Laura’s husband left her suddenly, completely unexpected. And she was totally heartbroken. One of the worst parts of the whole thing was that before everything came crashing down around her, Laura had her own exciting news to share. She ended up getting her revenge, nevertheless.
Happily Married
For a long time, Laura assumed that she was happy with her marriage. That is until Laura came home one day to find a note from her husband, Jack, written for her. Jack had left Laura for her sister, and he thought that writing Laura a letter was the right thing to do.
Happily Married
A Massive Curveball
But, at the time he was writing the note, he didn’t know what had happened. Laura threw a massive curveball at him that he could never see coming. What did she have up her sleeve exactly?
A Massive Curveball
The Heartbreaking Letter
Laura was having a tough time keeping it together as she was reading the letter her husband left her. All she might have thought was, ‘well, that’s the end of a seven-year marriage.’ Her response is just natural. In her position, most everyone would also feel the same way.
The Heartbreaking Letter
Goodbye Forever
She gravely struggled to absorb the words she was reading. Jack started his letter by addressing her,’ Dear Wife,’ to top it off. The letter began with him telling her he was forever leaving her. Why didn’t he tell her in person?
Goodbye Forever
Drastic Ending
It seemed so drastic and out of nowhere, the finality of the statement and its bluntness. Laura didn’t know that Jack felt that way. She knew how awful their communication as if she was oblivious to issues that existed between them.
Drastic Ending
Cloud Nine
Laura was in a great mood before she got home due to the amazing news she had just received. Laura was on cloud nine, with her recent discovery simply ecstatic. Unfortunately, right as she pulled into their driveway, her mood dissipated.
Cloud Nine
A Hard Confession To Hear
She couldn’t wait to share the news with her husband, but the surprising confession laid out on the kitchen table came home to find her. That surely put a damper on her mood, not to mention that she was no longer in the mood to share with Jack, let alone anyone, her exciting news.
A Hard Confession To Hear
Her Own Sister
Her husband not only left her, but he left her for her own sister. Jack’s letter claimed that for all seven years of their marriage, he had been a good man and husband to Laura, and yet he had ‘nothing to show for it.’
Her Own Sister
The Last Straw
He also wrote that it had been terrible for him the previous two weeks. That was the last straw for Jack when Laura’s boss called to say she had just quit her job. He had decided that enough had been enough, and he’s out.
The Last Straw
The Moment Has Passed
But that’s not all of it. Jack had a lot of things to say, and so he wrote. In his letter, Jack said that Laura had come home the week before and had not even noticed that Jack had a new haircut and was wearing a new pair of silk boxers.
The Moment Had Passed
No Connection
He complained that Laura had eaten her dinner in two minutes and then went straight to bed after watching her soap shows. He wrote about how Laura didn’t say that she loved him anymore and how he didn’t want anything that connects them as a married couple.
No Connection
Signed, Your Ex
Jack ended the letter with the accusation that he was either cheated on by Laura or that she no longer loved him. He wrote that, since he was gone, it didn’t matter which one it was. After that, he signed the letter, ‘your EX husband.’
Signed, Your Ex
Don’t Come Looking
If that wasn’t bad enough, that was the worst part of the letter. Jack added a postscript telling Laura not to find him since he and her sister moved together to West Virginia. Can you believe it?!
Don’t Come Looking
Bold Statements
Laura was having such a good day by this point, but the letter of betrayal left by her husband was too much for her. Not only because her seven-year-old husband had left her, but because he’d left her for her own sister!
Bold Statements
The Perfect Time
As it turns out, at the perfect time, the letter from Jack came to Laura. If he had only waited to write that letter one more day, Laura would not have known how he really felt. She didn’t know that he was cheating on her with her sister.
The Perfect Time
Lots Of Cash
You may be wondering what amazing news Laura just got. Well, to say the least, it’s quite extraordinary. We’re going to give you a hint… it involves money and a lot of it! Hmm, let’s see what her big secret was.
Lots Of Cash
An Upside
Well, she had just won the lottery. The lottery! So, even though she was angry and hurt by the letter and her husband’s loss, she was also happy that she had won the lottery and had a lot of cash now.
An Upside
Meeting In College
Laura and Jack were in college when they first met. At first, however, they didn’t have a special connection. Even though they were studying together for the exams and spent a lot of time in the library, nothing happened first. Jack ended up falling out of college and becoming a bartender.
Meeting In College
The Downfall
Neither Jack nor Laura had any idea that their love story would not last forever. The first time they met, they came from opposite places in life. This might have led to their marriage’s eventual demise.
The Downfall
Polar Opposites
Laura came from a wealthy family and worked hard at college while studying. On the other hand, as a bartender, Jack had a part-time job, and otherwise, he didn’t have any ambitions. Laura’s parents weren’t happy at all when she and Jack got married.
Polar Opposites
Romeo And Juliet
Laura’s parents disapproved of her and Jack from the start of the relationship since they wanted Laura to have more than Jack offered. However, it was too late by then – Laura was already in love with Jack and didn’t care what her parents were thinking.
Romeo And Juliet
A Love Story
Jack was convinced that his love for Laura was enough since she was stubborn and could not easily let Jack go. While Laura’s parents disapproved of the relationship, they put too much pressure on Laura, leading her to push back against them.
A Love Story
Regrets
So, Laura decided to go with Jack and move in. However, seven years later, her greatest regret was not listening to her parents all those years ago. Parents really do know best after everything that has happened.
Regrets
The Recent Grad
She moved into Jack’s one-bedroom flat with him right after Laura graduated from college. Everything seemed to be going well, but things slowly took a turn. For a recent college graduate, it was all so new.
