Chapter 1
Everybody Was Invited to My Husband’s Baby Shower Except Me—Because I Was Apparently the Only Person Who Didn’t Know He Was Having a Baby.
I found out about my husband’s baby shower from a photo on Facebook.
At first, I thought I was looking at the wrong man.
Then I saw Michael standing beside a pregnant woman with his hand on her stomach.
Behind them was a banner that read, “Welcome Baby Carter.”
Carter was our last name.
My hands started shaking.
Then I noticed the people in the background.
Michael’s mother.
His sister.
His best friend.
Two of our neighbors.
Even the couple who had been at our wedding.
Everybody was smiling.
Everybody knew.
Except me.
I called Michael immediately.
He declined the call.
So I called his mother.
She answered on the fourth ring.
“Sarah, this really isn’t a good time.”
I could hear people laughing behind her.
“Are you at Michael’s baby shower?”
Silence.
Then she whispered, “You weren’t supposed to find out like this.”
I almost dropped the phone.
“So you knew?”
“Please don’t make a scene.”
That sentence made something inside me snap.
I grabbed my car keys and drove to the address tagged in the photo.
When I walked through the backyard gate, more than thirty people turned toward me.
Michael’s face went completely white.
The pregnant woman instinctively covered her stomach.
I stared at my husband.
“How long?”
Nobody spoke.
Then his sister stepped between us.
“Sarah, there’s something you need to understand before you blame Michael.”
I laughed bitterly.
“What could possibly make this better?”
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Before she could answer, the pregnant woman looked at me and whispered, “Michael told everyone you already knew.”
Then Michael’s mother suddenly shouted, “Don’t tell her about the DNA test!”
