Hey, I'm Steph and this is not today.

Hello and welcome or welcome back. So happy you're here, because today I have quite the story to tell you.

I think it's safe to say that most of us have experience with a really terrible X. There's a whole slew of

reasons why an X can be bad, like for instance, lying, cheating, manipulation, just to name a few,

but now imagine your worst ex devised a well-thought-out scheme and got you thrown in jail for seven

months for something that you didn't do. That was the reality for the woman we're going to be

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Our episode today will contain discussion about sensitive topics,

so listener discretion is advised.

Simone Sumasar was the oldest of three children.

She spent her early years in Guyana, South America,

but when she was 11 years old, came to the U.S. with her parents, brother and sister.

She grew up in Queens, New York, and lived in the same house basically for her whole life,

and eventually bought the house that she grew up in from her parents.

To Simona, that house meant so much to her, and was always going to be hers,

or at least stay in the family in some way. Simona's father worked for Steinway piano company,

and had his own business, which was a taxi company. When Simone graduated, she first worked for a

broker at Morgan Stanley on Wall Street. She worked ridiculous hours and very quickly moved up

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