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I'm changing my life.

Doing what's best for me.

Living my own life my own way.

You have to be the hero of your own story,

my dear Blog readers.

I know, I know, I sound like the poor little rich girl

complaining about a life that most people dream of.

But most people aren't married to him.

She hasn't shown up for any of her appointments today.

No one's seen her or heard from her all day long.

Yes, yes, that's correct officer.

And, and, and she's going through

an incredibly nasty divorce with a man who's been,

he's threatened her

and he's been violent towards her in the past.

Yeah, this is the mother of five young kids.

Mother of five, Jennifer Dulos,

has mysteriously vanished from her Connecticut home.

Jennifer's family says the devoted mother,

would " never ever disappear

"when she is responsible for the lives

"of five loving and energetic children."

Detective "...But most people aren't married to him."

Hmm.

Did Jennifer ever express to you

any concerns she might be in danger?

Yeah, it's a nasty divorce.

She's scared of him.

Him? As in her husband?

Yeah. Fotis.

She felt threatened.

I, I don't think she ever would've predicted he...

Jennifer's an optimist.

She always has been.

At least as long as I've known her,

and we go way back.

I keep thinking you're going to point at me and yell "gotcha!"

This is no joke.

In less than one week I will be a Coloradan.

Or is it Coloradian?

Coloradist?

Whichever.

You really going to leave me all alone?

Who am I going to hit art galleries with?

Who's going to come with me to The Hamptons?

Oh, you'll survive.

I give it a month.

How are you even going to fall asleep

without the soothing blare of car horns all night long?

I gotta do this Audrey, okay?

This city is too distracting.

I mean, there's got to be something more.

What's my purpose here?

So you're on a grand quest for meaning?

Is that the thrust?

I think it's about time, don't you?

Okay.

But Colorado?

I need the fresh air and the sunlight, okay?

No parties, no clubs,

I'll just be forced to sit and write.

I get it.

I'm just going to miss you.

-I love you. -Oh, I love you.

-I'll be fine. -I know.

Last chance to say "gotcha".

She was right though.

Colorado was exactly what she needed.

She finally started her novel, she found her voice.

And that's also where she found him.

Fotis Dulos?

You won't remember me,

but one night I sprayed you with a mouthful of beer

at a Halloween dorm party when we were both at Brown.

You're going to have to be more specific.

Jennifer Farber.

I'm so sorry, I had never done a beer bong before.

It's great to see you.

You look incredible.

Oh, thank you.

You're holding up well yourself.

Well.

What are you doing in Colorado?

I live here now.

What about you?

What brings you to my neck of the woods?

Oh, I'm, I'm just here for a ski weekend

with a bunch of friends.

Oh fun.

Are you here the whole weekend?

It was a chance meeting.

One of those things that can change your life forever.

But of course, at the time you have no idea.

So you're a professional water skier?

Mmmhmm.

And quite successful.

Yes. But I'm more interested in you.

I still can't believe that no man

has found his way into your heart.

I'm open.

I've just been living the life of a recluse lately.

Well, that's too bad.

No, it's great.

I've been productive.

Yes, your book.

I'd love to read it.

Uh, well, I'm not quite finished with it.

But you're close.

I've written 500 pages.

Tolstoy.

No, no, that was his halfway mark.

I'm only on chapter 3.

You could say I'm a little adrift.

Finished your play?

One act that ran a grand total of three performances.

On a New York stage.

Now how many people can say that?

That's true. I'll admit that.

You're much more impressive

than you give yourself credit for, Jennifer Farber.

How did you possibly get by me in college?

Oh, I know a rogue when I see one.

Well...

Here is to chance meetings.

Wow.

So this is what adrift gets you.

Well, I do get a little help from my mom and dad.

Sounds good to me.

I can rationalize being subsidized

as long as I'm being productive.

What is it they do, your parents?

My Dad's a banker.

Really?

Does he own the bank?

Kinda.

And um, how many bedrooms?

Three.

But I only need one.

We definitely should've dated in college.

I would never have graduated if we did.

Okay.

I release you.

Oh, um, I'm in no hurry.

You are under no obligation to stay.

Besides, don't you have an early day tomorrow?

I can just as easily wake up early here as at the hotel.

We live half a country apart.

This was fun.

There's no reason to pretend it's anything

other than what it is.

I'm glad I ran into you.

Maybe we can run into each other again.

She was sure she'd never hear from him again.

That's how it goes with chance encounters.

One thing I didn't miss was losing to you

every time on the squash court.

I call that payback

for you gloating about me moving back to New York.

I wasn't gloating so much as rubbing your face in it.

Look, I considered it all evolution for me.

Colorado taught me everything I needed to learn.

Enlighten me.

Solitude and fresh air suck.

So now that you've finally come to your senses,

are you ready to get back into the New York dating scene?

Yeah. Maybe.

Do you have somebody in mind?

I do.

He's a little bit older, ridiculously smart,

ridiculously handsome.

My god, what's wrong with him?

Nothing. He's an old family friend.

Just won't be available for another four months.

Three with good behavior.

You've got to be kidding me.

He made a stupid mistake.

In most states it's not even a crime.

Totally white collar.

That is a firm no, Audrey.

I'd grab him for myself if I was still single.

Look, I am 35 but I am not desperate.

Okay. Sorry, sorry, sorry.

So, what are your plans now that you're back in civilization?

You know, the usual.

Finish the great American novel.

Once that's out of the way, in between talk shows

I'll meet the perfect non-incarcerated man.

The Dalai Lama will officiate the wedding.

