š±š±My husband cheated on me, and to get revenge I cheated on him with the first homeless man I met and got pregnant by him: but after nine months something horrifying was revealedā¦
I had always believed my family was solid as a wall. But everything collapsed in an instant.
One day I caught my husband with another woman. He didnāt even try to explain himself ā on the contrary, he blamed me:
ā Itās your fault. You stopped being a woman. All you do is work and you donāt take care of yourself anymore.
Those words hurt more than the betrayal itself. But the worst part was that my family sided with him. Even my mother said: āAll men cheat, just accept it.ā
That was the last straw. I was boiling with anger and humiliation. A crazy thought was born in my mind: to take revenge in the cruelest way. To cheat back ā with the first man I met. Not out of love, not out of desire, but out of rage.
I went outside. On the sidewalk sat a man in worn clothes, eating a roll as if it were his only meal. āHe will be my revenge,ā I thought darkly.
When my husband found out, he went mad. Our marriage finally collapsed. But soon I realized I was pregnant.
The father of the child was that very man from the street.
I wanted to give up⦠but inside me grew a strange feeling, as if the child had been sent by fate. I decided to keep him.
š²šµNine months passed like a single day. And then ā the maternity ward, bright lights, doctors all around. And then the doctor spoke words that took my breath awayā¦
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I lay in the delivery room, my heart beating so hard it felt like it could be heard through the walls. The sterile light of the lamps was blinding, and around me there was only the faint hum of equipment and the nursesā whispers.
Suddenly the doctor who had delivered the baby came closer. His gaze fixed on my face, his eyes widened, and almost inaudibly he said:
ā Itās⦠itās you?
I blinked, not understanding his words. The mask covered most of his face, and I couldnāt read his expression. And in that moment, it didnāt matterā¦
I held my son in my arms in the delivery room, trying to come to terms with the fact that my life had changed forever.
Suddenly the door opened slowly, and the doctor walked into the room. He stopped in front of me and said quietly:
ā I know the truth⦠about your child.
My hands clenched, my heart jumped. I felt a mix of fear and shame ā he knew exactly what had happened with the āhomeless manā that night.
ā Wh⦠what do you mean? ā I whispered, not looking away.
Then he removed his mask. In that very moment, everything tightened in my chest. I saw his face and recognized that very man from the street.
ā This is my child, ā he said. ā I did a genetic test.
I lowered my eyes to the baby, my heart racing, my mind refusing to believe. The doctor continued:
ā I was exhausted after a long shift and simply sat down on the street. At that moment you thought I was homeless.
In that moment my whole world turned upside down. Hatred, shame, and fear melted away, leaving only the miracle ā the child turned out to be the link between a past and a new chance at life that we were given together.