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Speaker 1: Growing up, Denisha Quiller was used to chaos. She was
Speaker 1: one of seven kids.
Speaker 2: I have a brother, a sister, a half brother, and
Speaker 2: then my mom adopted three of her nieces.
Speaker 1: They lived in a two bedroom house in Long Beach, California.
Speaker 2: Eight people. It was very chaotic, a lot of fighting
Speaker 2: for attentions.
Speaker 1: I had a good relationship with her father, but he
Speaker 1: was in and out of the house when she was
Speaker 1: growing up. As the primary caregiver, her mom held everything together.
Speaker 1: With seven kids, it was an exhausting job.
Speaker 2: She was super mom. She was stressed out and it
Speaker 2: wasn't easy.
Speaker 1: When the house got too loud, Denisia escaped into her
Speaker 1: bedroom and watched her favorite TV shows. She practically had
Speaker 1: the TV guide memorized.
Speaker 2: I'm an eighties kid, so it was full house and
Speaker 2: perfect strangers.
Speaker 1: Denisia's mom ran a tight ship, especially when it came
Speaker 1: to dating.
Speaker 2: My mom was antiboys, anti dating. She would tell me
Speaker 2: constantly that you don't trust men, you don't rely on men.
Speaker 1: On Sundays, Denisha's family attended church. They were Pentecostal and
Speaker 1: that came with its own expectations.
Speaker 2: There were so many rules. Sex was on the top
Speaker 2: of the list. If you did that, you were just done.
Speaker 1: For Denisha followed all of the rules very carefully. There
Speaker 1: were certain movies she couldn't watch, certain clothes she wasn't
Speaker 1: allowed to wear, so she had to find creative ways
Speaker 1: to express herself.
Speaker 2: I got extensions and they were always rainbow colored, and
Speaker 2: that was exciting. It was pretty much the only thing
Speaker 2: my mom would allow.
Speaker 1: In high school, Denisha made a plan for her future.
Speaker 2: I thought that immediately after high school, I would go
Speaker 2: to college, find my husband, buy a house, have a
Speaker 2: couple kids, and then be a career woman.
Speaker 1: After graduating, Denisia enrolled at Biola University, an evangelical Christian
Speaker 1: university in southeast LA. She graduated with a degree in
Speaker 1: communication disorders.
Speaker 2: I was really looking forward to doing either speech therapy
Speaker 2: or some sort of work with the deaf community.
Speaker 1: After college. She was eager to start her life. She
Speaker 1: couldn't wait to get a job, get married, and start
Speaker 1: a family.
Speaker 2: I was like, doors are going to open, right, this
Speaker 2: is obvious.
Speaker 1: She started applying to jobs and speech therapy, but she
Speaker 1: was rejected again and again. It was discouraging.
Speaker 2: I had a chip on my shoulder because I had
Speaker 2: a degree.
Speaker 1: And that wasn't the only thing that wasn't going to plan.
Speaker 1: Denisia struggled to find a romantic partner. She put herself
Speaker 1: out there and went on dates, but she didn't meet
Speaker 1: anyone she genuinely connected with.
Speaker 2: I was miserable. This was not what I signed up for.
Speaker 1: Her childhood in the church hadn't prepared her for this disappointment.
Speaker 2: I was doing everything right. I left God, I talked
Speaker 2: to God, I read the Bible. I thought, why am
Speaker 2: I not getting my husband.
Speaker 1: She'd always believed that there was a formula to a
Speaker 1: fulfilling life, but now that she was an adult, she
Speaker 1: began to see.
Speaker 2: The formula doesn't exist. Everybody's on their own journey.
Speaker 1: She had to start figuring out what she truly wanted
Speaker 1: when she wasn't trying to follow other people's rules. So
Speaker 1: she decided to go back to school for accounting.
Speaker 2: I love accounting. I am very virgo, and I want
Speaker 2: the receipts. I want to know the proof.
Speaker 1: Denisha worked hard and excelled at school. After getting her
Speaker 1: graduate certificate in accounting. She quickly found a job. She'd
Speaker 1: been ambitious her whole life, but in her twenties, she
Speaker 1: found a way to channel her hard work towards schools
Speaker 1: that genuinely excited and challenged her. She was finally living
Speaker 1: life on her own terms. She started saving up money
Speaker 1: and bought her first condo.
Speaker 2: By her thirties, I was feeling like the badass bitch
Speaker 2: like I have doing this life stuff well.
Speaker 1: Going back to school for accounting, she'd established a serious relationship.
Speaker 1: She and her boyfriend had been together for years, but
Speaker 1: as she excelled, she noticed he wasn't growing with her.
Speaker 2: This man was just kind of bumming. He was a
Speaker 2: very nice man, but he was not motivated, and it
Speaker 2: was bumming me out.
Speaker 1: She wanted a life partner who was as ambitious as
Speaker 1: she was, someone who she could rely on, who she
Speaker 1: could trust enough to build a family with.
Speaker 2: I had enough, and I said, you have to go.
Speaker 2: You have to go, and so he went, and I
Speaker 2: felt like this weight off my shoulders.
Speaker 1: After the breakup, Denisha decided to live on her own.
Speaker 1: She was surprised at how much she loved her newfound independence.
Speaker 2: I smoothly walked into having my own place, in my
Speaker 2: own space, in peace of mind. I started working out,
Speaker 2: I had a personal trainer. I had people over when
Speaker 2: I wanted half people over. So I had a jet
Speaker 2: tub in my condo. My favorite thing to do was
Speaker 2: get a glass of wine and some snacks, go take
Speaker 2: a nice hot bath.
Speaker 1: As she got into her late thirties, she knew the
Speaker 1: window to have kids was closing. She started considering the
Speaker 1: idea of pursuing motherhood on her own.
Speaker 2: I had the career, I had a home, so this
Speaker 2: kid would not miss out on anything. But ideally, ideally,
Speaker 2: I would love a great partner.
Speaker 1: So she decided to give dating one more shot. After
Speaker 1: her last breakup, she had a clear picture of what
Speaker 1: she wanted in a romantic partner.
Speaker 2: I desired somebody who really took responsibility for his family
Speaker 2: and led his family.
Speaker 1: Denisha made a profile on a dating app called.
Speaker 2: Wu It's an app for people who love to date
Speaker 2: bigger people, mainly men and bigger women. I was a
Speaker 2: thick girl and proud of it.
Speaker 1: After a few days, she matched with a man who
Speaker 1: stood out from the rest. His name was Lorenzo.
Speaker 2: His pictures were just everything. He was super sexy.
Speaker 1: They messaged back and forth a bit. At first, it
Speaker 1: was casual.
