“I thought I was helping you, Danny. I did what they told me because I thought you were in trouble.” She sobbed, her whole body trembling with the weight of what she had done. Danny’s eyes widened, his face shifting from confusion to a mix of shock and anger as he realized what had happened.
He clenched his jaw, his hands balling into fists as he struggled to contain the rage building inside him. “Grandma,” he said, his voice firm, “you’ve been scammed. That wasn’t me. They used some kind of trick—a voice recording or maybe even an AI to mimic my voice.”