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I never imagined that the worst pain of pregnancy wouldn't be childbirth. It was opening a photo of my husband smiling with his mistress while he swore to me he was working far away. "Sign the papers when I get back," he told me on the phone. I smiled silently, because he didn't yet know that the pregnant woman he despised was the one who would decide his downfall.

I never imagined that the worst pain of pregnancy wouldn't be childbirth. It was opening a photo of my husband smiling with his mistress while he swore to me he was working far away. "Sign the papers when I get back," he told me on the phone. I smiled silently, because he didn't yet know that the pregnant woman he despised was the one who would decide his downfall.

by Geekrew Originals · Jul 9, 2026 · completed

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The photo arrived as I was trying to stand without crying. I was nine months pregnant, my ankles swollen as if I had stones under my skin, and my husband’s message was still flashing on the screen: “I’m on a business trip, I’ll be back in two days.” Then the picture appeared. Gonzalo, my husband, was smiling on a beach in Cádiz with a young woman’s arms…

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