stephanie goldman: shele was fancy. she was smart. she was educated. andrea canning: shele's friend, stephanie goldman, remembers the day shele took her to the upscale friars club. stephanie goldman: it was wintertime. she was wearing her fur coat, her mink coat. men just came over to her. they-- it was like being swept off her feet. she's got the finance job, the style. the-- i mean, it sounds like she kind of was the classic new york city woman. absolutely. absolutely, she was. andrea canning: in february of 1998, shele went to a jewish singles mixer in manhattan, where sparks flew with a guy she met there. his name-- rod covlin. she called her sister that night with an outrageous announcement. she was all giggles. and she said, i met a guy, a really nice guy. and she said, we're on our way to the airport to elope. she was laughing. and i said, shele, please don't do this. andrea canning: eve talked her sister out of it that night. but shele was serious, and so was rod. shele was 11 years older than him, but that didn't seem to matter. his parents, d