This week on The Perfect Scan.

My husband finally goes, we can't do this anymore.

I don't mind.

I understand what happened.

And he said, we've spent an unbelievable amount of money that we didn't have.

And I was like, okay.

And he says, no, an unbelievable amount you'll never believe.

And I'm like, okay.

So once I got that information, I went to my boss and said I needed a second job so I'm only going to be able to work certain hours and he said I'll give you a job.

So you can make up that money and here I am cleaning toilets at my office.

Welcome back to the perfect scam. I'm your host Bob Sullivan.

It's very hard when a busy, noisy house suddenly goes quiet.

Michael and Kelly Regan went through this recently when their three kids moved out in quick succession.

But the aching feeling of quiet got much worse when their two dogs, Luke and Maggie, crossed the Rainbow Bridge soon after.

Things got so quiet that, as you'll hear, Kelly didn't even want to go home after work at night.

So the couple went online looking for a new pet to fill their home with the sound of Paw Prince and Love Again.

Instead, they almost lost their home when a criminal stole just about every last penny they had.

This story is achingly sad but I promise there's a happy

ending too involving a puppy so small that Kelly had to cut a hole in a sock just to fashion a coat for him.

But the journey to that happy ending is,

well, you just have to hear it.

Meet Michael and Kelly.

...