Peace, All I can say is, you never know what will happen. I could not figure out a way my H and his OW would ever end. I was POSITIVE she would never let go. My H abandoned us all in the same way yours has. He was a complete, distant stranger. And now - now I sense a change in him. Her absence is obvious - H is no longer an alien, at least for now. Even if you don't want the M back, hold on to the hope that H will find his way out of whatever he's going through. He's not ready yet.