I see a man falling from a ladder and I feel that he is not in that trance by accident, so I wrote my story based on that. https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/freewritehouse/23yJNv5mDrutAuFnSmubhiwqj8N9haVBsdmpv3RhCSMrSF8iQUcCb1LUkqn7HzAhXiCkG.jpg [Source](https://hive.blog/hive-161155/@freewritehouse/a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words-sjfgdz)

He walks up the stairs to the flat, tired after a long day's work. As he opens the door, a shiver runs through him as he hears laughter coming from the bedroom. He walks slowly, feeling his heart quicken with each step.

He opens the door slowly and his worst fear is realised. There is his wife of ten years, naked on the bed in the embrace of another man.

Their gazes meet and time seems to stand still. The intruder jumps up, dressing hurriedly as she covers her nakedness with the sheets.

-I can explain! -she cries out in tears.

But he can't speak, the betrayal burns in his gut. The other man takes advantage of the confusion to escape from the bedroom and run downstairs. She rushes at him, begging for forgiveness, but he pushes her away.

Blinded by rage, he lunges after his lover in an attempt to catch up. She follows close behind, shouting incoherently.

In the headlong chase, he stumbles on the narrow steps. He feels a strong tug on his leg and then an immense vertigo.

He rolls uncontrollably down the stairs, hitting himself again and again. Finally, he hits the bottom landing hard.

An excruciating pain shot through his right leg and a trickle of blood ran down his temple. He gradually loses consciousness.

When he wakes up, he finds himself on a hospital gurney with his leg in a cast. She is beside him, her eyes red from crying.

-It was an accident. I didn't mean to push you, I swear. Forgive me, please,’ she begs again and again.

He closes his eyes tightly, reliving the moment that has shattered his life forever.

The image of her in the arms of another man is burned into his mind. Even if he forgave her, he knows that nothing will ever be the same between them again.

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