Talking on the Phone
Kathy was talking on the phone with her sister when something very emotional struck her heart. It was then that she decided to express how she was feeling and confess the burden that had been on her chest for ten whole years.
Talking On The Phone
No Going Back
Kathy was talking to her friends on the phone when she suddenly froze in her tracks. She had tears streaming down her face as she confessed the burden that she had been carrying for a decade when she saw her husband had heard everything.
No Going Back
Kathy’s Perfect Life
Kathy Smith had been living the life that any woman could dream of. She had an amazing husband named Ricky and two beautiful twin daughters named Megan and Molly. They all lived in a beautiful house together, life didn’t seem like it could get any better.
Kathy’s Perfect Life
Falling in Love
Kathy first met Ricky many years ago and instantly fell in love with him. He was the type of man that any woman would desire. He was charming, gorgeous, and incredibly kind. She quickly knew was the one, and Kathy soon called him her husband.
Falling In Love
Getting Pregnant
Soon after getting married, the couple didn’t wait to start trying to add to their family. After nearly two months of marriage, Kathy became pregnant with not one but two children. She quickly learned that there wasn’t anything she would do for her newborn twins.
Getting Pregnant
Being a Mother
It’s no secret that being a mother isn’t always glamorous. When first starting out, you hardly feel attractive because you’re generally too tired to function properly. This can put a considerable amount of strain on any relationship, which is what happened with Ricky and Kathy.
Being A Mother
A Loving Mother
Everyone in the family’s circle knew that Kathy was a devoted and dedicated mother. It seems like a challenging task to handle work, marriage, and parenthood, but Kathy seemed to do quite well. However, nobody knew that she was hiding an unfathomable secret.
A Loving Mother
The Lockdown
Kathy was requested to work from home as a result of the outbreak of COVID-19. In-between all that was going on, it was her twins’ 10thbirthday, which caused much stress for the working mother. It was this stress that drove her to cry her eyes out on an ordinary Monday morning.
The Lockdown
Wasn’t Around
When Kathy was going through this emotional turmoil, Ricky wasn’t around to comfort his wife. Ricky was quarantined in another house in the city, which was mandatory because he had been on a work trip. This meant that Kathy was fulfilling two-parent roles.
Wasn’t Around
Another Monday Morning
It was yet another Monday where Kathy had to work from home. She started her day by taking up her kids and calling Ricky. Once her children were settled in their online classes, Kathy was able to begin her work at the computer. However, things were able to take a drastic turn for the worse.
Another Monday Morning
Video Calling
She was able to clock off on her shift when it was lunchtime. She prepared lunch for her twins and then called her husband through Zoom. It was evident that Kathy was missing her husband terribly, and she wished that he was home.
Video Calling
Her Sister Called
After speaking to her husband for a while, Kathy saw that her phone was ringing. It was Kathy’s sister, Laura. She told her husband that she needed to go and logged out of Zoom. She then quickly took the call with her sister.
Her Sister Called
A Sisterly Bond
Laura and Kathy were always the best of friends and had a deep connection. They only had a two-year age difference, which meant that the girls had always been inseparable. They shared everything with one another, and Laura knew Kathy’s deepest secret.
A Sisterly Bond
Over the Phone
The sisters were speaking on the phone about a TV show that they were both pretty invested in. After this, the twin girls’ birthday was talked about, which later led to something alarming being brought up. That’s when everything became intense.
Over the Phone
Coming Clean
Laura stated that Kathy needed to come clean and tell Ricky, as the twins were turning ten. The truth would surely devastate Ricky. This was when something shocking happened. A disembodied voice came out of nowhere, letting the sisters that their conversation had been completely overheard.
Coming Clean
Getting Caught
Kathy was frozen in her tracks. Her sister tried to communicate with her through the phone, but she didn’t receive any reply. The wife quickly realized that Ricky was still on the Zoom call, and he had heard all about Kathy’s darkest secret.
Getting Caught
Sorrow and Confusion
Kathy cautiously turned around to find Ricky still on the Zoom call. His face was filled with frustration and uncertainty. Kathy could feel herself getting sick. Her secret was out in the open, and there was nothing she could do about it.
Sorrow And Confusion
A Mistake
The secret had been revealed. Kathy had been intimate with a previous boyfriend ten years earlier. Kathy regretted the terrible decision that she had made all those years ago. It was a few weeks after this interaction that she became pregnant.
A Mistake
The DNA Test
Kathy had a nagging feeling that her children might also be her ex’s children and not Ricky’s. However, she kept this secret from her husband and instead told her sister. Kathy decided to conduct a paternity test with her children’s and husband’s DNA without Ricky knowing.
The DNA Test
The Only One to Blame
Ricky wasn’t the biological father of Molly and Megan, which tore Kathy’s world into two pieces. She kept this secret for many years and spent this time blaming herself for what she had done, but she never told Ricky any of this information.
