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It's the middle of the night in March of twenty
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twenty one, and at Oklahoma, the police receive a frantic
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nine one one call from the home of the beloved
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pastor David Evans. It's his wife, Christie. She's screaming someone
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shot him. She shrieks into the phone. They shot my David.
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When the police arrive at the Evans little brick house,
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Christie sits in the living room. Her bare legs are
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shaking and her toes bounce on the turquoise carpet. Christy
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is a curvy woman with long red hair and pale skin.
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She clutches the T shirt she's been sleeping in and
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pulls the neck up to wipe her tears between sobs.
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We'll be married thirty years this June, she cries, and
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she buries her sniffling face into her T shirt again.
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One officer makes his way over to the bedroom. He
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sees David. The covers are pulled up around him, but
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his face is exposed. His head is cranked to the
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side and blood has soaked his mop of dark hair.
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The thick violet blood has drained down the side of
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his temple onto the sheets and is pulling around on
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the carpet beside their antique bed frame. David is long
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gone from a single gunshot wound to the head. Back
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in the living room, Christy sputters out a story she
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was asleep when suddenly she heard a loud pop. She
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tells the police that she ran out of the back
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room to see if an intruder had left on foot
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and realized that the door was unlocked. We never leave
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that door unlocked, she says. We are diligent about locking
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all the doors because there are breakings. Christy hugs herself
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to keep from shivering. That she answers the questions being
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thrown at her. She realizes she's now a widow. What
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well they're small town of Ada think of this? And
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more so, what will the members of their church say
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when they find out that David has been murdered? Welcome
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to sword and Scale Nightmares, True crime for bedtime or
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nightmare beginnings. Now, David Evans was not your typical small
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town preacher. He was a little controversial and modern. He
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talked about taboo subjects that most Christian pastors would steer
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clear of, like abortion and sexuality. Probably a good topic
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for all of us to steer clear from at a
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cocktail party, by the way. But David was big on
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marriage and fidelity, often working these topics into his sermons.
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He told his parish to stay faithful to their spouses,
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but that exploring sexuality wasn't wrong. After all. David preached
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that God created our bodies and our sexuality and he
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wanted those things to be explored. Kind of a creepy
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thing for a preacher to say, but that's just me.
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David was born in New Jersey in nineteen seventy. He
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was one of six kids and spent most of his
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youth free to do whatever he pleased with his time.
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Those were the good old days. Just get on a
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bike and ride for hours and hours and get home
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whenever the hell you get home. David's older brother had
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cerebral palsy, so his mother was preoccupied with her special
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needs child, leaving the other siblings to kind of roam
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free and do whatever they wanted. The family soon moved
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to Oklahoma, and by the time that David was a teenager,
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he had become a bit of a bad boy. David
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wore a leather jacket and he had long hair, and
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everyone noticed how cool he was. Christy armor was three
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years younger than David, and that only made him all
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that more attractive to her when he started crushing on her.
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Christy was a waitress at the local drive in, and
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David would visit her during her shifts until he worked
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up the nerve to ask her for her number. The
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two fell in love quickly and made big plans to
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get married the very minute it was made legally possible,
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so when Christy turned eighteen at the end of May
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nineteen ninety one, they got married the first week of June.
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The next few years, they got busy starting their family,
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popping out three children and moving to Ada, Oklahoma to
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lay down some roots. But it wasn't always easy for
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David to find work, that is until he was offered
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a job at a biblical bookstore in town and found
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his calling in the church. David was completely taken aback
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with the preachers and deacons that he met at the bookstore,
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and soon enrolled in college to become a minister himself.
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He studied at night well, Christy took care of the
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house and the kids. The Evans family became very involved
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in their local church community. After David graduated and worked
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his way up the ladder. By twenty fifteen, their kids
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had left home and David had been renamed had pastor
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at the Harmony Free Will Church. Christy was always by
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his side during sermons, helping in any way that she could.
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The couple quickly became a staple in Ada. Everyone wanted
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what the Evans had. But like I said before, David
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was controversial. He talked about sexuality, and some people in
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the parish, the boomers, were not too happy with this
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hip new pastor who wasn't afraid to talk about private matters.
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David would get death threats and some people stopped attending
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his sermons. But for every person who wasn't happy with
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Dave David's outlook on God, there was someone else who
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found it refreshing. Isn't that how everything works? But David
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talked about sex a lot because he was very, very
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into sex. Maybe he played the perfect cool pastor in church,
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but as we've seen many many times before, behind closed doors,
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he was a little different. He was a sexual deviate
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who wanted to explore anything and everything his wife would allow.
