She does not answer Adam’s text messages, and search shows that her cellphone is located somewhere near Pittsburgh. Adam receives from her only one message that asks him to take care of kids and avoid contacting her. However, on the following day, Corinne goes missing. She asks for more time and promises to talk about it over dinner the following day. Corinne does not deny the story of her fake pregnancy. Corinne confesses that she faked pregnancy, because she learned about all the positive attention that another woman, Suzanne, received when she faked her pregnancy.Īdam tells Corinne that he found out about her fake pregnancy from the stranger. Adam asks Corinne if she faked her pregnancy and tells her that he may want DNA proof to verify that he is the biological father of Thomas and Ryan. He begins to doubt everything about his life with his wife, and thinks about purchasing a paternity test.Īlthough Adam feels reluctant to jeopardize his seemingly happy life, he is unable to forget about his wife’s secret. He also discovers that Corinne purchased a fake pregnancy test, sonogram, and silicone belly. He finds that their credit card was charged by a company linked to the Fake-A-Pregnancy website. Adam researches the charges that Corinne made on their card a couple of years earlier. When Adam asks the man to identify himself, the man calls himself ‘the stranger.’Īfter their conversation, Adam sees that the Stranger gets into a car driven by a woman. The stranger further provides Adam with more details on how his wife falsified a pregnancy and miscarriage. Adam learns from the stranger that his wife Corinne had faked her first pregnancy and a miscarriage. The dream life begins slipping away, when a stranger approaches Adam and tells him that his wife keeps a secret from him. They live in a big house in a community where social standing is very important and where people are willing to go very far in order to maintain the appearance of their status. He is married to a beautiful woman he and his wife have good jobs and two wonderful sons. At their sons’ lacrosse all-star team draft, Tripp Evans says to Adam Price: “We’re living the dream.” Indeed, Adam Price seem to live the American dream.

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