When my son, Xavier, introduced his fiancée, Cindy, I immediately recognized her as the woman who had scammed my friend’s son, Daniel, out of thousands of dollars. Fearing for my son’s safety, I locked Cindy in the basement and called the police. The officers arrived and discovered that Cindy wasn’t the scammer I thought she was but a woman named Dana Reyes, who had fled the country months ago. Although Cindy looked strikingly similar to the scammer, the police revealed that their eye colors were different. Cindy remained calm and even laughed off the situation as a misunderstanding. Despite my actions, I learned that the truth was more complex than I had imagined