Girl Tribe | BONUS | Jenifer's Story

Jenifer gathers her closest friends together to reflect on how their support provided the cocoon of love she needed to survive.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is Andrea Gunning, host of Betrayal. We want to
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to hear from all of you. Although the first season
of Betrayal has come to a close, this story continues
to unfold. We are tracking Spencer's parole and providing additional

(00:22):
information over the next couple weeks. We'll be dropping bonus
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this community. I'm Andrea Gunning and this is Betrayal onus

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episode one Girl Tribe. Way back in the beginning of
the podcast, you might remember all the people in Ackworth,
Georgia who supported Jennifer when they found out that Spencer
had been arrested. They were neighbors and close friends, people
that jen had met through the wine bar in the
neighborhood I kept her afloat during her worst days, and

(01:33):
as the podcast was wrapping up, Jennifer invited five of
these women to her home where they relived some of
the moments behind the scenes.

Speaker 2 (01:41):
Thank you guys so much for being here tonight.

Speaker 3 (01:45):
Because you know, this journey started with you guys too.
You guys picked me up and just carried me over
the finish line of every single I just kind of
want to go around and say some things that really

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stick out in my brain about each of you. Jill, Yes,
I want to talk about your reaction when I called
you to tell you.

Speaker 1 (02:17):
Jill was one of the first people Jennifer called when
Spencer was arrested, but Jill was out of town with
her husband, Duncan, taking care of their granddaughters in North Carolina,
hours away.

Speaker 4 (02:28):
You were like, Duncan, go ahead and get her. So
the first thing I said, because I knew I couldn't
leave because I had our granddaughters and Duncan doesn't know
how to deal with little girls, And I said, go
get her, and he just looked at me with his hand.
I'll never forget his hands open. He goes, Okay, what
do I do with her? Because he knows you, and

(02:52):
what the fuck am I supposed to do with Jennifer
by myself? And I'm like, I don't care. Just take
her to the house because I was so afraid that
the news media or somebody would find out your address.
Then luckily, Danielle showed up and everybody showed up, and

(03:12):
you know, I was like, Okay, we're good, We're good, Danielle.

Speaker 2 (03:18):
Thank you for answering the phone first of all, which
was like the most unusual thing.

Speaker 1 (03:28):
Danielle owned her own day spy and app worth and
would often be serving clients for long blocks of time,
but this time she picked up.

Speaker 5 (03:35):
I was in the middle of doing a facial and
I stepped out of my treatment room and thought, something's
not right. And I looked down and my phone was
ringing hmm, And I said, are you okay?

Speaker 6 (03:49):
And I said I need you to come here. And
I don't know if you flew, but you were there
in two seconds. I didn't know what to do, and
I'm sure you didn't neither.

Speaker 5 (04:07):
It was easy for me because we're friends and I
wanted to be there for you.

Speaker 2 (04:12):
I just didn't ever have to ask for anything. You know,
we were sitting on the porch Kim one day, and
it must have been just a day after I found
out how many women there were. Yeah, and I just
looked over at you and said, I think I need

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to go to the doctor.

Speaker 1 (04:34):
I think we both kind of realized at the same
time that you might have gotten something from him.

Speaker 3 (04:40):
You said, I'll make the appointment, and you picked me up,
took me.

Speaker 6 (04:47):
It's just those things that like you don't have the
strength to do because you can barely get through the day.

Speaker 2 (04:57):
Deborah.

Speaker 1 (04:59):
Deborah experienced her own heartbreak during Jennifer's journey. It was
different than Gen's, but very difficult. They leaned on each other.

Speaker 2 (05:08):
You saw the day today progress I did. Look how
far we've come from sitting on that porch just being
as positive as we could. Today is a good day
to have a good day. We said that every day day.

Speaker 1 (05:30):
For years.

Speaker 2 (05:33):
And now look we live across the street from each other.

Speaker 4 (05:37):
Just think about the past four years and everything that's happened.

Speaker 2 (05:43):
Yeah, all of us have gone through something.

Speaker 4 (05:45):
We've all had family stuff or whatever.

Speaker 3 (05:49):
What has happened.

Speaker 5 (05:50):
But no one's world has been turning upside down the way.

Speaker 1 (05:53):
No no, no, no, no, no, no, not even you.

Speaker 5 (05:55):
Are standing on your own two feet. You know this awesome,
this great outlook on life.

Speaker 1 (06:02):
I'm just so proud of you.

Speaker 2 (06:03):
This is why I left La and moved here. This
was going to happen, and it just couldn't have happened
in a better place.

Speaker 1 (06:15):
Jen realized she lost a husband that gained a tribe,
So I thank you for that, but sorry.

Speaker 2 (06:23):
We're growing old together.

Speaker 4 (06:24):
Oh I cannot wait.