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Imagine you are going to buy a car.
A nice man named Johnny Smith hops up,
tells you all about his car. Tells you where
he lives, how long he had the car, where
he drove, and why he needs to sell it.
The price is good, and Johnny is putting
no pressure on you.
He shows you the papers, and takes you
for a drive around the block, and you like
the car, you like him, and you pay over your
life savings.
He gives you his phone number just in case
anything goes wrong, and you drive away,
quite happy with your bargain.
Two days later the police stop you and
arrest you for driving a stolen car.
Oh no you say happily, that's not true.
You tell them how you bought it from
Johnny, and show them the papers.
They keep insisting it is stolen, and you
dial the number Johnny gave you and
there is no answer.
You go downtown with the Police who
are convinced the car is stolen. But you
know you got it legally.
Johnny's phone keeps ringing without an
answer, tho.
You go home without the car, so sure the
police have made a mistake.
That is because, you, like the Other Woman
don't begin to know the truth.
You were never there when Johnny, (whose real
name is Robbie Robem) paid Ricky Ripoff to steal
the car from the parking garage.
You were never there when Ricky brought the
car to Robbie and was paid.
You weren't there when Freddie Forgey did
up the papers, nor saw how much Robbie paid
him.
You didn't even notice Sammy Slimeboy who
virtually arranged the meeting between you
and 'Johnny.'
All you know about anything is what 'Johnny'
told you.
You go to the address he gave you and find
Mr. & Mrs. Oldpeopleski, who have lived there
since just after WWII, never rented to anyone
and don't know anyone fitting Johnny Smith's
description.
The phone number that Johnny Smith gave you
was never assigned to anyone.
Yet, you try so hard to tell yourself that you
didn't give a con man your life's savings and
that you'll get back the car.
That is the position the Other Woman is in.
She has no guess what the Husband told the Wife.
Only what he tells her he told his wife.
Her entire 'reality' is a pure delusion, made up of
lies and tricks which, like Johnny Smith's ruse,
were done to simply get what he wanted.
Like you, the Other Woman sticks in the delusion
that she knows the 'truth'.
You are sure the car is legitimate. You are sure
it isn't stolen. You don't believe the police. Not
until the last moment, after you've made a complete
fool of yourself, do you begin to appreciate the papers
you hold so proudly are forgeries, and the pretty blue
car you bought is actually white and was duco'd by
Johnny's pal Danny to hide it that bit longer.
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