My wife was constantly receiving letters, and every time, she would burn them. One day, I decided to take one of these letters, and I was completely horrified.

My wife’s sister lives abroad, and almost every month, my wife would receive letters from her. Over time, the letters became more frequent, arriving every week.

One day, I noticed pieces of burnt letters in our fireplace, and it raised some suspicions. Why burn these letters? Why not keep them or throw them away like ordinary letters?

I realized that after reading them, she would always dispose of the letters by burning them. It was strange, and it intrigued me. So, I began to check the mailbox before she did. One day, I took a letter without my wife noticing.

There was no return address on the letter, which was already very strange. For a few seconds, I hesitated to open it. I knew it was wrong, that I was destroying the trust in our relationship. But it was stronger than me. I had to know what my wife was hiding from me.

When I opened it and read it, I was completely horrified…

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I stayed in the car, the letter in my hand.

The address, first of all, struck me.

It wasn’t far from our house, but far enough that I had never been there.

And the time stated: “Precisely at 6:00 PM.”

The words were clear: “If you don’t come and give me the money I’ve asked for, I will tell everything to your husband.”

I didn’t think any longer.

I started the car in the direction of the address.

There, I stopped in front of the door, my heart pounding.

A man in his forties opened.

He looked at me for a moment and then simply said: “You’re Elise’s husband, right?”

That’s when everything made sense.

This man was my wife’s ex-husband.

I had never heard of him, and now I understood why she burned those letters.

My wife had kept this truth hidden because she was afraid of losing me, of shattering the image I had of her.

She had done everything to bury her past, but this secret had caught up with me, and everything I thought I knew about our life together was collapsing in an instant.