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Now that their kids were gone from the house, David
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and Christy had the freedom to play out his sexual
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fantasies to their extreme. Now, David was a how'd you say,
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a bit of a cuckold. Some of you older ladies
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in the audience might want to look that word up.
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It's fascinating. Just be careful where you end up on
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the internet, anyway, to give you a sneak preview, what
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he liked to do was watch Christie be with other men,
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so he would spend late nights on Craigslist looking for
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suitable candidates. Of course, that's when he found one that
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would change their lives forever. David and Christy were now
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in their late forties, empty nesters with solid jobs at
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the church and nothing but time to explore all of
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their weird, sexual, depraved fantasies. David had been coordinating threesomes
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for the couple and had watched his wife with more
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than fifty different men over the course of a few months.
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Does that make Jesus a cuckold too? Is he sitting
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in the chair in the corner? I know I'm gonna
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get letters for this one. David spent a lot of
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time on Craigslist hunting for new prospects, and one evening
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he found a twenty six year old man named Khalil Square,
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who said he was willing to meet the Evans at
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a Super eight motel room for an introduction. Now, I
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don't have to tell you that no introduction worth having
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is ever done at a Super eight motel. That's a fact.
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A lot of things I say here are opinion, but
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that's a fact anyway. Khalil was young, black, and not
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the type of guy you would think would be down
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to get in bed with the Evans. He had a
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criminal history and had spent four years in prison for
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stabbing a guy in a brawl. That's the kind of
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guy you pick up on Craigslist, by the way. He
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was raised in a good family by loving grandparents, but
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had made some very poor decisions early in his life.
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He ran with a tough crowd, as they say now here,
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he was about to shack up with the town's premiere
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Christian couple. Oh boy. Christie was plump, short and curvy,
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with distractingly big breasts, but he was also strangely plain.
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She had flat bangs and a soft, flabby chin, and
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wore too much eyeliner. She looked like someone you'd find
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working behind the returns desk at Walmart, for example. Devoid
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of sunlight and exercise. David was tall, buff and dorky,
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with his pin striped shirts, lapeled leather jacket, and carefully
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sculptured gray beard. Who knows what the hell Khalil saw
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in them other than you know, a hole. Maybe he
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was just maybe he was just really into being that
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extra guy in the cuckold fantasy. But nevertheless, the three
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met up at a local hotel one day and got
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to know each other. And by hotel, I mean motel.
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Of course. David extends his hand first, making sure that
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Christy is aware of her place in this transaction. As
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the two men chat, Christie sits down on the hotel
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bed and crosses her legs. Khalil is cute, she thinks.
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She feels an immediate attraction to him, and any time
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he looks past David at her, she makes sure to
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sneak a flirtatious smile at him. Over the course of
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the conversation, Christie sits back quietly, working herself into a daze.
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She really wants this all to happen with Khalil. He
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is so young, so fit, so handsome, so dark, you
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know what I mean, So much different than her husband
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and all the other men he usually picks for them
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to rendezvous with. Christy knows this is just a meet
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and greet it wouldn't last long, but she wants to
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make sure that she can see Khalil again in case
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David isn't that much into him. Christy runs through David's
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strict list of rules in her head. He is very
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controlling over their sexual affairs. It's very confusing. They are
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allowed to sleep with other people, but they have to
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use fake names. They aren't allowed to communicate regularly with
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the people they have one night stands with, and if
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a threesome happens, David is in charge. Christy is just
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the plaything. David has always been the dominating one in
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their relationship. He is controlling and strong willed, while Christy
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is much more mild and agreeable. But now that they've
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begun swinging and having their sexual trysts, she's found a
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new side of herself. She has blossomed during these debaucherous
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affairs and has gained new confidence from the men she
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met without David. Funny how that happens. She straightens her
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hair back and pushes her chest forward. You know, how
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you ladies do You don't have the same tricks as
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she thinks about the men she's been with who tell
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her that she's fresh and sexy. But at home, David
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has become bored of her, like that toy he really
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really really wanted last Christmas and no longer plays with.
