I was feeling down one Monday and decided to take a drive across town to visit my girlfriend Debbie. I wasn’t sure whether she would be home, as I hadn’t rung to find out. I just thought I would lob up on her doorstep for a coffee and chat. To my surprise, when I arrived I found her car gone but her husband’s car in the drive. This was quite unusual as he worked very long hours.
I knocked on the front door but there was no answer, so I decided to go round the back. I could hear noises coming from the kitchen window and thought maybe he and Debbie were having an argument. I knocked on the back door but no answer, so I tried the door and it was open. I proceeded to go in and could still hear noises. I walked down the passage and into the kitchen to find my best friend’s husband in a compromising position with her sister.
It was as if they hadn’t heard me, so I coughed and all of a sudden they were gathering their clothes and telling me they could explain. It would have to be a good explanation to keep me quiet. They tried all different things, said it was just something that happened, but I told them they were both horrible and asked how could they do this to such a great person?
I left abruptly and decided I would tell Debbie as soon as possible, as she had a right to know. A couple of hours passed and my phone rang. It was Debbie, she was so excited and saying she had some good news. I thought, ‘this is it, I’m going to have to tell her, but I will let her tell me her good news first’. She said, “You know how we have been trying for a baby for the past 12 months? Well, I’m three months pregnant!” She was ecstatic. I hadn’t heard her so chirpy and excited in such a long time.
I had to decide right there and then if I should tell her about her cheating husband. She was my best friend in the world. What was I to do? I told her I was happy for her and that she deserved to be happy and become a mum. I slept on it for a few days and came to the conclusion that I wouldn’t spoil her joy, not even for this.
I rang her husband and told him to call it off with Debbie’s sister. He promised me he would never cheat on Debbie again and that he was sorry about what he had done. That was nine years ago and to this day he has been the best father and husband a woman could wish for. If only Debbie knew the real truth behind what had happened all those years ago. I have kept this secret and sometimes I wonder if I will ever tell her the truth.
