Ryan proposed to Shelly after their passion blossomed. At that point, everything began to go wrong. Shelly began trash-talking me to anybody who would listen, for reasons only she understood. She made me out to be this monster by making my words and actions seem horrible. She seemed hell-bent on turning my own family against me, and the worst part was that it was working. My son felt forced to choose between his future wife and his mother. I was blackmailed into attending Shelly’s wedding by his threat to remove me unless I professed my regret for an unfounded accusation.