Review: Her Husband's Mistake

Her Husband's Mistake by Sheila O'Flanagan
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

3 ⭐⭐⭐ - OK decent reads.
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Our heroine, in a painful moment of her life, is cheated by her husband.
The story goes through all the stages of mourning, in addition to mourning the loss of her father, she loses her marriage and life as she knew it.
The reader gradually learns about her life, the aspirations and desires that are no longer the same as before the cheating. She begins to take a different view of herself and her life.
It's different and we get hooked to find out the directions she will choose for her and her children's lives.

I am a vengeful bitch and would not be so complacent with the cheater husband. I would not have thought twice about kicking his ass out of the house. But she takes her time and decides what's best for her in the end.

"The day after my father's funeral I caught my husband in bed with the neighbour"

I don’t think Dave is unhappy with himself. In fact, when I saw him with Julie, he looked far too self-satisfied for my liking. No – he saw an opportunity and took it. And he’s broken my heart.

‘Sweetheart, I’m sorry,’ he said. ‘I didn’t mean this to happen.’ ‘Which?’ I asked. ‘You didn’t mean to shag someone else in our home, or you didn’t mean me to find you at it in our bed?’

‘You’re blaming me ?’ I stared at him. ‘You slept with Julie Halpin and you’re blaming me ?’ ‘No. You needed to be with your mum. But I needed someone too. These last few weeks have been tough.’

Forgive and forget. Or walk away. The pendulum keeps swinging between the two. One of these days it’ll have to stop. I still don’t know where.

‘Come home,’ said Dave. ‘I miss you and I miss the kids. I wouldn’t have gone near Julie if I hadn’t been missing you.’

But why should I simply forgive him? He’s broken my heart, after all.

‘Like Dave, you mean?’ I ask. ‘The good husband who slept with the neighbour? Or like Dad, who used your money to pay off a woman he might have got pregnant?’

‘I’m not going to encourage you to cheat on Dave,’ Debs says. ‘But what happens on the road stays on the road.’

‘Anyway, Roxy can find something else to do,’ says Dave. ‘She was happy enough before.’ I nearly say ‘Before what?’ but I don’t.

‘With men, a lot of it is making sure they don’t feel neglected,’ says Kerry.

‘He’s deflecting all the wrong he did by sleeping with that woman onto you and the car,’ she says. ‘The more he can make you feel guilty about driving, the less guilt he has to carry about cheating on you.’

With a sudden jolt, I realise that I don’t care about fixing it. I look at him without speaking. I’ve loved him for most of my life. I don’t love him any more.

The next day, Dave moves out. He moves next door.

Dave is coming to the party. I’ve no problem with that, but I’ve told him that I don’t want Julie in the house.

I wonder how it was he was able to move in with her so quickly.

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