I never expected my job as a flight attendant would lead me to expose my own mother’s fiancé as a fraud. The day before their introduction, I’d served Edwin and Isabella in business class, witnessing their intimate moment as he gifted her an expensive necklace. His transformation from doting boyfriend to my mother’s devoted fiancé the next day left me speechless.
My mother’s refusal to believe my warnings forced me to take drastic action. Teaming up with Isabella, we uncovered Edwin’s pattern of romancing wealthy women for money. Our restaurant sting nearly went wrong when he caught me red-handed with his phone, but the evidence we gathered was undeniable. Though it cost me my job and temporarily my relationship with my mother, nothing compared to the satisfaction of watching dozens of his victims confront him at what should have been his wedding day.
As the police led Edwin away from the ruined ceremony, I realized some truths are too painful to hear secondhand. My mother needed to see the destruction with her own eyes. Until that day comes, I’ll be here waiting – the daughter who cared enough to risk everything to protect her.
