My son's new girlfriend confessed that she had known my husband for years.

"Thomas? Who's at the door? Is Soph here?"

A woman in her forties appeared, attractive, disoriented, and pregnant.

Sophie froze behind me.

"Mom," she whispered.

Her mother looked around her, her confusion turning into worry.

Then she looked at Thomas.

"Honey, what's going on? Who's there?"

Thomas closed his eyes as if he could do it himself.

I turned to the woman and smiled.

A woman standing under a porch | Source: Midjourney

"Hello," I said. "My name is Laura, Thomas's wife and Ryan's mother."

Her expression darkened and she clutched her stomach.

She took a deep breath and stepped back with trembling steps.

No. No. No! It's impossible. Thomas said he'd never been married! This job had been too important to him his whole life. But he didn't want to be a bachelor who devoted himself solely to his work…

A desperate woman | Source: Midjourney