I swiped through them on my phone, realizing that sitting in the car wouldn’t help me. I walked up to the house, and Travis saw me first. He was too shocked to respond.
He just stood there, watching me walk toward them.”So, you’re the woman who left a message on my husband?” I asked. But to my astonishment, her reply wasn’t what I expected. Instead of cowering or denying any of it, she boldly asserted that I deserved better.
“Husbands like this deserve to be treated like spare change,” she said, glancing at Travis. He, red-faced from anger and embarrassment, exclaimed, “How dare you?”But it didn’t matter. The woman had already closed the door.
I left Travis standing there and returned to my car, ignoring him. And when I got back to the car, there was a text from my Mom and the number for a divorce lawyer. It was the heartbreaking Christmas present I gave myself, instead of the Christmas celebration I thought we would have.
Instead, I face a new beginning — a New Year of rebuilding, rediscovery, and pursuing happiness on my terms.Life is clearly unpredictable, that’s for sure — especially five years into a marriage. If it were you, what would you have done? Here’s another story for you: Concerned about her husband’s suspicious behavior for some weeks, a loving wife arranges for a caring cab driver to drive her in pursuit, whatever the cost and wherever it leads.
But everything is not as it seems when she eventually uncovers the truth and exposes a long-hidden secret.