The Recent Grad
Full Of Hope
It was small and grimy while Jack was used to his apartment. The paint was all old and jaded on the walls, the heater never worked, and the maintenance level was low. Still, Laura was holding on to the hope that made her believe that things would all get better in time.
Full Of Hope
New Experiences
As she had never lived with her boyfriend before, she was also enthusiastic about everything. Everything was so new to her. Finally, Laura felt that her life was coming together—she had met her life’s love! Little did she knew…
New Experiences
Unexpected Ending
Laura felt that the least she deserved was for Jack to talk to her in person about his feelings, but it was already too late for that. Laura still wanted to tell Jack the good news, though, but all she could think about now was that bombshell.
Unexpected Ending
Sweet Revenge
She tried to tell him how big a mistake he made. She felt like she was going to get revenge. During her years of financial struggle, Laura had always hoped to have luck with the lottery. It appears to have come at the perfect time.
Sweet Revenge
Everyday Life
It could have been very different from this story. It might have been a love story about two people struggling to remain together and make their marriage work, living happily ever after. But this isn’t one of those stories.
Everyday Life
Coming To An End
The marriage of Jack and Laura began to crumble over time. While it lasted, their relationship was beautiful, but it came to an end, just like other good things do. Sometimes, it’s the everyday mundane aspects of life and the relationship itself that put an end to it.
Coming To An End
The Life She Knew
Jack meant the world to Laura before she read the letter Jack wrote to her. Everything she ever wanted was to be with him, even if he hadn’t been able to give her the life she had grown up with and was used to.
The Life She Knew
It Didn’t Feel Right.
The couple has had to be careful and safe with money since they got together. That is when Laura agreed to help Jack financially. She got a waitressing job at a restaurant near their apartment. However, a couple of years later, she started to become suspicious.
It Didn’t Feel Right
Gut Feeling
Laura just wanted to spend all of her time with Jack, so she often went to the bar he worked at to visit him. She did this because she spent some more time with him, but she began to see hints after doing this that Jack might be cheating on her.
Gut Feeling
Feeling Uncertain
People at the bar began to look at her strangely, but Laura ignored her own suspicions. She should have gone away with her intuitions, as we all know. She learned later that her feelings of uncertainty were more than just feelings.
Feeling Uncertain
Lucky Strike
Laura kept changing it and buying lottery tickets throughout the years, even though she lost time and time again. She felt differently when purchasing this lotto ticket for some reason. She had faith in this ticket and her chance to become a winner.
Lucky Strike
Beforehand
Eventually, a lottery draw was won by Laura. She couldn’t believe it! Her dedication for all those years has finally paid off! The best part of the situation was that before she got the chance to tell him, her husband left her!
Beforehand
Hawaii Trip
After winning, the first thing she did was book two tickets to Hawaii for her and Jack to celebrate the win. However, she obviously didn’t want to go on vacation with him as soon as she read the letter from him, or see him ever again.
Hawaii Trip
Not A Cent
She wanted him to see that he wouldn’t get her lottery money for a single cent and that she didn’t want him back either. Go, girl! After we hear the news, we can’t even believe Jack’s reaction. Perhaps he was banging his head against a wall now.
Not A Cent
The Big Win
Laura couldn’t help feeling happy about winning the lottery, despite being upset by her husband’s letter. She started wondering what she would do with the money. She wondered if she could travel the world, buy a big house, a fancy car, or even a yacht.
The Big Win
Laura’s Letter
Replying to Jack was the first thing she wanted to do. With the words ‘Dear ex-husband,’ she started her letter and went on to tell him how it felt to get his letter. She said that, despite being together for seven years, a good man was nowhere near her.
Laura’s Letter
Wrong Sister
She then said that the ‘favorite meal’ he had cooked for her had to be for her sister all along. Especially since, before the two even met, she stopped eating pork. She was nowhere near finished with what she wanted to say, nevertheless.
Wrong Sister
The Real Jack
She explained that when Laura saw Jack in his new boxers and turned away, it was because she saw the price tag of $49.99 on them and hoped it was a coincidence. Why? Because that very morning, her sister had borrowed $50 from her.
The Real Jack
Tried To Deny It
Nevertheless, he was still loved by Laura and wanted to work with him on stuff. All the suspicions she had about Jack being unfaithful, it seems, were actually real, even though she didn’t want to believe them.
Tried To Deny It
The Lottery Win
Laura wrote that she left her job that day because she won $15 million in the lottery to clarify. She thought it was more important to spend time with him than sitting at a desk working all day.
The Lottery Win
The Real Reason
After she read the letter, however, all of that changed. If only he knew why she actually quit her job! She told him that for a reason, everything was happening, and she hoped that he would have the life fulfillment he always wanted.
The Real Reason
Mixed Feelings
With her feelings of rejection and betrayal, Laura was seriously struggling. Before she could think about how she would spend the lottery money, she knew she had to cope with them.
Mixed Feelings
Quite Overwhelming
It was quite a lot of cash, and before making any decisions, she needed to have her head on straight. She had so much to think about; the whole thing was so overwhelming to her. It is not a walk in the park to win the lottery!
Quite Overwhelming
A Pro
Seeing that he was her husband, Laura had to figure out how much Jack would get, so she called her lawyer. Jason Kurland is his name, and he specializes in people winning the lottery. The whole story, including the letter Jack wrote to her, she told him.
A-Pro
Stumped
He specialized in clients who won the lottery, but the situation of the husband, now an ex-husband, was completely new to him. Who would have thought that even the most experienced lawyers could blind-side you!
Stumped
A Deep Dark Secret
Laura’s lawyer said that he had made sure that he wouldn’t get any of her lottery money since Jack wrote her that letter. Laura included something in the letter that she wasn’t sure if she’d ever told Jack about it before or anyone outside of her family.
A Deep Dark Secret