1. Who Am I?

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Saanvi's POV

"We have been doing sessions for almost a year Saanvi, but I still don't know what is it you want from your ex-wife. You are not letting her go and if you don't, you won't be able to move forward." Said Ms. Zane, my therapist. "Dr. I have started going back to office, I am earning good, I am doing good" I said.

"Professionally you are doing good, but personally, no. You don't have any social life, friends, you are not connected with your family. Tell me, how many women you have dated since she left you?" said Ms. Zane

I thought for a moment and realized that what she was saying was true. "I try doctor, but her face, her memories, comes in front of me and I can't do anything. It's like she is holding me." I said. "Dear, I feel sad for you, but you need to let her go for your own good." Said Zane.

"She left me, or did she? She was so sweet, she always believed in me." I said with all my emotions and paused. "And she duped you, she took all your money, money from your parents and left you a note to never find her." Said Zane

"May be someone made her do that. She might be in danger; I believe she is innocent." I said. Zane looked at me in pity and said, "She conned you dear, you need to see it?" said Zane.

"Someone must have made her do it, or not, I don't know, it doesn't make sense to go away all of a sudden when everything was going right. Why I had to ask her to reconnect with her parents? I wouldn't have said that and we wouldn't have had a big fight." I said. "I see only one way to find out." Said Zane. "And what is that?" I asked thinking of getting answers. "Find her and ask her for yourself. I don't know how will you do it, but it seems the only way as of now. And with this I am ending our sessions. If you want to see me, I want you to come with answers from her. Till then best wishes and see you soon." Said Zane and I left from her office and took a cab to my home.

" Said Zane and I left from her office and took a cab to my home

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My name is Saanvi Goyal. I am 23 years old. I work as a Business Analyst/ Consultant with a big firm in Chicago. I am 2nd child of my parents, who run a hospital in New York. My father is a surgeon, while mother is a housewife. My elder brother is an Art Curator and travels all over the world with his wife. I am an open lesbian and came out when I was 16. My family accepted me with open arms.

Suzie's (Riley) POV

"Hey Taylor, it is time. We are doing it tomorrow. He is going on a business trip tomorrow to London, will be on flight all day. It's perfect." I said over phone. "You sure babe? It's just a month, isn't it too early to leave with everything." Said Taylor. "Early? We have been on him for 4 months now. May be next time you marry someone and be with your spouse for more than that. Tomorrow means tomorrow. I will give you a call, so that we can start, till then you can start with our leaving process. See you." I said and ended the call.

"Who was it?" Asked Jace, my husband. "Are you spying on me now?" I said trying to have some argument before I leave him. "Come on babe, I am just asking. If you don't want to tell, it's okay." Said Jace. "You have been doing this from a while now Jace, I told you, I don't like this, but you don't understand." I said.

"I am sorry Suzie. Just forgive me." said poor Jace. "We have talked about it Jace over and over again, every time you say that this is last and then repeat it again." I said. He kept asking for forgiveness, while I just tried to escalate it more. We argued for an hour, when finally, I pretended to give up and slept in a different room.

The next morning Jace left for London on his business trip, while I took everything I could, cash, jewelry, valuable items. With passwords, Taylor wiped all his accounts and we fled.

I had written a note for him like I always do with my victims, that I am leaving them, and then that  they should not look after me. I wrote that I am fed up with his behavior and don't think that it can work between us, so I am taking money and leaving. Please don't contact me and let me live a peaceful life.

He didn't have much, we could only take 300,000 US$, Taylor distributed it accordingly to both of us and I flew to Maldives from Texas for a long one-month vacation to spend the hard-earned money.

He didn't have much, we could only take 300,000 US$, Taylor distributed it accordingly to both of us and I flew to Maldives from Texas for a long one-month vacation to spend the hard-earned money

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I am on my flight to Maldives, a breathtaking tropical paradise with turquoise waters, stunning coral reefs, beaches and luxury resorts. While I am on it, let me just tell you about myself.

Sofia, Suzie, Riley, Jane are all my aliases, but my real name is Sansa Jules. I am a con artist, that's what I like to call myself, instead of thief, as artist is more respectful in terms of deceiving, skills. I am 27 years old and have been conning people for money since last 8-9 years. I have conned many men, women. I started with pick pocketing, selling cheap items into high cost, sometimes just taking money by selling stuff with fake papers. I did this for like 4 years and then got bored as it had less profits and high risks of getting caught. One day I was sitting and trying to figure out a new way of conning, I saw a man reading a newspaper and in front flashed a news of a husband who duped his wife for money.

It seemed interesting, so I did some research. I learnt tricks of seduction, changing faces. I used to observe people for my target and find some weakness so that when I leave them, they don't come searching for me or go to police. Sometimes I become girlfriend, sometimes wife, make them fall in love with giving them what they want and then duping them. I am not gender-biased and hence con men and women both. As of now, I have got married 4 times. 2 times to men and 2 times to women and couple of times as just girlfriends. The rewards are huge. I usually con people and then go for a long vacation. Sometime I work alone and sometime in a team with Taylor, David and Emma, depending on the situation and manpower required. Taylor looks for potential prey for us while David, Emma and me are the artists.

With conning people, I have earned a lot. It requires a high skill to understand people and act accordingly. I enjoy it. Wicked, white-collar criminals, innocents; I don't care as long as they have big money. It is just money for me. I want to do this work for more, let's say 2-3 years and then just settle down with someone and live the rest of my life.

As of now, none of my victims have come looking for me, as I make sure that I get into a fight before I leave them and write a note that I want to breakup, and have taken money leaving for good.

As a family, I got only my mother, my dad died when I was 3 years old. She lives in Connecticut. My mother didn't pay attention to me, so I was sent in foster care. After I got out of foster, I went to see my mother. She is different now. She feels sorry for not taking care of me, and I don't blame her now; I mean she was young and lonely, she needed some emotional and sexual connect, so she chose it over motherhood. For her, I am an Art Curator, who travels most of the time in search of best art, it allows me to visit her less and protect myself from her questions. I visit her twice a year almost before playing a game of con on my new victim.

The easiest way to earn money was conning, so I chose it. I will be in a Maldives for at least a month, free from everything, every chaos to chase a new victim and worry about future and dwell on past.

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