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00:00The Spotlight.
00:01And we go on and on and on.
00:05Wow, OK.
00:07I'm like, yeah, I'm going to be a star one day.
00:08Hold on.
00:09But a traumatic event.
00:11You're going to pay for that.
00:12Turns her whole world inside out.
00:16What did it look like?
00:17I thought, like, I'm about to be ugly.
00:20It leads her down a twisted path of cyber affairs
00:25and sexual rivalries.
00:26Relax.
00:27Punk-ass Clifford.
00:28He's just being nice.
00:29Either you cheating, or you doing strange things for cash.
00:34That will push her and her lovers to their breaking point.
00:39I was panicking, like, get out this door.
00:42Open up.
00:42Why aren't you opening up?
00:44Look, look, I'm sorry.
00:45I'm going to show you where sorry is.
00:46Well, come on, please.
00:50Not all fairy tales have happy endings.
00:55When love goes wrong, a woman can do
00:58the unthinkable.
01:07All right, girl.
01:10Good job.
01:11Good job.
01:12Can we jump?
01:12We jump.
01:13Jump.
01:14At just 14 years old, LaShonda Woodard is already turning heads on the streets of Kankakee, Illinois.
01:22Somebody jump.
01:23Get in there, girl.
01:24As a child.
01:26Ooh.
01:27I had such a smart mouth.
01:30I was very blunt.
01:32All right, all right.
01:34She's showing y'all.
01:36Like, everyone loves me.
01:37All right, girl.
01:39You got this.
01:40I always wanted to be an actress and a singer.
01:43And the heat of the beat, it rises.
01:48I'm like, yeah, I'm going to be a star one day.
01:50Colors of love.
01:53Show me the colors of love.
01:57Girl, you got that.
02:00Hey, you see that?
02:02She was very independent.
02:04Always strong and kind of loud.
02:08That's awesome.
02:09Like, not the next Beyoncé, but better than Beyoncé.
02:13Okay.
02:13She will say what's on her mind.
02:15No problem, not at all.
02:16She don't even care.
02:17But at home, LaShonda, the oldest of three, is vulnerable.
02:25You think these bills are going to jump up off this table and pay themselves?
02:28What, do you think you're a comedian now?
02:30Huh?
02:30How much did that pay?
02:31Her and my dad was always bickering.
02:34And so we, the kids were in the middle of it.
02:37You know what, James?
02:37What?
02:38We're done.
02:38Done.
02:39Done.
02:39You know what done is?
02:40Done is this.
02:42That's done.
02:44When our home got broken up,
02:47to me, it was like, man, like, that wasn't the life that I once lived.
02:54Dr. Casey Jordan is a criminologist who studies violent behavior.
02:59When LaShonda's parents split up, it brings a lot of fear and uncertainty into her life.
03:04The way they interact with each other and share custody
03:07can really have an impact on their children's development.
03:10So with LaShonda, it could follow her through her teenage years
03:14and really impact her view of what a healthy relationship is.
03:20LaShonda and her younger brother Anthony move across town with their father,
03:25leaving their mother and younger sister behind.
03:30My mom, she loved us to death, but she didn't want to raise all those kids by herself.
03:35I have to ask how you felt about your mom not being around and giving up on you and
03:39sending you to your dad's.
03:40I was hurt because I thought my mom didn't want us.
03:51Isolated from her mother and starved for attention, LaShonda starts to rebel.
03:57Hey! Hey!
03:59What in the hell were you thinking?
04:02Getting suspended for fighting?
04:03It wasn't my fault. It wasn't my fault.
04:05So you want to know what fighting is? I'll show you what fighting is.
04:08My dad beat the hell out of me.
04:10I told you. I told you.
04:12He used to take like a stench cord and just beat my ass.
04:18Now you learned your lesson, huh?
04:22Come back.
04:24Get up. Ain't nothing wrong with you.
04:28Oh, baby.
04:29He just stopped.
04:30He was shocked and I hated him for that.
04:34Baby, come here.
04:35Hey, come.
04:44A week passes and LaShonda tries to forget about the painful ordeal.
04:50My brother had this little dance thing.
04:53Of course, my mom is there.
04:55And she sees me with this bandaid across my eye.
04:58What happened to you?
05:00Nothing. It's nothing.
05:02Did your daddy do this?
05:07She went crazy.
05:10Did you know about this?
05:11No.
05:12She snatched me up right then and there.
05:14Stay right there.
05:17Ain't no shame in my game.
05:18What I wanted to do to him, I know I would have went to jail for.
05:21The kids are coming with me.
05:23I didn't know this was happening over there.
05:25Really?
05:26We'll see what the police have to say about that.
05:28And we headed out on the phone.
05:30I thought so.
05:33Come on.
05:36Come on, team. Let's go.
05:38LaShonda and her brother move back in with her mom and her younger sister.
05:42Do it like this.
05:46Three years later, 17-year-old LaShonda's life takes another dramatic turn.
