MY PILOT HUSBAND WAS SCHEDULED TO FLY ON OUR ANNIVERSARY, SO I BOOKED A SEAT ON HIS PLANE TO SURPRISE HIM — BUT THEN HIS ANNOUNCEMENT SENT A CHILL THROUGH ME

That was normal, harmless, and nobody would look at me twice.

My legs felt weak as I stood up.

I kept my eyes down until I was next to row 15, which was just behind me but on the other side.

I then turned slightly, as casually as I could.

And almost stumbled.

The woman in 15C was no longer a mystery.

She looked about thirty, maybe younger. Her dark blonde hair fell over one shoulder. She had one hand wrapped around a plastic cup of juice.

The other hand was resting on an unmistakable pregnancy bump.

For a second, I honestly thought the floor had tilted beneath me.

I moved on quickly, knowing that if I stayed in the same spot and kept staring, she would notice me.

Or maybe not, why should she?

If she was my husband’s mistress as I suspected, then maybe she knew who I was.

I made it to the bathroom and locked myself inside before I fell apart.

The crying came hard and ugly, the kind that steals your air and makes you press your fist to your mouth so nobody hears.

He had gotten another woman pregnant.

 

 

PART2

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