Generally, I'm nice to everybody and stuff like that.

And just one bad step is enough to really knock everything off.

That one bad step is what this is all about.

It's why Scaler Daily Own was wearing government orange when we spoke with them.

What do you want people to know about you?

I'm not sure what I wanted to know about me except for just wanted to apologize.

I guess just get it out there, sorry about some of the circumstances.

Circumstances?

One mistake?

When you hear his story, you can decide if that's the right way to describe how Scaler ended

up in jail.

Another is that Scaler had started veering off course years before.

By the way, that name Scaler Daily Own, it's made up.

And that's kind of fitting.

Because as you'll hear, Scaler is a big pretender.

And although it was easy for us to see that he might not be trustworthy, shackled and guarded,

when Tom and Jackie Hawks met Scaler, they probably did not suspect that the freshly scrubbed

family man who liked boats, surfing and diving was anything other than what he seemed.

And of course, Tom and Jackie were used to meeting all kinds of people in their travels.

Ryan Hawks remembers how his dad and stepmom worked for years, earning their dream of a life

on the water.

Give me some idea of how long in your life they were talking about.

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