Everyone laughed when they sent an eighty-year-old man and his eighteen-year-old wife off to spend their wedding night together. “Let’s see if Grandpa can make it until morning,” one relative joked through a burst of laughter. He didn’t respond. He simply picked up his old briefcase and closed the door. When six relatives opened it the next morning, they stopped laughing when they discovered what he had been protecting all night.

Samuel carefully investigated the paper trail and uncovered something far worse than simple harassment, discovering a organized criminal network dedicated to pressuring vulnerable young or elderly property owners into surrendering their real estate far below market value using forged documents and untraceable threats.

“Marrying her does not magically make the apartment completely immune to legal challenges,” Samuel explained patiently during a private meeting in his office.

“However, it changes one fundamental factor by ensuring she no longer appears to be an isolated, defenseless young woman.

She will instantly have a visible family, immediate legal representation, and a powerful network of people standing behind her.

If we also make this marriage extremely public, the criminals watching her will realize that they are no longer operating in the dark.”