"I began to have doubts when I arrived at his house. Warning bells were going off in my head, and my hands were sweating." “This one,” I said. “‘Disabled vet needs helper. Free room and board, in exchange for light housekeeping.’” My best friend listened to me read an online advertisement aloud over the phone. I was searching for a roommate in a new city after running from a failed relationship that ended — but not in marriage as I’d planned. I suddenly didn’t belong anywhere. In my early 30s,