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Living in her father's tiny house, Amy was, for a decade, the pampered Los Angeles wife of a wealthy investor, until the FBI hauled him off to jail, leaving Amy with a million-dollar lawsuit. Now working at the local high school and getting free Botox from her dentist friend, Amy longs desperately for her old life. 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