Back in Time: My Wife's Secret Betrayal

y years. Jocelyn was gone. After half a century of marriage, she died peacefully in her

the back of her closet: a stack of leather-bound journals. I opened the first one

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ifty years of secret, burning passion for her childhood

she claimed we could never be intimate, was a fa

soul into after his mother died, wasn't just my nephew in spirit. He was Caleb' s biol

t crushed me. My heart, already we

ed, my eyes

ter our wedding. Sunlight streamed through the window. My hands w

Fifty years

her briefcase by the door. She had been away for a week, handl

remembered from this tim

she said, her vo

d kissed my chee

ask you fo

knew what

she continued, her tone gentle but fir

at her, the woman who had orchest

It would be huge for his career. He'

at decision was the first step on the path that led me to become a high school wo

this

" I

g in the air

for a fraction of a seco

reamed of building a landmark on that waterfront. The Lester fam

ly replaced by a calculated warmth. She wrapped he

f Caleb. Think of us. This will make

my veins. I gently unwou

on is final

e she masked it again. She knew this was a battle