When Betrayal Burns: A Husband's Revenge

arted dating. My sister, Sarah, had b

said, grabbing my arm. "She' s beautiful,

a kind of detached amusement. Her job at a high-powered marketing firm was everything to her. People were just pieces on a board.

was "girls' night" every other night. They went shopping, they got th

out the door, both of them dressed up. "You two spend

m through Olivia' s. "That' s because

ed her jeans and sweaters for silk blouses and designer dresses. Her perfume changed to somet

red dollars here for a brunch, five hundred there for a handbag. I started to feel a constant,

e could talk some sense into Olivia. "Hey, do you t

ntment. "Ethan, you' re her husband. A man' s job is to provide. Are you telling m

ade me feel small, inadequate. So

n the kitchen, she' d stiffen. When I reached for her in bed, she' d roll over, murmuring

d me. "Hey, man, this is weird, but were

most expensive restaurants in th

She was with some older guy, gray hair,

ld. "Are you s

e it was a business lunch or

fronted Olivia that night. Her face crumpled,

than? I was with Sarah! We ha

I felt like a monster. I did call Sar

e your own wife of something so horrible based on some gossip.

her and told her I was sorry, that I was just stressed and stupid. I buried the doubt,