LOVE RATS CONFESS My sister slept with my fella... but I’ve forgiven them both (and even had his baby)
WHEN barmaid Sarah Rudkin’s bloke returned from her sister’s she smelled a rat – and her suspicions were spot on.
Boyfriend Liston Dove had gone round to mum-of-three Lisa Bushell’s to do the washing as their machine was broken.
But he came home grubby having slept with Lisa.
The double betrayal devastated Sarah, 26, who said: “It broke me. I wouldn’t expect that from a friend, let alone my sister.
“The two people I trusted most in the world had betrayed me in the worst way possible.
“I was furious with Liston. I’m not an aggressive person but I felt like going to his work and beating the c**p out of him.”
“I couldn’t believe Lisa would do that to me. When she split up with her husband I’d done everything I could for her, looking after her three children and making sure she was OK.
“She’d repaid me – by sleeping with my boyfriend.”
Desperate
Such an appalling deception would often be the death knell for a relationship. But, amazingly, Sarah has buried the hatchet with supermarket worker Liston, 29, and Lisa, 31.
Now Sarah and Liston have ten-month-old son Zack together. She said: “I’ve forgiven them but I don’t think I’ll ever forget.”
Liston was Sarah’s first crush when she met him at her mum Shirley’s wedding. She was 14 and he was 17. He had a girlfriend and they lost touch until 2014 when they bumped into other in a bar.
Sarah said: “It was very romantic. We recognised each other straight off and had a great night together before I dropped him off in the taxi on the way home.
“He called me a few days later and asked if I wanted to go for a walk on the beach together. More dates followed and we fell in love.
“Liston was always telling me I was the women he was going to marry, but I was quite cautious as I had a two-year-old daughter from my previous relationship.”
A few months later they moved in together. They were desperate for a child to cement their love but, after a year of trying, Sarah was still unable to conceive.
She said: “We were seeing a specialist but there didn’t seem to be any reason why I couldn’t get pregnant. We weren’t arguing about it but it did put us under a lot of pressure.”
Meanwhile Lisa’s marriage had broken down and she was struggling alone with three young kids. The sisters were very close and always helping each other. So when Sarah’s washing machine broke down in February 2016, she asked Liston to take a load to Lisa’s house to get it laundered. But Sarah smelled a rat the moment he returned.
She said: “I just had this funny feeling something had gone on. I had a weird suspicion but I can’t explain why. I sensed there was something different when we were all together but couldn’t quite put my finger on it.”
Still plagued with doubts two months later, Sarah turned to her best pal Emma, Liston’s sister.
Initially Emma was sure nothing had happened between Liston and Lisa. But then Emma changed her mind. A few days later, Emma called Lisa on her mobile as Sarah listened on a speaker phone.
And her heart broke in two as her sister confessed all.
Numb
Sarah said: “It was like a bad dream. Lisa was upset saying it was a mistake and she didn’t want me to know as she didn’t want to hurt me. I couldn’t listen to any more and ran out the room.”
Sarah texted Liston: “I know everything. Don’t ever contact me again.” That night, Emma took her to the pub where she got “way too drunk” and just sat in the corner upset.
Numb with shock, Sarah felt unable to confront either Lisa or