1 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:06,760 Speaker 1: I grabbed my phone, and I put my mom's phone 2 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:08,319 Speaker 1: number in my phone, and I put the phone to 3 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:10,480 Speaker 1: my chest, and I keep my finger on the call button, 4 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 1: and I can't stop these thoughts. 5 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:14,480 Speaker 2: I don't know how else to explain it. 6 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:16,680 Speaker 1: It was just like somebody was whispering in my ear, 7 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:20,080 Speaker 1: telling me something bad was about to happen. 8 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:37,720 Speaker 3: I'm Andrea Gunning and this is Betrayal, a show about 9 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 3: the people we trust the most and the deceptions that 10 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:48,080 Speaker 3: change everything. Angelique Robletto was thrust into the headlines when 11 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 3: she was only seventeen. 12 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 1: Everybody was outside my door. I had every single news station. 13 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:55,600 Speaker 1: I had people calling me. I had Anderson Cooper calling me. 14 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:57,520 Speaker 1: I don't even know how they got my number. 15 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 3: As a teenager, Angelique experienced to horribly traumatic betrayal. And 16 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 3: that's the story you're going to hear over the next 17 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 3: two episodes. It's taken her ten years of hindsight processing 18 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 3: and her own investigation to be able to tell the 19 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 3: full story, not just for the headlines or the tabloids, 20 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:22,800 Speaker 3: but for herself. Today, Angelique is finally ready to tell 21 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:24,240 Speaker 3: her story her way. 22 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:28,399 Speaker 1: My motivation is not just to get my story out. 23 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:31,040 Speaker 1: It's also to be a voice for the mothers that 24 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:34,480 Speaker 1: are not here, that didn't get to survive this crime. 25 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:40,080 Speaker 3: Angelique grew up in a large Mexican American family. 26 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 1: And so when we have get togethers, it's not just 27 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 1: to get together. 28 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:44,400 Speaker 2: It was always a party. 29 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 1: There was always like it being out that our cousins, 30 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:50,600 Speaker 1: our aunts, our uncles, the whole shebang would come together. 31 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 3: Their house was always a gathering place for friends and family. 32 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 3: Angelique's mom was an interior designer and she loved being 33 00:01:58,480 --> 00:01:59,080 Speaker 3: a hostess. 34 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 1: Growing up when we lived in a mobile home, she 35 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 1: didn't care like, come to our house, you know, come 36 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 1: hang out with us. She would be an amazing host. 37 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:10,080 Speaker 1: I just remember her always constantly baking cookies, putting them 38 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:13,240 Speaker 1: out on the table, and you know, always having like lemonade, 39 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:14,359 Speaker 1: always having things. 40 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 3: It was a loving home. Angelique was the only girl 41 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:22,239 Speaker 3: in a family full of brothers. She was the sensitive one. 42 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 2: I feel like I'm the odd ball out in my family. 43 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 1: I do feel like I'm the one that worries more 44 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 1: about people and what they think and also what they 45 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 1: think of me. 46 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:35,920 Speaker 3: Compared to her brothers, she was more of a people pleaser. 47 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:40,360 Speaker 3: She wanted to fit in and be liked. When Angelique 48 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:44,079 Speaker 3: was in middle school, her family moved from California to Arizona. 49 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:46,239 Speaker 3: It felt like a big upgrade. 50 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 1: We went from living in a mobile home park to 51 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:54,920 Speaker 1: what seemed like to me like a mansion, because you know, 52 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 1: back then the prices were a lot different. 53 00:02:57,960 --> 00:02:58,920 Speaker 2: We moved from. 54 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 1: California to Arizona and had a five bedroom home with 55 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:05,639 Speaker 1: a pool, and it was just amazing. 56 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 2: It was like a new start, in a new beginning. 57 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 3: But it was a difficult adjustment. She left all of 58 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 3: her friends behind and started middle school in a new state. 59 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:19,239 Speaker 1: I was the new girl. I definitely got stared at. 60 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:24,800 Speaker 1: I definitely got judged my first week of school. I 61 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 1: ended up eating lunch in the bathroom all by myself 62 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 1: for like a whole week because people did not like me. 63 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 3: So she developed a tough girl persona. 64 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 1: So I at that point had changed from the sweet 65 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 1: girl who never got into fights, who never even had 66 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:47,839 Speaker 1: an f ever, to this hardcore You know, I won't 67 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 1: say a bad person, but when I look back at 68 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 1: my childhood, I really do think of, like, wow, I 69 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 1: did change into this person that I could not even 70 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:54,840 Speaker 1: recognize anymore. 71 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 3: And part of that new persona meant experimenting with drugs. 72 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:04,960 Speaker 1: I did start using marijuana and drinking with my friends, 73 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 1: and then I was going through a really, really hard 74 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:10,520 Speaker 1: time during my eleventh grade year. Something just within my 75 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 1: family and it changed everything about me and made me 76 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 1: feel numb. 77 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:18,719 Speaker 3: She asked us not to share details about what was happening. 78 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:21,920 Speaker 3: Let's suffice it to say it was a difficult time. 79 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 1: So I was going through some stuff at home, but 80 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:26,719 Speaker 1: also dealing with being a high schooler and trying to 81 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:27,119 Speaker 1: be cool. 82 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 3: The summer before her senior year, she was invited to 83 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 3: a party. 