Coworker Sent Woman Photos from Her Husband's Office Halloween Party – Then She Saw Who He Had Introduced as His Wife

I stared at that for a long time.

    Then replied, "Were you having an affair with my husband?"

She wrote, "No. Never."

Then, "I know you have no reason to believe me."

She offered to talk.

I almost said no. Then I agreed to a phone call.

Melissa sounded different than I expected.

    Nervous. Ashamed.

She told me Daniel had framed the situation as a stupid office lie that had gotten out of hand.

He claimed I'd think it was funny.

I laughed bitterly.

"Did he tell you he'd discussed this with me?"

"He implied you knew he'd exaggerated about your job."

"I didn't."

    She went silent.

"Oh."

"Did he tell you I knew you were going as his wife?"

"No."

That mattered. Not enough. But it mattered.

I asked, "Why agree?"

She sighed.

    "Honestly? Because I thought it was ridiculous and funny."