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Guaranteed Human.

I went down to D.C.

Thinking that I was making a parenting plan.

And I came back with business cards for investigators and victims' assistance phone numbers in my luggage,

doubting who I knew for the last five years.

I was going to be able to be the last five years. I'm Andrea Gunning, and this is Betrayal, a show about the people we trust the most, and the deceptions that change everything.

Betrayal Weekly is officially back for season two.

Whether you've been with us from the beginning or you're just tuning in, welcome.

This season, we're bringing you some of our most riveting, emotional, and unforgettable stories yet.

Starting with this one.

So I had been married for 11 years.

It was very shocking to me what little independence I had so easily fallen into, And I didn't want to be like that.

That's Brooke Fisk. She's an ICU nurse from upstate New York. When she was 32, she divorced her first husband and started over. The first couple of months were scary and lonely.

You know, I would come home from work and the house would be empty because the kids would be at their dads.

And it would be quiet.

And I would sit down in the kitchen and look around and not know what to do with myself.

Brooke was a newly single mother of two, sharing custody with her ex.

This transition made her painfully aware of how much she sacrificed in her marriage.

She wanted to rebuild a life where she was in control.

So when I got divorced, really my focus for that first year was to become independent and maintain my independence.

And I really thrived at that.

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