My Cheating Husband's Fake Cancer Became a Real Death Sentence
To help my husband, Henry Carter, pay off a million-dollar debt, I clean windows and scrub toilets in an office building on Valentine's Day just for the triple pay.
After I'm done with the windows, I am about to transfer the last 50 thousand dollars of the debt when a post suddenly pops up on my phone.
The title of the post is, "What is something you see in real life that makes you feel sorry for someone, even if they are your enemy?"
One of the top comments says, "The person I hate the most is my boyfriend's wife. My boyfriend pretends to be poor to spend money on me and cheats his wife out of over a million. That woman works day and night at a cleaning company just to make money for me!
"This has gone on for eight years. That woman has been scrubbing toilets for eight years! Even if she is my enemy, I feel sorry for her."
I freeze, and my fingers tremble uncontrollably.
No way. It has to be a coincidence.
I stare at those words, stunned and unable to recover from the shock.
Then, a new comment appears, "Now, my boyfriend plans to fake an illness by telling his wife that he has cancer. He's going to trick her into giving him money to buy me a car."
At that exact moment, Henry sends me a message.
The instant I open it, I feel my heart skip a beat.
It reads, "I'm sorry, honey. I'm sick—I have cancer. The doctor says we need to prepare 80 thousand dollars for treatment. I hate myself for this. Why am I even alive? I'm just dragging you down with me."
The words "late-stage liver cancer" in the attached diagnosis report are painful to look at.
I think in dismay, "Henry, you do not need to pretend to be sick. You are indeed in the late stage of cancer."