Nothing too big.

Then three kids, international acclaim,

and, I guess, immortality?

I mean, I haven't really given it that much thought.

Yeah.

That's the Jennifer I know and love.

Yeah, except it'll happen before I'm 40 and not 30.

What, who?

-Fotis. -Who's Fotis?

To what do I owe?

I'm looking at a picture in the paper.

Is that you I see at the Met event last night?

Um, maybe?

Yeah. I, I made an appearance.

So, you're here in New York.

I am.

Hey. I'm just on my way out the door.

Fotis, hey.

I, I'm so sorry but I think we have to do this another time.

I've come down with something.

Oh no.

Um, what can I do for you?

I'm all right.

I just- I'm sorry we have to cancel.

Yeah.

Yeah, me too.

Hey.

Fotis?

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

What are you doing here?

Just some necessities in a time of need.

You should've called first. I look like hell.

Well, if I called you would have told me not to come over.

Well, yeah of course.

I don't want you to get sick.

No, I never get sick.

Come on. Let me in.

There's magic in these bags.

Okay.

Oh, my gosh, those flowers are so pretty.

I am going to set these just here for now.

Okay.

Thank you.

Let me set that there.

Oh, here, let me get this for you.

Oh.

-First. -Thank you.

There you go.

Okay.

Chicken soup from Kat's Deli.

I'm going to heat this up for you.

This is the Greek cure for cold and flu.

Some of this with a little bit of honey and cinnamon

and you'll be doing backflips.

You will also be a little drunk.

Let's see.

Cheesecake from Eileen's, best in the city.

And finally to stave off boredom.

So you play with this and I'm going to get your dinner ready.

Oh, you're too much.

No, no.

I'm just the right amount.

Hey.

What do you think?

Oh...

I think we have a winner.

It's not too low in the front?

Show a little skin.

My mother's going to hate it.

Well, she's not the one wearing it.

I think it's the one.

Where is Mom's head on Fotis these days?

Oh, well, she and Dad don't know what to make of him,

but they don't know what to make of anyone

who hasn't been on the society page of the New York Times.

They'll come around.

Yeah. I guess so.

You guess so? That's encouraging.

I mean they might think this whole thing

has happened pretty fast.

They might think so or it's you who's thinking that?

You guys are very different.

Uh, yeah.

I'm not looking for the male version of me.

I don't know, I just,

I think maybe I saw you ending up with, you know,

like a senator or an editor from Simon and Schuster.

Not, you know, a water skier.

Oh.

Now we're being a little snobby, aren't we?

He is a financial advisor

for an international business consultancy

and an Ivy League graduate just like me.

Come on Audrey, spit it out.

What are you trying but failing to say?

You've known him less than a year.

I just wouldn't want to think that you're settling

because you've reached a certain age.

There, I said it.

Settling?

My god, I have hit the jackpot.

Hey, I'm your friend.

I'm just looking out for you.

I know, and I love you to pieces for that.

But if there's anything else you want to put on the table

now is the time.

Okay.

How do you know he's not marrying you for your money?

How does he know I'm not marrying him just to have kids?

Are you?

Oh, come on. You know me better than that.

Just asking.

Look, look. Here is my answer.

I love Fotis.

I don't just want to have a family.

I want to have a family with him.

I don't need a senator.

You know, I'm not perfect either.

Fotis and I get each other.

We're going to make a great family together.

And I don't think it hurts that he sets my loins on fire.

How flammable is this material?

New Canaan police are asking for the public's help

in the search that has gripped the Tri-State area.

Detectives hope that leads from the tip line

will help solve what happened to the missing mother of five.

Any prints?

All right. Send me a report when you are through.

Police have not yet identified any suspects in the case.

Come here.

Go on! Go, go, go, go, go!

Ah!

There's your brother and sister.

Oh. How is my beautiful wife?

Don't you ever do this to me again.

One more set of twins, then we're done.

Oh! Oh!

Oh, my goodness. Oh.

Are the kids, okay?

Oh, I don't know.

Jennifer took to suburban motherhood

like she was born to it.

Of course living in one of the richest communities

in the country eased the transition some.

-Hey! -Whaaaa!

Hello. Hi.

Up, up, up! Whaaaa!

Added to which she adored Fotis.

She was happy.

Fotis couldn't quit his job fast enough

after they got married.

He started the Fore Group,

a high-end building company

specializing in Connecticut Mansions.

That takes a lot of money.

And guess whose parents were rich?

This all here is fine.

...It's the flow of this one that I need to manage.

Of course the house that he was the most proud of was his own.

I mean, his own and his families, I should say.

It was clear to me what he was doing.

But Jennifer seemed blind to it.

Oh, my god.

What are they, killing each other out there?

They're playing hide and seek.

It was a much quieter game when I played it.

Mm.

What's that look, Mister?

Well, I want to play hide and seek too.

-Oh, really? -Mmmhmm.

Okay then.

Let me put the work away.

You look worn out, girl.

Oh yeah.

You try raising five kids on your own.

Uh, I count four.

Are you keeping one secret from me?

Oh, he's sitting in his office.

Now what's his part in dealing with the kids?

Staying out of the way.

Huh.

As long as he's pulling his weight.

Look, he's been growing his business.

Traveling all over the place.

The last thing he needs is something else on his plate.

Yeah, I'm just saying

you've sort of let your writing go by the wayside.

Why should it be all you?

I'm writing. Whenever I can.

I hope so.

You gotta keep at it.

So, things are good, you and Fotis?

Yeah, yeah. They're great.

