Unveiled Secrets: A Marriage Masked by Crime

As newlyweds, we bonded with another couple until they cut us off. Three years later, I ran into the wife at the bank and asked why. She paled, saying they saw my husband on the news, arrested for stealing $170k from his job, and ditched us to avoid the stigma.

She showed me the video—him in cuffs, the reporter detailing the theft. It hit me: his odd “separation” month was when it happened. His boss, mercifully, dropped the charges, so he came home like nothing occurred. That’s why he lost his job and we moved. I’m still floored he kept it secret. How did I miss it? How could he hide something that huge?