The Son That Ended My Marriage

Synopsis

There was an extra name on my family's insurance policy. I was pulling documents together for a passport application when I opened the policy packet and landed on the third page. It showed: [Lucas Bennett. Male.] [Relationship to policyholder: Son.] [Date of birth: April 17, 2023.] I didn't have a son. The only time I had ever been pregnant, it ended on April 16, 2023. That day, I signed the surgical consent form alone. My husband, Peter Bennett, said he was on a business trip. I called him seven times before he picked up, and he told me he couldn't get away. Now I was staring at that name. The name was Lucas Bennett. The date beside it read April 17. He had been born one day after my own child. He carried Peter's last name. What I didn't know was who his mother was.