I am Lisa, 34 years old from California. I have been married to my husband Mark for 10 years. We have no kids yet because we were trying to save money.
Mark is a truck driver. He travels a lot, sometimes he is gone for 2 weeks. I always trusted him 100%. He always called me every night.
Last Tuesday, I was cleaning our bedroom. I was sweeping under our bed and my broom hit something. It was a small black phone. An iPhone. I have never seen it before.
I called Mark immediately. He did not pick. I was curious. The phone had a password. I tried our wedding anniversary - 0820 - and it opened.
My heart stopped.
Inside the phone there were hundreds of messages with a woman named Jessica.
Messages like "Good night baby, I miss you and our son" and "When are you coming back home to us?"
Son? We don't have a son. I never had a son.
I checked the photos. I saw my husband Mark holding a 3-year-old little boy. And hugging another woman in front of a small house. The boy looks exactly like Mark.
I checked the date of the photos. The first photo was from 5 years ago. For 5 YEARS my husband has been living a double life.
He has another wife and child in Arizona. While I was here in California praying for him to come home safe, he was in another state being a father to another child.
I could not breathe. I sat on the floor and cried for 2 hours.
When Mark came back that night, I put the phone on the table and said "Who is Jessica and who is this boy?"
He went white. He fell to his knees and started begging me. He said "Lisa, I am so sorry. I made a mistake 5 years ago at a truck stop party. I never wanted to leave you. I was trying to take care of both families."
Both families? I screamed. I have been working two jobs to save for our future child while you were paying rent for another woman?
The next day I packed his clothes and told him to leave. He is now living with Jessica in Arizona.
I am broken. 10 years of my life wasted. But I thank God I found that phone. Better late than never.
Women, please check under your bed. Sometimes the truth is hiding right there.
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