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I woke to strange sounds in the dark\u2014soft humming at first, almost like a lullaby whispered through clenched teeth. My eyes fluttered open, still half in sleep, and for a moment I thought it was a dream lingering too long. Then the sound shifted into giggling\u2014childlike, eerie, and wrong. My heart pounded as I turned toward Sayed. The dim glow of the streetlight traced the outline of his body under the blankets. At first I thought he was moving in his sleep, but then his arms jerked awkwardly, flapping against the sheets, his head rolling, lips moving in broken syllables. His eyes seemed to roll back. Cold dread swept through me. This wasn\u2019t a nightmare; this was my husband convulsing beside me like a stranger wearing his face.<\/p>\n

\u201cSayed!\u201d I screamed, shaking him. He was warm but limp, unresponsive. The humming turned into giggling again, sending a chill down my spine. Hands trembling, I grabbed my phone and dialed 911, struggling to explain that he wouldn\u2019t wake, that he was making strange sounds, and that I didn\u2019t know if he was having a seizure or dying. The dispatcher\u2019s calm voice guided me\u2014keep him on his side, watch his breathing. Seconds stretched like hours. By the time paramedics arrived, he had gone still. Too still. Under the harsh hallway light, his face looked peaceful, almost unnervingly so. I rode beside him in the ambulance, gripping his cold hand, whispering his name, afraid to let go.<\/p>\n

At the hospital, everything moved in a blur: bright lights, blood tests, brain scans, neurological checks. I sat in a hard chair, clutching a paper cup of untouched coffee. Hours passed before a doctor explained that Sayed likely experienced a mild seizure, possibly triggered by stress or sleep deprivation. No immediate neurological disease was detected, though further tests were needed. Their calm words offered little comfort. Stress and exhaustion had been part of his life for months, but I knew there was more beneath the surface.<\/p>\n

Over the past year, subtle changes had grown into patterns I tried not to acknowledge. Restless nights, pacing the apartment, murmured conversations with no audience\u2014always explained away as work. Yet unease gnawed at me. Then one night, I noticed a message on his bedside table: Nadia. A coworker, he said quickly, voice rehearsed, hands trembling. I told myself not to overthink, but the splinter of doubt had lodged deep.<\/p>\n

After the hospital, life tried to resume normalcy. Sayed was attentive, apologetic, promising care, yet his phone rarely left his hand. Messages continued late into the night. One afternoon, while he showered, his phone buzzed. Trust battled fear\u2014I picked it up. The screen was unlocked, the thread open. Messages from Nadia: \u201cDid it happen again?\u201d \u201cYou promised you\u2019d tell her.\u201d Dozens of messages, voice notes, videos\u2014clips of Sayed sleeping, laughing, arms flapping, murmuring in that strange, childlike voice. The same sounds that had terrified me days earlier. My hands shook as the reality hit: he had been sending these videos to her.<\/p>\n

When he returned, we sat across from each other in silence, the weight of discovery pressing down. Finally, he spoke: \u201cShe\u2019s not what you think.\u201d Tears filled his eyes as he explained: Nadia was a therapist from an online sleep disorder forum, helping him understand his dissociative sleep episodes. He had hidden it, fearing I would see him as unstable or dangerous. The sense of betrayal shifted into something more complicated. No affair. Just fear, secrecy, and a need for help he couldn\u2019t ask for openly.<\/p>\n

I placed his phone on the table, took a slow breath. \u201cSecrets break marriages,\u201d I said softly. \u201cBut honesty might still save ours.\u201d That night, we lay down together. No humming, no giggling\u2014only the fragile sound of two people awake, finally facing the truth they had long avoided.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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