The Only One To Blame
Not the Father
Ricky had heard Kathy say that he wasn’t the father. Kathy’s world came crashing down with her husband hearing this information, and he quickly hung up the Zoom call. How would Kathy clarify herself with her husband being quarantined in a different house?
Not the Father
The Text Message
Kathy hadn’t heard a single word from Ricky for the entire next day. It was as though he had utterly vanished from the world. He didn’t even call to say goodnight to Megan and Molly. It wasn’t until the girls were taking a bath when Kathy received a text message from her husband.
The Text Message
An Unfaithful Woman
Ricky was utterly heartbroken by what he had learned. After finding out that his wife had been unfaithful, he knew that he needed to think cautiously about his next move. He realized that he wouldn’t be able to be around her after finding this secret out.
An Unfaithful Woman
Getting a Divorce
Ricky wrote in his text message that he wanted a divorce. After reading this, Kathy’s world quickly came crashing down. She knew that she could only blame herself. Ricky moved fast, and Kathy soon received the divorce papers in the preceding week.
Getting A Divorce
He Still Loves Them
Kathy had managed to hold onto her massive secret for an entire decade. In some sense, Kathy had a sense of relief, as she had been living in constant fear of her husband finding out. In the end, Kathy received nothing in the divorce agreement.
He Still Loves Them
Providing for Them
Even though Megan and Molly weren’t Ricky’s biological children, he still loved them as if they were his own and wanted to provide for them. He even set up a trust fund to ensure that both girls got the opportunity to go to university one day.
Providing For Them
Losing Someone
We can only imagine how Ricky must have felt when he found out that his entire family life was a lie. His whole world had been turned upside down, as he had found out that his children weren’t actually his own flesh and blood.
Losing Someone
All for Love
It was a harrowing experience to find out that Ricky was living a life that wasn’t his own. However, he understood that he needed to live. One thing was exact. The affection he felt for Kathy, Molly, and Megan didn’t just disappear.
All For Love
A Rough Decision
Ricky understood that he needed his children to remain as secure as possible. He did everything to ensure that his children’s futures were safeguarded. Ricky had done something that had never been accomplished before. He was determined to ensure that Megan and Molly knew that they were his children.
A Rough Decision
Paternity Fraud
Paternity fraud is known as the action of an individual mistakenly being recognized as the child’s biological father. This type of deception has been found throughout history and is still prevalent nowadays. Paternity fraud is synonymous with adultery in the majority of cases.
Paternity Fraud
Paternity Testing
Paternity research laboratories are designed to work in the most transparent ways. These laboratories report that there is a ‘bad’ outcome for every one in three paternity tests that are conducted, which means that 32 percent of dads who undergo these tests aren’t the biological fathers.
Paternity Testing
Is It a Crime?
Paternity theft isn’t commonly seen as a felony. However, a man has the opportunity to pursue legal proceedings against the mother to gain compensation for child maintenance. This actually occurs frequently in the majority of paternity theft cases. However, these proceedings are generally quite lengthy.
Is It A Crime?
Not His Daughter
A man named Mike. L was located in Pennsylvania when he went to court in July 2007 to announce that he was no longer the parent of his daughter. He had been acting as her parent for almost four years when he found out that his daughter wasn’t actually his.
Not His Daughter
The DNA Testing
When Mike received the DNA test results, he was devastated. These results ultimately caused him to abandon his wife. He did decide to continue providing for his child and even paid child support. However, that changed one day when something drastic changed his mind.
The DNA Testing
A Change
When Mike first found out about the news, he was entirely honest about his sentiments. No matter what, he loved his little girl, and no DNA test was going to change that. However, he took drastic action when his ex-wife decided to marry the girl’s biological father.
A Change
Supporting the Child
Mike couldn’t come to terms with supporting the child of another man. It took him two years of fighting before he was free of child support. However, his love for his daughter would never disappear, even if he was no longer seen as the father.
Supporting The Child
His Daughter
Even though Mike is now free of child support, his daughter still remains to see him as her father. He always provides for her, and she’s at his home every other weekend. He is still a massive figure in the girl’s life, even without being recognized as her father.
His Daughter
Not About DNA
There’s no doubt that paternity fraud is a dangerous thing. A person’s heart can easily shatter from hearing ‘bad’ news from DNA tests. There are also certain people who can make a drastic response to the effects of DNA testing.
Not About DNA
A Father’s Love
Mike and Ricky have both shown that a father’s love has no boundaries. Once they identified with the role of being a father, it was hard for them to stop. It doesn’t matter if the DNA tests say something else. These kids are always going to be their children.
A Father’s Love
Nasty Court Proceedings
The heartbreaking matter is when these family members are brought into court proceedings. The results of DNA testing can be painful enough. However, having to fight that you shouldn’t pay for child support can also place massive stress on the fathers.
Nasty Court Proceedings