The Lie That Tore Us Apart

Ryan Miller returns to the country just as Ariel Wilson and her husband Jayden are at their happiest, with Ariel three months pregnant. She promises that the three of them will never be separated, but the lie soon unravels: Jayden sees Ariel and Ryan kissing on a rooftop, and later finds a hickey on her neck on their third wedding anniversary, a night she spends with Ryan instead of him. Ariel begs him not to leave, explaining that Ryan's wife cheated on and beat him, and that she only wants to repay an old favor.

Jayden tries to believe her, but the truth keeps surfacing. He runs into Ariel in a mall holding Ryan's child while Ryan watches over them like a family, and the shopping bag of baby clothes slips from his hand. Ariel hires the best lawyer for Ryan and fights for custody of the child, coming home later and later. One night Ryan arrives bruised and broken, and Ariel holds him tightly, ignoring Jayden completely.

Jayden has loved Ariel for ten years, yet each new lie and each embrace with Ryan makes the distance between them harder to bear.