{"id":25180,"date":"2025-10-27T10:44:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T03:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaylestore.net\/?p=25180"},"modified":"2025-10-27T10:44:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T03:44:04","slug":"when-my-husband-found-out-i-had-can-cer-he-openly-brought-his-mistress-to-the-hotel-and-called-me-to-witness-but-after-a-while-he-got-down-on-his-knees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kaylestore.net\/?p=25180","title":{"rendered":"When my husband found out I had can.cer, he openly brought his mistress to the hotel and called me to witness \u2013 but after a while he got down on his knees\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/h1>\n

I am Celia Ramirez, 34 years old, living in Quezon City.<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Our marriage lasted almost eight years \u2014 it was the dream of my friends and neighbors. My husband, Marco Dela Cruz, is the head of the sales department of a large company in Makati. I am an ordinary accountant, who likes quiet and always tries to take care of the family.<\/p>\n

But married life is not like the perfect picture that people see online.<\/p>\n

It all started with a routine check-up at the Philippine General Hospital.<\/p>\n

The doctor said to me softly:<\/p>\n

\u201cMiss Celia, we found a tumor. It is probably malignant. We need to biopsy it immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n

My world collapsed. I just hoped I had heard wrong.<\/p>\n

That night, I sat alone in the small kitchen, looking at the wedding photo hanging on the wall \u2014 Marco was smiling brightly. I wanted to tell him, but my heart sank.<\/p>\n

I was afraid that he would worry, but I was more afraid\u2026 that he would not care.<\/p>\n

Within a few months, Marco had changed.<\/strong><\/h1>\n

He came home late, often using work as an excuse. His phone was always on silent mode.<\/p>\n

When I asked, he just shrugged:<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re too suspicious. I\u2019m tired.\u201d<\/p>\n

The day I told him about the illness, Marco was silent for a few seconds, then said:<\/p>\n

\u201cJust treat it. I have a lot to worry about.\u201d<\/p>\n

No hugs, not a single word of encouragement.<\/p>\n

That night, I lay quietly, my hand on my chest, wondering: \u201cWhy did I come this far?\u201d<\/p>\n

One night, my phone rang.<\/p>\n

I heard Marco\u2019s voice on the line, strange, mixed with a woman\u2019s laughter:<\/p>\n

\u201cCelia, pick me up at Motel La Estrella on EDSA. I\u2019m too tired to walk.\u201d<\/p>\n

I was stunned. I felt sad.<\/p>\n

But I went anyway \u2014 not to save him, but to end it all.<\/p>\n

It was raining heavily. When I got there, the neon lights were reflecting in the puddles.<\/p>\n

And then he came out \u2014 his dress buttoned up, with a gorgeous young woman on his arm.<\/p>\n

He laughed, looking me up and down:<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, is this your wife?\u201d<\/p>\n

Marco smiled faintly:<\/p>\n

\u201cYour wife is so kind, always obedient.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t say anything. I just opened the car door.<\/p>\n

At that moment, a black car pulled up next to us.<\/p>\n

The middle-aged man who got out was\u2026 my legal representative, the lawyer Romualdo.<\/p>\n

I took a stack of papers from my jacket pocket and handed them to Marco:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the divorce agreement.\u201d And\u2026\u201d \u2014 I took out my phone and opened the video of him and the woman having s.3.x at the bar a few nights ago.<\/p>\n

The woman turned pale and let go of her hand.<\/p>\n

Marco was stunned and stammered:<\/p>\n

\u201cCelia\u2026 you\u2026 you followed me?\u201d<\/p>\n

I said calmly:<\/p>\n

\u201cNo. I just want the truth with witnesses.\u201d<\/p>\n

A few seconds later, Marco fell to his knees, right in the middle of the hotel entrance, in the pouring rain.<\/p>\n

\u201cI made a mistake\u2026 don\u2019t do this to me, Celia. I\u2019m begging you\u2026\u201d<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Passersby began to stop. Some raised their phones to record the scene \u2014 the man who had once held his head high, now hunched over in a puddle.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t cry. I just said weakly:<\/p>\n