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At this point, he only wants to have sex with
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her if it involves another person. His needs are becoming
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more deviant and more demanding. Christy is secretly finding her
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own way outside their marital home, and Khalil seems like
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the kind of young and dangerous type who can free
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her from David's control, free her into what exactly. Who
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the hell knows, But I'm not sure that rational thinking
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is involved here. Something that the meeting with Khalil might
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be coming to an end. Christy thinks fast and pulls
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a little scrap of paper from inside her purse. She
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fishes around for a pen, and behind David's back, writes
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her name and cell phone on the tiny scrap of paper.
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As David gets up to leave, Christy grabs his hand
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and then tucks the folded paper in her other hand.
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He follows her husband out, purposely leaving her purse on
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the bed. When they get into the hallway, She tells
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David she left her purse and runs back to the
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room while he waits forgot my purse. She smiles at Khalil.
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He smiles back as she grabs it and saunters out.
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She drops the piece of paper right at his sneakers,
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making sure to catch his eye and raising her brows
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before exiting the room. Khalil picks it up and grins.
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She is elated. Well. Christy returns to the hallway. David
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is waiting, annoyed. Are you ready to go? He asks?
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Christie sighs and smiles, yes, my dear. Khalil texted Christy
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the next day, and they started talking right away. They
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arranged a time to meet when David would be busy
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at work, and the sparks flew. Despite their age difference
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and the fact they came from completely opposite worlds, they
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were both smitten. After one night together, Khalil fell really
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hard for Christy. She broke all the rules David had
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set out for their affairs. She would text Khalil all
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day every day and made sure to face time him
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as much as she could. He'd return the favor by
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telling her how beautiful she was and how much he
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wanted to be with her. Christy hadn't been this adored
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in years. She loves being adored. She loves being at
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the mercy of multiple men. Her glorious beauty just something
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to be admired and pined for. Their affair was going
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strong for weeks, and soon David would be going to
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Mexico for his missionary trip. Christy jumped at the opportunity
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to play house with her new lover, so she invited
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Khalil to come to her marital home and you know
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the Christian way that she would and uh, you know,
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have an affair on her husband's back. Khalil drove an
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older model white Mustang, a very distinct car. Ada was
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a very small town and you know how busy body
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neighbors work notice everything. They noticed his eye catching vehicle
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in the Evans driveway that entire week. And yeah, there
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was some talk behind the scenes over hedges in the
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backyard across the neighborhood. You know how that goes. Christy
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and Khalil had a big week together. They had sex,
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they ate, they watched films. They were living their best life.
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Christy was giving him a taste of what life could
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actually be like if you were, you know, in our shoes.
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And Khalil was all about it. He wanted every part
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of it. He had spent the last four years in prison,
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after all, and Christy not only provided him with sexual intimacy,
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but this strange motherly figure he had always craved. One morning,
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over coffee, Christy brought up David and Khalil really wanted
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to be with her. If Khalil really wanted to be
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with her, then there was a problem. I think you
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know what the problem is. They all had to get
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rid of David, get him out of the picture. Gilil,
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of course, was stunned by the idea. What exactly did
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that mean? Christy said David was far too stubborn and
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controlling for divorce and he would never leave her on
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his own. The only option was to make him disappear.
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Khalil had a violent criminal past, but the idea of
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murder was just out of the question, he protested, and
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Christie pushed on. David had a two hundred and fifty
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thousand dollars life insurance policy. She promised Khalil one hundred
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and sixty thousand dollars and that she'd buy him a
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new truck. They could live at her house and be
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together happily. Ever after, Still Khalil was hesitant to murder David.
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Maybe he had a few more brain cells than she did.
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Over the next few days, Christie kept pressing the idea, though,
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using sex to keep Khalil in her grasp. Finally, he
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agreed he would do it. He would do anything for Christy.
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She had manipulated him with sex to the point where
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he was gonna do whatever the hell she wanted him
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to do. And if you're a guy, you understand. She said.
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She'd provide the gun and leave the back door unlocked.
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She made it so easy. She'd give David a sleeping
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pill so he'd be out. It would all work out
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just fine. All Khalil had to do was just follow
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the plan. You can do that, can't you, Khalil. You
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could follow the plan right, Just follow the steps, just
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one by one, don't fuck up. So they set a date.
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They kissed goodbye and waited for David to return from Mexico.
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Now it's the middle of the night on March twenty second.
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Khalil waits nervously in his white Mustang around the corner
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from Christie's house. It is warm in the car. He
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has the heat cranked all the way. He listens to
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the low hum of the hot air. He pumps himself
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up for what he's about to do. Can he really
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do this? He avoids his own reflection in the rear
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view mirror. He doesn't want to look at himself. The
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streets are quiet, David will be asleep by now. All
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he has to do is grab the gun, walk in
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and shoot the guy. But his stomach lurches at the thought.
