of the door trying to

765
00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:27,679
figure out what they were doing here talking to me,

766
00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:30,280
And when I rushed through it to grab my purse

767
00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:33,079
and saw him standing there looking puzzled, I told him

768
00:39:33,199 --> 00:39:35,719
I had no idea what it was about yet, but

769
00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:38,039
not to worry. Everything was going to be just fine.

770
00:39:38,599 --> 00:39:42,360
Taking a deep breath and slowly exhaling outward, I opened

771
00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:45,039
the door to find out exactly what the agents wanted

772
00:39:45,239 --> 00:39:48,800
to talk about. Pulling out my Australian driver's license from

773
00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:50,840
my wallet, I was going to hand it over to them,

774
00:39:51,119 --> 00:39:55,280
but they sufficed at a quick glance this was no

775
00:39:55,360 --> 00:39:57,320
meet and greed, and they went straight to the point.

776
00:39:57,639 --> 00:40:00,159
One agent picked up a briefcase off the floor and

777
00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:02,840
opened it up, taking out a stable stack of paper.

778
00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:05,639
Then the same agent asked me if I had ever

779
00:40:05,719 --> 00:40:08,960
known an affiliate by the name of Jeffrey Epstein. All

780
00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:11,719
of a sudden, my stomach tangled, and a familiar not

781
00:40:12,599 --> 00:40:14,719
that I hadn't felt in many years from my past

782
00:40:14,760 --> 00:40:18,280
life that I was trying to forget about. I nodded

783
00:40:18,400 --> 00:40:21,320
an affirmation of their question and said, yes, it was

784
00:40:21,360 --> 00:40:23,840
a long time ago, and he's no longer an affiliate

785
00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:26,400
of mine, But yes, I did know him once. It

786
00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:29,280
was shameful enough to think about, let alone talk about

787
00:40:29,679 --> 00:40:31,840
with them for the first time since I had started

788
00:40:31,840 --> 00:40:35,360
my entire life over. His next response left me nothing

789
00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:38,719
short of speechless. The United States Attorney's Office for the

790
00:40:38,800 --> 00:40:41,920
District of Florida was giving me a notification of being

791
00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:46,159
an identified victim. Jeffrey was finally caught for his atrocious

792
00:40:46,159 --> 00:40:49,440
acts of perversion on girls who were barely old enough

793
00:40:49,440 --> 00:40:52,400
to even comprehend the birds and the bees, so to speak.

794
00:40:53,599 --> 00:40:56,599
On June thirtieth, two thousand and eight, Jeffrey Epstein pleaded

795
00:40:56,639 --> 00:41:00,000
guilty for a procurement of my nerds to engage it

796
00:41:00,199 --> 00:41:04,679
and solicitation of prostitution. More than a dozen girls had

797
00:41:04,679 --> 00:41:08,559
been named as victims of Jeffrey's federal offenses, and without

798
00:41:08,599 --> 00:41:11,079
ever stepping a day in court, he was granted a

799
00:41:11,079 --> 00:41:14,960
plea bargain, consenting to charges that named him a registered

800
00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:19,719
pedophile for only two of the minor girls, getting away

801
00:41:19,760 --> 00:41:22,679
with even serving only twelve of the sentenced eighteen months

802
00:41:22,760 --> 00:41:26,159
behind bars, be that in the evening alone and in

803
00:41:26,199 --> 00:41:29,760
the morning. He was released during the day, restricted to

804
00:41:29,800 --> 00:41:33,480
the confinement of his lavish mansion in Palm Beach, only

805
00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:36,480
to be with his original sex slaves from over ten

806
00:41:36,559 --> 00:41:40,639
years ago, Nadia Marsenkova and Sarah Kellen, and knowing Jeffrey

807
00:41:40,719 --> 00:41:43,280
all too well, they wouldn't be the only ones while

808
00:41:43,320 --> 00:41:47,440
he was pulling his laughing stint of retribution. Even at nighttime,

809
00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:50,239
the girls were still allowed to visit him, accounting to

810
00:41:50,320 --> 00:41:54,719
nearly seventy times while serving his time in incarceration. No

811
00:41:55,079 --> 00:41:58,360
justice had been served for any of us victims, denied

812
00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:01,559
the very constitutional rights of LEDG there to protect and

813
00:42:01,599 --> 00:42:03,880
serve us. We weren't allowed to have a voice in

814
00:42:03,920 --> 00:42:07,039
front of a jury and a judge even informed for

815
00:42:07,119 --> 00:42:11,079
that matter. Instead, we were handed this notification of being

816
00:42:11,119 --> 00:42:13,880
a victim, but told we were all too late to

817
00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:16,800
do anything about it. To make matters worse, part of

818
00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:19,360
the plea bargain was that we had the option to

819
00:42:19,360 --> 00:42:22,079
sue him with the lawyers he provided for us, and

820
00:42:22,199 --> 00:42:25,079
conveniently enough, I found out later that they were also

821
00:42:25,159 --> 00:42:28,840
his lawyer's old friends from college days. I felt my

822
00:42:28,920 --> 00:42:31,679
knees go weak, and the anxiety churning in my stomach

823
00:42:32,039 --> 00:42:35,519
was now making me feel sick. Taking the bundle of

824
00:42:35,559 --> 00:42:38,039
paperwork from the agent who was now handing it over

825
00:42:38,119 --> 00:42:40,840
to me. I had to excuse myself before my legs

826
00:42:41,119 --> 00:42:44,880
actually buckled, closing the door behind me. I couldn't even

827
00:42:44,920 --> 00:42:47,519
find the words to tell my husband what was going on.