Speaker 2: We rarely talked about the times that we did, it
Speaker 2: was a fruitful conversation. I really liked him.
Speaker 1: Lorenzo wasn't pushy or overbearing. If anything, he was more reserved.
Speaker 1: He had a military background.
Speaker 2: I just remember being impressed with him and really wanting
Speaker 2: to crack this nut, but like he would not open
Speaker 2: up as much as I wanted him to.
Speaker 1: Denisha was hoping that Lorenzo would ask her out. He
Speaker 1: hadn't been forthcoming about what he wanted yet. In the meantime,
Speaker 1: Denisha went on dates with other guys she met on WU,
Speaker 1: but none of the men she was meeting impressed her.
Speaker 2: One night, I had a date with a man named Richard.
Speaker 2: He was okay, he was not a bad guy, but
Speaker 2: it was just not for me. And I got home
Speaker 2: and I was really not stealing well about that. Like
Speaker 2: this keeps happening. I keep meeting okay man, but I'm
Speaker 2: not meeting the man.
Speaker 1: Was starting to lose hope that the man of her
Speaker 1: dreams was out there, But in that exact moment her phone.
Speaker 2: Rang, Lorenzo called and said, I have some time off
Speaker 2: of work. Do you want to meet. I was still
Speaker 2: in my outfit from the date prior that evening, and
Speaker 2: I absolutely wanted to meet.
Speaker 1: I could not wait, even though it was late at night.
Speaker 1: They made plans to meet up for their first date.
Speaker 2: We found a bar called The Stash on Fourth Street
Speaker 2: in Long Beach and they had seating outside.
Speaker 1: When she got there, she locked eyes with Lorenzo.
Speaker 2: He was beautiful to look at six', four just towered over,
Speaker 2: me big, guy dressed to the, nine smelled so.
Speaker 1: Good they made their way to the bars outside.
Speaker 2: Patio he pulled my chair, out such a. Gentleman we
Speaker 2: talked about our upbringing and our goals and our careers.
Speaker 1: On other, dates making CONVERSATION i felt like pulling, teeth
Speaker 1: but talking To lorenzo was.
Speaker 2: Effortless and then we got on the conversation of do
Speaker 2: you want? Kids he didn't have. KIDS i didn't have,
Speaker 2: kids AND i, Said i'm willing IF i find the right.
Speaker 1: Person lorenzo said he'd always wanted to be a. Dad
Speaker 1: this Made denisha lean. In usually the guys she met
Speaker 1: either already had kids or weren't interested in starting a.
Speaker 1: Family When denisha looked at her, watch she was surprised
Speaker 1: to see that hours had gone.
Speaker 2: BY i told him it was getting kind of, late
Speaker 2: and one walked me to my, car made SURE i
Speaker 2: was on the inside of the, sidewalk which was so.
Speaker 1: Sweet standing on the sidewalk next To denisha's, Car lorenzo
Speaker 1: leaned in to kiss.
Speaker 2: Her it was the best kiss That i've ever had
Speaker 2: in my. Life it was just.
Speaker 1: Amazing lorenzo didn't walk away until he was Sure denisha
Speaker 1: was safely on her way.
Speaker 2: Home we watched AS i burged onto the main, street
Speaker 2: made SURE i got home by a. TEXT i got
Speaker 2: home with a smile from ear to. EAR i was,
Speaker 2: cautious but so. Excited it was a great, night the
Speaker 2: best Date i've ever.
Speaker 1: Had this was the kind of guy she'd been waiting.
Speaker 1: For when she woke up the next, morning a text
Speaker 1: From lorenzo greeted.
Speaker 2: Her he had left me a text message and dedicated
Speaker 2: a song to. Me it made me smile and get
Speaker 2: butterflies in my.
Speaker 1: Stomach their second date followed soon, after and then their.
Speaker 2: Third we were joined at the hip since our first.
Speaker 1: Date soon they made their relationship. Official denisha's knowledge Of
Speaker 1: lorenzo's life grew from a few bullet points on his
Speaker 1: dating profile to the full.
Speaker 2: Story he grew up In Puerto rico for the first
Speaker 2: portion of his. Life his mom was still. There he
Speaker 2: had been in the military for most of his. Life
Speaker 2: he had enlisted right after high. School he started in
Speaker 2: The army and then matriculated Into, marines and then he
Speaker 2: went all the way up the ranks to.
Speaker 1: Colonel he Showed denisia some of his old, uniforms decked
Speaker 1: out with military pins and. Accolades he shared stories from
Speaker 1: his years in the. Service he Told denisia about the
Speaker 1: time he stepped on a homemade bomb while on.
Speaker 2: Deployment it really destroyed his body and then was put
Speaker 2: back together In, germany like titanium and.
Speaker 1: Everything he'd since retired from active military, service but he
Speaker 1: still worked for The department Of.
Speaker 2: Defense he worked FOR.
Speaker 1: DCIS, dcis Or Defense Criminal Investigative, service investigates fraud and
Speaker 1: corruption within The department Of.
Speaker 2: Defense he had a gun on him all the, time
Speaker 2: no matter where we, were he had a gun in his.
Speaker 1: Badge after dating men who lacked, Direction lorenzo's passion for
Speaker 1: his work was a breath of fresh.
Speaker 2: AIR i was really impressed the, military the high profile government.
Speaker 2: Job it just was like a cherry on top of
Speaker 2: this sexy, man like he's on the right side of,
Speaker 2: things making sure our military is, safe AND i felt
Speaker 2: safe with. HIM i felt.
Speaker 1: Protected as the time they spent together, grew so did their.
Speaker 2: Feelings it didn't take long for us to be telling
Speaker 2: each other we loved each.
Speaker 1: Other Soon lorenzo moved in With. Denisia they spent countless
Speaker 1: hours watching movies AND tv shows together and debriefing about
Speaker 1: the characters and themes of the.
Speaker 2: Story, afterwards we would have long conversations and would morph
Speaker 2: into like philosophical, conversations and we would get deep into
Speaker 2: our religious, backgrounds and he also was deconstructing his.
Speaker 1: Faith they could talk about. Anything when conflicts did, arise
Speaker 1: they worked through them together with patience and.
Speaker 2: Care the disagreements we had were short and, sporadic and
Speaker 2: it was more of a. Conversation it s felt so.
Speaker 2: Adult it felt so good to just be able to
Speaker 2: express SOMETHING i didn't like or something that was bothering,
Speaker 2: me and we could just talk it.
Speaker 1: Out the only thing they couldn't really talk about Was lorenzo's.
Speaker 2: Job it was super. SECRET i couldn't know too. Much
Speaker 2: every once in a, while he'd give me a little
Speaker 2: bit of an inkling about a case that he was working,
Speaker 2: on but no, names no.