I mean, what's great?

There are ups and downs in every relationship.

But... I mean, I can be a bit of a nag if I'm being honest.

Good, nag him.

I just want you to be happy as always.

I am.

You know I always thought, I'll be a writer

and that will give my life meaning or whatever.

But then we met and we had kids,

and, and I realized this is what's important.

I'm a success at this.

Whose life goes exactly as you plan it?

I guess the most you can hope for is

to hit as many of your goals as you can and find contentment.

And in those early years I think Jennifer really had.

Mostly.

Oh, Ari. That's twice today.

Be careful.

I hate oatmeal.

And what does that have to do with it?

Oh, are the other kids dressed?

Yeah.

Where are my sunglasses?

Are you talking to me?

Sunglasses.

I can't find them anywhere.

I don't know, have you checked your car?

No. They're not in the car.

Can you help me find them, please?

I'm running late.

Fotis, I'm sorry. My hands are full.

Why is it every time I need something

it goes missing in this house?

I don't know, Fotis.

Maybe if you didn't spend half the year traveling

you'd have a better sense

of where things are in your own home.

Half the year?

Yeah, 10 days a month. That's half a year.

You're exaggerating.

At any rate, I have to travel for business.

Come on, we all know it's not all business.

Most of your trips are either skiing with friends

or hanging out in some other country.

Maybe it's time you gave up some of your hobbies, Fotis.

I mean, you're not 30 anymore.

Your damn sunglasses are on the dashboard.

When you get married in the second half of your 30s,

there's a built-in speed bump.

You've lived long enough that you're set in your ways

and your habits.

For things to work smoothly, compromise is a must.

If compromise can't be reached,

sometimes you have to give it a shove.

I cannot believe you're from France

and you have never tried Baronne Adrienne.

Champagne is not my drink.

Oh, sacrilege.

Yeah, I think maybe you're just trying to get me drunk.

Oh no, no, no, no.

I would never do that, no.

Unless it was absolutely necessary.

Mr. Dulos?

I'm sorry, but your credit card was declined.

Run it again, Marvie.

I've run it twice. It's been reported lost.

No.

No, this is absurd.

I am obligated to destroy it, sir.

I'm sorry, sir.

This is obviously a mistake. Just give me my card.

This is impossible.

Give me my card!

Pas possible. Je suis desole.

Good trip?

Did you think you were being funny?

I needed to get your attention, Fotis.

There are things we need to talk about but you never want to.

You made me look like a fool.

Do you have any idea how people look at you

when your credit cards are declined?

You go away too much.

You need to remember you have a wife and kids.

You need to start making some sacrifices.

Sacrifices?

Do I not work hard?

Do I not stress enough keeping this business going?

Those aren't business trips.

Look, I knew when I got married

I would have to give up certain freedoms.

Selfishness.

Oh, so now I'm selfish too. Is that it?

Yeah. You could give a little.

Really?

Have I not given you exactly what you wanted

when we got married?

I wonder what you think that is, Fotis.

Family?

Stability?

An impressive husband?

Purpose, if you will.

Purpose?

Oh, you weren't adrift?

Wow. You really saved me, Fotis.

What is it you were looking for?

Someone who wouldn't cancel my credit cards.

Did you really mean that crack about the credit cards?

Is that all I am to you?

I was angry. No.

I love you.

I love our family.

I shouldn't have ignored you, I'm sorry.

I mean, if we don't communicate-

No, you're absolutely right.

I'll listen more.

You won't have to make such grand gestures

to get my attention.

I promise.

So you'll be around more.

I'll listen more.

What have we solved then?

Jennifer, I'm 45 years old.

I'm the man you married.

I am who I am.

I'm going to take a shower.

Hi. Who's my favorite little girl?

Who is it? Is it you?

Is it you?

Yes, it is.

Oh. It is you.

You are looking glowy these days.

What are you doing different?

Nothing. I'm happy.

Everything's really good.

And Fotis?

He's behaving himself?

Yeah, you know. The usual.

But we've really been connecting lately.

I mean, the occasional glass of wine doesn't hurt.

Mother's little helper.

I don't know if it's the new baby or what,

but he's been stepping up.

I mean, that wasn't the reason to have the baby though, right?

Audrey, how many years do I have to be married

before your doubts go away.

I'm just saying some people do that.

I'm not saying you did.

Audrey, seriously.

No.

All right, I'm a bitch. But I'm a loving bitch.

I'm a loving bitch. Yes, I am.

I gotta go.

Okay, okay, okay, okay.

Love you.

Okay. Love ya too.

Hi, my love.

Yeah.

Okay. Come on boys.

Hi mom.

-Hi. -Hi.

Jim Garvey from the bank called.

He wants you to call him back as soon as you can.

Okay.

He said you tried to reach you on your cell.

Yeah, I'll call him.

Is everything okay?

Everything's fine. Don't worry about it.

He said you're overdue on payments

for the Norwood property.

Why is he talking to you about those things?

This is Fore Group business.

Are you overdue on payments?

No. I sent it through this morning.

He's just upset because it was due Monday.

That guy's such a stickler.

I swear, you're 10 minutes late for something...

The amount of cash I put through that bank?

It's handled. Forget it.

I thought those payments come out automatically.

They do.

I just, I needed to move some money

from one project to another one.

Please Jennifer, I've got a splitting headache.

Can we not talk about this?

That's fine, but look, if we're having money troubles then I...

We are not having money trouble.

This is my company.

I told you it's not a big deal.

If it's any kind of...

Goddamn it, I told you!

