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Two more months flew by, and Misty never contacted Mark He decided to call the Albuquerque police depart persons report After he explained the circumstances and before he could finish his conversation, the officer on the other end knew instantaneously that Mark was the victi this con artist would be difficult or virtually impossible The police could not help hio on After all, Mark knew nothing about this woman

Heher to his home, only to discover that Misty was not her real name

The police did advise him to file a complaint with the Attorney General's Office and hire a private investigator

Mark had just enough money to pay his rent and bills and certainly did not have the resources to hire a private eye

Sitting in his room, he started to shake and weep frantically until there were nofor the coest shock ca with a photo rese to the piece:

This individual anted, in a couple of states and abroad, for fraud, identity theft, and i a female, and up to now, no one has been able to accurately identify this person, because he uses countless disguises; this photo was the last known ie of him, and if anyone had any information, to contact the local authorities at once

Well, the gossip was non-stop People could not comprehend how Mark could not tell the difference between ahis own sexuality and into the experie

Some went so far to say, "He went both ways"

However, what folks did not knoas that Mark never slept with Misty or saw her naked Every time he saw her, she alore makeup and was completely clothed

Her hair color and hairdo were somewhat different from the newspaper's depiction, but she had an air of secrecy that left everything to the iination, and this was one of the attributes that he loved the most about Misty

In his ns that implied she was not

When Mark read the article and saw that photo, he became emotionally and physically ill

People would look at hih he was an extraterrestrial frohbors would avoid or not speak to him, and many started to feel sorry for him