He poured scalding coffee on my head because I refused to pay his mother’s mortgage. She laughed. But my six-year-old son saw everything. His next words to the 911 operator were just the beginning. What he revealed next—about a secret “evidence” folder and a hidden phone—unraveled a web of fraud, affairs, and lies that ended with a 12-year prison sentence. As the chaos of their arrests filled our small kitchen, the paramedics were gently dabbing at my scalp with cool cloths. The metallic smell o