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He doesn't know David. He met him once in that
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hotel room. That's it. But still he shook the man's hand,
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he touched his skin. David his flesh and blood, a
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man with kids and a church. Christy has painted an
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evil picture of David for Khalil. He's an abusive husband
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who calls her fat, ugly, and stupid. He criticizes her
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and uses her a sex doll. Khalil clings to this narrative.
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He's spellbound by Christy. He loves her with everything, and
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that love is the only tool he has to keep
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himself focused on the mission. And the mission. Don't fuck
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this up is very important, It's everything. He just has
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to follow the plant. He takes one last deep breath,
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then gets out of his white Mustang. He pulls the
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hood up over his head and begins marching towards the
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Evans house. The air is cool and fresh on his skin.
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His body is pumping with fear and adrenaline. When he
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gets to the backyard, he spots the gun Christie has
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hidden for him, a nine millimeter. When he touches it,
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his fingers quiver. Jilil looks over his shoulder, then reaches
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for the handle on the Evans back door and slowly
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creeps inside. Christy is waiting for him when he arrives.
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She's sitting at the kitchen table in the dark. Hi,
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she mouths. Khalil breaks at the side of her. His
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entire body collapses. I can't do this, he whispers. I
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can't kill him. Christy stands up and flexes her neck. Yes,
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you can't. You have to. Khalil feels like a little
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boy being scolded. I really, Christy, I can't. Christy walks
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closer to him, her eyes penetrate him with a menacing glare.
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You can. He is dead, asleep, knocked out from the pill.
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Now go. Khalil nods and slowly sneaks towards the bedroom.
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He has no choice. There is no other option, There
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is no other pathway forward. When he sees David sleeping soundly,
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he turns around again his hand he remembers shaking the
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man's hand. He backs up into the hallway, but Christie
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is right behind him. Khalil protests again. It can't take
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a man's life. He tells Christie to shoot him, but
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she refuses. She says she doesn't know how to use
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a gun. Funny for this mastermind to say that, since
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it's only got one button on it, she can't kill
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him with one shot. It will take a few and
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she will make a huge mess, She says, that will
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ruin their whole plan. Khalil has to do this. Do it,
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she hisses, do it will never be together if he
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is alive. You have to do this. She grabs his
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face and kisses him manipulatively. It's going to be you
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and me from now on. Khalil gathers his strength and
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marches forward. David's legs are visible under the comforter. Khalil
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imagines that he's already gone. Maybe that will make this easier.
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He walks up as close to David as he can
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stomach and points the gun towards his temple. He says
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a silent prayer. He closes his eyes, and surveillance footage
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of Khalil's white Mustang led the police straight to him.
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Christie confessed almost immediately to everything, but she wove a
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much different story than Khalil. She told the police that
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it was surprise prized all his idea. She's just a
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battered woman, of course, an abused wife, a victim caught
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in the middle of this bizarre sex triangle that she
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had no pardon. Christy told the court that David was
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addicted to pornography and sex. She claimed it all started
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when they were at a nude resort in Texas, blamed Texas,
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and she found David naked in their hotel room with
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another man when she walked in the door. She felt
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she had no choice but to do what David wanted.
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She also claimed that she couldn't divorce David because of
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her reputation, plus lost her job at the church, She'd
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lose her health insurance, and she needed a kidney transplant.
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It was life or death to kill David, but the
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life insurance policy money. The messages between Khalil and Christy
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as well as the scandalous letters she wrote to multiple
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men from jail, all proved that Christy was a manipulative
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mastermind who used her sexuality to her advantage. She wanted
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David gone for many reasons, and Khalil was just a
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man who was left struck enough to do her bidding.
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Christy took a plea deal for first degree murder and
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was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole.
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Khalil Square also got life in prison, the dumb, sex
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crazed idiot that he is. This case shook the town
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of Ada, as well as the Harmony Free Will Time Church,
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of course, and all those people who question David's odd
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teachings now hold their traditional faith the little tighter. They
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clutch their pearls a little more. They look more disapprovingly
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and outsiders than they may have previously. That's kind of
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how that works. I think it's probably safe to say
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whoever is leading the sermons at the Harmony Free Will
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Church these days isn't on the pulpit on Sunday talking
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your preferred listening platform. Sweet Dreams and Good Night Cooking,
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It's the middle of the night in March of twenty
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twenty one, and at Oklahoma, the police receive a frantic
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nine one one call from the home of the beloved
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pastor David Evans. It's his wife, Christie. She's screaming someone
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shot him. She shrieks into the phone. They shot my David.
