After fourteen years of marriage, Helena never doubted Chad—until she found a second phone hidden in his gym bag. One message shattered her world: “So excited to see you again tonight. Love you!” Her heart pounded. Suspicion quickly turned to dread. She confronted Chad the moment he walked in, demanding he unlock the phone. The hesitation in his eyes crushed her. But what he revealed wasn’t betrayal—it was heartbreak,

The messages were from his birth mother, Miranda. Abandoned at four and raised in foster care, Chad had no memory of her—until three months ago when she found him after reading a newspaper article about his heroic rescue. She lived in a nursing home now, alone and remorseful.Ashamed and unsure, Chad kept it secret, afraid of false hope. The flowers, the cake,