Speaker 1: Details lorenzo worked long, hours and.
Speaker 2: He would come home at like four o'clock in the,
Speaker 2: morning or he would be gone for a.
Speaker 1: Week lorenzo Told danisha he had to travel often for.
Speaker 2: Work me and my girlfriend called HIM fbi because we
Speaker 2: knew he was working for the federal government and some
Speaker 2: high profile, thing and SO i would call HIM fbi
Speaker 2: babe WHEN i was referring to.
Speaker 1: Him When lorenzo was traveling for, work he always stayed
Speaker 1: in touch over.
Speaker 2: Text he would just send me pictures of the plane
Speaker 2: he was going. On he would send me pictures of
Speaker 2: him in uniform going into a high profile meeting before
Speaker 2: he had to turn his phone in at.
Speaker 1: Work lorenzo was fearless and With, denisia he was, caring,
Speaker 1: gentle and. Patient she felt at home by his. Side
Speaker 1: she'd been waiting for a love like this her whole.
Speaker 2: Life And i've heard stories before that if you, know you,
Speaker 2: know AND i JUST i. KNEW i knew this was,
Speaker 2: HIM i knew this was my.
Speaker 1: Guy they had only been dating for a couple of,
Speaker 1: months but she knew what she. Wanted denisha was in
Speaker 1: her late, thirties and she told him her priority was
Speaker 1: starting a.
Speaker 2: Family, finally you, know and two grown up nerds were
Speaker 2: both almost in our, forties never, married no, Kids let's
Speaker 2: do this.
Speaker 1: Together so they made the unconventional decision to prioritize starting
Speaker 1: a family as soon as.
Speaker 2: Possible if it, happened in my, mind it would be
Speaker 2: just a. Blessing and then it. HAPPENED i was so
Speaker 2: elated she was.
Speaker 1: Pregnant it felt like. Fate but she was nervous to
Speaker 1: Tell lorenzo now that being a dad wasn't just an
Speaker 1: idea but a. Reality what if he changed his.
Speaker 2: MIND i told, him you don't have to. STAY i
Speaker 2: could do this on my, own and he, said absolutely.
Speaker 2: Not that was not even a question in his. Mind
Speaker 2: we're going to do this first time. Parents let's do.
Speaker 1: This But dinisha had a lot of complications with her.
Speaker 1: PREGNANCY i had everything in the.
Speaker 2: Book Because i'm, OLDER i was already high. Risk and
Speaker 2: then twelve week mark they did the diabetes, test had,
Speaker 2: diabetes had to go on a very strict. Diet around
Speaker 2: thirty four thirty five, WEEKS i started getting high blood.
Speaker 2: PRESSURES i had to test by blood pressure several times a.
Speaker 2: DAY i was going in for a non stress test
Speaker 2: two times a. Week it was a.
Speaker 1: Lot lorenzo was by her side through.
Speaker 2: Everything lorenzo was my. Anchor he came to most of the,
Speaker 2: appointments drove me. There he stayed with me the entire.
Speaker 1: Time denisha Was lorenzo's top. Priority even when he got
Speaker 1: home from work at four in the, morning he got
Speaker 1: up two hours later to prepare her breakfast in.
Speaker 2: Bed he really was focused on making me happy and
Speaker 2: making me. Comfortable lots of, massages lots of.
Speaker 1: Love lorenzo started putting together the, nursery hanging up shelves
Speaker 1: and doing the physical labor so That denisha could. Rest
Speaker 1: watching him take care of her Gave denisha confidence that
Speaker 1: he would be a great.
Speaker 2: Dad he was just so gentle with, me AND i
Speaker 2: was a. MESS i was crying all the, time and
Speaker 2: he made me feel happy and he got me in
Speaker 2: a better mood every. TIME i knew that he was
Speaker 2: going to be an amazing.
Speaker 1: Father when their daughter was, Born lorenzo was right there
Speaker 1: by her, side.
Speaker 2: And you got to cut her, cord and he was
Speaker 2: the first person she. Touched it was so, amazing and
Speaker 2: the nurses try to bring her to, me And i'm,
Speaker 2: like please give her to her a.
Speaker 1: Dad it was a magical. Moment looking at her daughter
Speaker 1: In lorenzo's, Arms denisha was filled with pride for her.
Speaker 2: FAMILY i could not BELIEVE i had my man and my.
Speaker 2: BABY i was just so.
Speaker 1: Excited finally her fairy tale was coming to. Fruition When
Speaker 1: denisia became a, mom she was. Overjoyed Watching lorenzo care
Speaker 1: for her and their daughter felt like a dream come,
Speaker 1: true the type of love always wished. For they had
Speaker 1: a baby. Shower lorenzo's bomb and sister traveled in From
Speaker 1: Puerto rico to be.
Speaker 2: THERE i got them gifts AND i thanked them for
Speaker 2: coming to be with us and celebrate this new journey
Speaker 2: and how amazing it is that this is their first
Speaker 2: grandchild and, niece and they were really.
Speaker 1: Receptive because of the nature Of lorenzo's, job he didn't
Speaker 1: have paternity.
Speaker 2: Leave he was only home for a. Week his job
Speaker 2: did not want him to be off for that. Long
Speaker 2: he demanded that. Week him having to go back to
Speaker 2: work was really. HARD i really wanted him.
Speaker 1: There lorenzo worked a, lot but he still did everything
Speaker 1: he could to be a great. Dad when he wasn't,
Speaker 1: working he jumped in to Help.
Speaker 2: Denisia he was helping me figure out lactation and. Breastfeeding
Speaker 2: he was always washing the baby, bottles and when baby
Speaker 2: was stressed out and wouldn't sleep and she's screaming and,
Speaker 2: screaming he would take.
Speaker 1: Over one day In, august when their DAUGHTER i was
Speaker 1: three months, Old denisha And lorenzo were spending time. Together
Speaker 1: suddenly he turned to face. Her he looked, anxious out of.
Speaker 2: Nowhere he just says that he had to tell me.
Speaker 1: Something Then lorenzo dropped a, bombshell.
Speaker 2: And he confessed that our baby was not his first.
Speaker 2: Baby he actually had three additional, children a twelve year,
Speaker 2: old a ten year, old and an eight year old
Speaker 2: with two other.
Speaker 1: Women denisha was completely taken.
Speaker 2: Aback to say THAT i was shocked is an. Understatement
Speaker 2: she was numb and.
Speaker 1: Angry she left the house to get some, space.
Speaker 2: And then WHEN i got, BACK i just begged him
Speaker 2: to tell me. Everything what do you mean you're not
Speaker 2: a first time? DAD i don't. Understand he said.
