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My Daughter’s $60,000 Wedding Scam: How I Exposed Her Fake Fiancé Before It Was Too Late
Sep 22, 2025
My Daughter’s $60,000 Wedding Scam: How I Exposed Her Fake Fiancé Before It Was Too Late For 43 years, I built a life based on honesty and hard work. But nothing prepared me for the day I discovered my daughter’s fiancé was nothing but a con artist, using our love and trust to fund his own selfish plans. Watch how I uncovered the truth, called off the wedding, and made sure he paid the price—without getting a single cent back. This is a story about betrayal, heartbreak, and the power of protecting family at all costs. If you’ve ever been betrayed by someone you trusted, this one’s for you. 🔔 Subscribe for more true stories of betrayal, justice, and redemption! 👍 Like, comment, and share if you believe in fighting for the ones you love.
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For 43 years, I'd run a construction
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business, raised my daughter, Myra alone
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after her mother passed, and navigated
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the twists and turns of a life lived by
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the motto, "Build it right the first
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time."
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I thought I was a good judge of
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character, that I could spot the genuine
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from the fake. I was wrong. Myra had
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been dating Tobias for 3 years when he
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proposed. He was on the surface
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everything a father could want for his
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daughter. college educated,
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professionally successful, and always
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polite.
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But something about him felt practiced.
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Myra, however, was radiant, a joy I
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hadn't seen since her mother's death.
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So, I pushed my instincts aside and
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chose to believe in her happiness.
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When they announced their engagement, I
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didn't hesitate.
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"Whatever you need for the wedding, I'll
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take care of it," I told her. "Your mom
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would have wanted you to have the
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perfect day."
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The look of pure gratitude on Myra's
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face was worth any price. Over the next
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6 months, the bills mounted. The venue,
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catering, flowers, photographer, and a
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live band added up to a staggering
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$60,000.
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My savings took a hit, but what good is
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money if you can't spend it on the
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people you love? Tobias was affusively
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grateful, always thanking me, but his
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words felt hollow, like a script he'd
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rehearsed for an audience of one. Me. 2
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days before the wedding, I drove to the
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venue to check on the final
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preparations. The old estate was
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beautiful, a place Myra's mother would
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have loved. As I spoke with the caterer,
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I heard voices from an open window in
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the bridal suite. It was Tobias and his
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best man, Brett. I froze, an icy dread
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creeping up my spine. "I can't believe
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you're actually going through with
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this," Brett said. "Trust me, it's not
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my first choice," Tobias replied with a
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laugh I'd never heard before. A sound
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cold and calculating.
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"But have you seen how much money the
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old man's throwing around? This
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wedding's costing him more than I make
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in 2 years."
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My blood ran cold. I gripped the stair
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railing, my knuckles white, listening as
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my world tilted. "So, what's the plan
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after?" Brett asked. "You can't fake
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being happy forever." "Give it a year,
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maybe two," Tobias said. "Long enough to
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get established. Maybe get her pregnant
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so I can claim support. Then I'll find a
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reason to leave. Say I need space to
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find myself or some nonsense like that."
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Myra will be devastated, of course, but
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she'll have daddy there to pick up the
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pieces and probably pay for a nice
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divorce settlement to make it all go
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away quietly.
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You're cold, man. Brett said, "I get it.
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Her dad's loaded and she's not exactly
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hideous, but still." "It's business,
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Brett," Tobias cut in. "The old man's so
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desperate to make his little princess
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happy, he'll bankroll anything. Wedding,
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house down payment. He's already talking
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about helping us with a car. After the
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divorce, I'll walk away with enough to
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start fresh somewhere else. I stood
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there paralyzed.
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My daughter Myra, who had already lost
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so much, was about to marry a man who
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saw her as nothing more than a
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transaction, a means to an end. He was
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using my love for her to fund his own
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personal con game. I could have stormed
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in, could have confronted him right then
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and there.
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But something in me, the businessman,
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the protector, held me back. I wanted
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him to pay not just for the money, but
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for the lies, the fake gratitude, and
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the way he'd looked me in the eye and
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called me incredible while planning to
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destroy my daughter's life. I wanted him
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to know what it felt like to have
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everything taken away. I drove home and
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spent the night planning. By morning, I
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had a clear, cold resolve. I called my
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lawyer first. I need you to draft some
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documents, I said, and I need them ready
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by tomorrow afternoon.