84 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 1: I woke up to a text message at like six 85 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 1: am that said, rager party. My parents aren't home, bring 86 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 1: your bathing suits, Let's go swimming, and let's have a party. 87 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:46,960 Speaker 1: We are very what I would call the redneck city. 88 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 1: We were drinking keystone, that's all we could afford. 89 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 2: It was so much fun. I had a last It. 90 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 3: Was at that party that a friend suggested that they 91 00:04:58,360 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 3: try a new drug. 92 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 2: Trying meth. 93 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:04,719 Speaker 1: It took away the pain and the sorrow and everything 94 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 1: that I felt inside of me, and I was immediately hooked. 95 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:12,839 Speaker 2: It only takes one time, and that's all it took 96 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:13,040 Speaker 2: for me. 97 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 3: She was in a bad place and living a life 98 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:17,480 Speaker 3: of extremes. 99 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,360 Speaker 1: I was just a young seventeen year old girl who 100 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:25,719 Speaker 1: didn't really understand the consequences of using hard drugs that way. 101 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:27,559 Speaker 1: Nobody wants to go down this path. 102 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:31,040 Speaker 3: Trying meth wasn't the only thing that happened at the party. 103 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 3: There was a guy named Josh there. They'd known each 104 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:37,520 Speaker 3: other for years as acquaintances. She thought it was cute, 105 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:38,839 Speaker 3: and that night. 106 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:42,040 Speaker 1: One thing led to another, and all of a sudden, 107 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:43,600 Speaker 1: I wake up in the morning and I'm like, okay, 108 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 1: so just happened. 109 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:48,479 Speaker 3: She and Josh hooked up. It was casual, a one 110 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:54,400 Speaker 3: time thing. After that party, Angelique's life began revolving around 111 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:55,239 Speaker 3: her new addiction. 112 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 1: I got sneakier. I started finding people that were like 113 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 1: within work doing it. I started getting people who do 114 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:04,800 Speaker 1: it with me so that they would get it, Like 115 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 1: when you're in that drug world, you'll figure it out. 116 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 3: As the weeks went on, Angelique began feeling sick and 117 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:16,560 Speaker 3: started to suspect she could be pregnant. So one day, 118 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:19,839 Speaker 3: about six weeks after she hooked up with Josh, she 119 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:21,600 Speaker 3: bought a pregnancy test. 120 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:25,760 Speaker 1: Well, I guess I wasn't the only person that thought 121 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 1: I was pregnant, because when I got home, there was 122 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:31,280 Speaker 1: a pregnancy test sitting on my bed for my mother. 123 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:35,640 Speaker 1: She had been tracking my period. She said, you have 124 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:38,280 Speaker 1: not had a period this month. Take this test. 125 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:42,960 Speaker 3: Turns out it was positive. She was only seventeen, and 126 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:43,720 Speaker 3: she panicked. 127 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:48,279 Speaker 1: I remember very clearly at that very moment. I locked 128 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 1: myself in the bathroom. I brought my pipe in there, 129 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 1: I brought my bag, my stuff, and I had smoked 130 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:58,359 Speaker 1: and smoked and smoked. I was in shock, and I 131 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 1: thought maybe this would numb my pain. 132 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:03,719 Speaker 3: But she couldn't stay in the bathroom forever. 133 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:07,000 Speaker 1: I came out and I threw the pregnancy test at 134 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 1: my mom and I said I'm pregnant, and she was livid. 135 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 1: She was so mad at me and disappointed. She was crying, 136 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 1: and I was just sitting there. I just turned off 137 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:21,240 Speaker 1: all my emotions and I just looked at her like 138 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 1: what I'm trying to pretend like it wasn't a big deal, 139 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:29,239 Speaker 1: but inside I was actually really by freaking out. 140 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:33,119 Speaker 3: Her stepbrother was watching the whole scene, and he knew 141 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 3: Angelique had just used drugs in the bathroom. 142 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:38,640 Speaker 1: He was one of my best friends. He was somebody 143 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:41,200 Speaker 1: that I would talk to all the time. And the 144 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:43,680 Speaker 1: first thing that he did was he found my stash 145 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:45,560 Speaker 1: and he flushed everything down the toilet. 146 00:07:46,520 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 3: The rest of that day was a blur. Once everyone 147 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:52,240 Speaker 3: in the house had gone to bed, Angelique had one 148 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:53,000 Speaker 3: thing on her mind. 149 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:57,400 Speaker 1: I sat at the toilet, staring at it with a wrench, 150 00:07:57,480 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 1: trying to figure out how I could remove the toilet 151 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 1: to get my stashed so that I could smoke again. 152 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:04,480 Speaker 1: That's what my main priority was, so was to sit 153 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 1: there and figure that out. 154 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 3: At this point, she'd been addicted to math for six 155 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:12,080 Speaker 3: weeks and it had taken over her life. 156 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 1: It was the moment that I sat on the ground 157 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:18,880 Speaker 1: staring at that toilet with a wrench that really made 158 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 1: me stomach how far gone this drug. 159 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:23,080 Speaker 2: Had made me. 160 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 1: I had felt pathetic, like I have no idea what 161 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 1: I'm doing with this wrench, What am I gonna do? 162 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:33,640 Speaker 1: Take this toilet apart and put my hand down and 163 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:35,960 Speaker 1: try to find a bag that might be soaked? Like 164 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 1: is that how much I loved this? Is that how 165 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 1: much I want to do this? I spend my whole 166 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:45,400 Speaker 1: paycheck on it. How am I supposed to do anything 167 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:45,839 Speaker 1: in life. 168 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:49,200 Speaker 3: Sitting in front of the toilet with a wrench was 169 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:52,120 Speaker 3: her rock bottom. She never wanted to go back to 170 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:52,800 Speaker 3: that place. 