Speaker 1: The kids were from two different relationships he'd had in his,
Speaker 1: twenties they didn't live in the, area and he wasn't
Speaker 1: involved in the kids'. Lives lorenzo tried to explain why
Speaker 1: he'd kept this From.
Speaker 2: Denisia he said he didn't want me to. Leave he
Speaker 2: thought that IF i knew he had other, CHILDREN i
Speaker 2: would not be into him. Anymore and my response was
Speaker 2: that was my, Choice so you took that choice away from.
Speaker 1: Me he explained that he'd never been given the opportunity
Speaker 1: to parent his older, kids so when he Met, denisha
Speaker 1: it felt like a fresh.
Speaker 2: START i asked a, Lot please tell me, everything no more.
Speaker 2: Secrets we're in this. Together anything? Else are you? Married,
Speaker 2: like what is going? On what about these other? Women
Speaker 2: and he assured me nothing. Else there's nothing, Else there's nothing,
Speaker 2: else and he is, very very sorry that he did
Speaker 2: not tell me about these other.
Speaker 1: Children the lies, stung But lorenzo seemed genuinely. Sorry he
Speaker 1: admitted that hiding this was a. Mistake he was apologetic
Speaker 1: and wasn't. DEFENSIVE i really wanted to let it. GO
Speaker 1: i kind of understood where he was coming, from why
Speaker 1: he would keep that from. Me she asked if she
Speaker 1: could meet his other, CHILDREN.
Speaker 2: I would love. IT i would get. Stacks we would
Speaker 2: watch movies and he was really reluctant and he did
Speaker 2: not like that, idea and then told me that the
Speaker 2: other children's mothers would not be on, board that he
Speaker 2: rarely gets to see them, anyways and there was a
Speaker 2: lot of animosity between him and the other.
Speaker 1: Mothers denisha believed. Him she was on maternity, leave busy
Speaker 1: with their, newborn and After lorenzo came, clean he showed
Speaker 1: his remorse with his actions doting On denisia and their.
Speaker 2: Daughter we had a great time all through my maternity.
Speaker 2: Leave he was really, attentive even after this ball that he.
Speaker 2: Dropped we try to get past, it AND i thought
Speaker 2: it was.
Speaker 1: Doable When lorenzo had to travel for, work he found
Speaker 1: creative ways to stay in.
Speaker 2: Touch baby girl AND i would hang out in the living.
Speaker 2: Room we had the nanny cam right next to THE,
Speaker 2: tv and it was one of those nanny cams that
Speaker 2: you can patch through and talk.
Speaker 1: Through lorenzo would log into the nanny cam so he
Speaker 1: could See denisha and his daughter and talk to them
Speaker 1: while they hung out at.
Speaker 2: Home and it felt really, good, actually it was really.
Speaker 2: Sweet he was watching all the. Time you just pop
Speaker 2: in and. WATCH i would hear his voice and he's,
Speaker 2: Like daddy's, Girl daddy's here and talk to, baby and
Speaker 2: talk to. Me and it just was lovely to see
Speaker 2: that he was, connecting even though he had to be.
Speaker 1: Away By thanksgiving of that, year their daughter was six months.
Speaker 1: Old denisha And lorenzo were in the car driving to
Speaker 1: her family's house For thanksgiving dinner When denisia saw that
Speaker 1: she had a miscall from an unknown.
Speaker 2: Number there's a message from the. CALL i asked him
Speaker 2: to play it out loud As i'm, driving and it's
Speaker 2: this woman That i've never heard from or heard, of
Speaker 2: and she says she's looking for her, Husband.
Speaker 1: Lorenzo denisha nearly swerved off the.
Speaker 2: Road my heart, drops And i'm, like what is going?
Speaker 2: On just a couple months, ago you told me you
Speaker 2: had three, kids and now some stranger is calling my
Speaker 2: phone saying that she is looking for her. Husband what is?
Speaker 1: Happening she Expected lorenzo to be panicked and, apologetic but
Speaker 1: he was. Unfazed he had an.
Speaker 2: Explanation he assured, me that's my Ex she's. Crazy don't believe.
Speaker 2: Her please don't let this ruin. Everything we have something.
Speaker 2: GOOD i love you this is our. Family don't let
Speaker 2: her get in your.
Speaker 1: Head but the whole time she was At thanksgiving, dinner
Speaker 1: the woman's words my Husband lorenzo echoed in her.
Speaker 2: Mind but it was maybe girls First, thanksgiving SO i
Speaker 2: pretend it like everything was.
Speaker 1: Great she put on a brave face around her. Family
Speaker 1: when they got home that, Night lorenzo tried to Reassure
Speaker 1: denisha that there was nothing going on with his. Ex
Speaker 1: he showed her the text messages between them to prove
Speaker 1: there was nothing to worry.
Speaker 2: ABOUT i saw the text messages and it's it seemed,
Speaker 2: legit so it helped me kind of let it.
Speaker 1: Go she was still, suspicious but she wanted to Believe.
Speaker 1: Lorenzo they had just started a family.
Speaker 2: TOGETHER i was fighting for my little. FAMILY i thought
Speaker 2: for sure this was my, time And i'm fighting tooth
Speaker 2: and nail to keep it as much as.
Speaker 1: Possible one, Night denisha And lorenzo were at home watching
Speaker 1: a show, together as they often.
Speaker 2: Did Baby girl was in bed. Already it was late at.
Speaker 2: Night we were Watching, dexter and he pulled out a.
Speaker 1: Ring lorenzo Asked denisha to marry. Him she said.
Speaker 2: Yes we took a little happy picture and posted it
Speaker 2: on social, media AND i was engaged the next. DAY
Speaker 2: i squealed with my mom on the phone and all that.
Speaker 2: Stuff but to be, honest in the back of my,
Speaker 2: Mind i'm like something felt.
Speaker 1: Off she had always imagined that getting engaged would be
Speaker 1: one of the happy moments of her, life but her
Speaker 1: happiness was laced with.
Speaker 2: DOUBT i kept thinking about the other mother that called, me,
Speaker 2: like where is she in this, story in this. ENGAGEMENT
Speaker 2: i don't know, why BUT i could not get her
Speaker 2: out of my.
Speaker 1: Mind lorenzo was passionate about his role as a federal,
Speaker 1: agent but as time went, on he wanted to start
Speaker 1: a side.
Speaker 2: Venture he was really into, arbitration which is like the
Speaker 2: middleman when somebody has an argument with another.
