My girlfriend of four years cheated on me with her dying ex-boyfriend.

I saw their messages last week and I haven't been the same since.

I borrowed her old iPad for work purposes and her Facebook account was still logged into the device.

I was going to log in on my messenger because I forgot my phone at home and I was going to message her,

but then I saw that she had messages from her ex-boyfriend.

Let's call him Andre.

Her and Andre dated for two years.

They were each other's first loves and she never told me what happened between them.

I met her a year and some months after they broke up when I went on a trip with my family to

California. I didn't know anything about him other than the fact that they dated sometime

in high school and college. When I met her we instantly hit it off.

She showed me around Los Angeles and me living on Australia wasn't a problem.

We were in a long distance relationship for a year until I saved up enough money to move out

of my country for her. Other than that it took me months to look for a job in Los Angeles so

that I would be financially secure when I got there. Three years later we're still going strong

or so I thought. When I clicked on their conversation out of curiosity I immediately noticed the

kiss and heart emojis right then I knew what was happening. I don't want to go on about the details

but the only message that stood out was her talking about leaving me for a few months so that she

could take care of him. He has cancer. It's at stage one but he reckons he's going to die.

On one of his messages to her he asked if she would visit him at his house and I'm pretty sure

that she actually did because they mentioned how they had a great time together and that it was

good to catch up. Well it's been about a week since I found out. She doesn't know that I know or

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