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Allanah tells Connie she is pregnant with Emery's child and asks her for money. Connie gives her a check for $ 100,000 then returns home to pack her bags to leave Emery. When Emery walks in the two get into an argument over
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Emery Simms is a highly educated business tycoon whose life takes a turn for the worse when he engages in an adulterous fling with the wildly free-spirited and exotic
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