I have built this company from the ground up

and I'm going to learn from you?

I'm three days late on a bill,

you're 10 years late on your novel!

But please, sit there, look at me,

tell me something about deadlines!

When did my life become so complex.

Don't know when, don't know how.

I have fantasies of chucking everything

and living out the rest of my life in a monastery.

I know things will change,

I have to believe we can find our way back.

I'm sorry.

Are you?

No, I am. I...

I don't even know where that came from.

It came from you, Fotis.

I'm just-

I'm under pressures that I don't want to burden you with.

And I know that you were just trying to help.

That's why I love you so much.

Forgive me?

I'm getting tired of having to forgive you all the time.

You blow your stack and then you pour on the charm.

It's not going to work anymore.

Look, I don't know what the problem is, Fotis.

Look at us.

We have a beautiful home.

We have great friends, a great family.

Five terrific kids.

There is no reason either one of us should be unhappy.

But I am not happy.

All I want is for you to be happy

and it seems like there's only one answer.

I have to be better.

That's the right answer, but are you just saying it?

No, I'm saying it because I mean it.

You want me to be around more, so I will.

I have a business trip coming up in a couple of days.

Do you want me to cancel it?

Say the word, it is done.

No, you don't have to.

You offering means a lot.

I will make you happy.

Well, at least a little less miserable.

How's that for a start?

A little bit?

I love you.

Do you mind if I join you?

Please.

Woo!

Que rico.

This is heaven.

I like your accent. Fellow European?

South American.

I'm a ski bum from Argentina.

Oh.

Waterski bum from Greece.

I'm Michelle.

Fotis.

Good to know you.

Are you here on business or pleasure?

Strictly business.

My days of pleasure are over.

That's too bad.

Are you married?

No.

I enjoy my days of pleasure too much.

Well, I didn't say anything about my nights.

You think you have what it takes?

I think I have that and more.

Who's this?

Jennifer.

I want to introduce you to Michelle.

A new member of our team.

Hi.

My father just died.

Sweetheart, I'm so sorry.

Are you all right?

Yeah, why?

It just seem like you've been somewhere else today.

It's nothing.

Tell me.

It's nothing. It's just, um...

Something to do with the company.

Things are stretched pretty tight lately.

Nothing to worry about.

Alright. Well, you seem like you're worrying about it, though.

At the moment we're very low on cash.

Your father was reluctant to invest any more in the business.

I am just thinking maybe

your mother would be easier to convince.

Wait, what?

You mean now that he's out of the way?

No, that's not what I was saying at all.

We just left my father's funeral

and you tell me you're thinking about

all the money you couldn't get out of him

while he was alive?

First off, you're twisting my words.

I didn't say that.

I...

No, no. Secondly, I just told you

I didn't want to talk about this.

I can't believe you're even thinking such things.

So now you're policing my thoughts?

Maybe you wouldn't be so cash poor if you gave yourself

less generous of an expense account.

Okay.

I guess we are talking about it.

The money I spend on myself presents success

to the people I do business with.

Maybe you should take a look at the awards on my office wall.

I'm obviously doing something right.

Oh yeah, you have a lot of fancy awards.

Unfortunately that hasn't translated

into the houses you're putting up.

I can't control the market.

Fotis, you are spending crazy money on mansions no one wants.

I do not want to go begging my mother for more money.

It's embarrassing.

So now you're embarrassed

to take money from your mother, hmm?

You have spent your whole life living off your family's money.

When did you start being embarrassed about it?

When did you start sleeping with Michelle Troconis?

I'm not a fool, Fotis.

I've seen the pictures you post on Facebook.

I'm sure she's not the only one.

Hmm.

Okay.

What do you want to know?

Just what I asked.

Michelle and I have been involved for a few months.

It's not just a fling.

And don't worry about it, it won't affect our family.

Oh, right, okay.

Why would something like that affect our family?

Let me make it really simple for you, Fotis.

You end it with her today or this is over.

Oh. What, you're going to divorce me?

Oh, no, no, no. No, I don't think so.

Start thinking so!

Jennifer, let me tell you how things really are, hmm?

You're almost 50 years old.

Bloom is off the rose.

This family is the only thing

you have ever accomplished in your life.

Are you really going to go and end it

and tell your family and friends

that you have succeeded at absolutely nothing?

Men have mistresses, it's not a big deal.

Don't be so American about it.

What a piece of crap!

The stones on that son of a bitch.

Yeah, but the worst part is he's right.

Right about what?

I really don't want to end up

with another failure on my life's resume.

Oh, for god's sakes, don't you dare call yourself a failure.

You've got five great kids.

Would any of them say you're anything but a great mom?

No.

All right, how many great moms do you know?

Great? Not that many.

But I don't want to end up divorced, Audrey.

That wouldn't be your failure, that's his.

Just don't give him all the power.

This macho BS has got to end.

Hey. What's going on?

I've been working on this month's schedule for the kids.

Yes, and?

It's too much, Fotis. They need some down time.

And what good will that do them?

It'll just let them be kids for a few more hours a week?

I think they should stop water skiing.

Oh, I see.

So you want to get rid of the thing

that means the most to me, is that it?

It's the one thing that takes the most time.

That's what it takes to compete.

Yours is not the only voice in how we raise our kids, Fotis.

I am their mother.

I'm saying that waterskiing has got to get...

No one gets a goddamn vote but me!

I really...

Don't you ever, ever undermine me with my children!

Let me in! Let me in there!

You better open the door, goddamn it!

Open it up!

Fotis! Stop!

Open it!

