Sabrina thought that her 12-year marriage to Mark was perfect, until an email from his secretary revealed a shocking secret. Hidden camera footage exposing a double life… Fueled by heartbreak and betrayal, Sabrina devises a plan to make Mark face the truth, and pay for his lies.
I’ve been married to Mark for 12 years, and until last week, I thought we had a perfect life. We don’t have kids yet, but I figured we were just focusing on our careers and would start a family when the time was right.
He’s hardworking, successful, and charming, the kind of man who makes everything effortless. Perfect, right?
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But perfection is a fragile thing.
And last week, it shattered.
It started with an email.
The sender was Emma, Mark’s secretary. We’d met a few times at office parties, and she always seemed polite and professional. When I saw her name in my inbox, I didn’t think much about it.
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“She’s probably reminding me about some office brunch or something,” I muttered as the email opened.
But then I read the subject line:
You need to see this.
My heart dropped into my stomach. The email itself was short, almost apologetic:
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Sabrina, I’ve debated whether to send this for months. Mark’s a good boss, but I can’t keep this to myself anymore. You deserve to know the truth.
Attached was a video file.
I hesitated.
What could she possibly have to show me? A work issue? A personal confession? A recording of Mark doing something stupid at a holiday party?
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“Don’t jump to conclusions, Brina,” I told myself, but my hands were shaking as I clicked play.
The video was grainy, the kind of security footage you’d expect from an office. The timestamp showed it was a Sunday, a day when Mark was never supposed to be there.
At first, nothing seemed unusual.
The camera caught him walking into his office, dressed casually in jeans and a t-shirt. But then two small figures appeared in the frame.
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A little boy and a little girl.
I froze, my jaw open.
The children looked about four and six. Their faces lit up as they followed him inside the office, and when he sat down on the couch, he opened his arms to them.
He hugged them like he’d missed them all week. Then he pulled out toys and snacks from his bag, chatting with them and laughing in a way that felt heartbreakingly familiar.
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But these weren’t just random kids.
They were his.
They had to be… or at least very closely related. The boy had Mark’s eyes and nose, and the little girl had his chin down to a tee.
I stared at the screen, my mind racing. We didn’t have kids. We didn’t have any immediate nieces or nephews. How on earth could Mark be acting so naturally, so lovingly, with these children if they weren’t his?
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And if they were his, then who was their mother?
The video ended, leaving me in stunned silence.
Mark had a secret family. My husband had a secret family.
For days, I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t have an appetite, and sleep was filled with dreams of random children showing up at our home, demanding Mark’s attention.
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Even during the day, whenever I had a free moment, my mind would go back to the video. To the way he looked at those kids, and the easy affection between them.
I wanted to confront him immediately. I wanted to scream. To demand answers.
But instead, I called a lawyer. I just needed to know what the repercussions would be if Mark really did have another family.
Did it mean that our marriage was legal? Was he married to me or to the mother of his kids?
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Then, I called a few of my close friends, the ones who always showed up.
“Sabrina, of course, anything you need,” were the usual replies, drenched in sympathy.
But they helped me pull myself together and come up with a plan. One evening, we all met at Hayley’s, my closest friend’s, house.
“He’s a lying, cheating, backstabbing…” she began.
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“Enough, Hayley,” I said. “I share the sentiments, but we need proof, you know.”
“What else do we need, Brina?” she sighed, pouring us glasses of wine. “Isn’t that footage damning enough?”
“It is, but I need to know everything. I’m not going to forgive him if those kids are his, but at the same time, I just need all the information.”
Mark didn’t just break my heart. He broke our marriage vows, our trust, and the life we’d built together. He was going to pay for it. Not just emotionally, but financially, too.
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I pretended that everything was normal.
For a week, I played the part of the oblivious wife. I smiled, laughed, cooked whatever he wanted to eat. I kissed him goodnight, and waited for the right moment.
That moment came on a Friday evening.
