After Claire’s husband passed away, life became a constant struggle. Raising her young son Tim alone, she was juggling work, bills, and a broken coffee maker—all while barely keeping her head above water. Just as she began to settle into a fragile routine, her world turned upside down again.

One quiet night, Claire heard footsteps in her house. Thinking it was a break-in, she panicked and confronted a man in her hallway with nothing but a can of deodorant for defense. But the supposed intruder wasn’t a criminal—he was Robert, a writer who claimed he had legally rented the place.