Speaker 1: Person lorenzo decided to open a consulting business where he
Speaker 1: would use his negotiation and conflict management skills to help
Speaker 1: clients navigate complex custody battles or divorce. Proceedings he Told
Speaker 1: denisha that his specialization within the federal government allowed him
Speaker 1: to be an. Arbitrator this wasn't her area of, expertise
Speaker 1: so she didn't think much of. It she offered to
Speaker 1: use her accounting skills to help get the business set.
Speaker 2: UP i helped him draw out like a policy and
Speaker 2: how to get paid and all that.
Speaker 1: Stuff Then lorenzo started taking on.
Speaker 2: Clients his first case was a family here in Southern.
Speaker 2: California it was a child custody. Case the mom was
Speaker 2: not attentive to the child and the dad really wanted,
Speaker 2: custody but they were not seeing eye to, eye so
Speaker 2: he was going to see both sides and file.
Speaker 1: Paperwork one, Day denisha was hanging out with some, friends
Speaker 1: which she got a call From. Lorenzo right, away she
Speaker 1: could tell something was off with. Him he seemed. Flustered
Speaker 1: he told, HER i.
Speaker 2: Have to tell you what happened. Today please don't be.
Speaker 2: Mad AND i was, like. Okay what.
Speaker 1: Happened there had been an explosive dispute and the child
Speaker 1: custody case he'd been working.
Speaker 2: On the mom was supposed to drop the baby back
Speaker 2: off at dad's house and never did So lorenzo went
Speaker 2: with dad to go and look for the. Child he.
Speaker 2: Said they found mom and, child And lorenzo got out
Speaker 2: to get the, child and the mom fought him and
Speaker 2: he held her. Back authorities were called and the mom
Speaker 2: went to the. Hospital when the police.
Speaker 1: Came they Arrested lorenzo and his, client the child's.
Speaker 2: Father So lorenzo and the father went to, jail but
Speaker 2: he had failed himself.
Speaker 1: Out he was calling her after posting. Bail denisha was
Speaker 1: stunned and.
Speaker 2: Furious this was a client of, yours your first. Case
Speaker 2: why were you on the street looking for people and
Speaker 2: grabbing kids out of people's, Arms, like why would you do?
Speaker 1: That lorenzo didn't have much to say in his own.
Speaker 2: Defense he, SAID i just got, passionate you, know it
Speaker 2: was a. Mess he brushed off.
Speaker 1: The altercation as merely a one. Off he did have
Speaker 1: one major, worry.
Speaker 2: Though he said he was concerned because he did not
Speaker 2: reveal his arrest to his superior at, work and because
Speaker 2: he works FOR, sech a high profiled government. Job that
Speaker 2: could be a whole. Thing SO i was, like so
Speaker 2: then tell them.
Speaker 1: To denisha reporting it seemed like the obvious thing to,
Speaker 1: do But lorenzo told her it wasn't that. EASY a
Speaker 1: little while after, That denisha was home alone with her,
Speaker 1: baby but she heard a commotion outside her front.
Speaker 2: Door they are knocking at my neighbors right across from,
Speaker 2: me really, loud aggressive knock AND i hear whoever is
Speaker 2: asking For.
Speaker 1: Larry the neighbors didn't. Answer denisha heard footsteps walking, away.
Speaker 2: And suddenly the knock is on my. DOOR i opened the.
Speaker 2: Door these two men in street clothes are claiming to
Speaker 2: be THE Us marshals and they're looking For. LARRY i,
Speaker 2: EXPLAIN i don't know A, larry and they, said, well
Speaker 2: he goes By.
Speaker 1: Lorenzo tanisha And lorenzo were making things, work raising their
Speaker 1: one year old daughter. Together lorenzo's work as an agent
Speaker 1: WITH dcis meant he was often away from. Home one,
Speaker 1: Day danisha was at home with their baby when she
Speaker 1: heard a knock at the. Door when she opened, it
Speaker 1: TWO Us marshals were standing on her front.
Speaker 2: Porch and they're looking For. Larry AND i, EXPLAINED i
Speaker 2: don't know A.
Speaker 1: Larry this didn't make. Sense surely the agents had the
Speaker 1: details mixed up and were at the wrong.
Speaker 2: House and they, explain, well he goes By. Lorenzo sometimes
Speaker 2: my whole body is, HOT i feel like my stomach is.
Speaker 1: Dropped then one of the marshals pulled out a photo
Speaker 1: of the man they were looking, for.
Speaker 2: And they showed me a picture and it's the first
Speaker 2: THING i ever. Saw it's his dating profile. PICTURES i was, like,
Speaker 2: yeah that is my. Fiance they repeat that they're from
Speaker 2: THE Us marshals and he is. Wanted denisha's head was.
Speaker 1: Spinning she needed more. Information what are you talking?
Speaker 2: About what is this? About and they, said we can't
Speaker 2: really tell you, much but he is wanted for a
Speaker 2: weapons charge AND i, said, well that doesn't make. Sense
Speaker 2: he's an agent with our. Government he wears a badge
Speaker 2: and a.
Speaker 1: Gun THE Us marshals asked If lorenzo was. Home denisia
Speaker 1: said he was, not but they told her they needed
Speaker 1: to come in and search the house. Themselves her heart
Speaker 1: was beating out of her.
Speaker 2: Chest i've never been in, trouble not even a little.
Speaker 2: BIT i mean a couple of detentions in junior, high
Speaker 2: SO i don't know the law like. That SO i
Speaker 2: allowed one of them to. LOOK i asked them to
Speaker 2: be quiet because baby girl was.
Speaker 1: Sleeping one of the marshals searched the house while the
Speaker 1: other Asked denisia questions About. Lorenzo when they were certain
Speaker 1: he wasn't hiding inside the, house they Gave denisiha their
Speaker 1: contact information and. Left denisha felt like the ground beneath
Speaker 1: her was shifting like she couldn't take a full.
Speaker 2: Breath my mind is all over the, place totally, nervous
Speaker 2: in a. FOG i was so scared THAT i did something.
Speaker 2: WRONG i immediately Called, lorenzo.
Speaker 1: But he already.
Speaker 2: Knew he's, like, YEAH i saw it on the nanny.
Speaker 1: Cam he had been watching THE Us marshall search their
Speaker 1: home through the nanny cam he set up in their living.
Speaker 2: Room it was as if he were waiting for this to.
Speaker 2: Happen why what do you watch at that very? Moment
Speaker 2: why now he knew he knew.
Speaker 1: Something as, Always lorenzo was calm and had an.
Speaker 2: Explanation don't, worry, babe it's just a. Misunderstanding it's BECAUSE
Speaker 2: i didn't tell my boss about the.
