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On my birthday, I accidentally found the plane tickets my wife booked and the gift she had hidden away.

I thought she wanted to surprise me, but she left the country without saying a single word.

Bored, I scrolled through my feed and stumbled across an update from her first love.

It was a collage of nine photos of him kissing her and holding her hand, captioned:

“The one I let slip away at eighteen, I will never let go again.”

This time, I did not scream or call to demand answers.

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