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He just started to fallapart.

His illness hit him like a ton ofbricks.

Hituslike a ton ofbricks.

He no longer hadenergy.

His body was filled withpain.

Dwindling away like his body was being eaten away from the insideout.

And we werefloundering.

Arefloundering.

She places her lips next to his ear and says, “You always know where to find me,baby.”

Then the whore slithers her gross body down, stopping at my husband’s non-existent hard on, turns those snake-like eyes to me and licks, from bottom totop.

Todd continues to writhe under her to get her off him, all the while cursing a blue streak. I stand watching, oddly amused at her desperationandhisstupidity.

He probably wants me to step in to help him, but if he’s dumb enough to get into this situation then he’s going to have to deal with the consequences of his idioticactions.

“I said, get out of here!” he roars, and even I jump. She jerks to her feet after crawling out of where she had wedged herself, picks up discarded clothes, and starts putting them on, taking her sweettime.

“You’re pathetic,” I sneer once she’s righted and standing in front ofme.

“Oh, please. I’m pathetic? Right. Look in the mirror, honey. I know your type. Ignoring your husband, especially at his time of need. You’re just jealous that I can be there for him. That I’mwillingto be there forhim.”

“Oh, andyourhusband?Yourchildren? What about them? Who’s going tobe there for themin their time of need? What about when they recognize you for the absurd, wretched, useless woman you are? Are you going to step aside when some other woman comesaround?”

She clenches her jaw then scoffs, flipping her fake hair over her shoulder and stompsout.

As soon as I hear the door slam, I giggle. “She’s got the bestcomebacks.”

“She’s also got the key to these things.” He lifts his hands, showing me they’re stillcuffed.

And that’s when I completely loseit.

Laughing uncontrollably like the lunatic that I feel like Iam.

Because I just caught my husband having sex with anotherwoman.

On the day he found out he hascancer.

Maybe I’ll never fully know why he chose that moment to give in to temptation. Maybe I’ll never understand why she continued going after married men and stepped out on her ownhusband.

But one thing I do know, is that Andy doesn’t deserve what he’s been given. Not that anyone deserves that kind of disrespect, but with Andy? He’s one of the good ones. The guy who would bend over backward to make sure that his loved ones are happy. The guy who would give up his life plans, dreams, in order to allow someone else to followtheirs.

Heather doesn’t deserveAndy.

I just hope Andy realizesit.

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Andy

“Dad.He didn’t tryto. It was an accident,” Reece pleads with me in his brother’s defense… all for me to calmdown.

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