Speaker 1: Arrest To, denisha that explanation didn't seem to add. Up
Speaker 1: THE Us marshall said he was wanted for a weapons.
Speaker 1: Charge lorenzo's arrest had been months, ago and he never
Speaker 1: made any mention of a. Weapon, plus as part of his,
Speaker 1: job he was required to Carry none of this made.
Speaker 2: SENSE i don't know why the government would be this
Speaker 2: mad about a stupid. Arrest you got in a fight
Speaker 2: like that's not a big.
Speaker 1: Deal lorenzo assured her that he had everything under.
Speaker 2: Control this is nothing and he will fix. It don't.
Speaker 2: Worry i'm going to clean it.
Speaker 1: Up, first there was a lieing about his, kids the
Speaker 1: secrecy around his. Job then there was his, arrest and
Speaker 1: now he was wanted BY Us.
Speaker 2: MARSHALS i cannot have. THIS i have worked very hard
Speaker 2: to have a life of peace and we have a.
Speaker 2: Child NOW i cannot HAVE us marshals knocking on my
Speaker 2: door asking me where you, Are, like this is. Ridiculous
Speaker 2: what is?
Speaker 1: Happening even Though lorenzo seemed calm on the, phone it
Speaker 1: became clear To denisha that he was hiding something because
Speaker 1: that day she waited for him to come, home but
Speaker 1: he never, did not that day or the next, day
Speaker 1: and he wasn't answering her. Calls that's when she realized.
Speaker 2: He was essentially on the, run trying to avoid THE Us,
Speaker 2: marshals try to avoid. ARREST i had no. INFORMATION i
Speaker 2: didn't know where he. WAS i didn't know what was.
Speaker 2: Happening nothing felt.
Speaker 1: Normal lorenzo called her a few. Times he Telled denisha
Speaker 1: he was, safe he was still sorting it all. Out
Speaker 1: she kept urging him to just be honest and turn himself.
Speaker 2: IN i don't understand why people are looking for you
Speaker 2: and why it would be so hard for you to
Speaker 2: just go ahead and tell your, boss get your, punishment
Speaker 2: and get it over.
Speaker 1: With as the days turned into, weeks she clung onto
Speaker 1: the idea that he could fix it and come home
Speaker 1: to their, daughter but his absence Meant denisha was suddenly
Speaker 1: responsible for running the.
Speaker 2: HOUSEHOLD i hadn't seen. Him he is not helping me
Speaker 2: take care of the. Baby he is not financially there.
Speaker 2: Either i'm doing this all by.
Speaker 1: Myself the Longer lorenzo was on the, run the More
Speaker 1: denisia questioned the stories he'd been telling.
Speaker 2: Her it was a balance of really, scared, angry and
Speaker 2: missing him all at the same. TIME i was so
Speaker 2: anxious and my neck. HURT i was so.
Speaker 1: Tense lorenzo had been gone for nearly a. Month denisha
Speaker 1: was in.
Speaker 2: DENIAL i have a baby with, him AND i love
Speaker 2: him so. MUCH i didn't need. PERFECTION i just wanted
Speaker 2: my family. Together even if it's fake, peace it's peace
Speaker 2: THAT i could pretend like nothing else is.
Speaker 1: Wrong when she didn't hear from, him she started checking
Speaker 1: online googling his name to see if there was any.
Speaker 1: News that's how she saw the.
Speaker 2: Picture they actually posted On. Twitter it's just so weird to,
Speaker 2: me BUT i see my big strong man with.
Speaker 1: Handcuffs lorenzo had been.
Speaker 2: Arrested they found, him THE Us marshalls found. HIM i
Speaker 2: don't know where they found. HIM i always try to
Speaker 2: look at the. Background it looks like a, house maybe
Speaker 2: a parking. Garage but, yeah they got.
Speaker 1: Him But denisia still didn't know what Exactly lorenzo had.
Speaker 2: Done all of those arrests are public, records SO i
Speaker 2: was able to look everything. Up and his charges were child,
Speaker 2: endangerment false, imprisonment, conspiracy, violence impersonating a peace. Officer all
Speaker 2: of them are, horrible but the one that really stood
Speaker 2: out to me was impersonating a peace.
Speaker 1: Officer peace officer is a blanket term to describe law enforcement.
Speaker 1: Officers it includes the, police, sheriffs and special. Agents seeing
Speaker 1: that charge was the first Time denisha Realized lorenzo wasn't
Speaker 1: who he said he.
Speaker 2: Was he was not an agent with the. Government all
Speaker 2: of that's made. Up and because he's not an agent
Speaker 2: with the, government he's in, big big trouble because he's
Speaker 2: pretending that made more sense to me than just the stupid.
Speaker 1: Fight there were no further details in the arrest. Record
Speaker 1: what did they mean by child endangerment and false? Imprisonment
Speaker 1: in the, moment all she knew for sure was that
Speaker 1: he'd been lying to, her and seeing his, charges she
Speaker 1: knew that his lies were serious.
Speaker 2: Criminal, EMOTIONALLY i was a. MESS i was embarrassed and.
Speaker 1: Shocked she struggled to accept that this was really. Happening
Speaker 1: worst of all was accepting that the future they'd been
Speaker 1: planning together was.
Speaker 2: Gone and this is after these fantasy conversations THAT i
Speaker 2: would have with him getting married and buying a house
Speaker 2: and like really living our lives out as a power.
Speaker 2: Couple all that went out the.
Speaker 1: Window she was left to raise their daughter on her
Speaker 1: own While lorenzo sat in.
Speaker 2: Jail i'm still going through with those partum and Then
Speaker 2: i'm working full, time trying to keep up with the
Speaker 2: bills and life and. Cleaning it's all on. Me it's
Speaker 2: all on. Me so because he's in, Prison i'm only
Speaker 2: able to talk to him and he calls.
Speaker 1: Me the first time they talked on the, Phone lorenzo
Speaker 1: didn't have any. Answers he's stuck by his story that
Speaker 1: he was a federal agent and his arrest was all
Speaker 1: a big. Misunderstanding his perspective of the story of how
Speaker 1: he got arrested in the first place does not add.
Speaker 2: Up so what is happening is? ALL i kept, thinking,
Speaker 2: like what is? Happening AM i ignoring?
Speaker 1: Something then one Day denisha got a phone call while
Speaker 1: she was at. Work she recognized the caller id it
Speaker 1: Was lorenzo's, ex the woman who'd called On.
Speaker 2: THANKSGIVING i answer and she comes in. Hot she comes
Speaker 2: in like who is this and she sounds like she's ready.
Speaker 2: FIGHT i, Say I'm lorenzo's. Fiance I'm lorenzo's.
