To my sister Sherri, her husband, Dean, their son, Dustin, my sister Terri, my brother, Rob, and his wife, Julie, thank you, thank you, thank you. I love you so much. Let’s all work to keep our family together.

To Cheri’s sister, Deana, her husband, Dale, and their children, Arielle, Cali, Mackenzie, and Camden, your love and support carried Cheri and me through so much. We deeply love you.

To Cheri’s brother, Roger, you are a brother to me. Thank you for everything.

To Glenn Sturm, thank you for jumping into the foxhole with me when no one in your world would. You are one of the best people I know, and I love you. I would not have survived this without you.

To Leo Hindery and Jim Heavner, thank you for your advice and friendship.

To my brother-​in-​law Joe Von Kallist, you saved me and my family. I will never forget it.

To Tim Toben, I love you, brother. And I love Megan and your family like my own.

To David Geneson, much thanks. You enable the little people to have a say against the big people.

To Bryan Huffman and Bunny Mellon, you are incredible.

To Heather and Jed McGraw, only the two of you understand the depth of this book-thank you. Congratulations on Nannytucket, and best of luck in everything you do.

To the folks at St. Martin’s, Tom Dunne, Karyn Marcus, and my new dear friend John Murphy, thank you for helping create this work. I wanted to write something that would help my kids to someday understand why I did what I did, right or wrong, and I think we accomplished that.

I would like to thank the FBI agents, IRS agents, and the officers of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina for treating us fairly and professionally.

To the Edwards and Anania families, with the exception of John and Elizabeth, thank you for many years of friendship.

Thank you to Mark and Amy Friedman, Dave Badger, Kerri Drury (an angel to our kids), Claudia Kelsey, Greg Pruitt and his family, Uncle Perry, Sarah B., Melissa Geertsma, Bill and Susan Walser, the Sartor family, and the folks we didn’t even know in California who took us in.