I Returned Home With a Prosthetic Leg—Only to Find My Wife Gone With My Best Friend… But Fate Brought Us Face to Face Again Three Years Later

She looked away, repeating the same words: “I’m so sorry, Arnie. Mara asked me to take the girls to church. Said she needed time alone. But when I came back…”

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On the dresser lay a note.

“Mark told me about your leg. And that you were coming to surprise me today. I can’t do this, Arnold. I won’t waste my life on a broken man and changing diapers. Mark can give me more. Take care… Mara.”

I read it twice before my mind accepted it.