Sarah stood completely frozen in the middle of the busy terminal walkway. People bumped into her shoulder as they rushed past with their heavy shopping bags, but she did not even notice. She stared at the screen of her pink phone with wide eyes. The photo showed Mark and Chloe standing together on a sunny white beach. Mark was wearing dark sunglasses and a casual linen shirt, laughing happily into the camera. Chloe was hugging his arm tightly in her yellow dress, kissing his cheek under the clear blue sky. The caption under the post read: Our secret romantic weekend getaway before the big work trip.
Sarah: What... what is the meaning of this picture, Mark?
Mark: What picture are you talking about? Put your phone away now.
Sarah: Look at this screen right now! Look at what she posted!
Chloe: Sarah, give me that phone right now! That is private!
Sarah: Private? You posted this for the entire world to see!
Mark gasped loudly and his face lost all its color in an instant. He reached out his hand to grab the phone, but Sarah pulled it back quickly toward her chest. Her chest heaved up and down as deep shock turned into burning rage inside her heart. Everything made terrible sense to her now. The late night meetings at the office, the secret weekend work retreats, and the sudden credit card charges. Mark had not been working hard to build their joint family future at all. He had been spending their shared savings account money on lavish trips with another woman behind her back.
Mark: Sarah, please calm down. I can explain everything to you.
Sarah: Explain what? That you lied to my face for six months?
Chloe: It is not what it looks like, Sarah. We were just joking around.
Sarah: Joking around? You are kissing his cheek on a private beach!
Mark: Sarah, lower your voice. People are looking at us right now.
Sarah looked at Chloe's expensive designer handbag and custom diamond ring. She realized that her own hard-earned money from her trust fund had paid for those luxury items. Sarah's late grandfather had left her a massive inheritance that funded their lifestyle and Mark's entire business firm. Mark had used her bank signature to secure business loans and manage their joint real estate properties. She had trusted him blindly with all her personal financial accounts because he was her husband. But now she saw the dark truth right in front of her eyes in bright high-definition color.
Sarah: My grandfather's money bought that expensive bag on your shoulder, didn't it?
Chloe: Mark gave it to me as a work performance bonus last week!
Sarah: A bonus? You are both disgusting liars!
Mark: Sarah, stop shouting! You are causing a massive scene here!
Sarah: I do not care who is watching us today, Mark!