The truth hit John like a ton of bricks. Heather had been dating this other man, a complete stranger to John, for a year. Both men had been kept in the dark, completely oblivious to Heather’s double life. They’d been played by the same woman they had each imagined a future with.

Suddenly, the car show didn’t seem so bright and exciting. The world felt like it had shrunk to a tiny point of confusion and hurt. John’s heart pounded in his chest as his mind raced. He felt like a fool for not seeing the signs. The future he had imagined, full of love and laughter with Heather, seemed to dissolve before his eyes.

The other man, equally furious and hurt, stormed out without a backward glance. John, overwhelmed with anger, turned to Heather. “Leave,” he demanded, and with a sorrowful glance, she did. Leaving John alone in the echoing vastness of the room, grappling with the shocking truth of her betrayal.