“So You’re the One He’s Been Protecting from This”: What I Found on a Park Bench Wasn’t the Affair I Thought I Walked Into

This is an original short story. Names, characters, and events are fictional.
The Month That Made Me Suspicious
I left work early that day and took my usual shortcut through the neighborhood park. I wasn’t looking for my husband. I wasn’t even thinking about him. But there he was.

“Callum!”