Five Years Later...

I'm a changed man. She changed me. Irina...my angel.

Not only did she make me question everything I believed about women, about family, about my future, but she also showed me levels of happiness I never thought possible. I thought I had it all, and I never would have known any better had I not met her.

Now I stand on our bedroom balcony that overlooks the back yard and watch my wife playing with Andy and Emma, our two kids, and I realize I couldn't be more blessed.

After "the event"—that's what Irina and I call the unfortunate day with Janice Baxter and her henchman, Frank—I...