05:52When her mother gets a new job in Chicago.
06:04I was very concerned because my kids, they was born and raised in Kankakee.
06:08They never knew nothing about Chicago.
06:10And yes, it did kind of scare me.
06:12Barbara imposes a strict no-dating policy on her girls.
06:18Look at that girl, man.
06:19All right.
06:21You got some fans over there already.
06:23I ain't got time for that.
06:24I couldn't like nobody.
06:26I couldn't even stare at nobody.
06:28So, of course, at that age, I'm thinking about, oh, he cute.
06:32But that's it.
06:34Hey, what's up, mommy?
06:35What's up?
06:36Oh, look at that.
06:38She looking at me.
06:39You ain't dating in my house.
06:40Well, no, uh-uh.
06:42You want to date?
06:43Date when you get grown and get out.
06:46Yeah.
06:46I think I got that.
06:47I was raised up as my boyfriend was my books.
06:53Barbara wants her daughters to avoid all the mistakes that teenage girls can make.
06:58So, her no-dating policy is extreme.
07:00But she's convinced it is the only way to keep her feisty daughter out of trouble.
07:06Despite her mother's rules.
07:08What's up, little mama?
07:09LaShonda meets a young man named Marcus Manley, a local bad boy with a lot to prove.
07:16Welcome to Chi-town.
07:17Welcome to Chi-town.
07:18Yeah.
07:19You could tell me I had somebody.
07:20No, they call me Marcus.
07:22When I first seen LaShonda, I wanted to get to know her.
07:24So, what's going on?
07:25What's up with me and you?
07:26Now, they got some speaking tools, like, list stuff like, hey, how you doing, cutie, and
07:31little compliments.
07:31Me and you?
07:32There is no me and you.
07:33Oh, come on now.
07:34And I got a man already anyway.
07:36Girl, what your man got to do with me?
07:38He used to follow me.
07:39And I used to, like, I don't like him.
07:41He ugly, and...
07:42He's a sellout.
07:43I'm like, he looks like a frog.
07:45Oh, come on now.
07:46Let me help you take that in.
07:47She tried to push me off and tell me she had a boyfriend and everything.
07:52Hey, hit me up a little later, all right?
07:54Hey, I'm next door, five feet away.
07:57So, I just kept playing it smoothly.
07:59Oh, that's dirty, man.
08:01Give me that drink, man.
08:03When you young, girls like bad boys.
08:05And at that time, I was a bad boy.
08:08Over the next few weeks, Marcus starts growing on LaShonda.
08:11This one time, me and my friends got into this zombie type of makeup thing.
08:15It was just something about him.
08:18Why were you in zombie makeup?
08:20I don't know.
08:20He put a spell over me or something.
08:22A cop showed up right next to us.
08:25And you know we looking like the undead running around and...
08:28He's like me.
08:29He's crazy.
08:30He was very funny.
08:30What's up?
08:31Then I started liking him.
08:34Thank you for walking me.
08:35Oh, that's all good.
08:37Although they aren't dating...
08:39Can I walk you home tomorrow too?
08:41I guess so.
08:42LaShonda's mother tries to put an end to this budding friendship.
08:46Boy, if you don't get off my porch.
08:49Okay, calm down, Mom.
08:51Yes, I went off on him.
08:52I told him to stay the hell away from my house.
08:54I'm just looking.
08:56I'm not buying.
08:57Yeah, we're gonna sniff somewhere else.
08:59Go.
09:00Okay.
09:01I'll talk to you later.
09:02I really didn't pay attention to her.
09:04I thought she was just old and was just jealous of her daughter.
09:08I'm gonna get that dude.
09:15As the attraction builds...
09:17Hi, Shonda.
09:18Hey, what's happening?
09:18Hey, what's up?
09:19Hold on, hold on, hold on.
09:20Marcus becomes focused on sealing the deal with LaShonda.
09:24Where you going?
09:26Hey, you need to take that somewhere else because I'm not that kind of chick.
09:29I'm like, boy, you can get the hell out of my face.
09:31Ain't nothing going on.
09:32Hey, I'm sorry.
09:33Hey, for real.
09:35I ain't no choice but to respect it.
09:36Hey, I'll take it back.
09:38Well, that just made me more thirsty.
09:40Like, man, I really want to get with her now.
09:46Hey, hey, hey, hey.
09:48Marcus pursues LaShonda for a full year.
09:51Happy birthday, girl.
09:54When her 18th birthday rolls around,
09:57she finally decides to let him catch her.
10:00So what you doing later on tonight?
10:01I cannot wait.
10:03This is going down.
10:05I mean, you're 18 now.
10:06You can do what you want.
10:07You an adult.
10:08So far, LaShonda has avoided trouble on the streets of Chicago.
10:12But her luck is about to run out.
10:16This girl, Nikki, she comes across the street.
10:20She did not look right to me.
10:21When I seen her, I was kind of in shock because I couldn't believe it.
10:25I'm going to run to the store real quick.
