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The husband, James, seemed to be getting home while the family\u2019s nanny was still in the house. This \u201ccoincidence\u201d raised suspicions. The woman started wondering if those early arrivals had anything to do with the nanny, Tessa, and not James\u2019 wish to be spending more time around his son.\n\n\n\n
The more she thought about this, the more her heart raced. She started noticing other signs too. James would often get out of the house, speaking on his phone with someone until late in the night.
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The woman\u2019s heart crashed. \u201cWhat is going on,\u201d she kept asking herself. Was it possible that James had an affair with the nanny, she wondered. But just the thought of him being unfaithful broke her world into a thousand pieces.\n\n\n\n One evening, just as dinner was over, Oliver came closer to the woman and showed her his palm. The words, \u201cDad Lies,\u201d were written on it. As Oliver couldn\u2019t speak duet to a rare condition, he was able to communicate in non-verbal ways. And now it turned out that Oliver, who was a highly observant child, noticed something she was obviously missing.\n\n\n\n The woman decided not to confront her husband right away. She decided to wait and figure her husband\u2019s secret.\n\n\n\n One day, she returned home from work earlier and was stunned to see James there. He and Tessa was chatting in the kitchen, and the woman\u2019s presence seemed to make them feel uneasy. Days gone by and the woman decided to talk to her son about his dad\u2019s secret. When she asked him about it, he just pointed to his briefcase, from which James never separated.\n\n\n\n A bunch of papers from a hospital and the doctor\u2019s office were neatly placed inside. As she went through them, the woman saw the words, \u201cStage 3,\u201d \u201cAggressive treatment required,\u201d and \u201cSurvival rate.\u201d\n\n\n\n \u201cRachel?\u201d James\u2019s voice came from behind her. \u201cI didn\u2019t want you to find out this way.\u201d Turning to him, tears already streaming down her face she uttered, \u201cWhen were you planning to tell me you\u2019re dying?\u201d\n\n\n\n James said he wanted to fight the disease without involving her and Oliver because he wanted to protect them.\n\n\n\n \u201cAnd what about Tessa?\u201d the woman asked.\n\n\n\n \u201cTessa figured my secret out and promised not to share it with you. She\u2019s been helping and covering for me ever since.\u201d But now that the truth was out, the woman could stand by her husband\u2019s side and help him battle the disease.\n\n\n\n The following weeks were all bout doctors\u2019 appointments and Tessa was there with the family every step of their way, offering her help and support.\n\n\n\n \u201cI thought we\u2019d never see him express himself,\u201d James said. \u201cBut now he\u2019s teaching us how to communicate better.\u201d As they were watching their child draw, he pointed his tiny palms towards them. The words \u201cfamily\u201d and \u201cforever\u201d were written on them, and the woman trusted her son\u2019s words more than ever.\n\n\n\n This experience only helped them bond even more.\n\n\n\n Please SHARE this article with your family and friends on Facebook.\n\n\n\n Bored Daddy\n\n\n\n Love and Peace\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Family matters are not always easy. The obstacles two people face, their ability to work together on issues that suddenly arise, and resolving the challenges […]\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5689"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5689"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5690,"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5689\/revisions\/5690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\n\n\n\nHesitant about her next step, she decided to open the briefcase, but she was not ready for what that briefcase hid.\n\n\n\n
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\n\n\n\nOliver started drawing more than ever, it was obvious he could feel the tension between his mom and dad was now gone.\n\n\n\n
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