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I was nine months pregnant. My water broke. My husband was driving me to the hospital when his phone rang. It was her, his "best friend." "I'm waiting at the highway rest stop. You said you'd pick me up," she said. I was drenched in sweat, pain ripping through me. I gripped his arm. "Honey, I'm about to give birth..." He went silent for three seconds. Then he pulled over onto the shoulder. "Wait here. I'll be right back." Three hours later, he came back and froze on the spot.