This could also be true. I have no clue what story my wife is telling people to get them to sympathize with her.
You won't ever get the truth out of them...and its best to just let that sleeping dog lie.
What is the first thing someone does when they try to cover up stuff?
There are moments in this life when you are so confident in the rightness of your actions, that not even for a second do you consider the option that you might be wrong.