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Real-Life. “I Found Out My Husband Had a Baby with My Sister”: It All Started with an Innocent Phone Call

I didn't wait for their answers.

It all started with an innocent phone call. My sister, Magda, called, asking for s

potkanie. She sounded serious, which worried me, but I chalked it up to her usual dramatic nature. We had been close our whole lives – sharing secrets, supporting each other through tough times. So when she sat down across from me that evening, her hands shaking and her eyes brimming with tears, I was certain it was serious.

– „Ania, I have something to tell you” – she began, and I felt a cold shiver run down my spine.

– „What's going on, Magda? M– I urged her, unable to stand the tension.

– „Ania… Your husband, Tomek… He is the father of my child.”

Time stood still. For a moment I thought I had misunderstood her. It must have been a joke, some misunderstanding. But the look on her face said it all. It was the truth.

– „What are you saying?” – I whispered, feeling my heart beating faster and faster.

– “It happened a long time ago… before Marysia was even born. It was just one time, Ania. I… I didn't plan it.”

Her words were like a knife in the back. Marysia – her daughter, my goddaughter – was now ten years old. All my life I had loved her like my own child. And now I had learned that she was the fruit of betrayal by two of the people closest to me.

I ran out of the café, not wanting to hear any more. When I got home, Tomek was sitting on the couch, unaware of the storm that was about to break out. I slammed the door shut so hard that he jumped.

– “Ania, what's going on?”

– “What's going on? You really have to ask? How could you?!”

His face paled. He knew. He already knew the truth was out.

– „Ania, please, let me explain,– he began, but I didn't want to listen.

– „Explain? How can you explain that you cheated on me with my own sister? That for ten years you looked into my eyes, knowing what you had done?!”

Tomek tried to explain that it had been a mistake, a moment of weakness, that nothing like that would ever happen again. But his words were just empty sounds. For ten years I lived a lie, an illusion that I had a family that meant everything to me. And now that family was falling apart before my eyes.

In the days that followed I tried to understand what to do next. Magda called me many times, trying to apologize, explain, but I couldn't listen to her. How could she? We were sisters. Shouldn't her loyalty be greater than a momentary infatuation?

The worst were my feelings for Marysia. I loved her. I still loved her. But how could I look at her and not see the betrayal that had destroyed my life? Was she to blame for what had happened? Of course not. But my heart was torn.

After a month, I made a decision. I met with Tomek and Magda, this time together. I wanted them both to hear how much they had hurt me.

„All my life I believed that family was something I could rely on. You, Magda, were my sister, my friend, my rock. You, Tomek, my partner, my love. And now I see that for you all this was nothing. I sacrificed so much for our family, for you. And you? You destroyed everything.”

I didn't wait for their answers. Their words couldn't fix what happened.
I divorced Tomek. I cut off contact with Magda. Marysia… Marysia will remain in my heart, although I will never be able to be a part of her life again.

Betrayal is not something you can forget. Time can heal wounds, but scars remain forever. Now I'm learning to live again, to build my future without the people I trusted the most. Because even though they betrayed me, I will not betray myself – I will be strong, even if it means living alone.

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Natasha Kumar

Natasha Kumar has been a reporter on the news desk since 2018. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining The Times Hub, Natasha Kumar worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my natasha@thetimeshub.in 1-800-268-7116

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