Vanessa, meanwhile, could not stop performing.

“She tied herself up,” she told the officers.

“She’s making all of this up.

My fiance came home upset from a business trip and the two of them are working together to frame me.” The officer’s response was not to argue with her.

“Ma’am,” he said evenly, “I need you to step back, keep your hands away from your phone, and not touch anything in this room.” When she turned to me, pleading now, telling me to explain to them that it was all just a domestic misunderstanding, I gave her the only answer I had left.

“I’m not going to lie for you, Vanessa.