Discovering Husband's Affair After Buying A House

Synopsis

The school-district apartment just finished renovation, and I was organizing the drawers in the study. A brown paper envelope fell out and I opened it. It was a pregnancy test report. The patient's name was Colette Barson, and the report was done on October 15. It showed that Colette was 12 weeks pregnant. I read it three times. Just then, my husband, Melvin Ramsey pushed the door open. "Honey, dinner's—" I held up the report and his face changed instantly. "What is this?" I asked. "I—" "Colette is the receptionist at your company," I said, lowering the report. "Twelve weeks pregnant. That's three months." He started, "Honey, I can explain—" "No need." I took out my phone. "I checked your cloud backup." He froze. "Sixty-seven transfers. 170 thousand dollars." I looked at him. "And a car purchase invoice for another 45 thousand dollars." Melvin said nothing. I turned and walked toward the bedroom. "Let's divorce."