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“Mark,” I said, curling up next to him on the couch. “We haven’t gone out for a proper date night in ages. Let’s go to our favorite restaurant tomorrow.”
His face lit up.
“That’s a great idea, babe. I’ll make the reservation. Don’t you worry about a thing. You just dress up and look pretty.”
“I’ve already made the reservation,” I said, smiling sweetly, digging into my warm cinnamon bun.
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But what Mark didn’t know was that I’d been doing some digging. Using the contact information from my lawyer, we found records of regular payments he was making to a woman named Sarah.
With a little online sleuthing, I found her social media and pieced together the truth.
Sarah.
Sarah was Mark’s girlfriend, and the mother of his children. It was confirmed. Those beautiful, happy kids… were his.
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Mark was a father.
Through some clever messaging (me pretending to be Mark), I convinced Sarah to meet me at the restaurant, along with the kids. I kept the texts vague and in Mark’s usual style.
Let’s meet at the restaurant tomorrow. Bring the kids, it’ll be a nice surprise dinner for him.
Poor thing, she didn’t suspect a thing.
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The next evening, Mark and I walked into the restaurant, hand in hand. He looked relaxed, confident, like a man who thought he had his life perfectly under control.
Then he saw Sarah and the kids sitting at the table.
His hand went limp in mine. His face drained of color. For a moment, he just stood there, frozen, like a deer in headlights.
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“Mark,” I said brightly, gesturing toward the table. “Aren’t you going to introduce me?”
He opened his mouth, but no words came out. Sarah looked confused, glancing between the two of us. The kids just stared, too young to understand the tension.
“I’m Sabrina,” I said, turning to Sarah. “Mark’s wife…”
Sarah’s face crumpled in shock.
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“What? Really? He told me that you were divorced!”
I slid the divorce papers onto the table.
“Surprise, babe,” I said, keeping my voice low and steady. “You’re going to sign these. And don’t even think about fighting me on it.”
Mark stammered, trying to explain.
“Sabrina, Brina… please, I was going to tell you!”
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“Tell me what?” I snapped, cutting him off. “That you’ve been lying to me for years? That you’ve been supporting a secret family behind my back? That those kids are yours?”
The restaurant had gone completely silent. Diners were watching, but I didn’t care.
I turned to Sarah.
“I’m so sorry that you and these beautiful children got caught up in Mark’s lies. But now you know the truth.”
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Sarah grabbed the kids and stormed out, her face a mix of fury and ultimate heartbreak. Mark didn’t even try to stop her.
“You disgust me,” I said to him before walking out, leaving him to deal with the aftermath.
The divorce was brutal. For Mark.
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With the help of my lawyer, I made sure I got half of everything, including the beach house he’d been secretly planning to “surprise” Sarah with.
His double life unraveled completely. Sarah dumped him, and his reputation at work took a nosedive once word got out. Emma even quit, unable to work for someone she no longer respected.
As for me?
I walked away with my dignity, my freedom, and a fresh start.
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Mark thought he could juggle two lives without consequences. He thought that I’d never find out. But honestly, how could I have been so stupid?
Mark always worked longer hours than most people I knew. And his boss was often sending him on business trips. Or so he said.
So, every time my husband had walked out the door for “work” on weekends or over the holidays, he was really just seeing his other family.
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The thought made me sick. For years, I had been sitting and waiting in the wings. I had been waiting for Mark to tell me that he was ready to start having children.
And all for what?
Absolutely nothing.
Now, I live in a studio apartment, with a new black cat, like my namesake. And I’m trying to figure out how to reclaim my life, once and for all.
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I thought about getting revenge. But what good would that do? If anything, I just feel sorry for Mark and Sarah’s children. I still remember their smiles when they saw Mark. They had no business being sucked into this mess.
But that’s on Mark. And Sarah.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Kids with Maria Shriver ‘Don’t Love’ His Illegitimate Son Who’s ‘Snubbed’ by Them, Claims Source
During his appearance on the red carpet with his kids, Arnold Schwarzenegger revealed the distance that existed between his lovechild and Maria Shriver’s kids.
