They say trust is the foundation of any marriage—I believed that with all my heart. Then one day, a stranger told me my husband hadn’t paid child support in years. The lie itself hurt, but what truly broke me was discovering where the money had actually gone. My name is Camila, and for three years, I believed everything Mark told me.

He painted his ex, Sarah, as toxic and unhinged, begging me never to speak to her. I never questioned it—until I met his old friend Tyler by chance. Tyler let it slip that Mark hadn’t supported his daughter in years. That night, I messaged Sarah: “I think he’s been lying to us both.”