-Fotis, stop! Please. -Open up, now!

Please!

Please, please!

Uh...

It's fine.

We're just having a disagreement.

Are you going to let me see what it's about?

Did you finish your homework?

It's been a week.

You ever going to talk to me again?

Look, I know you don't want to hear another apology

but I'd like it if we could talk about things when I get home.

Yeah.

We do need to talk about things.

I gotta go. I'll talk to you guys later.

Bye.

Okay guys. Finish up.

We're going to go to grandma's.

Hurry up, come on.

It's a school day.

Nope, no school today.

Yay!

Okay, let's go. Here we go baby.

Get your stuff, get your bags, take your bags from Stephanie.

Yeah, get the blue bunny.

Yeah, that one works.

I have a package for a Fotis Dulos?

Yeah, that's me.

You've been served.

Hi.

Where the hell did you take my kids?

Okay, calm down.

I just took them to my mother's.

I thought you might want to gather yourself.

I don't want to make a big scene in front of them.

You think divorcing me is going to be easy?

No.

No, I, I think it's going to be inevitable.

You have no idea who you're dealing with.

That's why we're getting a divorce.

Maybe one day you'll come home

to an empty house like I did, hmm?

Only your kids won't be in the next state,

they'll be with me on the other side of the ocean

where you're never going to see them again!

I'll remember to mention to my lawyer

that you threatened to kidnap my children.

Really?

Why stop there?

Why not tell them I threatened to kill you too, hmm?

How does that make sense? He threatened your life.

Well, according to our great legal system

it's a very common phrase.

They can't take custody away

from everyone who says "I'm going to kill you."

So he gets shared custody

even though he chased you through the house

and tried to break down the bedroom door to get to you?

He didn't lay a hand on me.

Isn't that at least enough to get, you know,

like an emergency restraining order?

He's allowed to break his own door.

Great.

They'll act when they find you dead in the gutter.

I don't think we need to worry about that.

Listen, the marriage is ending

and that's the most important thing.

Yeah.

Leaving Fotis for Jennifer

was like flipping the creative switch.

Turns out she could be a mother and a writer at the same time.

She started a whole new novel, I read some of it.

It was good.

It was about a desperate woman in a failed marriage.

Boy, where does she come up with these ideas?

Hmm.

Okay.

Okay, here you go, baby girl.

-Hey. -Okay, here you go.

Hey.

Hey buddy, how are you?

You go on ahead, okay? I'll be right there.

-You go inside. -Hi.

Hi, go with your brother.

Hey.

Hey guys, go on, there's pizza inside, okay?

I'll be right in.

Go get some pizza!

Bye sweetie, I love you.

Yeah, go on in.

Mind if I drop off the kids later on Sunday?

There's a carnival.

I hear your girlfriend and her daughter are living here now.

What are you talking about?

I mean, come on Fotis.

You didn't think things would get back to me?

Michelle and Elaine are just visiting.

We had an agreement. When it comes to our kids...

Fine!

Fine, listen.

I am with Michelle now,

and if I want her to live with me she's going to live with me.

You don't have to like it, but that's the way it is.

Oh, is it?

It is.

You asked your children to deliberately lie to their mother

about your violation of this court's order?

Your Honor, if I may.

Counsellor, would you kindly remind your client

he had his turn to speak?

Okay.

I'm ordering that shared custody be terminated

and that the mother be given full custody

from this date forward.

Full custody!

Your Honor, that's completely unfair.

You would give full custody

to a woman who abuses antidepressants!

She has mental health issues!

This is such a load of crap! You call this justice?

Continue with this outburst, Mr. Dulos,

and I'll find you in contempt.

My client is understandably upset, Your Honor.

Mr. Dulos.

You don't seem to appreciate the consequences of

lying under oath and willfully violating a court order.

Your behavior constitutes

emotional abuse of your children.

I said "don't tell Mom" and I winked.

You're telling me that's emotional abuse?

Their mother shall have sole physical custody

and the final word on all decisions involving them.

Court adjourned.

Get your client out of here

before he does more damage to himself.

You're not supposed to be here, Fotis.

What's this I hear you changed the kids' doctor?

Yeah, I did. I made that decision.

Don't you think you should've consulted me

before you signed them up for hockey?

Once again, I made that decision.

I have sole custody.

And I'm still their father.

I understand that.

Their mother has sole custody.

You should leave.

Ahhhhhh!

My god!

Two and a half million dollars?

Where the hell does Jennifer's mother think

I'm supposed to come up with that kind of money?

This is, I don't even...

I don't have enough legal troubles with Jen,

now I have a lawsuit with her mother too?

It wasn't a damn loan.

She invested in the business.

Yes.

Every penny is tied up in these houses.

The courts will see that.

The courts?

Yeah.

Whoever has the most money wins in court.

That's not true, Fotis.

Her mother is giving her 75 grand a month

to spend on lawyers to torture me.

How am I supposed to compete with that?

Okay.

I mean, Jesus Christ.

I'm already in the hole practically seven million.

You need to relax, Fotis.

You can handle this.

Let's just focus on one issue at a time.

I know, it's just...

I just...

I know. I think it's just- it's hitting me all at once.

Let me help you relax.

Goddamn it.

Jennifer's trying to ruin my life.

Fotis, come on.

Sometimes I just...

I just wish she'd disappear, you know?

I feel safe in my new home in New Caanan.

Seventy miles away from Fotis.

I need warm sand between my toes.

Someplace tropical.

Someplace with hammocks between palm trees

and water so clear it doesn't even look real.

