A month after my breakup, I was finally moving on when I saw my sister, Jessica, handing money to my ex-fiancé, Richard. Shocked, I confronted her and learned the devastating truth. Richard had told my family he had cancer, and they believed I had abandoned him because of it.

I was stunned. “I broke up with him because I caught him cheating,” I told Jessica. She was heartbroken, realizing Richard had lied to everyone. My family had been supporting him, even giving him $50,000 for fake treatments.

It hurt to know he had fooled them so completely. “We thought he was fighting for his life,” Jessica whispered. But Richard was just running a cruel scam.

Eventually, karma caught up with him. Richard was in a car accident while trying to escape the police. Despite everything, I felt relief. “I dodged a bullet,” I thought, grateful to finally see the truth.

Though Richard betrayed us, my family stood by me once they knew the real story. And in the end, that mattered most.