171 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:56,559 Speaker 1: It was my turning point, and if you're an addict, 172 00:08:56,600 --> 00:08:58,600 Speaker 1: you understand exactly what that means. 173 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:03,040 Speaker 3: This morning, she knew she had to talk to Josh. 174 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 3: She told him she was pregnant, and he agreed to 175 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:06,280 Speaker 3: meet in person. 176 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:10,680 Speaker 1: And I came down the street in a hoodie with glasses. 177 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 1: It's hot and Arizeta. I pulled my hoodie down, took 178 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:16,040 Speaker 1: off my glasses and stared at him and said, do 179 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:18,520 Speaker 1: you see me? And he said, yeah, you look really 180 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 1: messed up. And I said, exactly, if I don't have 181 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:27,920 Speaker 1: this baby, this is going to be my life. I 182 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:29,880 Speaker 1: don't know if I had it in me to stop 183 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:32,960 Speaker 1: doing this because I like it too much, but this 184 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:35,080 Speaker 1: baby can change everything in my life. 185 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 2: This baby can help me. 186 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:42,000 Speaker 3: She decided that this pregnancy was her second chance, her lifeline. 187 00:09:42,559 --> 00:09:45,120 Speaker 3: She told Josh that she was going to have the baby, 188 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:48,880 Speaker 3: whether he wanted to be involved or not. After all, 189 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:52,760 Speaker 3: they had only hooked up once. We hardly knew each other. 190 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:56,400 Speaker 1: I didn't want somebody to be with me because I 191 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:58,680 Speaker 1: was having their baby. I wanted somebody to be with 192 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:02,200 Speaker 1: me because they'd loved me, not because they felt obligated. 193 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:05,840 Speaker 3: But Josh wanted to be there for her and for 194 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:09,720 Speaker 3: the baby. One of their first dates was a doctor's appointment. 195 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 3: They're looking at the ultrasound monitor. 196 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:17,560 Speaker 1: When I saw the screen, I had immediately fell in 197 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:24,840 Speaker 1: love with this tiny little bulb inside of me. And honestly, 198 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:27,720 Speaker 1: that was like reassurance for me and more motivation to 199 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:31,240 Speaker 1: stay away from the people that were doing drugs or 200 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:33,080 Speaker 1: to stay clean. 201 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:38,199 Speaker 3: This whole experience led her to sobriety, and she's been 202 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:39,440 Speaker 3: clean ever since. 203 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:45,200 Speaker 1: I officially believe that being pregnant is what saved my life. 204 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 3: But it wasn't easy. She had to take one day at. 205 00:10:48,559 --> 00:10:52,360 Speaker 1: A time, trying to work, trying to stay sober, trying 206 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:56,080 Speaker 1: to do all these different things just was extremely complicated. 207 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:59,320 Speaker 1: So I had decided just to stop, and I stopped 208 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:00,240 Speaker 1: going to school at them. 209 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:02,319 Speaker 2: I ended up actually getting my g D. 210 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 3: Her old friends started avoiding her. 211 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 1: I had lost a lot of friends, like deep, really 212 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:12,440 Speaker 1: really close friends. Everybody else was still in high school, 213 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:15,560 Speaker 1: everybody else was still parting, everybody else was still doing 214 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:17,440 Speaker 1: these things that I couldn't do. 215 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:21,360 Speaker 3: Her friends had moved on without her. She says she 216 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:22,240 Speaker 3: felt forgotten. 217 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 1: You think about high school and you think senior year 218 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:28,680 Speaker 1: is going to be the year. It's going to be 219 00:11:28,679 --> 00:11:31,520 Speaker 1: the year that I graduate. All these different things that 220 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:38,199 Speaker 1: we think. Senior prank just prom everything. I was watching 221 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:41,600 Speaker 1: all of my friends go through that, and I wasn't. 222 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:46,960 Speaker 3: On top of that, she didn't have any friends who 223 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:50,000 Speaker 3: understood what it was like being pregnant, and. 224 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:55,320 Speaker 1: I felt so isolated and lonely because nobody understood why 225 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:58,960 Speaker 1: I had heartburd Nobody understood why I couldn't walk two 226 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 1: miles without catching my breath. Nobody could understand, you know, 227 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:05,200 Speaker 1: me complaining about how big my belly was like. They 228 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:07,400 Speaker 1: didn't understand any of that because none of them were 229 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:09,079 Speaker 1: going through what I was going through. 230 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:13,080 Speaker 3: Her biggest supporter was Josh, but to prepare for the baby, 231 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:16,360 Speaker 3: Josh started working overtime trying to save money. 232 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:19,400 Speaker 1: He was working like ninety hour weeks, like it was insane. 233 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:22,920 Speaker 1: It was literally from morning to night. I never saw him, 234 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:26,080 Speaker 1: but he would come to my house with no sleep. 235 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:27,840 Speaker 2: Just to give me a kiss or just to give 236 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:28,360 Speaker 2: me a hug. 237 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:32,559 Speaker 3: Seeing Josh was often the highlight of her day. That 238 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:35,400 Speaker 3: was until she was introduced to a new friend. 239 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:39,840 Speaker 1: I had a friend, her name was Hannah, and Hannah 240 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:42,240 Speaker 1: called me was like, I met this girl. Her name 241 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:45,880 Speaker 1: is Cassandra. She is pregnant, just like you are. She's 242 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:49,439 Speaker 1: our age. It's crazy her birthdays in October, just like yours. 