At first everything seemed perfect.
After the devastating betrayal of my first husband, who left me with the newborn and fled the ground, I never thought I would reopen my heart. But then Sam came into my life – an officer, understanding and everything I could ever want.
We built our life together, and when I introduced him to my son Jeremy, he promised to love him as his own. It looked like we were finally a family I had dreamed of. But then I began to notice something worrying.
Jeremy, my usually cheerful and carefree boy, began to act differently around alone. Did my new husband hide anything from me, or did I just think it? What I discovered shook me into my core and changed everything.
I thought I found happiness again. After my first husband left me a newborn and fled from the ground, I never imagined that I could love someone else. But then Sam came – on the other, suffering and everything I had hoped for. After a year we dated a year before they got married, and when I told him I came like a package with my son, Jeremy, promised to love him as his own.
At first everything seemed perfect. Jeremy connected well with Sam and I believed that we finally became a real family. But my mother noticed something unusual. “Don’t you think he’s always whining when he’s around?” She asked. At first I brushed it, but then I started paying attention. Around me Jeremy was his usual cheerful self, but when he walked into the room, he fell silent and pulled – sometimes even tears.
I asked myself if anything happened, but he assured me he loved Jeremy. He looked so honest, yet I couldn’t shake the annoying feeling that something was gone.
A few days later, when we shared ice cream, I accidentally asked Jeremy why he seemed so sad around herself. His smile disappeared. I promised him another scoop if he told me.
“I heard my dad on the phone … said I was a problem.”
The cold shivers ran down my spine. “Are you sure, sweetheart?”
His little face became serious. “He said,” Little Jeremy is a problem. “”
Then I rushed to my room. “Mom … Will my first dad leave?” Jeremy’s eyes with tears. My heart sank.
I confronted myself that night.
As soon as Jeremy slept, I stood in front of Sam. “Did you say Jeremy’s problem? He heard you over the phone. He said you called him a problem.”
For a moment I saw something dark flash on Sam’s face.
Shook his head. “Alice, well. I had to misunderstand. I talked about the guys at work called Jeremy. We went with some messy paperwork and maybe I said something frustrately.”
“So you didn’t talk about my son?”
“Of course not. I would never say about it. I love the child.”
Maybe I exaggerated. Maybe he really didn’t understand Jeremy.
“I’ll talk to him tomorrow,” he promised Sam. “I will clarify everything.”
The next morning he assured Jeremy that it was all a misunderstanding. Jeremy nodded when he explained everything.
But when I told my mother about the conversation, she frowned. “Have you ever been to his office? Do you know someone he works with?”
“I know where he works,” I replied. “I have an address.”
“That’s not what I asked,” she said. “Do you know someone he is working with? Did you meet someone from his colleagues?”
The truth was that I had never been to his office or met any of his collaborators.
“Alice, something is wrong,” my mom said. “You have to check it.”
I sighed and shook my head. “Mom, you’re paranoid.”
“I’m?” She fired. “Or do you ignore the sign?”
The following morning, when I packed Jeremy’s lunch, my phone rang. She was my mother.
“Alice, I checked,” she said. “The address he gave you? There is no record of working there. No one has ever heard of him.”
At that moment I was sure that Sam was hiding something from me.
That evening I told Sam that I had to visit my mother because she didn’t feel good and stayed there for several days.
He told me I could stay as long as I needed.
As soon as we were in my mother’s house, I locked the door behind me and sank on the couch. I needed a real, undeniable evidence of who was Sam.
I hired a private investigator. Three days later I got an answer.
The investigator handed me a component. Inside were telephone records, financial statements and a detailed report of the past.
His whole life was a lie.
There was no insurance company, no associate named Jeremy.
The investigator tapped the Sam’s phone and uncovered everything. It turned out that Sam was talking to his mother that night, not a colleague.
The investigator told me that Sam and his mother were fraudsters, and that was their game all the time.
“He planned you at work,” the investigator explained. “Your work gives you access to financial accounts, right? Set up things to go wrong. You will think. Once you are arrested, it gets access to your assets, including your savings and your home.”
I felt a sick realization in my intestine. Jeremy was not just a problem for herself. If I went to prison, Sam would have to take care of him or put him in state custody.
He didn’t just call me – he planned to erase me completely.
“Go to the police, Alice,” the investigator said firmly. “As soon as possible.”
With the investigators’ findings, I went straight to the authorities.
Later I learned that Sam and his mother had a long history of end women. They moved from the state to the state under various identities.
But this time he went on by getting married. I suppose it was because I had something valuable.
The police led alone in handcuffs. After court, I took Jeremy for ice cream, because he was the one who saved me from losing everything. If he didn’t tell me about Sam’s conversation with his mother, I wouldn’t be here today and wrote this story.
I will always be grateful to me for giving me an intelligent son like Jeremy.
In the end, I learned hard that sometimes the person you trust most can hide the darkest secrets. Sam deceived me with his magic and promises, but it was Jeremy’s innocent words that saved us from the future that I couldn’t even imagine.
It is difficult to understand how someone can manipulate and betray those who claim to love, but now I know it is important to listen to brands, no matter how small. With the leadership of my mother and Jeremy’s bravery, I found the power to face the truth.
Although I had the consequences of Sam’s fraud shaken, I am more determined than ever to protect my son and rebuild our lives. I will never forget the lesson that sometimes, those that we least expect to let us go are those who do it.
But at the end of the day I am grateful that we have come out of the stronger and I will always appreciate my intelligent, wise outside his years Jeremy. Maybe they both saved us from a nightmare, but most importantly, he showed me what true love and trust really means.