I’ve been married to Ethan for four years now. We’re a typical couple with no kids, and we’ve been through our fair share of ups and downs. I love him, or at least I thought I did until everything changed overnight.
I’ve had my heart set on one dream: visiting my father’s grave in Europe. He passed away a few months ago. I wasn’t able to say goodbye in person, and it’s haunted me ever since.
So, I started saving. I’m a nurse, so it wasn’t easy, but I managed to stash away over $5,000 in a little box in my closet. That money was my ticket to closure, to finally paying my respects.
Ethan knew about my goal, and he always supported it, or so I thought. We weren’t exactly swimming in cash, and we often talked about how tight things were, so we had to budget carefully. I had mentioned to him that I planned to visit Dad’s grave in three weeks, and now I was counting down the days.
A few days later, I got off work earlier than usual and decided to go straight home. Ethan was supposed to be working the night shift that day, but as I got closer to our house, I noticed the light in our bedroom was on. Curiosity and confusion had me sneaking up to the bedroom window to peek in, and there I saw… MY HUSBAND.
What was strange was that he was on his knees in front of our bedroom closet. When I changed my angle to have a better look, I was shocked! Ethan was taking cash from my secret stash!
Wanting to catch him out, I decided to call him from the window. He reluctantly answered after the fourth ring. “Hi, babe, where are you?” I asked, pretending I wasn’t looking straight at him.
“Why are you speaking so softly? I’m at work, I told you I am working the night shift!” he scolded me. “Oh, sorry, honey, I completely forgot.
I wanted to ask you to prepare dinner because I am going to be later than usual coming back,” I lied. “No, sorry, I can’t help you there. I’ve got to go back to work.
Love you, bye.”
He quickly dropped the phone without even giving me a chance to respond. The next thing I saw was him putting on his jacket as he prepared to leave. So I ran to the car and moved it out of sight to a spot where I could see him.
I decided to follow him, and five minutes later, he left the house and headed to the bus stop. I trailed behind him in the dark, and after getting off the bus, he walked for 20 minutes around a shopping center. I was surprised when I saw him walk into a fishing store.
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