Steve’s day began like any other—kissing his pregnant wife, Laura, and heading to work. But a flood of urgent messages from his son, Jackson, shattered the routine: “Dad, come home. It’s about Mom.”
Steve rushed home, gripped by panic. What he found wasn’t an accident—it was betrayal. His mother had discovered Laura with another man in their living room. Steve entered to see Laura in tears, a stranger awkwardly lingering, and Jackson crying in confusion.
Laura admitted to the affair, claiming it wasn’t planned. But for Steve, the damage ran deeper. The baby Laura was carrying—was it even his?
Later that evening, Steve took Jackson out to decompress. Jackson shared that he’d first thought something terrible had happened to Laura—but he hadn’t known about the man.
That night, Laura begged Steve for guidance. When he asked if the baby was his, her answer was a quiet, devastating: “I’m not sure.”
In the following weeks, Laura started therapy to understand her actions. Steve, heartbroken, chose to stay for Jackson’s sake and wait for the baby’s birth—and the DNA test. Whether their marriage could survive was unclear. But one truth remained: their world had changed forever.
