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In this gripping episode of Suspense, George Rogers finds himself trapped in a suffocating marriage with his wife, May. For eight years, he has felt like a failure in her eyes, constantly corrected and belittled. The final straw comes when he learns of May's inheritance of $75,000, which she has saved for their future.
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