Their daughters are 12 and 10, a bit too young for Ted just to have put them on a plane and left them to be picked up at the other end of the trip, especially since they need to go through customs and border protection.
They had their mother
He blew the cover up.
He didnt realize that
1: Heidi’s friends would release the texts showing he lied
2. Someone at the airline would reveal to a reporter that he was lying about his return ticket.
They have a mother.