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“Nothing?You didn’t care when your wife was attacked,but you’re fawning over when someone else’s wife is?”
My retort hit hard.Mark,likely fresh from arguing with Jane,lost his sense with rage:
“Can’t you see that I’m doing this for you?I’m helping Jane because you’re colleagues,and she’s pregnant!If something happens to her because of you,how will you face everyone at work?
“Stop being childish.Jane’s a good person.You humiliated her last time and got her husband arrested,making her mother-in-law beg you.She still hasn’t said a bad word about you.
“Can’t you just learn from her and be a gentle,understanding woman?”
I cut off his moral lecture:
“And get pregnant too,right?”
My icy tone enraged Mark even more.He snapped:
“I misjudged you.How did I end up marrying you in the first place?”
I wanted to tell him to get a divorce if he was done,but I held back.Knowing who Jane was,the whole thing was only going to escalate.
After leaving the hospital,I hired a private detective to monitor Jane and Mark.
Soon,the detective reported that Mark,furious after our call,returned to Jane’s ward.They talked intensely and nearly embraced.
Over the next few days,with Tom detained,Mark visited freely,and they grew intimate fast.
The morning Tom was released,Mark and Jane shared a “goodbye kiss”in her ward.
Later,Mark texted me,saying he felt guilty about what happened recently,missed me,and wanted to talk.
“Talk my ass.”
I laughed.Scumbag.
Mark wne to college and had basic morals at least,but once he got a taste of infidelity,he couldn’t resist.
Now,I just had to wait.
A month and a half later,the detective reported Jane’s next move.She started contacting Mark privately,meeting him at cafés,holding hands and exchanging longing glances with him.
Two weeks later,they left a café hand-in-hand,heading to Mark’s place.
I deliberately waited thirty minutes before going home.The password hadn’t changed,and clothes were scattered by the porch.
I turned on my phone’s camera and headed to the master bedroom,where intimate sounds came from.
“Mark,we’re at your place—Emma won’t mind,right?”
“Jane,you’re so sweet,thinking of me even now.A hotel’s too dirty—I don’t want to risk your health.”
“I’m already three or four months pregnant, will this hurt my baby?”
“No,the fetus is stable.I just couldn’t help...”
“Me too...”
Perfect timing.I pushed open the door,catching them in the act.They scrambled to cover themselves with the blanket.
Mark,humiliated,flashed guilt before noticing my phone and yelling:
“Why are you home?Stop recording!”
I zoomed in,capturing their faces clearly.Jane buried herself in the blanket,sobbing.
Mark,comforting Jane,tried to shield himself and stop me.
Too late—I had already called the police.
When the cops arrived,Tom showed up too.
Seeing the scene,Tom realized he had been played and cheated on.He leaped onto the bed,yanked the blanket,dragged Jane to the floor by her hair,slapped her twice,and kicked her hard.
Jane knelt,wailing and begging for mercy.
“She’s pregnant!”Mark shouted,trying to intervene,only to be knocked down by Tom’s punch.
The police restrained Tom,who glared at Mark,threatening:
“Touch my woman,and I’ll kill you!”
The officers separated them and told Mark and Jane to dress.
As they began investigating,Jane clutched her stomach,screaming in pain.A female officer rushed in to help,noticing blood pooling beneath her.
