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Fresh Start For Wayne

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Please read the story of my Uncle Wayne and consider helping him with a fresh beginning:

My partner and I were together for 36 years. During this time my partner managed his own money and the business money. My partner handled the business finances since I tend to transpose numbers around. In 2012, he and I opened Sylvias Brick Oven. My partner invested his own money into the business and I ran my business of Ballroom Dancing in the same building. I was technically the President of Sylvia's. Since it was my partner's money that was initially invested, he controlled many of the day to day business aspects including running the monetary end of things. I had no reason I thought, to not to trust my life-long partner. After all, we had been together for a very long time. Later I found out he had hid letters addressed to me from IRS. We discovered these and many aspects of a secret life hidden from me after his death. The financial books were all wrong as we found out through the audit. He was taking money from the business and I had no idea this was transpiring. He blocked all information of what he was doing from the book records and through conversations even with me. He had time to give me this information before he passed away from cancer on Nov 6, 2016, but, unfortunately he chose to take all of this information to his grave. After years of investing into a relationship that I thought would be forever, I was left broken-hearted, lost, confused and in a mess I could barely begin to figure out how to clean up. I have tried to keep up with everything the IRS has asked for. However, from all of these issues I have been left with a debt to the IRS with more than 50k. Emotionally I have been destroyed and I have lost everything including my house I had for much of my life. My partner has damaged my name, my credibility and I was never provided the chance to show the truth. Not only with the IRS, but also with vendors of the business. I'm doing my best with everything, taking one day at a time and often times, one moment at a time. Many answers I may never have until I am able to ask God one day. I just want the chance to have a fresh start to continue to love others and help those in need. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,
Wayne Applegate

This again is my Uncle and I plan to collect the donations and send him the donations via my bank. Thank you all again for your love and support!

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Amanda Cassidy
Organizer
Aurora, IN

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