My heart sank.When I confronted Tom over the phone, he hung up. Meredith later admitted the surgery was a ruse, planned by Tom and his mother so they could be together. She claimed Tom wanted a biological child, something I couldn’t give him, and they had been secretly building a life behind my back.

My mother-in-law even tried to force me out of the house with fake documents. But after consulting my lawyer, the truth came out during the divorce. In the end, I kept most of our assets and the house.