“Kristi, you’re being ridiculous.
Edwin loves me, and maybe you’re just not ready for me to move on after your father.”
“Mom, please,” I said.
“He’s scamming you! We know nothing about him.”
But she just turned away, dismissing me.
As fate would have it, Isabella tracked me down later that week having lost an earring on the flight, and remembered that I had taken care of her while on board.
I met her at one of the airport’s cafés, where she confirmed my fears.
“He asked me for money for an ’emergency,’” she said. “I was about to help him.”
We hatched a plan to catch him in the act.
The next evening, at an upscale restaurant where Edwin was meeting Isabella, I posed as a waitress.
My heart raced as I approached their table, refilling his wine and “accidentally” spilling some on him.
“Watch it!” he snapped, barely glancing at me.
But during the commotion, I’d swapped his phone for a decoy, using the opportunity to go through his messages.
Sure enough, his phone was filled with dating profiles and messages to other women.
But Edwin noticed his phone was gone, and he also noticed where I was hiding.
“I know you took it!” he barked, rounding in on me.
“I’m not letting you fool my mother,” I said, staring him down.
But Edwin only smirked.
“Your mother’s an adult. She knows what she wants.”
Days later, as Edwin prepared to marry my mom in a small chapel, I watched from outside, defeated.
My mother had refused to listen to me.
But then, one by one, the women he’d deceived arrived, led by Isabella. They stormed the chapel in a fury.
“Scammer!” they echoed as they walked in.
Edwin tried to run but was swarmed by angry women hurling shoes and purses.
In the end, my mom couldn’t even look at me as she left in tears.
But I knew one thing for sure: Edwin would never scam another woman again.
These stories remind us that what happens mid-flight is rarely just about the journey… it’s about unexpected connections, hidden truths, and moments that change lives.
Next time you’re up in the clouds, just imagine the stories the person next to you might be bringing along.
Source: amomama