Speaker 1: Fiance but the truth Was denisha needed her. Help maybe
Speaker 1: this woman had the answers she.
Speaker 2: Didn't she asked, her can you tell me what's going?
Speaker 2: On tell me your. Perspective she tells me he was never.
Speaker 2: Working every time he was not at my, house he
Speaker 2: was at her. House that he is sleeping around AND
Speaker 2: i need to get. Tested it's really.
Speaker 1: Serious it turned out they weren't the only two. Women
Speaker 1: lorenzo had been in multiple relationships at the same, time
Speaker 1: and he made all of the women he was with
Speaker 1: believe they were the only. One but that wasn't even
Speaker 1: the worst of. It the woman on the phone said
Speaker 1: That lorenzo had gotten another woman pregnant around this same
Speaker 1: time That denisia had been pregnant with their. Daughter and
Speaker 1: this other woman apparently lived In denisha's, neighborhood.
Speaker 2: And she said she lived just next door and has
Speaker 2: a baby around the same age as my.
Speaker 1: Baby and this was on top of the three secret
Speaker 1: children he had before he Met. Denisia she recognized the
Speaker 1: pain in this woman's, voice and she believed Her lorenzo
Speaker 1: had deceived them. Both later that same, Day lorenzo Called
Speaker 1: denisia from. Prison she answered on the first, ring.
Speaker 2: AND i let them have it for the first time
Speaker 2: since all of this has been going. On you're. TRASH
Speaker 2: i don't trust anything you're. Saying i'm going to get full.
Speaker 2: CUSTODY i don't want to ever see you. Again we're
Speaker 2: not getting over. This we're. Done AND i don't say
Speaker 2: things UNLESS i meet them AND i meant.
Speaker 1: Them she hung up the.
Speaker 2: PHONE i was sad That i'm losing WHAT i really,
Speaker 2: wanted but Also i'm in a space WHERE i cannot
Speaker 2: continue to pretend like everything's. Okay this is not, okay
Speaker 2: it's not.
Speaker 1: Normal the man she loved felt more like a.
Speaker 2: Phantom, now what CAN i say is even? Real did
Speaker 2: he love? Me why? Me why did you choose?
Speaker 1: Me denisha kept in touch With lorenzo's. Mom one, day
Speaker 1: when they were out to, lunch his mom said something
Speaker 1: that exposed yet another.
Speaker 2: LIE i asked his mom How Puerto rico was and
Speaker 2: she says that she's never been. There not only were
Speaker 2: they not, there but he was not born In Puerto,
Speaker 2: Rico so that was a. Lie he was born In
Speaker 2: La he was Named.
Speaker 1: Larry Before lorenzo's, arrest she'd seen a copy of his
Speaker 1: birth certificate.
Speaker 2: Which showed me that he was born In Puerto rico
Speaker 2: and his name Was. LORENZO i saw the birth, certificate
Speaker 2: it Said Puerto.
Speaker 1: Rico but that document must have been.
Speaker 2: Forged so who doctored this? Document that's so weird and
Speaker 2: why lie about?
Speaker 1: That hearing this reveal Threw denisha. Off she was too
Speaker 1: flustered to ask his mom any follow up questions in the,
Speaker 1: moment but, later when she was, alone she realized she
Speaker 1: needed more. Answers she didn't even know Who lorenzo, was
Speaker 1: and she wanted to find.
Speaker 2: Out NOW i Know larry is officially who he is
Speaker 2: and born In LA i was able to get deeper
Speaker 2: and look for more.
Speaker 1: Receipts she scoured The internet for everything she could find
Speaker 1: About lorenzo Aka. Larry her search for the truth took.
Speaker 1: Years we want to walk you Through lorenzo's criminal, past
Speaker 1: combining What denisha and our team has found. Out his
Speaker 1: given name at birth Was Larry Cornell Diamond. Junior in,
Speaker 1: total he had six arrests and. Convictions we're going to
Speaker 1: detail a few of. Them it all started in two
Speaker 1: thousand In Los. Angeles larry was twenty two at the.
Speaker 1: Time he and his Friend Robert hun showed up unannounced
Speaker 1: at a woman's. Apartment they knocked on her door and
Speaker 1: told her that they WERE fbi. Agents they said that
Speaker 1: they needed to search her. Home they were armed and
Speaker 1: she let them. In but they WEREN'T fbi. Agents they
Speaker 1: were bounty. Hunters The Los Angeles times reported on the.
Speaker 1: Crime here's part of that reporting read by a voice.
Speaker 3: Actor huon And diamond proclaimed to be affiliated with a
Speaker 3: non existent branch of THE. Fbi heon And diamond created
Speaker 3: a fake search warrant and claimed they WERE fbi agents
Speaker 3: when they made their way through a woman's sam pager
Speaker 3: apartment searching for stolen. Computers both men were wearing holstered
Speaker 3: semi automatic guns and silver badges that they claimed WERE fbi.
Speaker 1: Badges that was the start of a, pattern an almost
Speaker 1: pathological scheme of impersonating authority LIKE, FBI, cia or police
Speaker 1: as means of. Extortion after he was, Released larry went
Speaker 1: right back to. It in two thousand and, three he
Speaker 1: walked into a hardware store where he intended to carry
Speaker 1: out his next. Crime The District attorney's office In Central
Speaker 1: california released a statement explaining what happened that. Day he'd
Speaker 1: had a voice actor read part of.
Speaker 4: It diamond went to the hardware company dressed like a
Speaker 4: law enforcement. Officer he was wearing all, black displaying a,
Speaker 4: badge and claimed that he was AN fbi agent with
Speaker 4: The American. Consulate he then threatened to arrest the owner
Speaker 4: unless the owner paid ten thousand dollars directly To.
Speaker 1: Diamond for that, offense he served a four year prison.
Speaker 1: Sentence this was so much darker Than denisia. Imagined lorenzo
Speaker 1: wasn't just lying about his. Identity he was threatening and
Speaker 1: exploiting innocent. People he would show up armed and in,
Speaker 1: disguise then demand money or. Valuables he abused authority he
Speaker 1: didn't even, have and he did that over and over
Speaker 1: again for his entire adult. Life lorenzo wasn't just unfaithful or.
Speaker 1: Delusional he was. Dangerous In september of twenty, sixteen he
Speaker 1: legally changed his name To Lorenzo Sanchez. Diamond the very next,
Speaker 1: week he was arrested, again this time for possession of a.
Speaker 1: Firearm denisha poured over all of these.
Speaker 2: Documents i'm reading the whole, thing and they catch him
Speaker 2: at The denny's in his military gear with guns in his,
Speaker 2: trunk and he gets.
