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CBenson1273
I Shouldn’t Have Trusted My In-Laws
I was home one night when a text came through on my husband’s phone. I only saw a name - Charlotte - and “looking forward to tomorrow ❤️” before Alex grabbed the phone. He said she was a coworker and they had a team lunch tomorrow, but he sounded nervous.
I tried to check his phone, but he kept it close for the next few days. So I did some digging. I called his office posing as a client and got Charlotte’s last name. Then I searched online and found her Instagram account.
She was disgustingly hot in that fake manicured way, but the real issue was the pictures she’d posted. Her and Alex, at restaurants, on vacation.
With his family.
I can’t believe I trusted them!
I’d always known his mother didn’t like me, but apparently she liked Charlotte just fine, judging from all the smiling and laughing in the pictures. All while I was home with our daughter.
I was livid, but nothing good came from anger, so I calmed down and debated my next move. I could confront him, but even with proof he’d just say I was paranoid and his family would back him up. And he (and his mom) had insisted on a prenup when we married, so filing for divorce was out; I wouldn’t let my daughter suffer. So I came up with a plan.
The next day, I called Alex at work and said I was going to visit my parents. He didn’t object, probably anticipating having more time to spend with her. I packed a bag, dropped Maddie off with a sitter, and went to his office. I waited outside until he and Charlotte left and followed them back to her place. Then I checked into a nearby motel.
The following morning, I visited Charlotte’s house while she was at work. I let myself in, did what I had to do, and went to get Maddie and go see my parents.
Four days later, I was at home when the polıce came by.
“Did you find my husband?!?”
“Pardon me?” the officer asked.
“My husband’s been missing for two days! I don’t know where he is and he isn’t answering his phone! I filed a report - you must know something!”
The officer looked at me. “I’m afraid I have some bad news.”
I sat and listened while he danced around what had happened, not realizing I already knew everything:
The party I wasn’t invited to.
The dessert Charlotte had been asked to bring, like they always used to ask me.
The poıson I’d put in her cake when I’d visited her house that night.
The dozen déád bødies spread around his mother’s backyard, bløød spurting violently from every orifice.
“I wish I could help, officer, but I wasn’t at this party. No one even told me about it.” The best part? There was no one to disagree.
See? You can trust your in-laws. You just have to kıll them first.