I thought my husband and I would be together forever. Marian and I had been married for seven years, and from the outside, we seemed perfect. I was 34 years old and worked as a freelance designer, and our daughter Sofia was the miracle I had waited so long for. Life finally seemed complete — until the night of his promotion party.
That night marked the beginning of the end of what seemed like an ideal life. At the party, Sofia gently tugged at my sleeve and pointed to a woman:
— Look, Mommy! That’s the lady with the worms! — she said loudly.
Confused, I asked her what she meant.
— From her house. I saw them on her bed. Daddy said not to tell you… because you would get upset.
She was pointing at Tina, Marian’s colleague — the same woman I had always suspected. And suddenly, everything I had ignored until then came rushing back. Marian tried to say that Sofia had seen some curlers and that the visit had been “innocent.” But then why had he lied? And, more importantly, what was our daughter doing in another woman’s bedroom?
The more he tried to explain, the clearer it became that the truth was uglier than I had imagined. He had betrayed us — me and our daughter — in an unforgivable way.
The next day, I met with Tina under some pretext and brought up what Sofia had said. She smiled knowingly and simply said:
— I was wondering when you would figure it out.
That was all I needed. Without scandal, without shouting, I filed for divorce. And Marian offered no resistance.
Now, Sofia and I live a peaceful life, free of “worms,” and I have finally found peace.
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