My Husband Showed Up with a Cast on His Leg the Day Before Our First Family Vacation – Then I Got a Call That Changed Everything

There was a pause. Long enough for my chest to tighten.

“Who are you?” I asked.

“I’m—” She hesitated.

“I’m not anyone in his life. Not like that.”

I closed my eyes. That almost made it worse.

“I don’t,” the woman said.

“Not really. I work at a medical supply store.”

I opened my eyes.

“Your husband came into our store asking for a leg cast. He said he just needed it for a few days.

I assumed it was for a skit, or work, or something harmless.”

There was a breath on the other end of the line.

“Then he mentioned his wife was taking the kids on vacation, and that it was the perfect opportunity for him. He said he’d treated himself to a big screen TV, a new games console… that he was going to make himself a space to escape from all the noise of you and the kids.”

“I kept thinking about it,” the woman said softly. “About the kids.

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