When police arrived, Cindy couldn’t produce ID. A quick check confirmed it—her real name was Lisa Grant, wanted for fraud and theft in three states. Daniel was devastated. “She looked so real,”
he whispered, shattered by betrayal. I held him and said, “That’s her job. To fool people.” As Lisa was arrested and taken away, I wasn’t proud—I was shaken. But I knew I had done the right thing. In the weeks after, Daniel slowly healed, reflecting on the red flags he missed. And I never forgot the lesson that saved us: a mother’s instinct is rarely wrong.