Missing in Action
I found out he was cheating because he didn’t come home after a night out with the boys. I woke up at 4 am and panicked, thinking something horrible happened. I tried to call him but his phone went straight to voicemail, and his friends told me he had left hours ago. I called all across town, thinking the worst.
I even called his parents. They lived in North Carolina and I woke them up to say their son was missing. I decided to drive around to where the boy’s night had been. One of my friends worked at one of the locations they went to and her car was still outside.
My gut told me to drive by her house and I was horrified at what I saw—there his car was, still in her driveway.
I furiously banged on the door and he answered. I went home and called his parents back to let them know he wasn’t hurt just cheating on me. We had been together for five years and I felt blindsided.
The “friend” he was with had been telling me about this new guy who was texting her and sending her flowers. I had no idea it was my boyfriend the whole time. I cut them both off and never looked back.