While We Were Opening Christmas Gifts, My 5-Year-Old Yelled, ‘Yes! The Other Mom Kept Her Promise!’ – After a Long Pause, My Husband Finally Spoke

She’d told him she planned to surprise us for Christmas dinner… what the heck did that mean? I turned to look at the fridge, where everything was prepped and ready to cook.

She’d been in our house last night… could she have done something to our food?

I kissed Simon’s forehead.

“Honey, why don’t you go and choose another gift from under the tree and open it?

I need to finish talking to your dad, okay?”

He glanced between us uncertainly, then he nodded and walked back to the living room.

I didn’t shut the door behind him… I wanted to ensure he didn’t creep back and overhear what I said next.

“You need to screenshot every message Megan sent to you, okay?”

Mike nodded.

“What?” Mike shook his head. “You can’t go over there.”

“I need to end this, Mike!

She was in our house. She left a gift for our son and planned some kind of ‘surprise’ for our Christmas dinner. I have no idea what that means, but I don’t feel safe eating anything in our fridge, do you?”

The drive felt unreal.

Christmas decorations blurred past my windshield as my mind replayed Simon’s words over and over.

A key.

A surprise dinner.

Megan lived in a small apartment complex just ten minutes away.

I knocked once. When she opened the door, I finally understood what sort of surprise she’d been planning.

Megan froze when she saw me.

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