10:27Want me to get you something?
10:28Yeah.
10:28I definitely didn't want any one of them to figure out that they got something in common.
10:32I'll see you in a second, all right?
10:33And so I left.
10:35Up out here in Chi-Town.
10:37Yep.
10:38Want a girl to get down.
10:39Oh.
10:40When Nikki approaches,
10:41LaShonda.
10:42LaShonda learns exactly what they have in common.
10:46That's my baby daddy, and we're about to get married.
10:48Baby, I don't know nothing about that.
10:50Like, well, he didn't tell me that, you know.
10:52That ain't what he said, but if that's your man, you could have him.
10:55But Nikki has no interest in LaShonda's side of the story.
10:59You a hoe.
11:00I ain't no hoe.
11:01You want to fight over here?
11:02And LaShonda's had enough.
11:07We are fighting.
11:07We are getting down.
11:10I see a lot of people coming around.
11:12Yeah, that's what you get.
11:14Then there was two people on each of my arms, and I'm thinking they're trying to pull me up off her.
11:22But these strangers aren't LaShonda's friends.
11:25They're with Nikki.
11:27What you doing?
11:28Oh.
11:28Gotta go with my arms.
11:29You gonna pay for that, bitch.
11:30Hold me down.
11:32Here, Nikki.
11:32Yeah.
11:33Oh.
11:34Oh.
11:34Oh.
11:35Oh.
11:35Oh.
11:36Oh.
11:36Oh.
11:37Oh.
11:37Oh.
11:37Oh.
11:38Oh.
11:38Oh.
11:39Oh.
11:39Oh.
11:40Oh.
11:40Oh.
11:41Oh.
11:41Oh.
11:42Oh.
11:42Oh.
11:43Oh.
11:43Oh.
11:44Oh.
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11:45Oh.
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11:48Oh.
11:48Oh.
11:49Oh.
11:49Oh.
11:50Oh.
11:50Oh.
11:50Oh.
11:51Oh.
11:51Oh.
11:52Oh.
11:52Nikki had a boss cutter.
11:54Come on, get help.
11:55Oh.
11:55Oh.
11:56When I looked down, well, it was just coming out.
12:00Stop it.
12:01Stop it.
12:02Stop coming out of my back.
12:04What did it look like?
12:05It was...
12:10My face was wide.
12:12Like, it was wide open.
12:13My face was a mess.
12:16The only thing I thought, like, I'm about to be ugly.
12:19When LaShonda returns home from the hospital, the trauma from the attack begins to sink in.
12:32I'm just looking in the mirror and cry, like, why?
12:34Why me?
12:37I had like 70 stitches in my face.
12:39I was depressed.
12:41Can you show me?
12:48In a moment of desperation, LaShonda makes a silent promise to herself.
12:52If I get into anybody, I'm going to get you before you get me.
12:59No one's going to hurt you.
13:01No one's going to help me because I'm going to hurt you before you hurt me.
13:03Trust me.
13:04It's understandable that this attack has left LaShonda shaken and reeling.
13:11But she's taking away the wrong lesson.
13:14Instead of focusing on how she will defend herself in the future,
13:16she needs to focus on who she can trust.
13:19Now that she's armed and angry, I worry that she is heading down a dangerous path.
13:27Marcus waits for the dust to settle.
13:29What's wrong?
13:31Then shows up on LaShonda's doorstep.
13:36What you want?
13:37Can we talk?
13:38And what happened when you finally saw Marcus?
13:41I couldn't really so much look in his face because I was embarrassed.
13:44Your mama here?
13:46No, you got a few minutes.
13:47She's at the store.
13:48I was kind of in shock because I didn't know the severity of you.
13:52You good?
13:53No, I ain't good.
13:55I kept telling him, like, it don't affect now you still pretty.
13:58I still love you.
14:00It's not going to change the way I look at you.
14:02I'm sorry.
14:03That's when it really kicked in and I felt real guilty.
14:09Tell you how I feel and what not.
14:14That's pretty seductive.
14:16A man who feels responsible because it was his ex-girlfriend.
14:20That's how you feel?
14:22Yeah.
14:23I mean, I think any girl in your situation would be a sucker for that.
14:27I was, I was a blow pop for that.
14:32I was.
14:33And I got you something.
14:36LaShonda is in a pit of depression and self-pity because of this very disfiguring facial scar.
14:43Marcus takes advantage of that vulnerability at a time when really LaShonda should have nothing more to do with him.
14:49You need to keep that on all the time.
14:53It protects you.
14:54Always.
14:56He really lifted me up.
14:57I was at my lowest.
14:59I was depressed.
15:00I felt ugly.
15:02And he just, you're not ugly.
15:04You're beautiful.
15:05And I feel for that.
15:08I feel for it.
15:13So I'm thinking, wow, he really loved me.
15:17We finally get to go out.
15:19I'm so excited.
15:19Their bond grows stronger and they finally start dating.