\u201cHave you forgotten? I have cancer, I\u2019m not blind. I\u2019m weak, but I\u2019m not blind, nor stupid.\u201d<\/p>\n

I turned around, got in the car, closed the door, and left.<\/p>\n

A week later, the divorce was finalized. I moved to live with my mother in Tagaytay, and continued with treatment.<\/p>\n

The doctor said that fortunately the disease was detected early. I started therapy, meditation, and a healthy diet.<\/p>\n

Once, an old colleague told me: Marco lost his job due to an internal scandal, his girlfriend left. He tried to contact me, but I had already changed my number.<\/p>\n

I just smiled:<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we are no longer together, that\u2019s it. Whatever debt we have, we have paid in full.\u201d<\/p>\n

A year later, I was healthy again, my hair was longer, and my smile was different.<\/p>\n

I worked as a part-time accountant for a charity that supports cancer patients in Pasig.<\/p>\n

One night, while I was packing my papers, a young woman who was a patient asked me:<\/p>\n

\u201cAunt Celia, are you afraid of dying?\u201d<\/p>\n

I smiled and gently stroked her hair:<\/p>\n

\u201cNo.\u201d Tita used to be more afraid of people who betrayed her. But now, she fears nothing \u2014 because Tita has learned to love herself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Epilogue \u2013 Light After the Storm<\/p>\n