243 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:50,640 Speaker 1: I feel like. 244 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:52,400 Speaker 2: You guys would have a lot in common. 245 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 1: Plus she's new to town, so she doesn't have too 246 00:12:55,559 --> 00:12:58,040 Speaker 1: many friends. You know what it's like to be pregnant 247 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 1: and kind of feel like that isolation. I kind of 248 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 1: just painted this whole picture of like a perfect friend. 249 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:27,760 Speaker 3: But that new friend would change Angelique's life forever. Angelique 250 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 3: was seventeen when she found out she was going to 251 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:32,760 Speaker 3: have a baby. She had lost a lot of friends, 252 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:35,479 Speaker 3: and by the time she was entering her third trimester, 253 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:39,600 Speaker 3: she was feeling isolated and alone. But then a friend 254 00:13:39,679 --> 00:13:43,800 Speaker 3: offered to connect her to someone new, another teenager named Cassandra, 255 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:45,680 Speaker 3: who was four months pregnant. 256 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 1: And I was like, yeah, yeah, like that sounds awesome, 257 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:51,880 Speaker 1: Like I need a new friend. I need somebody that 258 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:54,160 Speaker 1: is going to be able to relate to what I 259 00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:55,160 Speaker 1: am going through right now. 260 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:57,719 Speaker 3: So she made plans to get lunch with her. 261 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:02,000 Speaker 1: It was like an instant clique. So if you're a girl, 262 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:03,640 Speaker 1: you know exactly what I mean. You either click with 263 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:06,280 Speaker 1: a girl or you don't. And I had felt this 264 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:07,439 Speaker 1: like full connection with. 265 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:09,920 Speaker 3: Her right away. They just got each other. 266 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:14,080 Speaker 1: She was very smiley and just seems so down to earth. 267 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:17,760 Speaker 1: I would say something like, oh my gosh, this happened, 268 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:20,120 Speaker 1: and she'd be like, I know what you're talking about, 269 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:23,080 Speaker 1: and I was like, oh my gosh, do you understand me. 270 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:28,840 Speaker 3: Finally, Angelicque had her pregnancy buddy, someone who wouldn't judge her. 271 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:33,280 Speaker 3: It was the connection she'd been craving. They both needed 272 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:35,960 Speaker 3: to set up their baby registry, so they decided to 273 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:37,800 Speaker 3: do it together at a baby store. 274 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:43,160 Speaker 1: We were excited and we absolutely like, oh you should 275 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:44,600 Speaker 1: get this, Oh you should get that. 276 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:46,000 Speaker 2: I already have this. 277 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:48,680 Speaker 1: It was actually like a really cool moment to have 278 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:50,400 Speaker 1: with a friend because I didn't have a friend that 279 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:51,320 Speaker 1: was going to go do that with me. 280 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:54,920 Speaker 3: They started talking every day, commiserating. 281 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 1: We stayed in contact through Facebook and text message constantly, 282 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 1: the same exact thing that we always talked about. You know, 283 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:04,520 Speaker 1: how are you feeling, what are you craving? 284 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:06,000 Speaker 2: What's been going on. 285 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:11,000 Speaker 3: They became fast friends, and they had mutual friends, so 286 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:14,000 Speaker 3: they would sometimes hang out as one big group. When 287 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:17,400 Speaker 3: they all got together. Sandra was always on her phone. 288 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:20,480 Speaker 1: She always would be like, oh, my husband's calling me. 289 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:23,120 Speaker 1: She was constantly on the phone. 290 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 3: That was one thing they didn't have in common. Angelique 291 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:29,280 Speaker 3: was still taking it slow with the father of her baby, 292 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:34,160 Speaker 3: but Cassandra was already married to the father of hers We're. 293 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:35,840 Speaker 1: All kind of thrown off at the fact that she 294 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:39,640 Speaker 1: was like seventeen, eighteen years old and she had a husband. 295 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:41,680 Speaker 2: His name was Edwin. 296 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:47,160 Speaker 3: Cassandra only talked to Edwin in Spanish, even though Angelique 297 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:51,080 Speaker 3: grew up around it every day, she never learned the language. 298 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:54,560 Speaker 3: So when Cassandra was on these calls, no one knew 299 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:55,640 Speaker 3: what she was talking about. 300 00:15:56,520 --> 00:16:00,360 Speaker 2: So that was something that like we all did go huh. 301 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:03,920 Speaker 3: It was weird, but people just chalked it up to 302 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:07,960 Speaker 3: Cassandra being young, pregnant, and being attached to her husband. 303 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 3: A few weeks before Angelique's due date, her family and 304 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:15,240 Speaker 3: friends threw her a baby shower. 305 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:19,400 Speaker 1: We had it at my parents' house and it was 306 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:25,840 Speaker 1: really really big. I remember feeling extremely overwhelmed with the 307 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:27,440 Speaker 1: amount of gifts that I got. 308 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:28,960 Speaker 2: It was insane. 309 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:31,240 Speaker 1: I had gotten every single thing that I wanted for 310 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 1: my registry plus four. I just remember that whole day 311 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:36,680 Speaker 1: feeling so blessed. 312 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 3: The only person who couldn't be there was Cassandra. She'd 313 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:44,480 Speaker 3: been feeling sick that day but promised to check in 314 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:45,400 Speaker 3: when she felt better. 315 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:48,480 Speaker 1: She was just like, hey, like, how are you doing. 316 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:50,920 Speaker 1: I'm so sorry that I missed your baby shower. And 317 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:53,560 Speaker 1: I was like, hey, no, don't worry. I know what 318 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:56,240 Speaker 1: it's like to be pregnant, Like, don't worry or feel 319 00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:58,200 Speaker 1: bad at all. And she was like, I still have 320 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:00,280 Speaker 1: gifts for you, and I really really want to come 321 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:01,800 Speaker 1: over and just see you and hang out. 322 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:04,960 Speaker 3: So they made plans for Cassandra to come over a 323 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:05,840 Speaker 3: few days later. 