A few years ago, Owen came to Ethan with concerns about Victoria.
He had seen her getting close to another man at a bar.
Ethan confronted his wife about it.
And she managed to talk her way out of it.
Victoria cried and insisted Owen had misunderstood what he saw.
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She said the man was just a coworker who needed advice about a personal problem.
Then she turned the situation around and accused Owen of trying to sabotage their marriage.
The result?
My son cut off the friend he'd known since first grade.
I remember the argument they had outside our house. Owen stood in the driveway looking heartbroken.
"You're making a mistake," he told Ethan.
"Stay out of my marriage," Ethan replied coldly.
After that day, they never spoke again.
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Watching that friendship fall apart had been painful.
And it made one thing very clear to me.
