After six exhausting months of new motherhood, I believed my husband Nate was being incredibly supportive. Every evening, he offered to take our baby Caleb for a walk so I could rest — and I trusted him completely. One night, he forgot his phone, so I went out to return it, only to see him meet another woman at a café and kiss her. Shocked and heartbroken, I pretended not to know, determined to find the truth before confronting him.

The next day, I confirmed what I saw by following him again. He met the same woman, laughing with her and acting like they were the real family. My heart shattered when I overheard him brag about fooling me and using these “baby walks” to escape. Worse, he told her he only married me because of Caleb and planned to use my future inheritance.

I refused to confront him blindly — instead, I set a trap. The following evening, I replaced our baby with a lifelike doll and hid a baby-monitor inside the stroller. When Nate walked out without even looking, I followed and caught him meeting the woman again. I confronted him in public, revealing the doll and exposing his lies. I walked away that night, and soon after, filed for divorce.

Months later, I learned karma had already handled him — the woman he cheated with was only stringing him along and soon got engaged to someone else. Nate wanted sympathy, but all he got was distance. I rebuilt my life with my son and put my inheritance into his future. Nate lost everything — not because I punished him, but because he showed me exactly who he was, and I chose to walk away.