The office address he had given me? It was fake. There was no insurance company and no coworker named Jeremy.
The investigator had tapped Sam’s phone and uncovered everything.
The investigator told me they were scammers and this was their game.
“He’s been planning to frame you at work,” the investigator continued. “Your job gives you access to financial accounts, right? He’s been setting things up so that if something goes wrong, you’ll take the fall.
Once you’re arrested, he gets access to your assets including your savings and your home.”
I gripped the folder as I started to realize how Jeremy was a problem for Sam and his mother. If I went to jail, Sam would either have to take care of him or put him in state custody.
He hadn’t just been scamming me. He had been planning to erase me from the equation entirely.
I took a deep breath, forcing myself to stay calm.
“What do I do now?”
“Go to the police, Alice,” the investigator said firmly. “As soon as possible.”
With the investigator’s findings, I went straight to the authorities. The evidence was overwhelming.
I found out that Sam and his mother had a long history of conning women.
They had been moving from state to state under different identities.
But this time, he had gone further by marrying me. And I guess that was because I had something valuable.
Once I told the cops everything I knew about Sam, they reassured me they wouldn’t let him get away with this. All they needed was a few days to ensure they had enough to arrest him.
I wasn’t there when they took him away, but I heard he didn’t go quietly.
He screamed, denied everything, and claimed it was all a setup.
I will never forget the look on his face as the cops led him away in the courtroom. It was like he was trying to tell me he’d return.
But instead of feeling scared, I straightened my back and smiled while looking into his eyes.Continue reading…
