I knew something was wrong when my husband started coming home late, always glued to his phone. Trent had just gotten a big promotion, but instead of celebrating together, he became distant. His boss Kira’s constant praise of him at dinner parties made me uneasy—especially when she called him “the dream husband.”
The final straw came when I followed him one night. I expected to catch him with Kira. Instead, I found him in bed with her husband, Colin. My world collapsed. The man I’d built a life with, raised our daughter Nora with, had been living a lie.
When I confronted Trent in that parking lot, his tearful confession changed everything. He wasn’t just cheating—he’d been hiding his true self for years. The anger I felt slowly gave way to painful understanding. Our marriage was over, but perhaps we could both finally be free.
