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We lock our doors at night to keep the outside world, to keep evil out, right?

But what happens when evil has a key?

Can't prepare for that.

Welcome to Season 4, Episode 98 of Sword and Scale, a show that reveals that the worst monsters

are real. This story will break your heart.

It's a story of love, of friendship, and of family.

But at the same time, it's a story of deceit, of manipulation, and the cruelest form of betrayal imaginable.

But for now, let's start with the love story.

I was a student at UNC,

and an email whenever a listserv asking for volunteers for a presidential campaign.

So I showed up. I didn't meet her that night, but I kept emailing her basically begging for

a task to be involved. And so finally, I think out of exasperation more than anything, she gave me

something to do. So I showed up. This was probably end of January 2007 for a fundraiser.

And they led me back to her, and that's where I met her.

That voice is a man named Nation Han.

He is recounting the first time he met Jamie Kirk, the woman who would become his wife.

The two became close friends while working on the John

Edwards campaign together in 2007. As their friendship developed, the two spent more and more time

together and began to develop feelings for each other. There was one instance in late December

where we went out to bar with friends and she drove me home and we had one of those awkward moments where you both sat in the car with one another and you're

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