她放心了

A young wife kept suspecting her husband of seeing another woman. He had many female colleagues, and the more she thought about it, the more she worried. She secretly watched him for weeks and found nothing, but still questioned him constantly. Her husband grew angry. “You say I’m seeing someone. Where’s your proof?” She had no answer, and they were both becoming increasingly unhappy.

One day, she read in the newspaper that the city police had a lie detector. It could tell whether someone was lying and was almost always right. Her best friend from school happened to operate it. She hurried to see her friend and begged her to help. At first, her friend wanted to reassure her, but seeing how distressed she was, she finally agreed. “This machine is only for police investigations. But I’ll do you this favour. Bring him one evening after everyone has left, and keep it between us.”

The wife cried for days until her husband finally agreed. “Fine, I’ll go. I haven’t done anything to betray you.” That evening, her friend asked him just one question: “Are you seeing another woman?” “No,” he said. Her friend studied the screen. The results showed that he was telling the truth. She smiled. “Everything’s normal. You’ve found a good husband who loves only you.” The wife could not understand the results on the screen, but she trusted her old friend completely and was overjoyed.

From then on, whenever the wife felt uneasy, she asked her friend to arrange another evening test. It was the only thing that put her mind at rest. Her friend always agreed; it only meant staying an extra hour after work. The results were always the same, and she would smile and reassure the wife. As the tests continued, the friend grew increasingly fond of this man who loved only his wife, thinking that good husbands like him were rare. In time, she found herself falling in love with him. The husband, fed up with his wife’s endless suspicions, fell in love with her friend too. They began meeting in secret, without his wife knowing.