I planned a relaxing day off—chores, some me time, and maybe a show. But everything changed when I heard screaming outside.
My husband, Jordan, wasn’t on one of his usual business trips. He was in the basement fixing plumbing, and I was cleaning when I heard a loud bang. Curious, I stepped outside—and froze.
A woman in a wedding dress was standing on top of Jordan’s car, yelling, “Jordan! Why didn’t you show up to our wedding?!”
I confronted her, insisting she had the wrong house. But when I said Jordan was my husband, her face twisted. “I’m his fiancée!” she cried.
Disbelief washed over me. We compared photos and messages. Same Jordan. My husband of ten years had been living a double life. She’d tracked him here with a fitness device she left in his car, heartbroken when he never showed up to marry her.
She was devastated, but I believed she had no idea. Neither did I.
I went back inside, numb. Jordan, oblivious, came up smiling. I calmly told him I had a surprise and drove him to a lawyer’s office.
“Why are we here?” he asked, confused.
“We’re getting divorced,” I said. “You probably didn’t make it to your wedding today… because you’re already married.”
He went pale, then walked away without a word.
I sat in the car, tears falling—but oddly, I felt free. I’d lost the man I trusted, but I found something more important: myself.