324 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:09,800 Speaker 1: My little brother answered the door and she had walked 325 00:17:09,840 --> 00:17:13,600 Speaker 1: in and she was very bubbly, very enthusiastic, you know, 326 00:17:14,119 --> 00:17:18,320 Speaker 1: very kind, and she had this really big bag with her. 327 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:19,840 Speaker 2: It was like a diaper bag. 328 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:24,080 Speaker 3: The bag was full of gifts for Angelique, but instead 329 00:17:24,080 --> 00:17:26,880 Speaker 3: of opening them, they got distracted just catching up. 330 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:30,800 Speaker 1: We just spent our whole day just hanging out talking, 331 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:33,320 Speaker 1: you know, sat on my couch watching TV. 332 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:36,920 Speaker 2: At that time, it was sixteen and pregnant and Team 333 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:38,080 Speaker 2: Mom like MTV. 334 00:17:38,760 --> 00:17:40,720 Speaker 1: Those were like all the things that we used to watch, 335 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:42,920 Speaker 1: and so me and her spent a lot of time 336 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:43,360 Speaker 1: doing that. 337 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:47,520 Speaker 3: Angelique's mom fixed them lunch, you know. 338 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:51,600 Speaker 1: We're eating, and I started to notice she was mimicking 339 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:55,680 Speaker 1: things that I would say. For an example, my mom 340 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:57,800 Speaker 1: would be like, oh, well, Angelique ran away when she 341 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:01,680 Speaker 1: was this age and she jumped the wall. But all 342 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:06,199 Speaker 1: of a sudden, she had the exact same story, and 343 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:08,280 Speaker 1: then I was like, oh, you know, that could happen. 344 00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:11,280 Speaker 1: But then more stories would happen, and she would just 345 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:13,480 Speaker 1: be like, oh, that happened to me too, almost exactly 346 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:16,359 Speaker 1: the same, And I don't know. For some reason, I 347 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:18,800 Speaker 1: was getting bothered by it, and I don't know why. 348 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:21,000 Speaker 2: It's really not that big of a deal. 349 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:25,120 Speaker 1: I pulled my mom aside and I asked her, like, Hey, 350 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:26,520 Speaker 1: do you think Cassandra's weird? 351 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:28,240 Speaker 2: And she was like, what do you mean. 352 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:30,199 Speaker 1: I was like, I don't know, just I keep getting 353 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 1: this weird feeling about her, like I have this weird feeling, 354 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:37,440 Speaker 1: and my mom was like no, Like I don't feel 355 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:38,879 Speaker 1: that way. She's like, I can tell you that it 356 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 1: does seem like she needs a lot of attention, and 357 00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:43,119 Speaker 1: it seems like she's wants like your approval to be 358 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:45,919 Speaker 1: your friend. Cut her some slack, you know, as a 359 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:48,560 Speaker 1: mom would tell a teenager like, you're kind of being judgmental. 360 00:18:49,119 --> 00:18:52,800 Speaker 3: So Angeline tried to give Cassandra some grace, even when 361 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:55,920 Speaker 3: it came to the endless calls she made to her husband, Edwin. 362 00:18:56,800 --> 00:19:02,000 Speaker 1: Once she realized my mom understood Spanish, she kind of 363 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:05,440 Speaker 1: changed her demeanor and she started taking her calls in private. 364 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:07,679 Speaker 1: I was just like, Okay, these are just things that 365 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:10,520 Speaker 1: are kind of just going on. They have explanations. 366 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:14,040 Speaker 3: As the afternoon went on, Angelique got tired. 367 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:18,040 Speaker 1: It was exhausting hosting, so I started like yawning and 368 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:19,880 Speaker 1: kind of just being like a little like, oh, I'm 369 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:22,960 Speaker 1: so tired. She had told me that she didn't have 370 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:24,920 Speaker 1: her keys to her house and she had to wait 371 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:27,480 Speaker 1: for her sister to get back home, and so at 372 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:30,760 Speaker 1: that point I was like, Okay, Angelique, suck it up, 373 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:32,960 Speaker 1: like she's stuck here for a little bit, and that's okay. 374 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:35,439 Speaker 1: You're just going to have to stop and suck it up, 375 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:38,479 Speaker 1: like hang out and just continue the rest of your 376 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:39,040 Speaker 1: day with her. 377 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:42,960 Speaker 3: By this point, it was getting close to dinner time. 378 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:47,120 Speaker 3: Angelique's mom had to take her little brothers to football practice. 379 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:50,240 Speaker 3: She offered to bring Angelique and Cassandra along. 380 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:54,560 Speaker 1: And Cassandra was very adamant, like, no, I don't feel good. 381 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:56,080 Speaker 2: Is it okay if we stay here? 382 00:19:56,920 --> 00:19:57,960 Speaker 3: So they stayed back. 383 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:00,760 Speaker 2: One time mom had left, my brothers had left, it 384 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 2: was just us. 385 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:07,159 Speaker 1: It was just starting to get darker outside. 386 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:07,360 Speaker 2: And it was like a light switched. 387 00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:14,679 Speaker 3: It was like Cassandra started being different suddenly. Cassandra seemed 388 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:20,640 Speaker 3: on edge, almost paranoid. But then she remembered something and 389 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:21,320 Speaker 3: she was like. 390 00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:22,440 Speaker 2: Oh, I have your gifts. 391 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:25,840 Speaker 1: And at this point I'm like, oh, yeah, that's why 392 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:27,760 Speaker 1: you came over. You came over because you wanted to 393 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:30,160 Speaker 1: bring me baing shower gifts like and that just completely 394 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:30,919 Speaker 1: slipped my mind. 395 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:35,200 Speaker 3: Cassandra wanted to surprise Angelique with the gifts. 