"I…" Melissa stammered, unable to find the words. Suddenly, she raised her phone as if grasping at a lifeline, sobbing, “My baby is gone—it was Catherine! She bribed the hospital staff and caused my child’s death.”

Displayed on her phone were the words of a private investigator, along with evidence of funds I had transferred, and even a handwritten apology letter from the nurse caught in the act.

Anyone with half a brain wouldn’t believe such a flimsy story. But Joseph, when it came to Melissa, was hopelessly naive. He would do anything to protect this fragile woman.

In the past, Joseph would have confronted me with these baseless accusations,...