I was eagerly awaiting my husband’s return from his long business trip, planning a cozy family dinner to celebrate. The house smelled of home-cooked food, the table was set, and the warmth of our home made the evening seem perfect. Little did I know, it would soon turn into a nightmare.
“Honey, I’m home,” Jack called from the front door. Before I could even make it downstairs, our 5-year-old daughter, Emma, was already over her dad’s suitcase, eagerly searching for “tiny” treasures and asking, “Dad, what did you get me?”
Jack, exhausted from his trip, could hardly muster the energy to play with her, but Emma bounced around excitedly, undeterred.
Then, she came running to me. “Mom, look what I’ve found.”
At first, I didn’t pay much attention to the small pictures in her hand, but when I took a closer look, I realized it was an ultrasound. The initials written at the bottom didn’t seem familiar, so I turned it around. The words written on it made my heart stop: “Hi Daddy, I’m coming soon. —T ❤️.”
I could hardly process it. I never once suspected Jack could be having an affair. He had always been loving, caring, and thoughtful. But my hands were shaking as I held the proof that Emma had found in his suitcase.
My mind raced. I wanted to confront Jack immediately, but then I decided it might be better to let him confess on his own. So, I printed a fake ultrasound picture with my initials on it.
The next evening, I handed it to him with a bright smile. “Surprise!” I said, pretending to be excited. “We’re going to have another child!”
Jack, caught completely off guard, stared at me in shock.
“What’s wrong, honey?” I asked, pretending to be clueless. “Aren’t you happy?”
At that moment, he broke down. “You know everything, don’t you?”
I nodded, though I hadn’t said a word. Jack couldn’t hold the secret anymore. Tears rolled down his face as he confessed, “I don’t love her. It was a mistake,” revealing that another woman was carrying his child.
He then said, “Maybe we can raise the babies together?”
Furious, I snapped, “What BABIES, Jack?” I paused before adding, “I’m not really pregnant. I just knew you’d reveal your secret under pressure.”
Jack tried everything to make me forgive him, but I couldn’t. All I could think of was that he had been with another woman during his supposed business trips. The ultrasound picture Emma found in his suitcase shattered my marriage, but it also opened my eyes to the truth about the man I trusted so deeply.
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