All Chapters of How I Catfished my Husband and his Girlfriend: Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

Two months had passed since the accident.Two long, exhausting months filled with therapy, surgeries, blood transfusions, and the slow grind of recovery. Sophia had learned how to maneuver crutches, how to transfer in and out of bed, and how to endure pain that sometimes made her want to scream.But the hardest part hadn’t been the broken femur.It had been the empty nursery.Every night Sophia stared at the small crib Dominic had set up beside their bed and imagined Hailey sleeping there. Every morning she woke up and reached for a baby that wasn’t there.At first she tried to be patient.Then she stopped trying.“I want my daughter home,” she said one morning during physical therapy.Captain Rhoden looked up from his clipboard.“You’re not cleared to lift weight.”“I’m not lifting weight,” Sophia replied.Rhoden narrowed his eyes.“What are you planning?”Sophia smirked.“You’ll see.”Later that evening the entire house was in chaos.Dominic stood in the living room while Patrick an

The months after Dominic left for Korea were harder than Sophia expected.At first, everything felt manageable.Sophia had moved back into her parents’ home in Cleveland like they had planned. Her mother helped with Hailey, her father made sure she had the best physical therapists available, and Captain Rhoden coordinated with doctors in Ohio so Sophia could continue her recovery.Every morning Sophia woke up determined.She practiced moving with her crutches.She worked through painful therapy sessions.She refused to let anyone push her in a wheelchair.And every night she video-called Dominic.At least in the beginning.KoreaThe first few weeks Dominic called almost every day.He would ask about Hailey.“How’s my girl?” he would say with a smile through the screen.Sophia would turn the phone so he could see their daughter kicking her legs and waving her tiny hands.“She’s getting big,” Dominic would laugh.Sophia would tease him.“She’s going to walk before I do.”Dominic would s

The morning started like any other.Sophia sat at the kitchen table while Hailey played on the floor beside her, happily stacking colorful blocks and knocking them over again.Sophia sipped her coffee and scrolled through her phone absentmindedly.Then she froze.A photo popped up on social media.One of the wives from Dominic’s unit had posted pictures from a bar in Korea.Sophia almost scrolled past it.Until she saw him.Dominic.He stood in the middle of a crowded dance floor, laughing, one hand around the waist of a woman in a tight red dress. The woman’s arms were draped over his shoulders while she leaned into him like she knew him well.Too well.Sophia’s stomach dropped.“No…”She zoomed in on the picture.There was no mistake.It was him.The caption read:“Korea nightlife with the boys! 🍻”Sophia stared at the image, her chest tightening.The woman’s dress barely covered anything. Her leg wrapped slightly around Dominic’s as they danced.Sophia’s hands started to shake.Ha

Sophia barely slept after the call.She lay in bed staring at the ceiling while her phone lit up again and again on the nightstand.Dominic.Call after call.The screen glowed in the darkness.2:48 AM3:03 AM3:19 AM3:41 AMSophia refused to answer.Each time the phone buzzed her stomach twisted tighter.Hailey stirred once in the crib beside her, making a soft sleepy sound. Sophia turned toward her daughter and focused on the small rise and fall of her chest.“That’s all that matters,” she whispered softly.But Dominic kept calling.By the time the sun came up, the phone showed twenty-three missed calls.Dominic sat on the edge of his bunk staring at his phone.No answer.He tried again.Straight to voicemail.He ran both hands through his hair in frustration.“You idiot,” he muttered to himself.Across the room one of the other soldiers glanced over.“Trouble at home?”Dominic didn’t respond.He just stood up suddenly.“Sergeant, where are you going?” someone asked.Dominic grabbed

Sophia barely slept that night.Every time she closed her eyes the same images came back.The photo of Dominic dancing with that woman.The voice on the phone saying her name was Serena.The way Dominic hesitated before answering her questions.She turned onto her side carefully, her leg throbbing beneath the brace.Across the room Hailey slept peacefully in her crib, completely unaware that her parents’ marriage was hanging by a thread.Sophia pushed herself upright and reached for her crutches.“I need air,” she whispered.She slowly made her way down the hallway into the living room, lowering herself carefully onto the couch.The house was silent.Too silent.Her mind started racing again.What if he really did cheat?What if he’s just coming home to smooth things over?What if everything I believed about our marriage isn’t true anymore?She buried her face in her hands.For the first time since the accident, Sophia felt completely exhausted—not physically, but emotionally.Dominic