The link between the actor’s kids was apparently clarified.
Arnold frequently discussed the treatment of Joseph, the son he had with his former domestic, who looked much like him.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, 75, appeared on the red carpet in May 2023 with his kids by his side. With the former’s husband, Chris Pratt, beside her, his daughters Katherine, 33, and Christina, 31, encircled their father.
The family attended Arnold’s new show, “FUBAR,” premiere in support of him. The odd thing was that Joseph “Joe” Baena, 25, his illegitimate son who looks like him and came out to support his father, was pictured on the red carpet by himself.
Arnold was devoted to each of his five children. Christina and Katherine were two of the four children he had during his marriage to Maria Shriver. Joe was their half-sibling at the same time because of his relationship with Mildred Baena, their previous housekeeper.
Based on the pictures, it appeared that the actor’s older kids had no interest in spending time with his love child. Like his well-known father, Joe is a bodybuilder, and he posted a photo of himself by himself from the Netflix premiere.
Arnold was devoted to each of his five children. Christina and Katherine were two of the four children he had during his marriage to Maria Shriver. Joe was their half-sibling at the same time because of his relationship with Mildred Baena, their previous housekeeper.
Based on the pictures, it appeared that the actor’s older kids had no interest in spending time with his love child. Like his well-known father, Joe is a bodybuilder, and he posted a photo of himself by himself from the Netflix premiere.
The person encouraged Joe to use the snub as leverage, speculating that it might be the result of “racial hostility.” The follower took issue with Joe’s siblings attending the same premiere, posing for a group shot, and ignoring him completely.
While some thought it was unfortunate to witness the split, others were happy that Arnold loved his kids just as much. But because Joe was following in the actor’s footsteps professionally, one fan thought the star liked him a “little more,” while another said:
Arnold’s real legacy is Joe, and his affluent, slothful children are obviously bitter. Joe, keep on trucking.
Someone else said that they began following Joe on Instagram in order to offer him the assistance that his “snobby siblings choose not to” give. The fan believed that because he worked hard in his training, avoided using his father’s last name, got a job, and supported and looked up to Arnold, he was a great role model for others.
The person thought Joe was a model son. Another disciple said that the young man was wonderful and that Katharine, who identified as a “Christian,” ought not to have treated him in such a manner since it was not “Christlike,” adding:
“She is a shame.”
Joe, according to an Instagram user, was the perfect young replica of his father and was “so loved.” The person told Arnold’s son to keep his chin up and ask God to bless him because they could see how jealous people might be.
One admirer said that Joe was a wonderful man and that it was a “shame” that his siblings had treated him badly because of things outside of his control. The celebrity’s son neither removed nor replied to any of the comments.
In “FUBAR,” where he played an almost-retired CIA agent, Monica Barbaro played Arnold’s daughter. Joe said on the red carpet that he thought it was “cute” to watch his father acting like a parent and that he enjoyed it.
The famous person’s son revealed that his father instilled in him the value of consistently practicing and putting in “the reps.” In 2023, Joe was scheduled to star with Morgan Freeman in the action movie “Gunner.”
What kind of relationship does Joe have with the children that Arnold and Shriver had?
A source claims that Joe wasn’t loved by Arnold’s children with Shriver. The young man who had a run on “Dancing with the Stars” was a lovely kid, and the actor always treated him equally with his other kids, so the insider thought it was unfortunate.
But it’s said that Joe was chastised by Arnold’s other children for their father’s extramarital affair. Witnesses claim that after the Los Angeles premiere of “FUBAR,” Shriver’s unmarried child stayed behind at the after-party while her children returned home.
The insider revealed how close the “Terminator” actor was to Joe and how he’d taken him to a number of functions. The insider believed that although the “snubbing” wasn’t fair, it made sense because he was the result of something that shouldn’t have happened.
The celebrity’s other children, according to a different insider, handled the affair with dignity and respect. But according to a family employee, Patrick, 29, and Christopher, 25, were closer to Joe than Katherine and Christina, who had no relationship with him.
