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ESTRANGED

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Dr. Jude Stevens, a psychoanalyst, has built an outstanding career on understanding the complexities of the human mind. However, when Grace, a beautiful married woman, caught up in her own infidelities enters his life, his world takes a tumultuous turn. As he delves into Grace's mind and helps her confront her infidelities, he finds himself falling deeply in love with her, despite the ethical boundaries that separate them. Unbeknownst to Jude, he harbors a secret, a hidden facet of his own psyche. As he becomes more entangled in Grace's life, he begins to experience disturbing memory gaps and unexplainable changes in behavior. His professional facade crumbles as his alter ego, a sinister and manipulative personality, begins to emerge. The lines between doctor and patient blur, and the two personas within Jude battle for control. Grace, sensing something deeply unsettling about her therapist, becomes increasingly fearful, unaware that the man she loves and the monster that has been terrifying her are one and the same. As the truth unravels, Jude's life spirals into chaos. He struggles to maintain his sanity while desperately trying to protect the woman he adores from his own malevolent alter ego. With his career, reputation, and love hanging in the balance, he races against time to seek redemption and confront the demons of his own fractured mind. "Estranged" is a psychological thriller that explores the thin line between love and obsession, sanity and madness. It's a story of a psychiatrist's descent into darkness, where the greatest threat is the one that resides within himself.
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