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When I spotted that glaring marriage certificate tucked inside my boyfriend's briefcase, I didn't cry. I didn't make a scene. The woman in the photo was beaming with joy. And me, his girlfriend of five years, was nothing but a punchline. I quietly closed the briefcase. The next day, I booked a flight to Sunshore Coast and turned off my phone. Two weeks later, he finally reached me through a text message, his tone urgent and entitled: [My father needs emergency surgery. You still have money in your account, don't you? Hurry up and pay the bill.] I gazed out at the blue sky and turquoise sea, and calmly replied: "Ask your new wife."