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When the police arrive at the Evans little brick house,
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Christie sits in the living room. Her bare legs are
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shaking and her toes bounce on the turquoise carpet. Christy
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is a curvy woman with long red hair and pale skin.
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She clutches the T shirt she's been sleeping in and
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pulls the neck up to wipe her tears between sobs.
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We'll be married thirty years this June, she cries, and
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she buries her sniffling face into her T shirt again.
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One officer makes his way over to the bedroom. He
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sees David. The covers are pulled up around him, but
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his face is exposed. His head is cranked to the
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side and blood has soaked his mop of dark hair.
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The thick violet blood has drained down the side of
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his temple onto the sheets and is pulling around on
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the carpet beside their antique bed frame. David is long
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gone from a single gunshot wound to the head. Back
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in the living room, Christy sputters out a story she
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was asleep when suddenly she heard a loud pop. She
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tells the police that she ran out of the back
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room to see if an intruder had left on foot
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and realized that the door was unlocked. We never leave
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that door unlocked, she says. We are diligent about locking
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all the doors because there are breakings. Christy hugs herself
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to keep from shivering. That she answers the questions being
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thrown at her. She realizes she's now a widow. What
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well they're small town of Ada think of this? And
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more so, what will the members of their church say
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when they find out that David has been murdered? Welcome
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to sword and Scale Nightmares, True crime for bedtime or
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nightmare beginnings. Now, David Evans was not your typical small
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town preacher. He was a little controversial and modern. He
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talked about taboo subjects that most Christian pastors would steer
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clear of, like abortion and sexuality. Probably a good topic
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for all of us to steer clear from at a
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cocktail party, by the way. But David was big on
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marriage and fidelity, often working these topics into his sermons.
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He told his parish to stay faithful to their spouses,
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but that exploring sexuality wasn't wrong. After all. David preached
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that God created our bodies and our sexuality and he
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wanted those things to be explored. Kind of a creepy
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thing for a preacher to say, but that's just me.
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David was born in New Jersey in nineteen seventy. He
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was one of six kids and spent most of his
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youth free to do whatever he pleased with his time.
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Those were the good old days. Just get on a
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bike and ride for hours and hours and get home
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whenever the hell you get home. David's older brother had
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cerebral palsy, so his mother was preoccupied with her special
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needs child, leaving the other siblings to kind of roam
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free and do whatever they wanted. The family soon moved
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to Oklahoma, and by the time that David was a teenager,
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he had become a bit of a bad boy. David
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wore a leather jacket and he had long hair, and
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everyone noticed how cool he was. Christy armor was three
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years younger than David, and that only made him all
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that more attractive to her when he started crushing on her.
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Christy was a waitress at the local drive in, and
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David would visit her during her shifts until he worked
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up the nerve to ask her for her number. The
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two fell in love quickly and made big plans to
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get married the very minute it was made legally possible,
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so when Christy turned eighteen at the end of May
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nineteen ninety one, they got married the first week of June.
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The next few years, they got busy starting their family,
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popping out three children and moving to Ada, Oklahoma to
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lay down some roots. But it wasn't always easy for
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David to find work, that is until he was offered
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a job at a biblical bookstore in town and found
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his calling in the church. David was completely taken aback
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with the preachers and deacons that he met at the bookstore,
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and soon enrolled in college to become a minister himself.
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He studied at night well, Christy took care of the
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house and the kids. The Evans family became very involved
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in their local church community. After David graduated and worked
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his way up the ladder. By twenty fifteen, their kids
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had left home and David had been renamed had pastor
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at the Harmony Free Will Church. Christy was always by
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his side during sermons, helping in any way that she could.
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The couple quickly became a staple in Ada. Everyone wanted
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what the Evans had. But like I said before, David
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was controversial. He talked about sexuality, and some people in
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the parish, the boomers, were not too happy with this
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hip new pastor who wasn't afraid to talk about private matters.
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David would get death threats and some people stopped attending
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his sermons. But for every person who wasn't happy with
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Dave David's outlook on God, there was someone else who
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found it refreshing. Isn't that how everything works? But David
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talked about sex a lot because he was very, very
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into sex. Maybe he played the perfect cool pastor in church,
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but as we've seen many many times before, behind closed doors,
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he was a little different. He was a sexual deviate
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who wanted to explore anything and everything his wife would allow.