Warm ocean breezes, papaya.

I always get self-conscious these days

when I put on a bikini, my dear blog readers.

But I'm thinking about a place where it just doesn't matter.

Mr. Dulos?

Yes? Who are you?

Come in.

I'm here to supervise your visit.

You're here to what?

I'm a monitor appointed by the court.

I'll be along on all future visits with your children.

Jennifer?!

What the hell is this?

She's the court monitor.

Did you request this?

I have reason to believe you'll run off with my kids.

Oh, come on.

You threatened to do that once, if you recall.

You're doing this out of spite.

"They'll be with me on the other side of the ocean

"where you'll never see them again."

You didn't say those exact words?

I'm not agreeing to this.

I'm afraid you don't have a choice.

Your Honor, this situation has become intolerable.

This woman ruined me financially.

She is dragging my name and my reputation through the mud,

and now I can't even see my kids

without some court appointed spy.

Mr. Dulos, it's been entered into the record

that you allegedly tried to run your wife over with your car.

Without an eyewitness I have to take it as hearsay.

However given your behavior in court,

you seem to have a very short temper.

By all rights I could deny you access

to your children altogether.

Consider yourself lucky.

Are you ready?

You really think this is right?

You think this is what's best for our children?

Fotis, don't make things worse.

Just, let's go home.

Hey.

Save it for another day.

Yeah.

And after that?

That's all I can tell you.

That was the last time I saw her.

Walk me through what you did that day.

We woke up around40.

That's usually when we get up.

We took a shower together, and um...

We were intimate there, you could say.

I fed my daughter breakfast and I dropped her off at school.

Adios, mi amore.

Then after that I met Fotis at the Fore Group offices.

That would be around15.

About an hour later I went to pick up some groceries

and then, uh, Fotis was out checking on several of his work sites

and we had plans to meet at one of them.

They didn't have the Greek salad that you wanted

but they had the other one.

-The other one? -The other one, you like it.

Yeah, yeah.

We spent the rest of the afternoon cleaning the house

to get it ready for potential buyers the next day.

After that we grabbed a sandwich and then we headed home.

That's about it.

All right.

That was your day.

Here's what we know about Jennifer's.

She drops off her kids at school just before00 AM.

Then a neighbor's camera catches her driving home

about 10 minutes later.

So we assume she went home.

Maybe to get ready

to go to her doctor's appointment in the city.

The nanny found her purse on the floor in the house,

but after that she's gone.

It's like she vanished.

No one's seen Jennifer Dulos since the morning of May 24th.

So if you're telling us the truth,

then, I guess, your boyfriend,

the missing woman's disgruntled husband,

would have a pretty tight alibi.

But if you're not,

then that puts you both in a bit of trouble,

now wouldn't it?

Jennifer?

Hi, you've reached Jennifer.

Leave me a message and you know the rest.

Jennifer, it's Stephanie.

Um, I see you left your purse here

and you didn't take the other car like you said,

so, I guess, just call me when you get this.

Doctor Simkin's office.

Hello, I am Jennifer Dulos' nanny.

I know she has an appointment with you this morning.

Would it be possible for me to speak with her

or is she in with the doctor?

Oh yes.

We were expecting her at00, but she never arrived.

Has she called you?

No. We haven't heard from her.

Is everything all right?

Hey.

Thanks for getting here so fast.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Anything yet?

No.

I keep calling her.

I brought the kids here to their grandmothers'.

I didn't know what to do.

Yeah.

She told me she was going

to drive her other car into the city,

so I thought it was odd that it was still at the house.

Yeah, I keep calling her too.

It keeps going straight to voicemail.

That's the thing that's really got me worried.

I've never been unable to reach Jennifer.

Ever.

Seven years working for her, not once.

Right.

She hasn't shown up for any of her appointments today.

No one's seen her or heard from her all day long.

Yes, yes, that's correct officer.

And, and, and she's been going through

an incredibly nasty divorce with a man who's been,

he threatened her and he's been violent towards her in the past.

Yeah, this is the mother of five young kids.

It was odd because I just stocked the shelf

with a dozen rolls of paper towel last night.

This morning?

There's only two.

You need to find her husband, Fotis Dulos.

Why is that so urgent to you?

Whatever happened to Jennifer, he is behind it.

Okay, why do you think that?

Do I answer?

Yeah, get it.

Fotis?

Hey. Just a reminder,

I have visitation with the kids tomorrow.

I should be there around00.

Fotis, the kids.

I brought them to their grandmother's.

They're in the city? Why?

Are you even aware that Jennifer's gone missing?

Nobody's seen or heard from her all day.

Yeah, I heard.

Just make sure they're there when I arrive.

00, okay?

My wife's mother is stealing my children.

Sir, I understand you're upset

but if they don't want you in the building, you can't go in.

New Canaan PD says he's not allowed unsupervised visits.

You don't get it.

My wife is missing.

I'm the only parent those kids have.

That's something you're going to have to take up

with the Connecticut Courts.

So what, it's just legal now to steal a man's children?

By the way, the Connecticut cops say

they've been trying to reach you.

Hello?

I couldn't believe...

Mr. Dulos.

We meet at last.

Very few people keep us waiting for three hours.

Well, I was consulting with my lawyer.

That'd be this distinguished gentleman beside you?

We're here as a courtesy.

My client will not be speaking with you today.

Huh.

We thought that the husband of a missing woman

would want to help.

Look, I'm obviously very worried about Jennifer.

But, well, I have to take the advice of my counsel.

Can I take a quick look at your phone, please?

What's the password?