396 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:39,359 Speaker 1: She wanted to give me these gifts in a very 397 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:43,919 Speaker 1: unique way. She took a chair from my kitchen and 398 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:45,600 Speaker 1: she put it in the middle of my kitchen and 399 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:47,200 Speaker 1: told me to sit in it and turn around and 400 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:50,040 Speaker 1: close my eyes. And I thought that was so odd, 401 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:53,080 Speaker 1: but I did it. She said, I'm going to come 402 00:20:53,119 --> 00:20:54,720 Speaker 1: up behind you. I'm going to drop the presence in 403 00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:55,160 Speaker 1: your lap. 404 00:20:56,119 --> 00:21:00,200 Speaker 3: She started dropping presents in her lap one by one. 405 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:03,000 Speaker 1: The first present was a receiving blanket. The second present 406 00:21:03,119 --> 00:21:08,000 Speaker 1: was a onesie, little booties, a bib, a bigger blanket, 407 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:10,120 Speaker 1: some random newborn diapers. 408 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:14,320 Speaker 3: But Angelique noticed something off about the gifts. 409 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:15,800 Speaker 2: They had the smell. 410 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:18,240 Speaker 1: It was not like a man had rubbed like like 411 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:20,359 Speaker 1: cologne all over it, or like they like he just 412 00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:22,320 Speaker 1: like rubbed himself on it or something like. It just 413 00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:25,480 Speaker 1: set like a man. But I am not a rude person. 414 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:27,399 Speaker 1: My mother did not teach me to be a rude person. 415 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:29,800 Speaker 1: And I will be thankful for whatever I get, whether 416 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:31,119 Speaker 1: I like it or whether I don't. 417 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:33,920 Speaker 2: So I nodded and I said thank you so much. 418 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:38,439 Speaker 3: The whole situation started to give her that weird feeling again. 419 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:42,680 Speaker 1: My instincts were telling me something that I didn't know 420 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:45,360 Speaker 1: how to explain or what it even was. 421 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:47,680 Speaker 2: But there was gifts in my lap. 422 00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:53,720 Speaker 3: Then Cassandra brought out an even bigger present, an expensive 423 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:54,520 Speaker 3: baby carrier. 424 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:57,359 Speaker 1: I felt like really awkward about it, like I know 425 00:21:57,440 --> 00:22:00,400 Speaker 1: the gift was expensive, and I remember sitting there her 426 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:02,360 Speaker 1: like I don't think I can accept this, like you've 427 00:22:02,359 --> 00:22:03,600 Speaker 1: already given me so much. 428 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:07,160 Speaker 3: Cassandra explained that she'd gotten two of them at her 429 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:11,240 Speaker 3: own baby shower and wanted to give one to Angelique. Plus, 430 00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:12,960 Speaker 3: she said Angelique was special. 431 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:16,520 Speaker 2: She had felt some type of special bond between us. 432 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:18,080 Speaker 1: She was like, I just feel like you're a true friend, 433 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:19,520 Speaker 1: and I just feel like I want to thank you 434 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:22,200 Speaker 1: for accepting me. And I know I can be overbearing 435 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:25,280 Speaker 1: sometimes and it was like reassurance that I wanted because 436 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:28,080 Speaker 1: of all the feelings I was having and that conversation. 437 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:28,160 Speaker 2: With my mom. 438 00:22:28,359 --> 00:22:31,200 Speaker 1: So it made me feel like all she really is 439 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:34,399 Speaker 1: somebody that just wants a friend, She just wants to 440 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:35,119 Speaker 1: be accepted. 441 00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:40,960 Speaker 3: Cassandra was on the verge of tears. Angelique almost felt 442 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:41,760 Speaker 3: sorry for her. 443 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:45,359 Speaker 1: So I accepted the gift and she was like, oh 444 00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:47,800 Speaker 1: my gosh, I forgot I have one last present for you. 445 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:50,320 Speaker 2: And I was like, well, what is it. 446 00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:52,119 Speaker 1: She was like, well, I have to show you in 447 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:54,080 Speaker 1: the dark, like this has to be done in the dark. 448 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:59,439 Speaker 1: So we go to your room and I was like yeah, sure. 449 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:17,359 Speaker 3: Cassandra had been spoiling Angelique with gift after gift for 450 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:20,320 Speaker 3: the baby, but she had one last present for her. 451 00:23:21,119 --> 00:23:23,600 Speaker 3: It was a gift that involved a light or a projection. 452 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:25,800 Speaker 3: You'd have to see it in the dark for the 453 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:29,840 Speaker 3: full effect. So they went to Angelique's room, where Cassandra 454 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:32,000 Speaker 3: told her to sit on the bed and close her 455 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:34,040 Speaker 3: eyes one more time. 456 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:38,359 Speaker 1: At this point, the sun is fully set because it's 457 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:41,720 Speaker 1: pitch shark in my room. I couldn't see too well, 458 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:44,639 Speaker 1: but I could see her shadow like I could see her, 459 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:48,600 Speaker 1: and I start to get really scared. All of a sudden, 460 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:51,119 Speaker 1: it was like these weird thoughts started coming into my head, 461 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:54,679 Speaker 1: and they were very like vivid thoughts. It was just 462 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:57,679 Speaker 1: like somebody was whispering in my ear, telling me I 463 00:23:57,720 --> 00:24:01,600 Speaker 1: was about to be murdered, that like something bad was 464 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:03,679 Speaker 1: about to happen to me, that I was going to 465 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:09,120 Speaker 1: be stabbed. So I grabbed my phone and I put 466 00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:10,840 Speaker 1: my mom's phone number in my phone, and I put 467 00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:12,600 Speaker 1: the phone to my chest and I keep my finger 468 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:15,760 Speaker 1: on the call button, and I can't stop these thoughts. 469 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:19,560 Speaker 3: She couldn't tell if this was just anxiety or if 470 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:21,240 Speaker 3: it was something more serious. 471 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:24,120 Speaker 2: So as I'm battling with myself. 472 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:26,960 Speaker 1: All she's doing is digging through this bag to give 473 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:30,439 Speaker 1: me the gift. Then at that moment, I said something. 