A Man Divorced His Wife After 35 Years of Marriage When She Became Seriously Ill – A Year Later, His Best Friend Brought Her a Box and Said, ‘He Wanted You to See This Only After You’d Recovered’

The first line read:

Meryl, I lied when I made you believe your cancer was why I wanted to end our marriage. I’d been planning to leave you for almost two years.

I slowly sank to the floor.

“No… Wade, please tell me this is a lie.”

I was sobbing so hard that he had to hold me upright.

He knelt beside me and put an arm around my shoulders.

I was sobbing so hard that he had to hold me upright.

“I wish I could,” he said.

When I finally caught my breath, Wade brought the shoebox down beside me.

I kept reading.

Randall wrote he’d been unhappy for years and kept postponing the conversation about leaving.

“I knew he was considering divorce.”

Near the bottom of the page, he’d added:

I’ve included the paperwork because I know you have no reason to believe me without proof.

I looked up.