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Now that their kids were gone from the house, David
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and Christy had the freedom to play out his sexual
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fantasies to their extreme. Now, David was a how'd you say,
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a bit of a cuckold. Some of you older ladies
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in the audience might want to look that word up.
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It's fascinating. Just be careful where you end up on
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the internet, anyway, to give you a sneak preview, what
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he liked to do was watch Christie be with other men,
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so he would spend late nights on Craigslist looking for
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suitable candidates. Of course, that's when he found one that
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would change their lives forever. David and Christy were now
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in their late forties, empty nesters with solid jobs at
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the church and nothing but time to explore all of
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their weird, sexual, depraved fantasies. David had been coordinating threesomes
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for the couple and had watched his wife with more
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than fifty different men over the course of a few months.
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Does that make Jesus a cuckold too? Is he sitting
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in the chair in the corner? I know I'm gonna
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get letters for this one. David spent a lot of
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time on Craigslist hunting for new prospects, and one evening
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he found a twenty six year old man named Khalil Square,
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who said he was willing to meet the Evans at
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a Super eight motel room for an introduction. Now, I
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don't have to tell you that no introduction worth having
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is ever done at a Super eight motel. That's a fact.
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A lot of things I say here are opinion, but
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that's a fact anyway. Khalil was young, black, and not
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the type of guy you would think would be down
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to get in bed with the Evans. He had a
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criminal history and had spent four years in prison for
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stabbing a guy in a brawl. That's the kind of
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guy you pick up on Craigslist, by the way. He
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was raised in a good family by loving grandparents, but
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had made some very poor decisions early in his life.
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He ran with a tough crowd, as they say now here,
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he was about to shack up with the town's premiere
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Christian couple. Oh boy. Christie was plump, short and curvy,
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with distractingly big breasts, but he was also strangely plain.
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She had flat bangs and a soft, flabby chin, and
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wore too much eyeliner. She looked like someone you'd find
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working behind the returns desk at Walmart, for example. Devoid
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of sunlight and exercise. David was tall, buff and dorky,
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with his pin striped shirts, lapeled leather jacket, and carefully
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sculptured gray beard. Who knows what the hell Khalil saw
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in them other than you know, a hole. Maybe he
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was just maybe he was just really into being that
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extra guy in the cuckold fantasy. But nevertheless, the three
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met up at a local hotel one day and got
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to know each other. And by hotel, I mean motel.
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Of course. David extends his hand first, making sure that
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Christy is aware of her place in this transaction. As
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the two men chat, Christie sits down on the hotel
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bed and crosses her legs. Khalil is cute, she thinks.
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She feels an immediate attraction to him, and any time
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he looks past David at her, she makes sure to
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sneak a flirtatious smile at him. Over the course of
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the conversation, Christie sits back quietly, working herself into a daze.
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She really wants this all to happen with Khalil. He
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is so young, so fit, so handsome, so dark, you
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know what I mean, So much different than her husband
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and all the other men he usually picks for them
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to rendezvous with. Christy knows this is just a meet
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and greet it wouldn't last long, but she wants to
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make sure that she can see Khalil again in case
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David isn't that much into him. Christy runs through David's
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strict list of rules in her head. He is very
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controlling over their sexual affairs. It's very confusing. They are
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allowed to sleep with other people, but they have to
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use fake names. They aren't allowed to communicate regularly with
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the people they have one night stands with, and if
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a threesome happens, David is in charge. Christy is just
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the plaything. David has always been the dominating one in
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their relationship. He is controlling and strong willed, while Christy
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is much more mild and agreeable. But now that they've
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begun swinging and having their sexual trysts, she's found a
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new side of herself. She has blossomed during these debaucherous
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affairs and has gained new confidence from the men she
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met without David. Funny how that happens. She straightens her
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hair back and pushes her chest forward. You know, how
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you ladies do You don't have the same tricks as
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she thinks about the men she's been with who tell
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her that she's fresh and sexy. But at home, David
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has become bored of her, like that toy he really
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really really wanted last Christmas and no longer plays with.