474 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:33,240 Speaker 1: I said, Cassandra, like, what's taking so long? And she 475 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:34,919 Speaker 1: was like, I found it. I found it, okay. And 476 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:37,600 Speaker 1: she got up on my bed, got behind me on 477 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:40,760 Speaker 1: my bed, which made me extremely nervous, and she said, okay, 478 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:42,159 Speaker 1: are you ready? And I was like yeah, show me. 479 00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:43,879 Speaker 1: She was like okay, and I'm like, well, what are 480 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:45,359 Speaker 1: you doing. She's like, I'm just going to put the 481 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:47,680 Speaker 1: light over your head and then you'll be able to see. 482 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:49,879 Speaker 1: It's going to shine on your closet, like I had 483 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:52,480 Speaker 1: a big closet door. And I was like okay, okay, 484 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:55,080 Speaker 1: And I'm sitting right there and she puts her hand 485 00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:58,679 Speaker 1: on my shoulder. She leans me forward and she starts 486 00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:04,040 Speaker 1: to count and she says one, two, and right when 487 00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:08,280 Speaker 1: she says three, something inside of my head said stand up. 488 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:12,080 Speaker 2: So I jumped up as fast as I could and 489 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:13,399 Speaker 2: I ran and turned the light on. 490 00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:16,880 Speaker 3: But when she flipped the light switch, whatever she. 491 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:18,679 Speaker 1: Had in her hand she was putting back into the 492 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:22,800 Speaker 1: bag and she's just like staring at me, and I'm like, 493 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:26,200 Speaker 1: what is going on, and exactly when I say that, 494 00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:32,040 Speaker 1: her phone rings and she answers it and it's it's Edwin. 495 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:34,800 Speaker 1: And she takes the bag and she leaves the room 496 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:37,360 Speaker 1: and she just starts speaking to this person in Spanish. 497 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:39,040 Speaker 2: She starts yelling at this person. 498 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:41,400 Speaker 3: Angela's heart was pounding. 499 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:45,320 Speaker 1: They kept on wanting to make it make sense because 500 00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:48,200 Speaker 1: none of it made any sense. 501 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:51,800 Speaker 3: So she tried to calm herself down by lighting a candle, 502 00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:55,639 Speaker 3: a nervous habit of hers. When Cassandra came back into. 503 00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:59,399 Speaker 2: Her room, I was like, well, is everything okay? And 504 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:00,640 Speaker 2: she was like, yeah, it was Edwin. 505 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:02,480 Speaker 1: He wants to take me out to dinner, but like, 506 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:04,960 Speaker 1: I have nothing to wear, and I was like, well, 507 00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:06,879 Speaker 1: just go look in my closet, like go see for 508 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:07,840 Speaker 1: something and that fits you. 509 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:12,399 Speaker 3: The whole situation was so bizarre. Angelique needed a moment 510 00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:15,720 Speaker 3: to herself, so she left Cassandra in her room while 511 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:16,639 Speaker 3: she went to the kitchen. 512 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:21,320 Speaker 1: In my head, I'm thinking something's happening inside in my 513 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:23,880 Speaker 1: room right now, and I don't know what's going on. 514 00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:28,160 Speaker 3: Then Cassandra came out wearing one of Angelique's dresses. 515 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:31,040 Speaker 1: And I'm like, oh, that's cute, and I get up 516 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:33,680 Speaker 1: and I start to walk closer to the room and 517 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:37,439 Speaker 1: I start to smell this like weird smell, and I'm like, 518 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:40,160 Speaker 1: what's that smell? And she's like, what are you talking about? 519 00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:42,080 Speaker 1: And I was like, it almost smells like something's burning. 520 00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:43,800 Speaker 1: And she was like, oh, I don't know what you're 521 00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:46,480 Speaker 1: talking about. And she's like looking at herself in the mirror, 522 00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:48,760 Speaker 1: just like checking herself out, and I'm just like, no, 523 00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:52,440 Speaker 1: I can absolutely smell like something is burning. 524 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:56,000 Speaker 3: The smell was so intense that Angelique ran from room 525 00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:58,960 Speaker 3: to room checking to see if anything was on fire. 526 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:01,679 Speaker 2: The last place I look at my closet. When I 527 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:02,160 Speaker 2: opened my. 528 00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:06,679 Speaker 1: Closet, everything is in flames. All my clothes that are 529 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:09,439 Speaker 1: in my closet, it's all on fire. And I went 530 00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:12,760 Speaker 1: into a straight panic mode. I grabbed my phone and 531 00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:14,600 Speaker 1: I didn't call nine one one. I called the last 532 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:16,920 Speaker 1: person that called me, which happened to be one of 533 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:17,720 Speaker 1: my best friends. 534 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:21,440 Speaker 2: So I'm screaming, there's a fire in my house. Call 535 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:23,199 Speaker 2: nine one one help please. 536 00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:26,840 Speaker 3: She didn't have time to deal with Cassandra or think 537 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:30,160 Speaker 3: at all. She just needed to put the fire out immediately. 538 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:34,000 Speaker 1: And I'm running to the kitchen. I'm grabbing pots and pans. 539 00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:36,320 Speaker 1: I threw one at Cassandra and I'm telling her fill 540 00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:38,440 Speaker 1: these up and let's put this fire out. 541 00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:41,399 Speaker 3: Angelie poured on as much water as she could before 542 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:42,520 Speaker 3: they had to evacuate. 543 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:45,360 Speaker 1: Was just coughing so much, to the point like where 544 00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:48,000 Speaker 1: I was on my knees and I had finally gotten 545 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:49,760 Speaker 1: the strength till I get up, and I grabbed her 546 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:51,560 Speaker 1: by her collar and I dragged her out of the 547 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:53,760 Speaker 1: house with me, and I opened my garage door, and 548 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:55,960 Speaker 1: when I opened it, like smoke. 549 00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:57,159 Speaker 2: Was rolling out of my house. 550 00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:00,919 Speaker 1: We had finally made it outside, and we were just 551 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:02,960 Speaker 1: both like on the ground, coughing so much. 552 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:08,760 Speaker 3: Right as they got out, Angelique's best friend, who she 553 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:11,320 Speaker 3: called in panic, was pulling up to the house. 