15:23It just became official that we became a couple and everybody knew it.
15:28And I fell in love with her.
15:30Back to my house just to chill.
15:32Quick kiss.
15:32It took the lid off the cookie jar, though.
15:35Oh, yeah, then.
15:37I'm like, I want to know why I almost died.
15:39Let me see what this is all about.
15:44It's everything she hoped it would be.
15:47And for the next several months, the couple lives in carnal bliss.
15:51But for Marcus, his passion quickly devolves into jealousy.
15:56I was really concerned about her leaving me for somebody else.
15:59Plenty of times I told her, like, don't go outside.
16:03What the hell is that?
16:05What you doing?
16:05Don't worry about that.
16:06What's good?
16:07I was going to her room and take her clothes so she wouldn't get dressed.
16:10So we're shutting it up.
16:12What?
16:13We and some friends are going out.
16:14Trying to see if she want to come with us.
16:15What you mean?
16:16The moment I gave it up, I was all his.
16:18I mean, why are you tripping?
16:19It's a wrap.
16:21Yeah, it's a wrap.
16:22You're trying to claim mine?
16:24I ain't trying to claim shit, bro.
16:25Mark it.
16:27Bring my clothes back here.
16:29I belong to hell.
16:30In his mind.
16:32Yes.
16:37Marcus.
16:38Bring me my clothes back.
16:39Hey, don't worry about your clothes.
16:40What you need your clothes for?
16:41Because I'm getting ready to go.
16:43We can watch a movie all day.
16:44I don't want to stay here and watch a movie.
16:45Why not?
16:46And you acting crazy.
16:47Then LaShonda hears her mother fighting with her new boyfriend.
16:51We're staying.
16:52Get your hands off of it.
16:54Stop!
16:55That's my mom.
16:56Oh, don't worry about that.
16:57Don't worry about that.
16:59Move out of my way.
17:00Put that back.
17:00Put that back.
17:01Oh, hell no way.
17:02I'm out.
17:03Calm down.
17:04He tells me it's not none of my business.
17:06Hey, woman, you better back up right now.
17:08This is my mom.
17:09Do you watch your mom get beat?
17:10I'm not going to watch my mom get beat.
17:12I'm out of my way.
17:13You better calm down.
17:15In a flash of rage, Marcus grabs LaShonda.
17:18Let go.
17:19He drank and he's like, you ain't had nothing to do with that.
17:22I told you.
17:23Listen to me.
17:24Be quiet.
17:25Well, LaShonda, she got like a little certain look.
17:29Let go.
17:30Shut up and listen.
17:30You never listen.
17:32And she just flip out.
17:35Whoa, whoa, whoa.
17:36Get the hell off me.
17:37Whoa.
17:38Crazy?
17:39No, you crazy.
17:40Now, I'm going to show you.
17:41You going to pay me.
17:42I honestly felt like she was going to kill him.
17:47Put it down.
17:52He grabbed the knife from me.
17:55And he put the knife up to my throat.
17:59Told me he was going to kill me.
18:12No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
18:18Who's in control now?
18:20It was clear that he was crazy.
18:21And it looked like he was going to kill me.
18:26Oh, no.
18:29Play those games with me.
18:31And he just got to beat my ass.
18:37Look what you made me do.
18:39She was like dazed, but she was more in shock that I hit her.
18:44That's what you get.
18:45And I'm just on the floor crying.
18:47Like, why did you do me like this?
18:51I knew she was hurt, but I wasn't trying to stick around
18:53and pay her no attention.
19:01A week later, LaShonda begins having sharp abdominal pains.
19:05I was in so much pain.
19:09My back and my stomach was hurt, and I was having cramps.
19:15The worst pains ever.
19:18LaShonda immediately goes to the hospital.
19:22Hi, sweetie.
19:23Where she receives devastating news.
19:26How are you?
19:28All right.
19:29LaShonda, I'm sorry to be the one to have to tell you,
19:33but you've had some complications with your pregnancy.
19:39My pregnancy?
19:39You didn't know you were pregnant?
19:41I did not even know it.
19:47And it hurted me to the core.
19:50I lost my baby.
20:01LaShonda returns home to share the tragic news with Marcus.
20:10I knew you'd be back.
20:12Look, you need to see this.
20:15She showed me the paperwork from the hospital.
20:19That's your problem.
20:21Deal with it.
20:22It hurted me, but I didn't want to let her know that it hurted me.
20:26Anything else you want?
20:28You know what?
20:29LaShonda is sickened by Marcus's response.
20:32Forget you.
20:34And cuts him out of her life for good.
20:36I hated him.
20:40I hated him.
20:41I didn't want to talk to him anymore.
20:43You were done.
20:44I was done.
20:47Alone and depressed, LaShonda keeps her secret locked inside.
20:53What's the matter, baby?
20:55And it's not the kind of thing you want to tell your mom?
20:58Oh, no.
20:59She would have disapproved.
21:00I was going to take you to the grave.