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At this point, he only wants to have sex with
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her if it involves another person. His needs are becoming
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more deviant and more demanding. Christy is secretly finding her
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own way outside their marital home, and Khalil seems like
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the kind of young and dangerous type who can free
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her from David's control, free her into what exactly. Who
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the hell knows, But I'm not sure that rational thinking
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is involved here. Something that the meeting with Khalil might
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be coming to an end. Christy thinks fast and pulls
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a little scrap of paper from inside her purse. She
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fishes around for a pen, and behind David's back, writes
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her name and cell phone on the tiny scrap of paper.
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As David gets up to leave, Christy grabs his hand
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and then tucks the folded paper in her other hand.
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He follows her husband out, purposely leaving her purse on
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the bed. When they get into the hallway, She tells
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David she left her purse and runs back to the
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room while he waits forgot my purse. She smiles at Khalil.
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He smiles back as she grabs it and saunters out.
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She drops the piece of paper right at his sneakers,
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making sure to catch his eye and raising her brows
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before exiting the room. Khalil picks it up and grins.
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She is elated. Well. Christy returns to the hallway. David
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is waiting, annoyed. Are you ready to go? He asks?
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Christie sighs and smiles, yes, my dear. Khalil texted Christy
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the next day, and they started talking right away. They
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arranged a time to meet when David would be busy
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at work, and the sparks flew. Despite their age difference
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and the fact they came from completely opposite worlds, they
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were both smitten. After one night together, Khalil fell really
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hard for Christy. She broke all the rules David had
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set out for their affairs. She would text Khalil all
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day every day and made sure to face time him
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as much as she could. He'd return the favor by
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telling her how beautiful she was and how much he
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wanted to be with her. Christy hadn't been this adored
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in years. She loves being adored. She loves being at
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the mercy of multiple men. Her glorious beauty just something
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to be admired and pined for. Their affair was going
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strong for weeks, and soon David would be going to
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Mexico for his missionary trip. Christy jumped at the opportunity
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to play house with her new lover, so she invited
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Khalil to come to her marital home and you know
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the Christian way that she would and uh, you know,
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have an affair on her husband's back. Khalil drove an
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older model white Mustang, a very distinct car. Ada was
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a very small town and you know how busy body
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neighbors work notice everything. They noticed his eye catching vehicle
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in the Evans driveway that entire week. And yeah, there
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was some talk behind the scenes over hedges in the
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backyard across the neighborhood. You know how that goes. Christy
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and Khalil had a big week together. They had sex,
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they ate, they watched films. They were living their best life.
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Christy was giving him a taste of what life could
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actually be like if you were, you know, in our shoes.
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And Khalil was all about it. He wanted every part
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of it. He had spent the last four years in prison,
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after all, and Christy not only provided him with sexual intimacy,
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but this strange motherly figure he had always craved. One morning,
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over coffee, Christy brought up David and Khalil really wanted
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to be with her. If Khalil really wanted to be
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with her, then there was a problem. I think you
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know what the problem is. They all had to get
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rid of David, get him out of the picture. Gilil,
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of course, was stunned by the idea. What exactly did
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that mean? Christy said David was far too stubborn and
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controlling for divorce and he would never leave her on
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his own. The only option was to make him disappear.
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Khalil had a violent criminal past, but the idea of
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murder was just out of the question, he protested, and
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Christie pushed on. David had a two hundred and fifty
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thousand dollars life insurance policy. She promised Khalil one hundred
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and sixty thousand dollars and that she'd buy him a
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new truck. They could live at her house and be
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together happily. Ever after, Still Khalil was hesitant to murder David.
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Maybe he had a few more brain cells than she did.
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Over the next few days, Christie kept pressing the idea, though,
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using sex to keep Khalil in her grasp. Finally, he
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agreed he would do it. He would do anything for Christy.
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She had manipulated him with sex to the point where
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he was gonna do whatever the hell she wanted him
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to do. And if you're a guy, you understand. She said.
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She'd provide the gun and leave the back door unlocked.
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She made it so easy. She'd give David a sleeping
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pill so he'd be out. It would all work out
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just fine. All Khalil had to do was just follow
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the plan. You can do that, can't you, Khalil. You
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could follow the plan right, Just follow the steps, just
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one by one, don't fuck up. So they set a date.
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They kissed goodbye and waited for David to return from Mexico.
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Now it's the middle of the night on March twenty second.
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Khalil waits nervously in his white Mustang around the corner
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from Christie's house. It is warm in the car. He
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has the heat cranked all the way. He listens to
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the low hum of the hot air. He pumps himself
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up for what he's about to do. Can he really
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do this? He avoids his own reflection in the rear
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view mirror. He doesn't want to look at himself. The
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streets are quiet, David will be asleep by now. All
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he has to do is grab the gun, walk in
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and shoot the guy. But his stomach lurches at the thought.
