The pregnant bride went stiff as a board when she spotted the groom’s dad. She never saw that coming…

But you are for yourself and most of the time without any moral responsibility. Everything that happened between you, you perceived as ordinary things. And now it’s time to look at life differently and preferably from the other side.

How do you do that? If it’s no secret, it’s very simple. You just have to compare your past, evaluate the future and form the present. And without any surprises, so that later you won’t have to regret the aimlessly lived years.

Do you know how to live mother-in-law? Sometimes wise thoughts to squeeze out. Michael smiled. And I almost always do.

You just don’t notice it. And if nothing changes, I’ll soon be nothing to you at all. What are you talking about, Camille? Yeah, mom’s really not making a big deal out of it.

Emily, we’re supposed to be calming down. And you’re just pouring oil on the fire. What am I doing? Outraged, she looked at her daughter.

I’m sorry, mom. It just slipped out, honestly. That’s not what I meant to say.

And if you think okay, I don’t think anything. I really should get going, she shrugged. I’m just gonna kiss my grandson goodbye.

And you can walk me out. Yeah, sure. Michael immediately jumped up from the couch and followed his mother-in-law.

He realized that he had to show his hospitality at the end. So he took the baby in his arms to give it to his grandmother. Camille made a surprised face in response, but took the grandchild from him.

And while the excited parents watched her, she spoke to him in a gentle voice. Why is his forehead wrinkled? We don’t want to open our eyes. Well, you’ve tortured me.

I want to sleep, and you’re here with your guests. I can’t get any peace from you. Mom, that’s so sweet.

You’re such an angel, Emily said with tears in her eyes. He’s the angel. He gets all the attention.

She nodded at her grandson. Now for him, we must try to live for him, not for ourselves. Yes, we understand.

Well, that’s good. Then I’m off. If you need anything, call me anytime I’ll come and babysit.

Emily took her son back from her and put him in his crib. Interestingly enough, he didn’t even get cranky. That’s what grandmother’s hands meant when they were centered in calmness itself.

She could easily calm any child and set him in a positive mood. Michael realized it at once, but he didn’t appreciate it. Having seen off the grandmother, the couple cooked a light dinner, refusing from delicacies and even less alcohol.

It turned out quite well, considering the fact that Ethan continued to sleep peacefully. It was only towards nightfall that he woke up. But then Emily arrived in time with a new submariner and immediately came to his chest to feed.

In such a rhythm, a whole week flew by imperceptibly, and it would seem that one could conclude that everything got better. But no. One evening, when they were getting ready and tucking the baby in, Michael suddenly said, It’s not much.

There’s nothing like meat in at all. What are you talking about? Emily almost shouted, but immediately covered her mouth with her hand and cried quietly. And look at you as if you were someone else’s child.

Michael, stop talking nonsense. What about you? What’s going on with you today? Nothing. I just took your mom’s advice and decided to look at life from a different perspective.

I answered you snidely. Well, here’s the thing. I decided to listen to her for once.

That jerked Emily’s shoulders. So what came to your mind? Why don’t you share? The child is mute. That’s the conclusion I’ve come to.

And don’t even try to change my mind. I’m not going to. But in a month’s time, you’ll be the one apologizing.

We’ll see about that. Don’t guess when you don’t know what the future holds. What do you mean? A frown on your brow, asked Emily.

Then you’ll see when the time comes. What could it mean? She didn’t know yet, but she was wary. Her husband had suddenly changed for the worse.

And interestingly enough, her mother had said the same thing. So Emily decided to do a DNA test to prove her parentage. In addition, she made her mother aware of the incident and generally offered to move in with her.

Emily, however, refused. We have to wait a little longer. Maybe he’s temporarily losing his mind.

Then he should be in a mental institution, not among normal people. Well, mom, why so extreme? Because very soon he’ll pull some other stunt and before you know it, you’ll be out on the street. I don’t think it’ll come to that.

Besides, he apologized the next day. He was a little tentative, like he didn’t feel guilty. So what? You two don’t talk at all now.