21:02There's nothing wrong?
21:04I have to escort you.
21:06Well, what happened?
21:07Trauma.
21:09She's a cry all the time.
21:11It's like a lot of anger in her.
21:14A lot of anger.
21:15All right.
21:18Her whole attitude changed.
21:21Like, I don't give a hell about nothing.
21:26Oh, I'm so sick of it here.
21:28I do everything.
21:29But keeping this secret from her mother
21:32increases the tension at home.
21:34I'm 18 years old.
21:35I don't care.
21:35You don't act like it.
21:37And before long, they're arguing nearly every day.
21:40It's not fair.
21:41I'm not going to be a grandmother.
21:43I love her to the death.
21:45But me and LaShonda can't stay in the same room together.
21:48You know what?
21:49Then Barbara says something she can't take back.
21:53That bitch should have killed you.
22:01That killed me inside.
22:03LaShonda moves out of her mother's house, leaving a wake of painful memories behind.
22:14I don't need it.
22:15I'm too young to be going through the things that I am going through.
22:18I'm too young for it.
22:20I never even had a childhood at all.
22:24Between LaShonda's secret about the miscarriage and her mother's constant cruelty,
22:28their ability to love and trust each other is completely compromised.
22:39LaShonda refuses to let her mother's rejection destroy her future.
22:44She moves to the outskirts of Chicago and spends the next five years rebuilding her life.
22:50I ended up moving out of town.
22:57I got my own apartment.
22:59I was working.
23:00I was going to school.
23:06Didn't nobody believe in me.
23:08But I did it.
23:09I did it by myself.
23:14LaShonda pays the bills as a waitress.
23:16Rating.
23:17But she spends her free time pursuing her passion.
23:22I know how to braid.
23:24What were you studying?
23:25Cosmetology.
23:27Yes, I went.
23:28Your face just lit up.
23:30Because I loved it.
23:31I'm like this girly, girly type.
23:34I love my hair, my lashes, my nails.
23:37And I'm like, I want to go learn how to do this.
23:42As LaShonda reclaims her life, she decides to update her Facebook profile.
23:47And gets a welcome surprise.
23:51I'm just going down my timeline.
23:53And this guy that I hadn't seen in so long, he writes on my wall.
23:58Hey, beautiful.
23:59What's his name?
24:00Antonio.
24:01That's exactly what I say.
24:03Even though Antonio lives an hour away in Kankakee.
24:06I love talking to you, actually.
24:08Two.
24:10LaShonda decides to stay in touch.
24:12Hey, can I ask you something?
24:14Yeah.
24:16Would you pray with me?
24:18It'll be short.
24:20I'd love to pray together.
24:21All right.
24:24Antonio is a spiritual guy.
24:26Very.
24:28Almost like a therapist.
24:29Yes, he was my Dr. Phil.
24:32My Oprah.
24:34Dear Heavenly Father, I want to ask you to keep your eyes over LaShonda.
24:38I just tried to do everything I could to uplift her and bring her up to par.
24:45Praise you, Jesus.
24:46In Jesus' name, amen.
24:48Amen.
24:49We was talking on the phone, like two, three hours.
24:54You know, I even go to sleep with her on the phone.
24:57So, I mean, it was cool.
24:58Like, LaShonda most definitely got a good heart.
25:02As their relationship heats up, Antonio starts to feel the distance.
25:11Hey.
25:12Hey.
25:13Hey, I'm sorry I missed your call.
25:15I was like, okay, I want you to come out here with me and be with me.
25:20Really?
25:21No, seriously.
25:22Like, I want you to stay with me.
25:24Those was the words I wanted to hear.
25:25Sounded like great music to my ears.
25:28So, you're falling for him.
25:29Oh, yeah.
25:29I'm falling for him.
25:30I'm strong.
25:31I'd love to.
25:34Okay.
25:34LaShonda craves normalcy.
25:36She has spent the last several years recovering from the string of traumas.
25:40Now that she's totally enamored with her spiritual boyfriend,
25:44it really begs the question, how well does she know Antonio?
25:48Keep your eyes closed.
25:49Okay.
25:51Antonio receives LaShonda with open arms.
25:55Wait right here.
25:56Wait right here.
25:56Where are you taking me?
25:58And has a big surprise up his sleeve.
26:01I love my eyes now.
26:02Yes, you can open your eyes.
26:07Oh, my God.
26:08Yeah.
26:09I like the chocolate.
26:12You like the chocolate?
26:13But where are we?
26:15This is ours, baby.
26:16This is our place?
26:18For real.
26:18For real.
26:19I'm going to get my new place.
26:21When we started from the bottom, we didn't have no furniture, no plates, no anything.
26:27But we made things happen.
26:28Look, we got our own backyard.
26:30LaShonda embraces her new home.
26:33Look, we got all this space.
26:35And you've got to see the kitchen.
26:36And dreams of the life she and Antonio will build together.