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He doesn't know David. He met him once in that
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hotel room. That's it. But still he shook the man's hand,
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he touched his skin. David his flesh and blood, a
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man with kids and a church. Christy has painted an
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evil picture of David for Khalil. He's an abusive husband
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who calls her fat, ugly, and stupid. He criticizes her
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and uses her a sex doll. Khalil clings to this narrative.
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He's spellbound by Christy. He loves her with everything, and
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that love is the only tool he has to keep
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himself focused on the mission. And the mission. Don't fuck
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this up is very important, It's everything. He just has
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to follow the plant. He takes one last deep breath,
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then gets out of his white Mustang. He pulls the
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hood up over his head and begins marching towards the
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Evans house. The air is cool and fresh on his skin.
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His body is pumping with fear and adrenaline. When he
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gets to the backyard, he spots the gun Christie has
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hidden for him, a nine millimeter. When he touches it,
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his fingers quiver. Jilil looks over his shoulder, then reaches
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for the handle on the Evans back door and slowly
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creeps inside. Christy is waiting for him when he arrives.
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She's sitting at the kitchen table in the dark. Hi,
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she mouths. Khalil breaks at the side of her. His
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entire body collapses. I can't do this, he whispers. I
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can't kill him. Christy stands up and flexes her neck. Yes,
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you can't. You have to. Khalil feels like a little
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boy being scolded. I really, Christy, I can't. Christy walks
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closer to him, her eyes penetrate him with a menacing glare.
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You can. He is dead, asleep, knocked out from the pill.
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Now go. Khalil nods and slowly sneaks towards the bedroom.
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He has no choice. There is no other option, There
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is no other pathway forward. When he sees David sleeping soundly,
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he turns around again his hand he remembers shaking the
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man's hand. He backs up into the hallway, but Christie
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is right behind him. Khalil protests again. It can't take
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a man's life. He tells Christie to shoot him, but
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she refuses. She says she doesn't know how to use
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a gun. Funny for this mastermind to say that, since
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it's only got one button on it, she can't kill
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him with one shot. It will take a few and
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she will make a huge mess, She says, that will
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ruin their whole plan. Khalil has to do this. Do it,
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she hisses, do it will never be together if he
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is alive. You have to do this. She grabs his
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face and kisses him manipulatively. It's going to be you
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and me from now on. Khalil gathers his strength and
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marches forward. David's legs are visible under the comforter. Khalil
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imagines that he's already gone. Maybe that will make this easier.
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He walks up as close to David as he can
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stomach and points the gun towards his temple. He says
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a silent prayer. He closes his eyes, and surveillance footage
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of Khalil's white Mustang led the police straight to him.
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Christie confessed almost immediately to everything, but she wove a
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much different story than Khalil. She told the police that
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it was surprise prized all his idea. She's just a
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battered woman, of course, an abused wife, a victim caught
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in the middle of this bizarre sex triangle that she
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had no pardon. Christy told the court that David was
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addicted to pornography and sex. She claimed it all started
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when they were at a nude resort in Texas, blamed Texas,
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and she found David naked in their hotel room with
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another man when she walked in the door. She felt
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she had no choice but to do what David wanted.
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She also claimed that she couldn't divorce David because of
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her reputation, plus lost her job at the church, She'd
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lose her health insurance, and she needed a kidney transplant.
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It was life or death to kill David, but the
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life insurance policy money. The messages between Khalil and Christy
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as well as the scandalous letters she wrote to multiple
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men from jail, all proved that Christy was a manipulative
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mastermind who used her sexuality to her advantage. She wanted
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David gone for many reasons, and Khalil was just a
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man who was left struck enough to do her bidding.
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Christy took a plea deal for first degree murder and
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was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole.
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Khalil Square also got life in prison, the dumb, sex
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crazed idiot that he is. This case shook the town
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of Ada, as well as the Harmony Free Will Time Church,
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of course, and all those people who question David's odd
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teachings now hold their traditional faith the little tighter. They
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clutch their pearls a little more. They look more disapprovingly
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and outsiders than they may have previously. That's kind of
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how that works. I think it's probably safe to say
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whoever is leading the sermons at the Harmony Free Will
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Church these days isn't on the pulpit on Sunday talking
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