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Next, I called the venue coordinator.
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There's been a change of plans, I told
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her. The wedding's off. She was
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confused, but professional.
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Let's just say the groom showed his true
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colors, I explained.
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Bill me for the full cost, but I need
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the venue cleared by this afternoon.
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Then came the hardest part. I called
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Myra. Dad, is everything okay? You sound
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strange, she said. Sweetheart, I need
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you to come over, I said, my voice
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steady. And don't bring Tobias. This is
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just between us. An hour later, she was
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in my living room. I took a deep breath
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and said, "I need you to listen to
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something." I played the recording I had
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made on my phone. Tobias's cold,
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calculating voice filled the room,
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detailing his plan to use her, to
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exploit me, to abandon her after taking
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everything he could. The color drained
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from her face. By the time it finished,
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she was crying, but they weren't the
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soft tears of sadness. They were the
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angry, betrayed sobs of someone whose
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entire world had just shattered.
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"I'm so sorry, baby," I said, pulling
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her into a hug. The wedding's tomorrow,
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she whispered, her voice a broken
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thread. Everyone's coming. The venue,
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the food, the photographer.
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Everything's been cancelled, I told her.
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She looked up at me, her eyes red and
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swollen. What about Tobias? Does he
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know? Not yet, I said. But he will soon
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enough.
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That evening, I sent Tobias a text. need
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to see you at the venue tomorrow at 2
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p.m. Something about the final payment.
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He showed up right on time, likely
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expecting to collect another check.
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Instead, he found me alone in the empty
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event space, a manila envelope on the
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table. "Where is everyone?" he asked,
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looking around confused. "Sit down,
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Tobias," I said. He sat, his eyes wary.
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"I want you to know that I heard your
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conversation with Brett yesterday. Every
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word His face went white. "Mr. Chen, I
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can explain." "No need," I said, pushing
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the envelope toward him. "It was very
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clear." He opened it with shaking hands.
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The first document was a detailed
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account of every penny I had spent on
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the wedding, totaling 58,412.
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The second was a promisory note. "Since
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you were so interested in my money," I
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said calmly, "I'm giving you exactly
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what you wanted. You now owe me the full
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amount due immediately.
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He stared at the papers. You can't be
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serious. Oh, I'm very serious, I said.
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The third document is a cease and desist
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order. You're not to contact my
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daughter, come to my property, or
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mention either of us to anyone. Violate
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that and the promisory note becomes the
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least of your problems. He stammered.
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That's not admissible in court. Maybe
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not, I replied, pulling out my phone.
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but it's definitely admissible in the
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court of public opinion. It's amazing
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how fast audio files can spread on
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social media these days.
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I played the recording of his voice,
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filling the empty room with his own
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malicious words. He stared at me for a
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long moment, probably calculating his
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options. Finally, he looked up defeated.
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"What do you want?" "I want you to
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disappear," I said. "Leave town. Don't
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contact Myra. Don't contact me. Start
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whatever pathetic life you were planning
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to start after you destroyed my
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daughters. Just start it now with
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nothing.
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I can't pay $58,000, he said. Then you'd
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better figure it out, I told him.
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Because the alternative is me making
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sure everyone you know hears exactly
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what kind of person you are. He left
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without another word. I never saw him
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again.
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Myra was devastated for months. The
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humiliation of calling off a wedding,
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the betrayal of someone she loved, the
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realization that her trust had been a
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fool's errand. It nearly broke her, but
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she is stronger than she knows. She went
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to therapy, focused on her career, and
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slowly began to heal.
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A year later, she met someone new.
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Marcus is a teacher, and he looks at my
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daughter like she hung the moon. When I
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saw them together for the first time, I
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knew this was what real love looked
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like. They're getting married next
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month, a small ceremony with just family
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and close friends. I'm paying for it, of
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course. But this time, it feels
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different. This time, I'm not funding a
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con game. I'm giving my daughter the
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wedding she deserves with a man who
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truly deserves her. Tobias never paid
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the $58,000.
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I never expected him to. But sometimes
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the best revenge isn't about getting
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your money back. It's about making sure
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the person who tried to steal from you
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gets exactly what they deserve. Nothing.
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It's about building something true from
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the wreckage of a lie.
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