828
00:42:48,280 --> 00:42:50,760
I rushed to the back of the house and went

829
00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:53,000
to the backyard, where I wanted a minute to compose

830
00:42:53,039 --> 00:42:56,119
myself and process the information I had just been told.

831
00:42:56,840 --> 00:42:59,639
Robbie followed behind me, but the stillness in my eyes

832
00:42:59,679 --> 00:43:03,159
convinced to give me that moment to compile my emotions.

833
00:43:03,480 --> 00:43:06,199
A few moments later and I was ready to talk,

834
00:43:06,599 --> 00:43:09,880
collapsing into his arms with such anguish. He just held

835
00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:12,320
me until the sobs subsided and I was able to

836
00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:15,960
tell him what actually happened. Starting with an apology, I

837
00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:18,159
began to tell him how I was so sorry, but

838
00:43:18,239 --> 00:43:21,079
my trouble passed has come back, the plague our simple,

839
00:43:21,119 --> 00:43:24,480
sweet lives and was just about to turn it all

840
00:43:24,559 --> 00:43:27,760
upside down. He was so understanding from the beginning of

841
00:43:27,800 --> 00:43:30,320
all this, telling me that he will always be behind

842
00:43:30,360 --> 00:43:33,320
me every choice that I make in mending the sorrows

843
00:43:33,360 --> 00:43:36,440
of my tormenting past, and that there has been and

844
00:43:36,480 --> 00:43:38,679
he has been through all of the thick and thin.

845
00:43:39,400 --> 00:43:41,920
Deciding to call the lawyers on the victim suit provided

846
00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:44,400
for me was a big decision, but one that I

847
00:43:44,440 --> 00:43:47,320
had to seek the unanswered questions from my battered heart.

848
00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:49,599
The two women at the firm that I spoke to

849
00:43:49,880 --> 00:43:53,440
treated me so wonderfully, like long term friends. They counseled

850
00:43:53,480 --> 00:43:56,159
me not only in the terms of a lawsuit towards Jeffrey,

851
00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:59,960
but also in the matters of being emotionally and sexually abused.

852
00:44:00,880 --> 00:44:03,000
I chose to proceed with the lawsuit, at least to

853
00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:05,119
make a statement to a man that tried to make

854
00:44:05,159 --> 00:44:08,800
a degrading statement about me so long ago. Now it

855
00:44:08,920 --> 00:44:11,360
was my turn. I had the choice to turn the

856
00:44:11,360 --> 00:44:14,079
tables on him, hoping he would feel embarrassed and in

857
00:44:14,119 --> 00:44:17,280
the spotlight for everyone's entertainment, where he had kept me

858
00:44:17,400 --> 00:44:21,280
for so many years. Winning my lawsuit against him was

859
00:44:21,320 --> 00:44:23,760
not enough to heal old wounds. I'd never got the

860
00:44:23,840 --> 00:44:25,559
chance to stand up in front of a jury and

861
00:44:25,599 --> 00:44:28,760
tell them how much pain I had endured and still

862
00:44:28,840 --> 00:44:31,960
endure throughout the many nightmares I faced. When darkness hits

863
00:44:32,239 --> 00:44:35,239
and the silence of sleeping household fills my head with

864
00:44:35,320 --> 00:44:38,360
pictures overliving my past with him or the others he

865
00:44:38,440 --> 00:44:41,880
sent me to, Or did I even get to hear

866
00:44:41,960 --> 00:44:44,840
him confess his guilt and suffer the way I did

867
00:44:44,920 --> 00:44:48,599
locked in confinement for many years. No. Instead, I got

868
00:44:48,599 --> 00:44:50,679
to see a picture of Jeffrey with his arms around

869
00:44:50,679 --> 00:44:54,440
a very youthful looking teenager, if even that, parading the

870
00:44:54,440 --> 00:44:56,719
streets in New York, the very way he had with

871
00:44:56,800 --> 00:44:59,920
me and so many girls long before, As if it

872
00:45:00,119 --> 00:45:03,000
or a public display intended for not only as many

873
00:45:03,119 --> 00:45:05,800
victims to see, but also a spectacle for the public

874
00:45:05,960 --> 00:45:09,000
justice system. It was a bold show of insolence, laughing

875
00:45:09,039 --> 00:45:11,519
in our faces while we all sat by, not being

876
00:45:11,559 --> 00:45:15,280
able to do anything to help these young girls from

877
00:45:15,360 --> 00:45:19,960
the streets, still stuffering this perverted affliction. Not much longer,

