My Husband Asked For Paternity Test after I Gave Birth – He Was ‘Shocked’ When He Read the Results

“Maybe you should leave,” she said, her tone ice-cold.

Without another word, he got up, still clutching the paper, and left. The door clicked shut behind him, and I sank into the couch, feeling the tension drain out of me. Emily sat beside me, pulling me into a hug.

“You did nothing wrong, Jenn,” she whispered. “He has to earn back your trust now if that’s even what you want.”

Two to three hours after he went back to his parents’ house to “clear his head,” my mother-in-law (MIL) called. This time she scolded me for laughing in my husband’s face because it was the same as “kicking him while he was down.”

This morning, she also left some mean texts saying the same thing. After that, the next few days were quiet, and I focused on Sarah, cherishing her little giggles and coos and trying to push the memory of my husband’s accusations from my mind.

But his absence gnawed at me, and a part of me wanted closure, even if it meant another difficult conversation. Three days later, he showed up at our door, looking disheveled and remorseful. I let him in, and we sat down in the same place we had when we’d read the test results.