That night, I stood in front of the window, watching the city of Manila shine brightly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am Celia Ramirez, 34 years old, living in Quezon City. Our marriage lasted almost eight years \u2014 it was the dream of my friends and neighbors. My husband, Marco Dela Cruz, is the head of the sales department of a large company in Makati. I am an ordinary accountant, who likes quiet and always<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,42,37,43],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-25180","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-moral","8":"category-moral-stories","9":"category-new","10":"category-relationship"},"yoast_head":"\nWhen my husband found out I had can.cer, he openly brought his mistress to the hotel and called me to witness \u2013 but after a while he got down on his knees\u2026<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kaylestore.net\/?p=25180\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"When my husband found out I had can.cer, he openly brought his mistress to the hotel and called me to witness \u2013 but after a while he got down on his knees\u2026\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I am Celia Ramirez, 34 years old, living in Quezon City. Our marriage lasted almost eight years \u2014 it was the dream of my friends and neighbors. My husband, Marco Dela Cruz, is the head of the sales department of a large company in Makati. I am an ordinary accountant, who likes quiet and always\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/kaylestore.net\/?p=25180\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kaylestore.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-27T03:44:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/kaylestore.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dahj.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"419\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Julia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Julia\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaylestore.net\\\/?p=25180#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaylestore.net\\\/?p=25180\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Julia\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaylestore.net\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1bc82d03db42b803b999373aaecef92a\"},\"headline\":\"When my husband found out I had can.cer, he openly brought his mistress to the hotel and called me to witness \u2013 but after a while he got down on his knees\u2026\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-27T03:44:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaylestore.net\\\/?p=25180\"},\"wordCount\":806,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaylestore.net\\\/?p=25180#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaylestore.b-cdn.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/dahj.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Moral\",\"Moral Stories\",\"New\",\"Relationship\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/kaylestore.net\\\/?p=25180#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaylestore.net\\\/?p=25180\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaylestore.net\\\/?p=25180\",\"name\":\"When my husband found out I had can.cer, he openly brought his mistress to the hotel and called me to witness \u2013 but after a while he got down on his knees\u2026\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaylestore.net\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaylestore.net\\\/?p=25180#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaylestore.net\\\/?p=25180#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaylestore.b-cdn.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/dahj.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-27T03:44:04+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaylestore.net\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1bc82d03db42b803b999373aaecef92a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaylestore.net\\\/?p=25180#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/kaylestore.net\\\/?p=25180\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaylestore.net\\\/?p=25180#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaylestore.b-cdn.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/dahj.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaylestore.b-cdn.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/dahj.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":419},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaylestore.net\\\/?p=25180#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaylestore.net\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"When my husband found out I had can.cer, he openly brought his mistress to the hotel and called me to witness \u2013 but after a while he got down on his knees\u2026\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaylestore.net\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaylestore.net\\\/\",\"name\":\"kaylestore.net\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaylestore.net\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaylestore.net\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1bc82d03db42b803b999373aaecef92a\",\"name\":\"Julia\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e0b6f51997a364fe5a15fc666f07a568e04f3478372e3d051832bba46ceb86ec?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e0b6f51997a364fe5a15fc666f07a568e04f3478372e3d051832bba46ceb86ec?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e0b6f51997a364fe5a15fc666f07a568e04f3478372e3d051832bba46ceb86ec?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Julia\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaylestore.net\\\/?author=4\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"When my husband found out I had can.cer, he openly brought his mistress to the hotel and called me to witness \u2013 but after a while he got down on his knees\u2026","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/kaylestore.net\/?p=25180","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"When my husband found out I had can.cer, he openly brought his mistress to the hotel and called me to witness \u2013 but after a while he got down on his knees\u2026","og_description":"I am Celia Ramirez, 34 years old, living in Quezon City. Our marriage lasted almost eight years \u2014 it was the dream of my friends and neighbors. My husband, Marco Dela Cruz, is the head of the sales department of a large company in Makati. I am an ordinary accountant, who likes quiet and always","og_url":"https:\/\/kaylestore.net\/?p=25180","og_site_name":"kaylestore.net","article_published_time":"2025-10-27T03:44:04+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":419,"url":"https:\/\/kaylestore.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dahj.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Julia","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Julia","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/kaylestore.net\/?p=25180#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/kaylestore.net\/?p=25180"},"author":{"name":"Julia","@id":"https:\/\/kaylestore.net\/#\/schema\/person\/1bc82d03db42b803b999373aaecef92a"},"headline":"When my husband found out I had can.cer, he openly brought his mistress to the hotel and called me to witness \u2013 but after a while he got down on his knees\u2026","datePublished":"2025-10-27T03:44:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/kaylestore.net\/?p=25180"},"wordCount":806,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/kaylestore.net\/?p=25180#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/kaylestore.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dahj.jpg","articleSection":["Moral","Moral Stories","New","Relationship"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/kaylestore.net\/?p=25180#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/kaylestore.net\/?p=25180","url":"https:\/\/kaylestore.net\/?p=25180","name":"When my husband found out I had can.cer, he openly brought his mistress to the hotel and called me to witness \u2013 but after a while he got down on his knees\u2026","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/kaylestore.net\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/kaylestore.net\/?p=25180#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/kaylestore.net\/?p=25180#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/kaylestore.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dahj.jpg","datePublished":"2025-10-27T03:44:04+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/kaylestore.net\/#\/schema\/person\/1bc82d03db42b803b999373aaecef92a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/kaylestore.net\/?p=25180#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/kaylestore.net\/?p=25180"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/kaylestore.net\/?p=25180#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/kaylestore.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dahj.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/kaylestore.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dahj.jpg","width":800,"height":419},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/kaylestore.net\/?p=25180#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/kaylestore.net\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"When my husband found out I had can.cer, he openly brought his mistress to the hotel and called me to witness \u2013 but after a while he got down on his knees\u2026"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/kaylestore.net\/#website","url":"https:\/\/kaylestore.net\/","name":"kaylestore.net","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/kaylestore.net\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/kaylestore.net\/#\/schema\/person\/1bc82d03db42b803b999373aaecef92a","name":"Julia","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e0b6f51997a364fe5a15fc666f07a568e04f3478372e3d051832bba46ceb86ec?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e0b6f51997a364fe5a15fc666f07a568e04f3478372e3d051832bba46ceb86ec?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e0b6f51997a364fe5a15fc666f07a568e04f3478372e3d051832bba46ceb86ec?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Julia"},"url":"https:\/\/kaylestore.net\/?author=4"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaylestore.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaylestore.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaylestore.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaylestore.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaylestore.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25180"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kaylestore.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25185,"href":"https:\/\/kaylestore.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25180\/revisions\/25185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaylestore.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaylestore.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaylestore.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaylestore.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}