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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 coolest 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 had 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 borrow with friends and she drove me home and we had one of those awkward moments where you both set the car with one another and you're like

All right, good night and she was like, good night and I was like, well, I'll see you tomorrow or soon and she said, yeah, me too, and then we just sat there

And I was like, well, good night and she said, good night again and then I got out of the car and I think that was probably the specific night she wanted me to kiss her for the first time

But I was either too stupid or too cowardly to do it

After John Edwards dropped out of the presidential race, he held a reception to thank those who'd worked on his campaign

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