26:44But LaShonda's new life with Antonio begins to look like a mistake when she makes a disturbing discovery.
26:51What is that?
26:56Oh, hell no.
26:58I was cleaned up and I stumbled across a gun.
27:02A gun in your apartment?
27:03A gun.
27:05LaShonda fears that her new man is not all he appears to be.
27:21Oh, hell no.
27:29LaShonda Woodard wonders what her dream man could be hiding.
27:35This one right here.
27:37Call Antonio.
27:38What's a gun doing in your house?
27:40I had no idea, but I was going to get to the bottom of that.
27:43Hey.
27:44What's up?
27:45Guess what I found in the drawer.
27:47I don't know what you're talking about.
27:48Mm-hmm.
27:50She tried to ask me to get rid of her, but I'm not getting rid of this gun.
27:55You gotta understand, it's not safe out here, okay?
27:58Please, you's a fake-ass thug.
28:00Stop being like that, you know?
28:01No, no.
28:02We ain't gotta work out nothing.
28:03You seem like you got something you need to work out.
28:06A gun in the house is a huge red flag.
28:08But LaShonda is so desperate for love and acceptance that she decides to let it slide.
28:13But your own clothes way too.
28:15She is blind to the fact that she is placing her future in the hands of a man that she really knows nothing about.
28:20It's as if she learned nothing from her relationship with Marcus.
28:26Within a few weeks, their relationship is tested once again.
28:30Hey baby, what you doing home so early?
28:33The warehouse made some cutbacks and I didn't make the cut.
28:39Oh, we always find a way.
28:42Come here.
28:43I don't want to be back on the streets, so I'm stressing.
28:48Like damn, I wish these jobs would call me.
28:50I wish something would happen.
28:56As the pair struggle to find a job, an unusual opportunity falls right into LaShonda's lap.
29:05I was on Facebook and this girl, she posted up, she had this sugar daddy.
29:12What's a sugar daddy?
29:13A man that gives a younger woman money and spoils her.
29:17The guy has sent her like $4,500.
29:19What?
29:20And I was like, damn, but for doing what, LaShonda?
29:23She claimed she had never done nothing with him at all.
29:26But I was like, this can't be true.
29:29Let's do it.
29:31It seems a little shady, but LaShonda is overcome with curiosity.
29:38So I signed up and then I ran across this one guy.
29:47Mm, good one.
29:49And what's his name?
29:50Clifford.
29:51His name is Clifford.
29:53That's what I'm talking about.
29:56He was in his 50s.
29:58I told him everything I was going through.
30:01A week after we started talking, I woke up to a text message saying, go get your money, hon.
30:08I sent you $1,000.
30:12Hey, baby.
30:13Hey, babe.
30:14LaShonda returns home with the cash.
30:17Our problems are solved.
30:18How'd you get this?
30:20She comes clean to Antonio.
30:22It's nothing.
30:23It's just texting, baby.
30:25All right, but you're not seeing this guy, okay?
30:27No.
30:29I told him I had a sugar daddy.
30:31Wait a minute.
30:31And he's okay with that?
30:32Yeah.
30:33I was very honest and open with him.
30:35This is all good.
30:36Okay.
30:38I was a little frustrated, but at the same time, she made things happen.
30:45I was just so happy that the money was coming in.
30:53As deviant as the sugar daddy thing is, LaShonda has actually found a way to pay the bills.
30:59Still, she needs to be careful because most sugar daddy relationships go way beyond texting.
31:04And if that ends up happening with LaShonda, her relationship with Antonio is over.
31:09Oh, wow.
31:14You did all this for me?
31:16Oh, yeah.
31:17You know it, baby.
31:17Happy Valentine's Day, baby.
31:19Even though Clifford's come to her rescue, LaShonda's heart belongs to Antonio.
31:24What you got in there?
31:25What you got in there?
31:25Shh.
31:26You got to wait till turn.
31:28And on Valentine's Day, he pulls out all the stops.
31:33Oh, my God.
31:34What's that?
31:35What's that?
31:36Follow it.
31:37I was stressed for cash, so I had to do what I could do, romanticly, for both of us.
31:43Oh, baby.
31:45I came back home.
31:47That was rose petals.
31:48Romantic.
31:50Through the hallway, in our room, all in our bed.
31:53Spelled out, I heart you.
31:56In rose petals.
31:57It was so sweet.
31:58He's cooking, making me some steak and shrimp and stuff.
32:08I was like, oh.
32:11Next thing I know, we hear something at the door.
32:13Hey, babe, can you get that?
32:14It was a delivery man.
32:17Oh, wow.
32:19I love him, baby.
32:21Who the hell is that from?
32:22I'm thinking it's from Antonio.
32:23Quit playing.
32:24Hey, I'm not playing.
32:24Who the hell is that from?
32:26So now I'm looking crazy.
32:27Who is it from?
32:29You really didn't send me this back?
32:30Man, I didn't get you nervous.
32:32There's a card, and there's cash in there.