878
00:45:20,079 --> 00:45:22,000
there was another story on Jeffrey I saw in the

879
00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:25,239
papers of him and Prince Andrew having a stroll together

880
00:45:25,519 --> 00:45:29,199
in Central Park. It instantly sparked my concern for other

881
00:45:29,280 --> 00:45:31,559
girls in the very same position I was in so

882
00:45:31,679 --> 00:45:34,119
long ago, and he was obviously up to the same

883
00:45:34,159 --> 00:45:37,280
old tricks. I had to do something now, not being

884
00:45:37,320 --> 00:45:40,320
able to sit by any longer with the knowledge of

885
00:45:40,360 --> 00:45:42,559
being able to help out in some way. I had

886
00:45:42,559 --> 00:45:44,719
to tell my story, no matter how shameful it was

887
00:45:45,079 --> 00:45:48,239
to even speak about putting my sham aside. I had

888
00:45:48,239 --> 00:45:51,360
to derive every bit of courage I could sustain, and

889
00:45:51,400 --> 00:45:53,960
now I'm ready to tell it. The hardest lesson I

890
00:45:53,960 --> 00:45:56,159
had failed. That learning until later on in my life,

891
00:45:56,320 --> 00:45:59,440
became my strength, the belief in my inner voice and

892
00:45:59,440 --> 00:46:02,599
the ability to speak up. I do have a voice,

893
00:46:02,639 --> 00:46:04,800
and now the world is going to hear it in

894
00:46:04,880 --> 00:46:08,320
my whispered cries for justice swept away by a surge

895
00:46:08,320 --> 00:46:11,239
of media. With one phone call, I sent Jeffrey's publicist

896
00:46:11,280 --> 00:46:14,159
into a frenzy not to mention the release of the

897
00:46:14,159 --> 00:46:16,920
photos showing the first night that Prince Andrew and I

898
00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:20,000
shared together that I so happened to unveil for the

899
00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:23,199
public to see. I spent too much of my life

900
00:46:23,360 --> 00:46:25,880
going out of my mind, waiting for rescue that never

901
00:46:26,000 --> 00:46:28,679
came until it was too late, and then the scars

902
00:46:28,679 --> 00:46:32,679
were already embedded deeply within. Thankfully, I am now free

903
00:46:32,679 --> 00:46:35,559
from the struggles that nearly destroyed the love inside of

904
00:46:35,559 --> 00:46:37,960
my heart. I only wish it could be the same

905
00:46:38,159 --> 00:46:41,400
for the other victims, not just for Jeffrey's inflictions. But

906
00:46:41,599 --> 00:46:44,800
every person who has ever suffered at the hands of another,

907
00:46:45,760 --> 00:46:47,920
I'm here to tell you from my own experience that

908
00:46:47,960 --> 00:46:50,880
the moon is yours. If that's all you want, all

909
00:46:50,920 --> 00:46:52,480
you have to do is stand up and take it.

910
00:46:52,760 --> 00:46:54,760
If some girl off the streets of Florida like me

911
00:46:54,920 --> 00:46:57,440
can stand up against the tyrants that run the deep

912
00:46:57,480 --> 00:47:00,760
pockets of our world, then anyone can. Just like I

913
00:47:00,840 --> 00:47:03,440
needed to believe that something or someone stood up for

914
00:47:03,480 --> 00:47:06,760
me once, like Robbie did long ago, I now stand

915
00:47:06,840 --> 00:47:09,400
up for us. For all of the girls, the ones

916
00:47:09,440 --> 00:47:11,960
who are still on the streets and think that they

917
00:47:11,960 --> 00:47:14,760
don't deserve better, or it's an unachievable dream to be

918
00:47:14,960 --> 00:47:17,320
entitled to more out of life, For all of the

919
00:47:17,360 --> 00:47:20,719
beautiful girls who don't see beyond their outside appearance. For

920
00:47:20,800 --> 00:47:23,559
all the girls still trapped in enslavement and unable to

921
00:47:23,559 --> 00:47:26,159
get out of the abuse that holds them down. But

922
00:47:26,280 --> 00:47:29,000
most of all, I stand up for every girl's belief

923
00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:32,599
in love, because it's the very savior of my spirit

924
00:47:32,960 --> 00:47:36,800
and soul. The end. All right, folks, Well, that brings

925
00:47:36,840 --> 00:47:40,719
us to the conclusion of Virginia Roberts memoir The Billionaire's

926
00:47:40,719 --> 00:47:43,719
Playboy Club. And now that we have this added to

927
00:47:43,719 --> 00:47:47,519
the catalog. We're gonna finish off the Acosta deposition and

928
00:47:47,559 --> 00:47:50,679
then we're gonna move on to the Nadia Marson COVID deposition,

929
00:47:50,960 --> 00:47:54,400
and you definitely don't want to miss that. All of

930
00:47:54,400 --> 00:47:57,000
the information that goes with this episode can be found

931
00:47:57,360 --> 00:47:58,519
in the description box.