Eight years later, according to a source, everyone was still figuring out how to get over the nightmare, even though they had done a good job creating a new normal. It was revealed by another person that the family was attempting to build a private relationship with Joe prior to going public.
It was said that Joe longed for a relationship with his half-siblings. Katherine posted pictures of herself with her three siblings on Instagram on April 10, 2023, National Siblings Day, expressing her love for them.
She was swiftly criticized by her followers for shunning Joe, even though he made the extra effort to like and follow their social media posts. The person said that, with the exception of Joe’s photos, Arnold’s kids enjoyed his photos.
Joe grew up with his brothers and visited their Pacific Palisades residence from 1986 to 2003, so the supposed snub was peculiar. Someone who was acquainted with Katharine believed that since their father had concealed who he was for many years, there was no justification for her to be friends with her half-brother.
Katherine’s family was devastated, humiliated, and ruined by the affair, so the source couldn’t hold it against her for refusing to accept the “living reminder” of it. Without Joe, Shriver’s kids also observed significant occasions.
Without Joe, Patrick’s parents and siblings got together to celebrate his birthday in September 2021. The previous year, on his birthday, Christopher was joined by Arnold, Shriver, and several of his siblings—all but his half-brother—at home.
Patrick posted an Instagram photo of his father’s birthday in August 2020, however it did not include his son who was born out of wedlock. Arnold supposedly liked Joe so much that he wanted to involve him in one of his businesses, despite the fact that he wasn’t shown in family photos.
How Does Joe, Arnold’s Son, Get Treated?
Joe has developed a close bond with the actor since learning that Arnold is his father. The celebrity kept Joe’s father identity a secret for fifteen years until 2011, when Mildred said her son’s father was Rogelio Baena, her ex-husband.
When Joe began to resemble Arnold, Shriver became concerned and questioned Mildred, who sobbed as she revealed the truth. After the actress persuaded the housekeeper to delay her resignation, the couple’s 25-year marriage came to an end when she confronted Arnold during their counseling sessions.
Arnold acknowledged in 2015 that the entire ordeal had been difficult for him, his kids, and his family. But it had occurred, and now they had to work it out, which meant he had to mentor Joe.
Joe posted workout-related photos and videos on Instagram on a regular basis. According to a family source, the young man trained with the star at Gold’s Gym in Los Angeles because he looked up to him and aspired to be just like him.
It is said that Arnold desired to involve his son in his sports competition, The Arnold Classic Worldwide. Although a different source refuted Joe’s plans to join his father’s company, the celebrity was thrilled that all of his kids shared his interests, which included physical fitness.
The famous person funded his son’s education at Pepperdine University and proudly displayed him upon receiving his business degree in April 2019. When the celebrity declared his love for Joe, Joe responded by expressing his own love for his father.
But his father, Arnold Schwarzenegger, was pleased and proud of him and his dancing, Joseph “Joe” Baena.
The father-son team made an appearance at a restaurant honoring Arnold’s birthday in July 2021. Joe was born on October 2, 1997, and until he turned seven or eight years old and began to resemble his father, his paternity remained concealed.
In 2012, Arnold disclosed that he became aware the boy was his offspring as he began to bear similarities to him. Joe revealed in 2022 how close they had grown, laughing and talking about anything, even though it had taken some time.
The star’s son referred to him as the best training partner when the two started going to the gym together and he started to mimic some of his father’s well-known muscle poses on Instagram. Arnold happily posted three pictures of them together on Twitter when he turned 24 in 2021.
In addition to bodybuilding and real estate sales, Joe was an actor, and his debut film, “Bully High,” will be released in 2021. Joe claimed that his father wouldn’t participate in “Dancing With the Stars” unless Daniella Karagach was also his dance partner.
But his father was pleased with him and his dancing. He declared his admiration for Arnold, calling him the smartest and most ideal man he could come up with, and stated it was incredible to be compared to him.
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