He'd planned everything meticulously: paying utilities on time, keeping usage similar to the neighbors'. Checking the billing records, I found all utilities were on auto-pay under my name - using money he'd scammed from me through that "investment." His payment setup was so perfect, I'd never have caught on without this Post Office incident.

In my previous life, Ian used the money he scammed to buy a house in the good school district. After getting what he wanted and ...