It's four zeros.

Oh. Hang on a second.

Give that back please.

You have no right in searching that man's cell phone

without a warrant.

I'm not searching it. I'm seizing it.

We have reason to believe that this phone

might contain evidence

related to the disappearance of Mrs. Dulos.

So we're just going to hang onto it until we can get a warrant.

No! Hey, can they do this?

We can do that.

By the way, I've put the phone in airplane mode.

So don't bother trying to erase anything remotely.

So we're done here?

The search intensifies

for a missing Connecticut mother of five.

Today investigators searched a shallow pond

near the park where Jennifer Dulos' SUV was abandoned.

It appears they're also increasing search efforts

in the Hartford area.

Local newspapers report that forensic investigators

have found traces of blood inside Jennifer's New Canaan home.

Dozens of people gathered tonight

to pray for Jennifer Dulos' safe return.

Detective Look at these coordinates.

All right, slow down. Slow down.

There it is up ahead.

He was here that night.

So this is why his phone pinged.

I don't see a guy like Fotis Dulos

hanging out regularly in a dumpy part of town like this.

What the hell was he doing here?

Detective I'll get out the GPS.

This looks like the spot.

GPS says we're right on top of it.

-Look at this. -Hmm. You're right.

I'll uh, go, freshen up.

Yeah.

All right, listen Carl.

I need you to tear the seats out of the truck and replace them.

Yeah? What's with the seats?

I spilled coffee.

So you want to replace them? Why not just clean them?

Why not just replace them?

Look, you know my wife's gone missing

and, you know, they're looking at me.

Yeah?

Truth is, I gave her a hug on Mother's Day

and I don't need them combing through the truck

looking for clues finding a strand of hair or anything.

You understand?

Yeah. No, I get it.

All right. Just replace them. Get rid of the originals.

I'm on it, boss.

He was here Friday night.

Today's Tuesday.

Do we know when these things get emptied out?

It might be too late to find anything.

Fotis.

Didn't expect to see you here today.

Of course.

When have I ever missed one of your barbecues?

It's just, you think it's a good idea

for you to be at a party with... everything that's going on?

Listen... I need to get on with my life.

Hiding in a basement's not going to help Jennifer.

Besides all these ridiculous rumors, you know.

Haven't you been watching the news?

We're taking a hiatus from the news.

Too depressing.

Uh, police say they found evidence of...

They're using the word "murder".

This is unbelievable. I need to get inside.

I know, I know.

Listen, how much longer is this going to take?

We've got 15,000 square feet here.

I can't see us wrapping up until pretty deep in the night.

You folks should probably find yourselves

someplace else to sleep.

Okay, calm down.

It's not a big deal.

We just stay at a friend's house.

What friends? We have no friends!

We're pariahs.

What happened to missing mother of five, Jennifer Dulos.

Police still have no firm answer two weeks into their search.

State police search the Farmington home

of her estranged husband for a second time today.

Investigators have continued digging

through mountains of trash in a Hartford waste facility.

You stupid bastard.

Police, open the door!

Put your hands where I can see them!

Where is he?

He's... he's not here.

We weren't watching the hotel.

Damn.

I just went for a run.

You're both under arrest under Statute 53-A1-55,

tampering with or fabricating physical evidence.

How many times do you want me to tell you the same story?

We spent the rest of the afternoon cleaning the house

to get it ready for potential buyers the next day.

After that we grabbed a sandwich and we headed home.

"We spent the rest of the afternoon cleaning the house

"to get it ready for potential buyers the next day.

"After that we grabbed a sandwich and headed home."

Around the water cooler we're calling these the alibi scripts.

We found them in a trash can by Fotis' desk,

and I must say your memorization skills are top-notch.

You repeated them almost verbatim.

You and Fotis made sure to get your story straight.

It's still the truth.

We only wrote it down

so that we would be sure we remembered it correctly.

Not long ago the powers that be in Hartford wanted a safer city.

The way they went about that

was they installed video cameras in every corner.

More or less.

Now what you see there is a black pickup truck.

Plate of that truck has Fotis Dulos as the registered owner.

This video and others like it were taken the night

that Jennifer Dulos went missing.

And now you see the male of the two tossing garbage bags

into a dumpster.

We recovered those bags with bloody clothes, zip ties,

sponges, as we could call it, evidence of murder.

Now I'm not a gambling man,

but I'm willing to bet that that's Fotis.

And that... that's you.

My client and Michelle Troconis have made bail.

They are not guilty of any crime

and this will be proven in court.

And also, I would caution the media

not to jump to any conclusions about Mr. Dulos.

Did you kill your wife?

Did your girlfriend help?

Where's Jennifer's body?

Did you kill your wife, sir?

Mrs. Dulos has long been battling psychiatric issues

and is on antidepressants.

We believe that what is really happening

is that she's in hiding somewhere

or perhaps has tragically taken her own life

in order to frame Mr. Dulos for the murder.

In fact, Jennifer had just written a novel

with exactly this plot-line,

mirroring in large part the novel Gone Girl.

What about your children's trust fund?

It's an awful lot of money.

Well, people make all sorts of horrible assumptions about me.

But they don't know me.

I know I'm innocent.

Nothing went catastrophically wrong with our marriage,

sometimes people just grow apart.

Never, never any violence, any abuse, in any way.

You know, Jennifer and I

didn't even really argue all those years.

Well right now, my world is a mess

and I just wish Jennifer was here

to help me sort through this mess.

Well, I think the people who do not know me,

they look at me as a monster.

What's going on?

