A Decorative Bathtub Panel Fell off While My Husband Was on a Business Trip — What I Found under the Bathtub Made Me Go Pale

Emily is stunned when an innocent text to her husband about repairing a decorative bathtub panel sparks a panicked response. What could he be hiding in there? Emily just has to find out.

Have you ever heard those stories about people finding unexpected items in their houses? Something like that happened to me, recently, and what I discovered changed my life forever.

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A couple of weeks back, one of the decorative wooden panels on our bathtub fell off. Not a big deal, right? My husband, David, was on a business trip at the time, so I snapped a photo and sent it to him.

“Hey babe, can I fix this?” I texted with the photo.

I expected a typical response like, ‘Sure, go ahead,’ or maybe some detailed instructions on what to do. But what I got back nearly made me drop my phone.

NOOO! Don’t you dare touch it or look inside. NEVER.”

I stared at his message in shock. David is the most laid-back guy I know. We’ve been married for ten years, and he’s never reacted like this to anything.

Which only made me more curious. There was no obvious danger in fixing a panel, so what would make David react like he was being threatened?

I kneeled beside the tub and stared into the dark space behind the other panels. That’s when I noticed an envelope tucked away back there.

My fingers shook as I reached inside, pulled out the envelope, and opened it. Inside, I found an ultrasound image of a tiny baby, just a little bean surrounded by blackness. Scrawled across the top were the words, ‘Daddy, I’m coming soon.’