Wife Notices Husband Taking Wedding Ring off When He Leaves Home, Follows Him Once – Story of the Day

While cleaning the house, Amanda finds her husband's wedding ring hidden in his closet drawer. The next day, she finds it again and realizes he's been taking it off before leaving for work. Wondering why he's doing that, Amanda decides to follow him and learns something shocking.

Amanda moved around the house, busying herself with the everyday tasks. While doing the laundry, she found a hole in one of Jack's socks. She had asked him long ago to get rid of all the defective socks, but he kept putting it off.

Taking matters into her own hands, she started sorting through them, and it was then a small metallic object fell out onto the floor. It was Jack's wedding band, marked inside with their initials "A&J."

Puzzled and worried about why Jack wasn't wearing the wedding ring, Amanda tried calling him but got his voicemail instead.

"Jack, it's me, Amanda. When you can, please give me a ring. It's about something important," she left him a message.

Jack not wearing the ring... it only means one thing. Amanda knew she couldn't sit and wait for his reply, so she rang up his office. Janet, the office helper, answered her call.

"Good afternoon, Mrs. Parker," she began. "We hope Mr. Parker is doing okay. How can I help you? We're eagerly waiting for Mr. Parker to get back to work. We all miss him here."

Amanda felt a chill. Jack hasn't been to work?

"Oh… Yes, he's getting better, thanks. I just wanted to say he'll come back to work when the doctor says it's okay," she said and somehow ended the call.

Amanda decided to confront Jack as soon as he returned home, but in the evening, he sent her a text: "Don't wait for me today, I'll be late."

Despite the note, Amanda waited, hoping for a chance to speak with him. But exhaustion took over, and she fell asleep in their bed.

Amanda awoke the next morning to find Jack's side of the bed empty. Concerned, she followed sounds from the kitchen and found Jack making a sandwich, a sign he was either back from work or leaving again.

"Are you in a hurry?" she asked, masking her growing suspicion.

"Yes, honey," Jack sighed. "Work's been hectic. I made some scramble for you. I should really get going."

Amanda's heart sank. She had doubts about him due to his recent unexplained absences, and now he was lying to her. He hadn't been to work in a while.

Her thoughts were interrupted when she noticed Jack slipping into their bedroom. He came out moments later and left. What caught her eye was that he had put on winter gloves. Amanda sensed that something was not right.

She dashed to their bedroom and found his wedding ring hidden in the closet. Determined to figure out what Jack was hiding, she followed him, making sure he didn't see her doing so.

Jack got on a bus, but it wasn't the one he usually took to work. Amanda stayed back, watching him find a spot by the window. She then boarded through another door, making sure she wasn't seen. Sitting far away from him, she kept a low profile, stealing glances at him from under her hat.

After a while, Jack started to get his things together, signaling he was about to get off. Amanda's heart raced. She waited, allowing a few other passengers to exit before her, then followed him, maintaining her distance.

From afar, Amanda watched Jack walk down a quiet street lined with trees. Hiding behind a bush, she kept her eyes on him. Jack paused for a moment, maybe to think, and then lightly knocked on a door. The tense wait that followed made Amanda's heart race even more.

Finally, the door opened, revealing a young woman who smiled warmly at Jack. They looked very comfortable with each other, and she welcomed him in.

To anyone else, it might have seemed innocent, but to Amanda, it was a clear sign: her husband was cheating on her with a younger woman.

But Amanda chose not to confront him directly. Instead, she devised a plan to influence the other woman, hoping to salvage her marriage. She spent hours in a café opposite Jack's location, observing. Finally, Jack left, and Amanda approached the house.

The door was answered by the young woman.

"Good day! Can I help you?" she asked, surprised.

"I'm Amanda, Jack's wife. We need to talk," Amanda replied.

The woman's face paled. "Wife?" she gasped. She ran a hand through her hair, clearly caught off-guard. "I'm-I'm Chris," she finally introduced herself. "Oh Lord, I had no idea. Yes, of course, come inside."

