A Con Called Love: His Wife's Betrayal

The phone call came while I was at a teachers' conference, Gabby's best friend on the line, voice tight with fake concern.

"Ethan, you need to come home. Gabby had to have emergency surgery. A ruptured appendix."

I raced back through a brutal storm, only to find her hospital room filled with laughing friends.

Gabby, groggy from anesthesia, smiled and said, "I need him. I can't sleep without him."

A wave of relief washed over me, but then her eyes focused, and the warmth vanished.

"Get away from me!" she screamed, recoiling.

"You're not my husband! My husband is Caleb!"