When Nella notices her husband, Eric, acting a bit strange, she follows him to see where he goes off to. A few nights into this new routine, she decides to just ask him the truth. But the truth is deeper and darker than Nella could have expected.
And it changes her life forever…
It all started when my husband, Eric, told me he needed some space to think things through.
We’ve been married for 12 years, and while we’ve had our share of ups and downs, this was the first time he’d ever said something like that. “It’s not about us, Nella,” he insisted.
“I just need time to clear my head.”
But of course, my mind went to the worst possible place. Eric was always the steady one in our marriage.
He was reliable, grounded, and calm.
So, when he packed a bag and casually mentioned that he would be sleeping in his car for a few nights, my anxiety went into overdrive. Was Eric cheating? Was this his way of leaving me?
Was this how he was going to slowly slip out of our lives?
“Are you sure?” I asked. “I can give you space here, at home.
You can take the guest room, or we can make the pool house into something cozier?”
“Nella,” he said, smiling slowly. “It’s not about us.
But this is important to me, okay?”
For ten nights, Eric would leave the house right after dinner and return just before sunrise.
He looked like hell, honestly. His hair would be disheveled, he had dark circles under his eyes, and he would move very slowly like his body just didn’t want to cooperate. But every single time I asked, he’d brush me off with a forced smile, saying that he just needed a break.
“I promise, it’s nothing like that.
Trust me, please,” he would say whenever I pushed him about whether there was someone else. But how could I?
My imagination ran wild. I pictured him in a hotel room with someone else, living a double life.
By the fifth night, I couldn’t stand it anymore.
I decided to follow him. Honestly, I felt ridiculous. It was like some cliché out of a soap drama.
But I had to know what was really going on.
I waited until he drove off and tailed him a few blocks behind. He didn’t go far.
Just to the local park, where he pulled up under a tree and killed the headlights. I parked a little farther down the street and watched from the shadows.
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