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This episode contains descriptions of domestic abuse that some listeners may find distressing.

Please be advised.

And like every episode, there will be a swear word.

Or six.

Teen. It's May 1997 and Mariah is sitting across from her husband Tommy Matola at the massive dining room table in Storybook Manor.

A few of Tommy's employees have joined them for dinner, but even with the extra guests,

Mariah's mind isn't on this meal.

Instead, she's thinking back to a few weeks ago,

when she and Derek Jeter finally locked lips.

Mariah feels like she's still up on his Manhattan rooftop, kissing in the

rain. Everywhere she goes, she can feel Derek's body pressed against hers and the

smell of his Cologne.

Everything changed in that moment.

For the first time, Mariah has someone in her life who Tommy can't control, and it feels electric. Now as she looks across the table she

finally sees her husband for who he really is, temperamental, insecure, and desperate for control.

And she's like, this is who I've been afraid of all this time?

I mean, I'm always skeptical of grown men who still go by children's names so yeah

same it's very suspicious Tommy might be ridiculous but he's not stupid

Mariah knows he can totally tell something's been different.

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