Speaker 1: Arrested none of his arrests or prison sentences deterred. Him
Speaker 1: each time he was, released he picked up where he
Speaker 1: left off and continued his impersonation Con even After denisha
Speaker 1: ended things With lorenzo and he was imprisoned for the
Speaker 1: sixth time in twenty twenty, three he would insist that
Speaker 1: he was always a federal. Agent at least that's what
Speaker 1: he Told, denisha but he asked her not to come
Speaker 1: to his sentencing. Hearing there he pled guilty to all
Speaker 1: the counts he was. Facing he was sentenced to another
Speaker 1: eighteen months in. Prison denisha thought that would be the
Speaker 1: end of the, story but While lorenzo was behind, bars
Speaker 1: she got a strange.
Speaker 2: EMAIL i got a mysterious email from A Bubba. Walker
Speaker 2: never heard of this. Person they introduced themselves as A cia,
Speaker 2: agent and then there's A mp three voicemail in. It
Speaker 2: it was a computerized female. Voice the sender.
Speaker 1: Claimed to be an employee at THE, cia Singing lorenzo's
Speaker 1: praises for his invaluable efforts in the Global war on.
Speaker 1: Terrorism they Said lorenzo was a good man with more
Speaker 1: intelligence than.
Speaker 2: Most the recording just was Like Lorenzo sanchez is a
Speaker 2: great person and he's a great stand up, citizen and
Speaker 2: THAT i should trust, it and also said not to
Speaker 2: tell anybody about this message and to destroy the. Message
Speaker 2: AFTER i got, IT i told. Everybody my sister was, like,
Speaker 2: WELL i can say a lot of bad things about
Speaker 2: this man by people go through the ends of the
Speaker 2: earth to fake A cia call to get to believe his,
Speaker 2: Bullshit like this is so, stupid it was.
Speaker 1: Laughable she no longer believed Anything lorenzo. Said after nine
Speaker 1: months behind, Bars lorenzo was released on good. Behavior even
Speaker 1: though things were over between, them she Let lorenzo FaceTime
Speaker 1: their daughter. Occasionally on one of those, Calls lorenzo said
Speaker 1: he had some grave.
Speaker 2: News that's when he revealed he had. CANCER i thought
Speaker 2: it was another, tactic another, lie maybe to get my
Speaker 2: walls down, again to see if he can get back
Speaker 2: into my good. Graces so she told, him you're not
Speaker 2: invited in my home or my heart. Anymore if you're,
Speaker 2: SICK i help you still better.
Speaker 1: Soon but the next time they had a video, Call
Speaker 1: denisha noticed that the room he was calling from was.
Speaker 1: Different he was in the, hospital and he Looked. Gaune
Speaker 1: he'd lied about so, much but this time he was
Speaker 1: telling the.
Speaker 2: Truth he has stage four colon. Cancer he's very.
Speaker 1: Sick lorenzo's health only declined from. There he went into.
Speaker 1: Hospice denisha decided to visit him and say.
Speaker 2: Goodbye he looks really. Frail you could push him over
Speaker 2: with just the.
Speaker 1: Breath seeing him at the end of his life brought up,
Speaker 1: overwhelming conflicting.
Speaker 2: Emotions before all the things that went, wrong he showed
Speaker 2: me love like no one else had showed me before.
Speaker 2: THIS i felt, RESPECTED i felt loved and desired having
Speaker 2: him destroy my, life and now he was. Dying she
Speaker 2: walked over to his. BEDSIDE i was so. Sad it
Speaker 2: was so sad to. SEE i never wished this for.
Speaker 2: ANYONE i held his hand and told HIM i forgave,
Speaker 2: him and THAT i got, this AND i will take
Speaker 2: care of our, daughter and you can let. Go she
Speaker 2: left his.
Speaker 1: Room in forty eight, Hours lorenzo passed. Away denisia reached
Speaker 1: out to us a few months. Later she's still processing the.
Speaker 2: Loss it's unending, grief grieving the life THAT i THOUGHT i,
Speaker 2: had the, husband the, baby the, house all of those,
Speaker 2: things had it for so, little such a little. Time
Speaker 2: i'm grieving that all the. Time i'm grieving the single
Speaker 2: motherhood of it, all AND i a grieve for my.
Speaker 1: Baby that grief is muddied by.
Speaker 2: Confusion it's really hard to determine who this person.
Speaker 1: Was lorenzo's obituary describes him as a, doctor, author, poet
Speaker 1: and rapper who loved macaroni and cheese and Watching. Jeopardy
Speaker 1: His LinkedIn profile describes him as a legal expert and
Speaker 1: human rights. Consultant lorenzo tried on so many disguises so
Speaker 1: many prestigious, career, doctor, lawyer federal. Agent denisia knows now
Speaker 1: he wasn't any of those. Things she's left wondering if
Speaker 1: anything he ever told her was.
Speaker 2: REAL i still am not one hundred percent sure what
Speaker 2: the truth.
Speaker 1: Is denisia has had to make peace with the confusion
Speaker 1: and Grief lorenzo left. Behind she hasn't been in contact
Speaker 1: with the other Women lorenzo deceived for her reaching out
Speaker 1: with reopen. Wounds she is trying to.
Speaker 2: Heal my focus is on my baby and doing my job.
Speaker 1: Well she has built an impressive.
Speaker 2: Career i'm making six figures at a nonprofit as the accounting.
Speaker 2: Manager i'm so proud of me to be in this.
Speaker 2: ROLE i worked hard to get.
Speaker 1: Here she's created a safe and loving home where her
Speaker 1: daughter gets to express herself. Authentically baby girl is.
Speaker 2: Thriving she loves school and it's already time to enroll
Speaker 2: her in regular elementary. School and that's, emotional and she loves,
Speaker 2: dancing loves.
Speaker 1: Ballet these, Days denisius used her own strength.
Speaker 2: Clearly i'm resilient BECAUSE i struggle with depression, anxiety but
Speaker 2: this did not strike. ME i am still Going i'm
Speaker 2: still standing strong And i'm going to be.
Speaker 1: Fine we end every weekly episode with the same, question
Speaker 1: why do you want to share your?
Speaker 2: STORY i cycle through grief on a daily. BASIS i
Speaker 2: feel very lonely having experienced this and not having a
Speaker 2: lot of people that understand Where i'm, at that wore
Speaker 2: these same shoes and had the same. Thoughts SO i
Speaker 2: really wanted to find my, people tell other people they're not,
Speaker 2: alone and to just know that somebody knows What i'm going.
Speaker 1: Through on the next episode of The Tray, Weekly.
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Speaker 5: this is going to. End he's a, liar he's a,
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Speaker 5: stop unless he's made to.
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