As she approached the garbage can, the box burst open on the top, and the lid nearly fell off. When the contents began to flow on the floor, Stephanie discovered that there were no olives within the can. The liquid that was dropping had a chemical odor.
She examined what was stored in the fluids and discovered two umbilical cords. She knew exactly what they were because her sister had kept her children’s and shown them to her once. When her husband returned home from work, she confronted him, explaining that his “olives” had expired and that she had decided to throw them away.
Mike’s face paled when he heard what she said. She then said that she didn’t think it was a big problem because he couldn’t eat them anyway. Mike’s shock seemed to intensify.
He began to explain that she shouldn’t have done that because they were extremely uncommon and expensive, but Stephanie interrupted him and questioned him directly about the umbilical cord. Mike had no choice but to tell her the truth. Mike had another woman in his life named Rosa, and the two had twins together.
In truth, he and Rosa dated long before he met Stephanie, but his parents didn’t approve of their relationship, so he married Stephanie instead. Mike, who still loved Rosa, continued to see her. Stephanie was shaken to learn this about the man she had hoped to spend eternity with.
She never imagined that a “box of olives” would uncover his long-kept secret, signaling the beginning of the end of her marriage to him. She chose to file for divorce, but she is still having trouble moving on and forgetting about the betrayal by the man she loved so much.
