My Husband Refused to Show Up for Our Son on Prom Night Because of His Girlfriend – I Was About to Yell at Him When My MIL Said, ‘You Need to Know the Truth About Her’
“It’s not what you think.”
“Then what is it, James?” I snapped.
James took a breath.
“Two years ago, there was an accident. But I didn’t drive away like Mom said. I rushed Yuki to the hospital. That’s where I met her mother. She was a single mom. I paid for Yuki’s operation.”
“Then why didn’t Yuki recognize you?”
“I kept my distance. I paid for her surgery and follow-ups, but I made sure Yuki never saw me. She doesn’t know who I am. She never did.”
“I paid for Yuki’s operation.”
“And then you started sleeping with her mother?”
“It just happened. We bonded during Yuki’s recovery. I helped from a distance and made sure Yuki never knew who I was.”
Lucas looked disgusted. “So you’ve been lying to everyone. To Mom. To me.”
James nodded, guilty.
“I told my mother a different story because she was nosy. I made up the part about leaving Yuki at the accident scene so she’d stop pestering me about why I was so against your relationship with Yuki.”
“We bonded during Yuki’s recovery.”
I stood up, my hands shaking.
“Get out.”
“Merlin, please…”
“I said get out. I want a divorce. And I have evidence.”
I pulled out my phone.
I’d been recording everything secretly. My phone had been in my shirt pocket the entire time.
James froze.
I’d been recording everything secretly.
“Merlin, please. We can work through this.”
“There’s nothing to work through. You cheated. You lied. And you tried to control our son’s relationship to protect your secret.”
***
That was three weeks ago.
Lucas and Yuki didn’t break up in anger. They just agreed to take a step back until the adults stopped making their lives messy.
They decided to stay friends, but it was too painful to continue dating knowing the truth about their parents.
I filed for divorce.
Lucas and Yuki didn’t break up in anger.
James tried to fight it, but the recording left no room to argue. His lawyer advised him to settle.
My lawyer says I’ll get the house, a fair share of James’s assets, and full custody of Lucas, even though he’s almost 18.
I won’t lie and say I’m okay.
I’m not.
Some days I’m angry. Some days I’m just sad. Some days I wonder if I could’ve seen it sooner.
But I’m also proud.
Proud that I didn’t look the other way. Proud that I didn’t let James gaslight me into thinking I was imagining things.
James tried to fight it, but the recording left no room to argue.
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