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To the eyes of outsiders and her own family, Helen lives the American dream. She has a huge house, expensive clothes, fine cars, and a successful husband who--publicly at least--adores her. Only Helen's diary reveals the tarnish beneath the glitter. Her gilded world finally shatters beyond repair when, on her nineteenth wedding anniversary, Charles drags her out of their house to make way for the mother of his illegitimate children.

Devastated, Helen turns to her grandmother. When Medea learns about Charles's behavior, she grabs her gun and her granddaughter and crashes the mansion's front gates...

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