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Kathy Ruemmler
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From: Cheryl Gould

Sent: Monday, June 15, 2=15 7:09:06 PM

To: Ruemmler, Kathy (DC)

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I certainly do hope that this time, yo= understand the finality of your "relationship" with my husband. I hope now=you can find true happiness without having a relationship with someone else=s husband. I really hope you do. I'm not a person who likes to see other pe=ple suffer, no matter what hurts they may have caused. I am not gleeful abo=t your loss. Reid says he always wanted to just be friends with you, but I t=ink he understands because of your (plural) behavior and the damage you hav= both caused to our marriage and family, that can probably never be. = hear from many people (who don't know what's gone on) that you and I would=be great friends. I wish I could say I hope that happens someday, but I'm t=e kind of woman who loves the sisterhood, not women who sleep with and fall=in love with someone else's husband or significant other, no matter how wil=ing the man is to have his ego stroked and no matter how swept away you are=by feelings of some kind of deformed mutation of love. I just don't see tha= kind of friendship between us in the cards. However as I told Reid b=fore he picked up the phone to call you, if he could urge you to suck up yo=r hurt feelings and send me <u>a</u> sincere apology for participating in an arran=ement that caused damage to Reid, to yourself, to me, and to our son. (=ho has been fighting tears all weekend because of his mother's pain and bec=use he sees the father figure he has admired his whole life as a weak man w=o has lied and cheated to his mother)....if you can find it in your heart t= ask for my forgiveness, I would want very much to forgive you and see you i= a light different from the one I have seen you in for years. Perhaps you a=en't aware....Reid has told me about his addiction to you before and has as=ed for my help to break it. He finally found the power to do it because of t=e depths of his misery and unwillingness to proceed through life as a disho=orable man. I hope you can find a similarly true friend who can do th= same for you. I wish you well, believe it or not. Had you not jumped off t=e phone as quickly as you did (which I perfectly well understand) he would h=ve told you this.

Reid and I have a lot of=work to do together to fix the mess you two have caused, but our love is ve=y strong and we will get there. I honestly don't want to add to your hurts b= making you think you have destroyed our marriage on top of

everything else= I can't imagine you would have rejoiced had that been the case. You haven'= destroyed our bond so no worries on that front. It must be hard for y=u to understand how deep our relationship is since he has not acted that wa= in his weak behavior with you. In fact, I think he felt he could act out w=th you, act as though his relationship with you was intense and real, preci=ely because he knew I would be there for him. He is a great man with great w=aknesses. That doesn't make him a monster and I don't think you are either.=/span>

Best wishes for your future,

Cheryl Gould

PS Bob Bauer, a dear friend=to me and to Reid, cares about you a great deal. He might be a good person f=r you to draw strength from. He has been a source of comfort and wisdom to m= through this. He truly is a wonderful man and I have no doubt he would sho= you great kindness.

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