32:35That punk-ass Clifford.
32:37And I was like, oh, lord, it's about to be problems now.
32:41Relax, okay?
32:42To Antonio, flowers from Clifford suggest the arrangement has moved beyond flirty text messages.
32:49Either you cheating, or you doing strange things for cash.
32:54What the hell?
32:54That's my stuff.
32:55That's Clifford's stuff.
32:56How do you break my stuff?
32:57This is stupid, babe.
32:57I'll quit you.
32:58This is stupid chocolate.
32:59No, I'll show you.
32:59No, I'll show you.
33:00Ow!
33:01Antonio's eyes go blank.
33:05Let me go!
33:09Turn this back.
33:09I went to go grab a knife.
33:11You done lost your mind, but I'm going to help you find me.
33:13No, you can't.
33:14I'm going to cut your ass.
33:15Lady, you crazy.
33:17Like, real crazy.
33:20I'll show you.
33:20You.
33:22She's just swinging his damn knife.
33:24And I'm like, girl, you most definitely could have just stabbed me.
33:27For real, for real.
33:29LaShonda loses her grip on the knife, and the tables suddenly turn.
33:35Want me to shoot you, you crazy bitch?
33:38I told you not to mess me with you crazy bitch.
33:39You going to shoot me?
33:43Shot at me.
33:44I thought I was crazy, but no, you pulled the trigger.
33:47She's so dramatic.
33:51Like, I didn't shoot it at her, I shot it in the air.
33:55And the heat hit her shirt.
33:56You done lost your mind.
33:58She acted like she was shot.
33:59Get the hell out.
34:00I guess she wanted me to give her some attention.
34:04Get out!
34:13This was your first big relationship.
34:15It was. It was my first live-in.
34:22Like, he was so much better than Marcus.
34:24Until he laid his hands on you.
34:25Until he laid his hands on me.
34:26I'm like, he's just like Marcus.
34:30No, come on, man.
34:30For real?
34:32LaShonda embraces her independence.
34:35She gets a job and cuts ties with Antonio and Clifford.
34:40She's looking for a fresh start.
34:42No, that ain't T.O. Randolph.
34:46Boy!
34:46What, LaShonda?
34:47I hear somebody in the next aisle.
34:50How you doing?
34:52Oh, my God.
34:54My first crush.
34:55Wow.
34:56I mean, you look, you look, you look, you look, you look very good.
34:59You look very good.
35:00I knew her since she was 13 years old.
35:04I'm finishing up here.
35:05Me too.
35:06We had a great relationship, really, as friends.
35:09So when I did see her, it was a big joy.
35:12You sound like you've done well for yourself.
35:14I'll try.
35:16Although they never dated, LaShonda always felt a special connection with Tion.
35:21I gotta ask, you still sing, right?
35:26Yeah.
35:26Okay, let me hear it.
35:27Right now?
35:28Yeah, right now.
35:29Oh, come on.
35:30Okay.
35:30Hold on.
35:32LaShonda, she's just the ultimate star.
35:35And we go on and on and on and on and on.
35:41Wow.
35:42Okay.
35:43You still got it.
35:44And any star needs attention, you know, even the brightest one in the skies.
35:48Look, listen, listen.
35:50We should hang out, for real.
35:51Like, we should definitely catch up.
35:52Yeah.
35:53Tion and LaShonda's chemistry is explosive.
35:56Who said that I want to write a song about you?
35:58Oh.
35:59Within a week of reconnecting, their relationship takes off like a rocket ship.
36:04It was perfect.
36:06How can I keep him from underneath me?
36:08I know that look.
36:09Yeah.
36:09He kissed the ground that I walked on.
36:13He treating me like a queen.
36:15I could be with you all day.
36:17I already know.
36:18No.
36:19The attention is nice, but after three months of dating, LaShonda needs some breathing room.
36:24She needs a break.
36:25Oh, okay.
36:27Why don't you get out of the house?
36:29Like, go hang out with your boys.
36:30Oh, for real?
36:31Yeah.
36:36Y'all need to get on with that chest though, man.
36:38I was just kicking with the boys.
36:41Drinking and chilling and just, you know, having boy time.
36:44You better watch your game, man, because you're a loser.
36:47But boy time takes a dark turn.
36:50Hey, let me wrap to you for a sec.
36:51When LaShonda's ex, Antonio, shows up to mess with Tion's head.
36:55What's up, man?
36:56Hey, man.
36:57I know LaShonda's your girl and everything, but I got her pregnant.
37:00What's she talking about, man?
37:02Man, it was like, it was a wallet, man.
37:04What's your problem, man?
37:05It kind of got to me a little bit because, I mean, in my eyes, that's supposed to be my child's mother.
37:11The baby's yours?
37:12Hey, man.
37:13Don't get mad at you.
37:14Don't get mad at you, man.
37:15You see my girl like that?
37:17It happened before you, man.
37:19End of your business, dude.
37:20Tion stumbles home to confront LaShonda about her little secret.