554 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:14,840 Speaker 1: He lived not even a minute away from me, so 555 00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:17,200 Speaker 1: him and his mom got in the car. They drove over, 556 00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:20,840 Speaker 1: and they were the first people that were on the scene. 557 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:23,040 Speaker 3: He and his mom had called nine to one one 558 00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:25,240 Speaker 3: and the fire department was on their way. 559 00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:28,800 Speaker 1: I was so scared, and I was also trying to 560 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:31,480 Speaker 1: breathe because I was having bad contractions from inhaling so 561 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:32,119 Speaker 1: much smoke. 562 00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:37,120 Speaker 3: Cassandra was also having contractions. Angelique was a week away 563 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:42,320 Speaker 3: from her due date, but Cassandra was only six months pregnant. 564 00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:44,000 Speaker 1: So me and her are both sitting in different chairs 565 00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:47,400 Speaker 1: in different areas of my garage. I started get feeling worse, 566 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:49,360 Speaker 1: like my contractions were getting so bad. 567 00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:54,800 Speaker 3: Angelique's parents arrived home at the same time as emergency services. 568 00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:56,800 Speaker 1: And this is like when the cops start to show up. 569 00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:58,800 Speaker 1: Everyone's kind of rolling up to my house at this 570 00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:00,480 Speaker 1: point and there's just smoke everywhere. 571 00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:06,680 Speaker 3: Firefighters rushed inside while paramedics started attending to Angelique and Cassandra. 572 00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:11,160 Speaker 1: They came home to everybody outside of her house, so 573 00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:15,440 Speaker 1: they were in shock also, and I think my dad 574 00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:17,600 Speaker 1: was inside like with the firefighters, trying to figure out 575 00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:22,280 Speaker 1: what happened. My mom was more emotional support. When they 576 00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:25,960 Speaker 1: give me my IV like everything's fine, oxygen, I start 577 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:27,680 Speaker 1: feeling so much better. 578 00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:31,760 Speaker 3: But Cassandra wasn't feeling better. She thought she was in labor, 579 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:36,120 Speaker 3: so the paramedics decided to take her to the hospital. Meanwhile, 580 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:39,760 Speaker 3: Angelique went inside with her parents to assess the damage. 581 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:42,800 Speaker 3: The firefighters had put the fire out, but. 582 00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:46,760 Speaker 1: Not before everything inside my closet was gone. Every single 583 00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:49,720 Speaker 1: piece of clothing that I had, my mother's wedding dress 584 00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:51,960 Speaker 1: that I had hoped to wear on my wedding day 585 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:53,400 Speaker 1: one day, was destroyed. 586 00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:58,080 Speaker 3: Everyone wanted to know how the fire started. Angelique thought 587 00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:00,840 Speaker 3: Cassandra had something to do with it, but she didn't 588 00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:02,400 Speaker 3: think anyone would believe her. 589 00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:05,400 Speaker 1: And I'm like, okay, if I tell you what I 590 00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:07,920 Speaker 1: think happened, please like, just listen. 591 00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:09,880 Speaker 2: Just listen to me. Don't think I'm lying. 592 00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:12,959 Speaker 3: She explained that she had lit a candle in her 593 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:16,240 Speaker 3: bedroom and then went to the kitchen, leaving Cassandra alone 594 00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:17,480 Speaker 3: in her bedroom. 595 00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:20,400 Speaker 1: I said, I guarantee you if you find that dandle, 596 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:22,520 Speaker 1: you'll find her fingerprints on it, which they should not 597 00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:24,560 Speaker 1: be on it because I'm the only person that touched it. 598 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:29,440 Speaker 3: The authorities retrieved the candle and collected it for evidence. Meanwhile, 599 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:32,680 Speaker 3: Angelique tried to explain to her parents that something else 600 00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:35,520 Speaker 3: had happened that night. She told them about the whole 601 00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:38,600 Speaker 3: scene before the fire, how Cassandra sat her down in 602 00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:41,600 Speaker 3: the dark, that she'd been scared for her life. 603 00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:43,840 Speaker 1: And I'm like, mom, it felt like I was going 604 00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:46,240 Speaker 1: to die. It felt like somebody was going to stab me. 605 00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:49,640 Speaker 1: It felt like I had something to my back. 606 00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:56,000 Speaker 3: Then ems began collecting Cassandra's things, including that big bag 607 00:30:56,200 --> 00:30:57,080 Speaker 3: she'd brought with her. 608 00:30:57,720 --> 00:31:00,400 Speaker 2: They start grabbing the diaper bag and I say, hold. 609 00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:02,280 Speaker 1: On, hold on, and I'm like, excuse me, please wait, 610 00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:04,200 Speaker 1: and I say, can I please see that? And I'm 611 00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:06,200 Speaker 1: doing this in front of everybody, in front of the cops. 612 00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:08,640 Speaker 1: I take the diver bag and I keep explaining to 613 00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:11,560 Speaker 1: them she said she had this present for me, like 614 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:13,680 Speaker 1: the explanation is in this bag. 615 00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:16,320 Speaker 2: And as I'm doing that, I put the bag on 616 00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:16,760 Speaker 2: the counter. 617 00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:19,280 Speaker 1: I breach my hand in the bag and I feel 618 00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:23,320 Speaker 1: these two metal objects and when I lift them and 619 00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:29,400 Speaker 1: pull them out, they're two large butcher knives. I dropped 620 00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:32,200 Speaker 1: them on the counter and I just start screaming. 621 00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:37,840 Speaker 3: On the next episode of Betrayal. 622 00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:39,520 Speaker 2: There's some stuff in here that I don't think. You know. 623 00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:43,360 Speaker 2: He has done this before. They sold babies in Mexico. 624 00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:49,560 Speaker 3: If you would like to reach out to the Betrayal 625 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:52,480 Speaker 3: team or want to tell us your Betrayal story, email 626 00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:56,080 Speaker 3: us at Betrayal Pod at gmail dot com. That's Betrayal 627 00:31:56,320 --> 00:32:00,640 Speaker 3: Pod at gmail dot com. 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