No one ever saw this coming, but here we are, bonded forever by the same ex-husband.

Once arched enemies and now partners in crime, we journeyed to the edge of sanity to uncover the dark truth about her ex-husband.

My name is Athena, and I'm Amber, and we are the creators of X-Yves undercover.

This podcast is based on real-life events that are portrayed to the best of Athena and Amber's memory and also backed by court records and other factual evidence.

While all the stories in the podcast are true,

some names and identifying details

have been changed to protect the privacy of the people involved.

If you thought Ben was a little unhinged, just wait.

Let me get you up to speed on where we're at in the story.

November 2018 was me and Ben's five-year anniversary of being together and a major turning point

in our relationship. We had been married for just over a year, and in December, I finally had a break in my so-called investigation

into all the suspicious things surrounding Ben. We had a big blow-up fight. He moved back to Seattle,

and I boxed up everything in our home in Hillsborough, Oregon, and put it in storage. I also had

consulted with a divorce lawyer to get the paperwork

started. I had reached out to both Avery and Athena and told them about what I discovered.

We all still did not know about Deanna, his most recent ex-girlfriend, who had finally gotten

a restraining order on Ben the month prior. We also had

zero clue about the woman in Norway that he flew in to visit him in L.A. Athena and her husband

immediately consulted with a lawyer as well and were in the process of creating an emergency

parenting plan to protect Sydney from Ben until he sought mental health treatment.

Okay, I think that pretty much sums it up. Now, on with a story, season one, episode 30,

in sickness and in health. The weeks leading up to Christmas were nothing like I imagined, between trying not to focus

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