37:33Hey, what you doing here?
37:35I thought you was going out with Shaquan and them.
37:37Oh, no, I was, but we ran into your little boyfriend, Antonio.
37:41My boyfriend?
37:42Yeah, your boyfriend.
37:43Antonio ain't my boyfriend.
37:45You let me in on your little secret, right?
37:47Okay.
37:48Okay, see Grover.
37:49Okay, yeah, you killed this kid.
37:51Huh?
37:54He told him that I was pregnant about him.
37:55Tion doesn't believe this, does he?
37:57He's drinking, so he believed it.
37:59One.
38:00What, what?
38:00Take one step back.
38:01I'm not taking any steps back.
38:02You need a breath, man.
38:03No, I don't need, don't, don't.
38:04And two, you stupid for believing that.
38:06No, no, I'm stupid for living with a freaking slut.
38:08That's not stupid.
38:09Oh, oh, I'm a slut now?
38:10Yeah, that's what you.
38:10But you feeling small?
38:11You feeling a little small compared to him?
38:13That's why you tripping.
38:15She pressed my button, so I was just trying to get away
38:18from the situation.
38:20Wait.
38:21Next thing I know.
38:21Wait.
38:22Don't, don't touch me.
38:25He punches me in my mouth.
38:27Busts my whole mouth open.
38:29Look, Shonda, I'm sorry, okay?
38:31Look, I just messed up.
38:32And I looked at him like, you just hit me.
38:35I'm sorry, look, look, look.
38:37Don't do anything crazy, okay?
38:38Shonda, where you going?
38:40I was apologetic, but at the same time, I was walking towards the door.
38:45Shonda, what you doing?
38:46Whoa, okay, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
38:48Listen, we can talk about this, all right?
38:51We can, I'll go, okay?
38:53Look, I'll.
38:54It was a screen door, and it was hard to unlock.
38:56Come on, Shonda, please.
38:58I was panicking, like, oh, man, get out this door, get out this door.
39:01Get out this door, open up.
39:03Why, why ain't you opening up?
39:04Look, look, I'm sorry.
39:06Oh, yeah, you sorry, all right?
39:07I ain't praying like, Lord, let me at least get to him a little bit,
39:10so he can feel my pain.
39:12Look, come on, please, please.
39:14I'm sorry.
39:15Sorry now?
39:15I'm sorry now.
39:16Okay, look, stop.
39:17I'm gonna show you what sorry is.
39:19Look, come on, please.
39:28I turned around, and I seen the knife, and I'm, like, thinking to myself, what, you
39:46about to cut me?
39:47Stop, stop.
39:48I stood on me, like, right here on his back shoulder.
39:53You stabbed him in his back?
39:54Yeah.
39:55I wanted to teach him a lesson.
39:56What the hell is your problem?
39:58What the hell is your problem?
39:59He tried to come back in.
40:01Yeah, I'm gonna show you again.
40:02I just took the knife and just jammed through his hand.
40:10Are you crazy?
40:11What's your problem?
40:12That's revenge.
40:13That's not self-defense.
40:14It was self-defense, because he touched me first.
40:18Don't go in the jail, bitch.
40:19You're going to jail.
40:20When she snaps back to reality, LaShonda immediately calls the police.
40:26Have you been drinking?
40:29Hey, that doesn't matter, man.
40:31My hand.
40:32Part of me thinking that they're going to arrest both of us because I got stabbed and she got
40:38hit.
40:39That crazy bitch stabbed me with a kitchen knife.
40:41That's what happened, all right?
40:42All right?
40:42I'm yelling at myself like, you got to learn how to think before reacting, girl.
40:48Ma'am, your boyfriend said you stabbed him.
40:51My ex-boyfriend.
40:53And the police was like, well, he told me you stabbed him.
40:56I said, I did.
40:58You don't see my mouth?
41:00He came home drunk and he punched me in the face.
41:03In other words, the police hear the story and they don't want to get involved in the details.
41:07And they see a woman with a mouth busted open.
41:12Tian is arrested on a domestic assault charge and spends the night in jail.
41:16Both decide not to press charges.
41:21She thought that me getting arrested would teach me a lesson.
41:25And it did.
41:27Absolutely.
41:29But Tian's punishment is not enough for LaShonda.
41:34She breaks it off and never looks back.
41:36LaShonda is a strong woman, but she's also a dangerous woman.
41:42The fact that she has attacked three men with a knife and has never been arrested is amazing.
41:47But if she wants to stay out of prison in the future,
41:49LaShonda needs to find another way to resolve conflict.
41:55After the stabbing, LaShonda moves to Galveston, Texas to build a new life.
42:01Although it can be lonely, LaShonda claims the distance has allowed her to reflect on her choices
42:08and turn her life around.
42:09I still have my days when I think back to, damn, girl, you've been through a lot.
42:16And you are still standing strong.
42:19My husband's going to love me.
42:21Whoever he is, he's going to love me.
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