What does it look like?

I'm leaving.

Leaving?

You mean for good, I take it.

My life has been destroyed.

I can't be with you anymore.

I was under the impression you love me.

I loved someone.

I'm not quite sure who anymore.

Michelle, please.

Please don't go.

I love you.

Just tell me the truth for once.

Did you do it?

Murderer!

It is the decision of this court

that all five of the Dulos children

shall henceforth be placed under the permanent custody

of their maternal grandmother.

This isn't over.

I will get my kids back.

Are you sure that's what you really want, Fotis?

Could it be your kids' trust-fund you'd then control?

How dare you say it to my face I don't love my kids.

To your face, behind your back,

what difference does it make?

Would a father who loves his children kill their mother?

You see, you're wrong, Fotis.

It is over.

You're over and I'll tell you why.

You're a narcissist and you're a user.

You used Jennifer, you used her parents,

you used everyone in your life.

You're used to winning and you killed my best friend.

So now you'll never see your children again.

And you're going to die in prison.

I didn't have any champagne.

But... the DNA came back.

Hers on the bloody clothes.

His mixed with hers at the house.

Just as I thought.

-Oh, but it gets better. -Hmm?

They also found the missing seats for the red truck.

Fotis asked the handyman to ditch them, but he didn't.

He said he thought they might be important.

You want to guess whose blood is on them?

They purposefully put that memorial

where they knew I couldn't miss it.

They did it to taunt me.

Come on, this, this is harassment.

Of course it was.

Um, unfortunately the terms of your house arrest

are very clear and limited.

Vandalizing something on public property,

it's in the don't column.

Fine!

Fine. I'll pay for it.

It's not going to be that easy.

You're not saying they're actually

going to send me back to prison, what, for that?

The situation is much more dire than that, Fotis.

They're charging you with murder.

Now your arraignment is tomorrow at00 AM.

I've arranged for them to allow you to turn yourself in.

They know you're not going to run anywhere.

No, no, no, no. Wait, wait, wait.

Um... No, um...

Fotis Dulos,

estranged husband of missing Connecticut mom,

is set to be arraigned on new murder charges.

Prosecutors are calling this a strong case,

after police released a lengthy arrest warrant

detailing the chilling evidence.

Although her body has not been found,

police identified Jennifer's blood on items dumped in Hartford,

including her underwear and zip ties.

Dulos is being held on a $6 million bond

for the murder of his estranged wife.

Despite the arrests, Jennifer's family said

there will never be able to find closure

and nothing will bring their beloved daughter,

mother and friend back.

We are live in Stanford Connecticut this morning.

"If you're reading this, then I am no more."

"I refuse to spend even an hour more in jail

"for something I had nothing to do with.

"Enough is enough.

"And if it takes my head to end this, then so be it.

"Please let my children know that I love them

"and I would do anything to be with them,

"but unfortunately we all have our limits."

It's00 AM Mr. Reed.

Where is your client?

I'm sure he'll be here any minute, Your Honor.

Excuse me Your Honor,

but his tracker is showing that he's still at his house.

Get somebody over there.

Fotis Dulos never arrived to court today

for an emergency bond hearing.

AMR's advising us of a priority one medical.

Earlier today police were heard on dispatch audio

sending emergency personnel to Fotis Dulos' Farmington home.

So... he basically got away with it.

Only if he dies.

He could still come out of it.

And if he lives,

do you have enough to put him away for good?

Oh yeah.

I mean there's still some things we'll never know,

but we have enough to tell a jury exactly what happened.

Tell me.

She dropped her kids off at school

a little before00 AM that morning.

Bye guys.

-Love you. -Bye, mom. Love you too.

Detective That was the last anyone saw her.

Detective But maybe that's not where we begin.

Let's go back three and a half hours.

Fotis wakes up at20 AM.

His phone records show that that's when he was up and at it.

Turns his alarm off at21.

A neighbor's security camera shows Fotis

making a brief stop at one of his building sites

then leaving in one of his work trucks.

Then a rest stop security camera picks him up

on the Merritt Parkway about an hour later.

Three more cameras pick him up

driving southbound all the way from Farmington to New Canaan.

He left his truck in Waveny Park

and rode the last four miles to Jennifer's house on his bike.

Everybody's got security cameras these days.

Let's face it, if you're outside you're part of a movie.

Where's your rich parents now? Hmm?

Please, please!

No Fotis!

Fotis!

At25 AM, Jennifer's Suburban

was recorded traveling westbound away from her home.

Investigators believe Jennifer died

from stabbing or blunt force trauma.

The Chief Medical Examiner said the amount of blood found

indicates non-survivable injuries.

A police warrant alleges

that Dulos bound Jennifer using plastic zip ties

before placing her inside her own Chevrolet Suburban.

The SUV was found abandoned

during exhaustive search efforts.

But Jennifer's body remains missing.

About an hour later

Fotis arrived back at the spec house where he started.

Michelle Troconis met him there about an hour after that.

What happened to her from there

and the point where we found the bloody clothes,

that we just don't know.

Obviously there are no cameras in the garage.

But all the forensic evidence paints a pretty clear picture.

This was a homicide of violence.

That worthless bastard.

He was going to kill himself anyway.

For the sake of the kids,

couldn't he have said where her body is?

As I close out another hectic day,

my dear beloved blog readers,

I'm pondering kindness.

When you are kind and good to others,

it's good for them and for you.

Kindness transcends the act itself

and heals you from the inside out.

I pray that my life and yours be filled with more of it.

Be well until next time.

Bye guys. Love you.