. >> reporter: meghan verikas is a pittsburgh girl born and raised. steeler games, tight-knit friends, a solid family. >> i grew up with my parents who've been married for 35 years. >> reporter: meghan's own love life wasn't so simple. she got married in her 20s. but she and her husband drifted apart. so she threw herself into her work, managing a busy hotel downtown. >> it's a fun job. you meet a lotta different people. >> reporter: one of those people was a local doctor, who checked in during the winter of 2014. his name was leon jacob. what's your first impression? >> he was arrogant. "oh, i'm a doctor. give me whatever suite you have." >> reporter: what did you make of that? did you think to yourself, i don't want anything to do with this guy? >> exactly. exactly. but he wears on you. >> reporter: leon came from a well-to-do family and attended an elite boarding school. now, he told her, he was a transplant surgeon. >> i think that anybody is enamored by somebody who can save lives. >> reporter: like meghan, leon was unlucky in love. he told her he