Only in the morning and at night. It’s still a bit of a stigma. Emily shrugged.

And Michael understands that. But he doesn’t want to admit it and keeps pretending that nothing happened. See for yourself.

But my heart feels that this is a preparation for something more serious, warned her mother. I hear you. Soon will be the results of the examination and then he will definitely calm down.

At that moment, Emily had no idea what her husband was preparing for her. He didn’t just get excited about the parentage. He had to prepare the ground and draw a line under certain actions.

However, his wife was bending his line and this fact forced him to force events. Michael did not wait for a convenient moment, which according to his calculations, was to come in two months and struck a blow at the most unexpected moment. But before that time, he and she kind of even made up and agreed that there would be no disagreements between them.

And just so there was no doubt about it, personally, Michael started acting like a model family man. Since then, it’s been another week and things have kind of calmed down. But eventually he ran out of patience and had another fight with his wife.

So the neighbors were pointing fingers at them the next morning. Emily cried all night. At the same time, she did not sleep well because her son was capricious.

The husband with his loud screams drove everyone to a white fury and first of all the child. He even began to shudder and this did not bode well. The mother again offered Emily to move in with her and leave Michael for a while.

But she again refused. And when the results of the examination came back, she presented them to her husband. He read them carefully and haughtily said, I don’t believe these papers.

This is not my child. Yes, how can you say that? Emily was angry and she almost threw a punch at him. I carried our baby for nine months.

You’ve been waiting for it to arrive and now here you are. You don’t want to admit it, but forensics won’t lie. It says in black and white that he’s your own son.

I don’t know anything. We’ll each have our own opinion. Michael wouldn’t let it go.

In fact, if you don’t like it, you can pack your things and leave. So you’re going to kick me out. What about our baby? I don’t see a problem.

Take it with you. I don’t want anyone else’s. What are you talking about? Like a parrot? A stranger is a stranger.

Emily begged and sobbed loudly. He’s your child and that’s the end of it. It’s good to draw a line, isn’t it? Nodded Michael.

Now you can mimic it from my apartment. I’ll be gone. But you’ll regret it and you’ll remember me.

But it’ll be too late. Good riddance and bring the baby. With tears in her eyes, Emily began to swaddle her son.

Michael stood aside and smirked. At this moment, he did not even feel the approaching boomerang of fate, enjoying the humiliation and suffering of his wife. It seemed to amuse and amused him and give him confidence that he was doing the right thing.

While collecting her son, Emily suddenly remembered her mother’s words about something serious and realized that again she had let everything pass her ears and believed in her husband’s brothels and speeches. His whole rotten being was on the surface. It was only necessary to shake it harder so that the outside would sleep.

But she didn’t. And now she wished for her own fruits of carelessness. There was a little money left in her purse and that was enough for her to take a cab to her mother’s.

Naturally, Camille welcomed her daughter and grandson with open arms, but she also read moral lectures. I warned you that this wouldn’t end well. I even suggested you move in with me, at least for a while.

Mom, that wouldn’t have worked for me. He’s gone off the rails. It’s like he’s been waiting for the right moment.

I thought so too. And I still think he had a cunning plan. Camille shook her head.

What was that about? Emily asked calmly. She had finally stopped crying. Yes, and that it wasn’t for Ethan that your Michael renovated the nursery.

And in general, lately he’s been behaving strangely trusting and almost dusting you off. And since my son was born, he’s been all over the place. At first, I thought it was just emotion from worry.

And we even made up afterwards. But it’s only been a week and it’s happened again. I don’t know what happened to him.

Okay, I’m gonna take responsibility and tell it like it is. Your husband has another woman. And it’s likely that she had a baby with him too.

And he prepared this room for that child. I don’t believe it. Mom, I don’t believe it.

Emily cried again, but this time from the realization that she had been told the real truth. After all, all signs converged unexpected business trips, sudden spending of money, renovation of the children’s room on her own initiative. And finally, the rejection of her own son.

Calm down, daughter. What’s to come is what’s to go. I also at first believed in his sincerity.

