I drive a cab on the night shift. My husband made me quit my job—kept saying his paycheck was enough and I should just focus on our son. But lately, he started acting weird—hiding money, dodging questions, always “busy at work.” Gosh, I still had to take care of our kid, so I started driving a taxi.

So, that night I get a regular pickup at some bar. A couple hops in. I glance at the rearview mirror and… freeze. IT’S MY HUSBAND WITH SOME RANDOM CHICK! They’re kissing, all over each other, the whole deal. I’m just sitting there in shock, eyes filling with tears—but I keep quiet and just listen.

Her: “Babe, I can’t wait till we’re finally together!”
Him: “Me too, baby. God, you’re so hot. My boring dumb wife has no clue I’m actually…”

I didn’t even hear the rest. I was gripping the steering wheel so tight, my knuckles turned white. Every part of me wanted to scream, to stop the car and yank him out. But something inside said, just wait. I stayed silent.

He didn’t even recognize me. He never once looked up, too busy whispering in her ear, laughing like a damn teenager. I dropped them off at a cheap motel—of course—and watched them stumble inside. I sat there in the cab, heart pounding, hot tears streaming down my cheeks.

I wanted to scream, break something, call someone. But I had no one. My parents passed, my sister lives abroad, and I’d drifted from my friends after Dev, my husband, convinced me they were “bad influences.” All I had now was my son, Adi.

And somehow, in that moment, he became my anchor.

So I wiped my face, took a deep breath, and drove off. I went home, kissed Adi’s forehead while he slept, and curled up on the couch. I couldn’t go into our bedroom. Not after that.

The next morning, I acted normal. Made breakfast, packed Adi’s lunch, even ironed Dev’s shirt. He walked in all chipper, kissed my cheek like nothing happened. I wanted to vomit.

But I smiled. For now.

Over the next few weeks, I kept driving. Same night shift, same cab. And I saw Dev again. Twice. Once with the same girl, and once with a different one. He never noticed me. He never looked.

Each time, I felt a part of me harden. I wasn’t just sad anymore. I was planning.

I started stashing money. Cash tips went straight into a container I taped under the sink. I got my old laptop fixed, updated my resume, and applied for a few remote admin jobs. Slowly, I started reconnecting with people—an old school friend, a college professor, even my ex-manager. They all remembered me as smart and reliable.

Then something weird happened.

One night, I picked up this older woman from a hotel lobby. She was dressed in a simple sari, holding a worn handbag, and looked… nervous. I asked where she was headed. She mumbled an address in a neighborhood I didn’t recognize.

Midway through the ride, she asked me quietly, “Do you have a husband?”

I hesitated, then said, “Kind of.”

She smiled, this sad little smile. “I just found out mine’s been lying to me for twenty years.”

We talked the whole ride. Turns out, her husband had a whole other family on the side—kids, everything. She found out through a phone call meant for someone else. And just like me, she was choosing silence… for now.

I dropped her off and sat there a minute. Then I opened my glove compartment and pulled out a small notebook I’d started keeping. I added a line: “You’re not crazy. He’s just good at lying.”

The notebook became my outlet. Anytime I felt like losing it, I wrote something down.

Two weeks later, something shifted. I got an interview at a start-up looking for a remote admin assistant. They offered me the job the next day. The pay wasn’t amazing, but it was steady. I took it.

And just like that, I had my own income again.

That weekend, Dev announced he had a “work conference” in Goa. I nodded. Said, “Have fun.”

The night before he left, I pulled out the small key he didn’t know I’d duplicated. It was for the locked drawer in his home office. I waited until he was asleep.

Inside, I found two phones. One was his regular one. The other was… well. Burner city.

There were messages from multiple women. Some were clearly in love with him. One even called him “husband.” I took photos of everything. Then I put it all back exactly how it was.

I wasn’t crying anymore. I wasn’t even angry. I felt… calm. Cold, almost.

I decided not to confront him yet. I wanted to be strategic. I reached out to a lawyer my old friend recommended. She was a fierce woman named Reet, sharp as a blade, who told me, “You’re doing everything right. Just don’t let him know you know.”

We started quietly building my case. Meanwhile, I told Dev I was thinking of going back to work. He scoffed, said something like, “Don’t you like having free time?”

I smiled. “Sure, but it’d be nice to have something of my own.”

He rolled his eyes. “Whatever makes you feel useful.”

Useful. That word stayed with me.

Then came the twist I never expected.

One night, around 1 a.m., I picked up a woman from outside a club. She was crying, barefoot, holding her heels in one hand and a tiny clutch in the other. I helped her into the backseat. She looked up at me and froze.

“Wait… are you Dev’s wife?”

My heart stopped.

“Um… who are you?” I asked.

She looked mortified. “Oh god. I—I didn’t know. He said he was divorced. That his ex-wife was unstable and didn’t let him see his kid. I’m so sorry.”

I pulled over and turned around. “How long have you been seeing him?”

“Almost six months,” she said. “I met him at a client party. He was charming, funny… God, I even met his mother once! She told me she was proud of him for ‘moving on.’”

I felt like the world had shifted under my feet. His mother was in on it?

This woman—her name was Maahi—ended up sitting with me in a tea shop till nearly 3 a.m. We swapped stories. She even showed me pictures.

I wanted to hate her. But I couldn’t.

She was kind. Thoughtful. Duped. Just like me.

Then she said, “I want to help you. However you need.”

We came up with a plan.

A week later, Dev came back from Goa. I acted normal. He was smug.

That Friday, I asked if he’d like to go out for dinner—just the two of us. He looked suspicious but agreed. I booked a table at this rooftop restaurant. While we waited for our food, I told him I had something to show him.

I handed him a manila envelope.

Inside were the photos. The messages. The screenshots. A printed email thread between him and a travel agent about booking a getaway for “Mrs. Verma”—not me.

He paled.

“What is this?” he said, his voice shaking.

I leaned in. “This is your past catching up to you.”

Then, as if on cue, Maahi walked in. She sat down at our table.

“Hi, Dev,” she said, calm as ever. “I just wanted to see your face when your lies fell apart.”

He tried to speak, but nothing came out.

We left him sitting there, stunned.

That night, I told Adi the truth—in simple words. “Daddy made some bad choices. We’re going to live in a new place now, just us.”

He hugged me tight and said, “Okay, Mama. As long as we’re together.”

The divorce took months, but it was clean. Thanks to Reet, I got full custody and even a fair amount of financial support. Turns out, Dev had been funneling money into fake business expenses—easily traceable once someone actually looked.

The best part? His company fired him after an internal audit.

Poetic justice.

Now, it’s been nearly a year. I live in a small but cozy apartment with Adi. I still work remotely, and I drive the cab on weekends when I feel like it.

Maahi and I became unlikely friends. She even invited us to her wedding a few months ago—to a kind, sweet man she met after finally deleting her old dating apps.

Some nights, I still get sad. Still wonder how I didn’t see it sooner.

But then I remind myself—I did see it. And I chose not to be a victim. I took my power back.

If you’re reading this and you’re feeling stuck, unseen, or betrayed—please hear me: You are not weak for trusting someone. But you are strong for walking away when they break that trust.

Don’t let someone else write your story. Pick up the pen.

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