Inside, Amanda told her story, talking about how important her family was and what this meant for her and Jack's son, Dylan.

"I get where you're coming from, Amanda. But I really care about Jack," Chris said, clearly torn. "Maybe it's time to think about why Jack was looking for love somewhere else."

The serious conversation between the two women was interrupted when Chris's daughter, Jessica, appeared. "Mommy, when are we watching cartoons?" she asked Chris innocently.

Amanda noticed the lack of hair on the little girl's head. "She has cancer, right?" Amanda observed. "Look, I have an inheritance of a 100 thousand dollars. I'll give it all to you if you leave town and forget about Jack."

Now, that was Chris's weak point. Torn between her love for Jack and her daughter's needs, she tearfully accepted Amanda's proposal. "For Jessica's sake, okay… I'll do what you say."

But a few days later, Amanda found Jack's ring hidden again. Dropping everything, she went to Chris's place right away. There, she bumped into Jack.

"Amanda? Why are you here?" Jack asked, shocked.

"The real question is, why are you here, Jack?" she snapped, hurt.

"Jack, Amanda gave me $100,000 to stay away from you for Jessica's treatment," Chris revealed, joining them. "She came here four days ago."

Jack couldn't believe it. "A hundred thousand?" he said, shocked.

Amanda started crying. "I got it from a distant relative as an inheritance. Whatever I did… it was for our family. I just wanted to keep our family safe."

"Amanda, I truly believed I could step away, especially for Jessica's sake. But the heart wants what it wants," Chris said, her eyes meeting Jack's. "I can't just turn off my feelings. I genuinely believe Jack and I share something special. That's why I couldn't stay away."

"I think we should think about getting a divorce, Amanda. Look, I really respect you for the things you've done for me and Dylan, but we both know things are no longer the same between us. Please. I can't be with you," he suggested, saying he'd still help the family but wanted his own space.

"You're so easily swayed, Jack. You're giving up on our marriage for some young girl you barely know?" Amanda screamed.

Chris stepped forward, her voice filled with regret. "I genuinely didn't expect things to turn out this way, Amanda. However, the money has already been used for Jessica's treatments and upcoming rehabilitation. I promise I'll repay every cent once I get back on my feet."

Feeling betrayed and angry, Amanda left. In the next few days, her rage only deepened, and she thought a lot about getting back at Chris. She even bought poison, planning her next steps.

And then the day she was waiting for arrived. Jack visited Amanda to spend time with Dylan. Though their marriage was on the rocks, Amanda and Jack silently agreed to shield their child from the emotional storm.

"So, where are you two headed?" Amanda asked Jack.

"Chris has her gym thing later. So, we'll drop her stuff at the gym, and Dylan and I will head to the zoo. It'll give us a good chunk of time there before we have to pick her up," he replied.

Something inside Amanda snapped when she heard Chris's name, but she quickly focused back on her son. She watched Jack's every move until he went to the bathroom. That's when Amanda quickly went to the car, found Chris's gym bag, and put poison in Chris's water bottle, hoping to solve her problems.

But later, she felt really troubled by what she did. She had gone far, crossed a line. And now, she didn't feel great about it. Then, her phone rang. It was Jack, sounding really scared. "Amanda! Hurry to Central Hospital. It's Dylan," he said urgently.

"What's wrong?" Amanda's voice shook.

"We were in the car, Dylan was thirsty, and I gave him Chris's water from the gym bag. He started feeling weird, then fainted!"

Amanda felt her world falling apart, realizing the horrible mistake. She broke down into tears, feeling awful about what she'd done.

She got to the hospital, but it was too late. Her little boy, Dylan, was gone. In her attempt to get back at Chris and Jack, Amanda ended up losing her whole family forever.

And that shows why it's important to appreciate what we have rather than being sad about what we've lost. If Amanda had just thought about her son, she wouldn't have lost him.

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