And then I began to suspect that he is not such a simple man. Slowly, I looked closer, gathered information, analyzed and drew conclusions. She didn’t tell me anything about it.

Emily sighed heavily and looked at her with tearful eyes. I was afraid you’d misunderstand me and blame me for everything. My mother shrugged and cried too.

And only now I realized that I should have told you everything at once. You wouldn’t have had to go through all this and you wouldn’t be crying in front of me now, but you would live in peace. What happened is what happened, mom.

But I still don’t believe he did it for another family. What do you think? We’ll see. Emily stayed with her because she had nowhere else to go.

But at the same time, she filed for divorce. Michael received the official notice, but he didn’t respond to it. And that said he had completely lost interest in her and his son.

They ceased to exist for him. Literally and figuratively. And after some time, without waiting for an official divorce, Michael struck a decisive and final blow to his wife’s ego.

As expected, he was really preparing to accept a new family. And soon a woman came to him with a small daughter. What is interesting is that it was from the same city where he had been traveling lately, ostensibly on business.

In fact, Michael lived with three families and he liked the second one better. Apparently, this woman treated him in a special way. And if it was for her, that he took the step.

After his divorce from his first wife, his reputation had been dealt a significant blow. But Michael mistakenly thought things would get better. However, soon there were financial problems and he called his wife to return the jewelry given to him.

Surprisingly, Emily agreed and came to the park to hand over the jewelry box. Take it. I don’t need anything from you.

I’m only here for a while to straighten things out, he said guiltily, lowering his head later. I’ll get it all back. You’ll see.

Just don’t tell anyone about this. I won’t. I’m no longer interested in your fate.

Emily cried. You’ve completely forgotten about your son, haven’t you? I no longer ask to visit. At least just call and find out how he’s doing.

I haven’t had time. I’ve had some problems, but things will get better soon. And I’ll visit you if you’ll let me.

I doubt that very much, but you can see your son and that was the end of it. And it’s amazing that after what he did to her, she showed him mercy. She even let him see her son.

Although, if you think about it, she could have closed all the doors. Apparently, a piece of pity in her soul still remained and she remembered him for a long time. But they never saw each other again and a whole year flew by unnoticed.

By that time, Emily had already gotten used to living without her husband. All the more so because there was always a caring and loving grandmother nearby. Together, they managed not only to educate Ethan, but also to provide him with everything he needed.

Emily did not sit idly by and also worked part-time and brought a substantial income to the general budget. It was quite good and enough for all the necessary expenses. They even managed to save for a rainy day, but fate took care of them and warded off storm clouds.

What couldn’t be said about the former taker? He not only could not solve financial problems at the expense of his wife’s jewelry, but also lost the last thing he had and above all the respect of close people. And his friends had stopped giving him a hand. And all because the boomerang of fate dropped him to the bottom of life.

Michael couldn’t cope with the oppressive pressure and fell into drunkenness. Naturally, his new wife left him and took his daughter. The apartment turned into a den and alcoholics from all over the neighborhood began to come there.

He took a spare drink and sank to the bottom of life, lower and lower. He never even thought about the fact that he had a different life for all the things he’d done. He had to answer bitterly and not only to be left without a family, but also to turn into an alcoholic.

The boomerang of faith was so powerful that it left no chance for salvation. Even his neighbors, with whom he was once friends, did not lend him a helping hand. They simply shied away and pretended not to notice.

Emily soon found out about it too, naturally from her mother, but she was unwilling to visit him. By saying such words, he had set himself up and gotten what he feared so much. Indeed, Michael mocked those who for one reason or another were above her life.

And when he himself got there, he felt all the delights of a worthless existence on his own skin. And in this he could only blame himself, because he did not value what he had. His wife calmly adapted to the new life and did not worry about how her ex-husband.

She realized that all this time she tolerated indifference and deceit, and did not even suspect what kind of person Michael really was. The lamentable outcome of their life together was an invaluable experience for Emily, and she learned from it certain lessons. However, she decided not to tie herself to new family ties for the time being.

Their son was fine as it was. Especially since grandmother was helping, and new life horizons awaited them ahead.