I was stunned by what I found when my dog returned with his jacket in its jaws four years after my husband vanished.
Jason and I met at college. He was one of my classmates’ brothers. We were simply buddies at first, but when we started dating, it was ideal.
Our lives felt like a true fairy tale after we were married after graduating from college. Our happiness was completed by our two children.
Before Jason went trekking one day, everything was ideal. He never returned. We spent weeks looking for him, but we couldn’t find him.
Months passed, and I eventually came to terms with the fact that he was most likely dead. My children needed me, so I kept living for them.
After four years, my dog suddenly began barking uncontrollably. He was clutching Jason’s jacket—the one he was wearing the day he vanished—in his mouth when I opened the door. As though he wanted to show me something, he dropped it at the door and then dashed into the jungle.
Unaware of what was ahead, I followed him, but what I found in the middle of the forest left me stunned.
With my pulse racing, I followed him through the trees.
When I reached a clearing at the end of a walk, I noticed Jason and a woman.
He seemed to recognize this woman, but I didn’t.
They appeared so at ease, as though they had known each other for years.
I was hit hard by reality.
I thought he was dead, but he wasn’t.
He and another woman had been living in the jungle, far from us.
He saw me standing there, speechless and frozen.
With my heart broken, I walked away without saying anything.
When I got home, I called my attorney.
I had to stop it all, with no justification and no way back.
