Lately, my husband had started acting strangely.
He became cold, irritable, barely spoke to me.
He came home late with unconvincing excuses, and what worried me most — he began avoiding our two-year-old daughter.
He used to adore her, but now he could pass by without even looking at her.
But there was one thing that confused me completely.
Every weekend, when I had to go to work, he insisted on staying with our daughter.
He’d say:
“Don’t call Grandma, don’t bother the relatives. It’s fine. I’ll watch her myself.”
He practically begged to keep her — though during the week, he barely acknowledged her.
It looked suspicious.
After those weekends, my daughter became unrecognizable.
She cried a lot, refused to eat, didn’t want to play.
But worst of all — she absolutely refused to go to her dad.
She’d shrink away, turn her face, hide behind me.
I could feel she was afraid. But why?
For a month, I tried convincing myself it was just coincidence — a toddler’s mood, the terrible twos.
Until one day, I made up my mind.
Before leaving for work, I installed a hidden camera in the nursery.
I was scared — but I needed to know the truth.
That evening, when I watched the footage, my heart sank.
At first, everything seemed normal: my daughter played on the floor, my husband sat idly on his phone.
But then… I saw something awful…
A knock came at the door.
My husband answered — and a woman entered the house.
Young, well-dressed, with a smug smile.
My daughter immediately went quiet.
My husband said to her:
“Go to the room.”
And then… he locked the door.
For the next hour, the camera recorded my daughter’s desperate cries:
“Mama! Ma-ma!”
She cried, called for me, and banged on the door.
Meanwhile, my husband and his mistress laughed, drank wine, and were intimate in our bedroom —
in the house where our family lived —
while his own frightened daughter sat alone behind a locked door.
I can’t describe the pain and horror I felt at that moment.
The tears came on their own.
I felt betrayed. Deceived. Empty.
But more than anything —
I felt sorry for my little girl, who he used as cover for his infidelity.
The next day, I filed for divorce and for child support.
I packed our things, took my daughter by the hand, and left.
No woman, no mother, should ever see her child like that — frightened, broken, alone.
We deserve better. And I’ll prove that — for her, and because of her.