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I was at a point in my life when everything felt perfect. I had a perfect wife and a son. Sometimes, I even thought it was too good to be true\u2014and it turned out I was right.<\/p>\n
As I was getting ready to head to Seattle for a business meeting, hoping to seal an important deal, I planted a kiss on my wife\u2019s cheek. She was still sleeping, and I didn\u2019t want to wake her up.<\/p>\n
The anxiety grew bigger, and thankfully, everything went as smooth as planned. And then, my phone buzzed. It was my wife\u2019s father.<\/p>\n
\u201cAbraham\u2026\u201d he said in a quiet voice. \u201cStacey has been involved in a car accident this morning. I\u2019m sorry, she\u2019s gone.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow do you mean she\u2019s gone!?\u201d I asked, refusing to accept his words.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sorry,\u201d he said once again before he hung up the phone.<\/p>\n
My wife was gone. She was the love of my life, the mother of my child, my soulmate, and now she was gone\u2026 just like that my life shattered into a million pieces.<\/p>\n
When I returned home, the funeral was done. Stacey\u2019s parents believed it was for the best if I hadn\u2019t seen her for one last time. \u201cWe wanted to protect you, Abraham,\u201d her mom said.<\/p>\n
All I was told was that Stacey got killed by a drunk driver. That was my closure. I didn\u2019t even get to say the final goodbye. Her parents took that from me and from my son.<\/p>\n
Luke kept asking about his mother, and I couldn\u2019t gather the courage to tell him the truth.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen is mom coming back?\u201d he asked over and over again.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour mom is in heaven now,\u201d I said through tears. \u201cShe\u2019ll be watching over us.\u201d<\/p>\n
But it wasn\u2019t enough for a child his age. He was too young to understand that his mother wasn\u2019t coming back\u2026 ever.<\/p>\n
A couple of months passed by and I saw Luke struggle. He missed his mom unconditionally. His little heart shattered into a million pieces with each passing day.<\/p>\n
\u201cHey, champ,\u201d I told him one day, \u201cLet\u2019s take a short vacation. Just the two of us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Luke got excited and we went on vacation the following day. I though the beach and the sun would help him feel a bit better.<\/p>\n
We spent the days swimming and building sandcastles, but when the nights came, grief settled in our hearts over and over again.<\/p>\n
One day, as I was sitting on a bench, contemplating life, I heard Luke yelling, \u201cDad, look, it\u2019s mom.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at the direction where his little finger pointed and saw a woman resembling Stacey. She wasn\u2019t near, so I couldn\u2019t see her clearly, but she did look exactly like her. The same hair, the same posture, the same laugh. However, before I could reach to her, she grabbed a man\u2019s hand and disappeared.<\/p>\n
I felt like my mind was playing tricks on me. Of course it couldn\u2019t be my wife. She was dead, or at least I though so.<\/p>\n
Determined to learn what was going on, I spent the following day wandering around the resort. And then, at one moment, I saw her. She was standing right in front of me.<\/p>\n
But before I could say anything, she looked me straight into my eyes and said, \u201cAbraham, it\u2019s complicated\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
I almost fainted. Not only my \u201cdead\u201d wife was there, but she was having a huge belly.<\/p>\n
\u201cAbraham, I can explain,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
It turned out Stacey was having an affair and fell pregnant so she faked her own death with the help of her parents.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought it was for the best,\u201d she said, \u201cbut I miss Luke so much.\u201d<\/p>\n
At that moment, all the love I had for my wife turned into hatred. One thing was certain, after everything she had done, after the pain she had caused, I wouldn\u2019t let her see our son ever again, and I made sure she knew that.<\/p>\n
I returned to the hotel and packed out things. Once home, I contacted my lawyer, explaining everything to him.<\/p>\n
I got a full custody of Luke and blocked Stacy\u2019s number. I refused to have any contact with her, and as of her deceit, it was reported to the authorities.<\/p>\n
Eventually, I was able to move on, but I could never understand how a mother can cause so much pain to her child.<\/p>\n
Luke is now older and aware of his mom\u2019s choices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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