I told my husband that I was sick and I was in danger of stopping walking – He left me immediately, not knowing how much he was going to regret him soon. - Page 4

"Don't make me turn it in a dorroid," he docked. "You know what I mean. I also have needs, Emily. I need a real partner. I'm not going to stay around just to take care of you. ”

He went upstairs and I didn't see him again for the rest of the night. I went to the guest room and cried until I fell asleep.

Honestly, was that the man I had married? Tyler had never disappointed me before, but here? It was... unforgivable.

The next morning he made his bag, leaving a word on the kitchen counter.

A note on a kitchen counter - Source: Midjourney

I need time to think.

That was all. No farewell, no excuses. Nothing at all.

I didn't hear from him for days. It was as if he had struck me out of his life without thinking.
I tried to distract myself, to face me, but every little thing in the house reminded me of the life I thought we had built together. I started putting some of Tyler's cases away.

"I have no idea," I replied by opening the box of chocolates she had brought. "I texted his brother to see if he was with him, but Kevin told me that he hadn't seen him and he hadn't heard of him. ”

"Tell me you're not trying to make things work with him, Emily," said Audrey. "Because I won't allow it. ”

"That's not the case," I said. "It's just that I want to see him to end all this. I want him to know how much he hurt and disappointed me. I want him to hear it from my lips. ”

"Listen, whatever happens, I'm here for you." Our family too," she said with a smile.

Later that day, while I was sitting in bed and eating the rest of the chocolates in the box, I scrolled through my phone. Nothing could have prepared me for what I saw.

There, visible to the audience, I saw a message that turned my stomach over. There was Tyler, tagged in a friend's picture, smiling on the beach with a blonde woman leaning on him, both holding cocktails.