Frenemies (2013–…): Season 1, Episode 5 - Shattered Bonds - full transcript
Butch Pratt and Ed Swiger meet during their first year of college and join a fraternity. When they realize the frat is struggling to pay the bills, they devise a plan to make money, but no one could predict how the scheme would spiral out of control.
Narrator: TWO BLOOD RELATIVES
BECOME BEST FRIENDS...
SHE JUST KEPT SAYING,
"OH, I'M SO HAPPY.
NOW IT'S LIKE I HAVE A SISTER."
Narrator:
...UNTIL ONE GIRL'S HIDDEN RAGE
PROVES THAT BLOOD
ISN'T THICKER THAN WATER.
IT WAS COMPLETELY CRAZY.
I REALLY COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
I DIDN'T WANT TO BELIEVE IT.
I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE
THE SHOCK AND THE HORROR.
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
Narrator:
KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE
AND YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER.
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
14-YEAR-OLD SHANNON BRAITHWAITE
AND 13-YEAR-OLD TIANA BROWNE
ARE COUSINS.
BUT THEIR LIVES
COULDN'T BE MORE DIFFERENT.
SHANNON'S MOTHER MARVA IS STRICT
BUT DEVOTED TO HER ONLY CHILD.
SHANNON CAME FROM A HOME
OF A SINGLE MOM
WHO WORKED VERY,
VERY HARD AND LONG HOURS
TO SUPPORT HER CHILD.
SHANNON WAS VERY CLOSE
TO HER MOTHER.
THAT WAS HER ONLY BABY.
Narrator: TIANA'S MOTHER,
ON THE OTHER HAND,
IS HARDLY PRESENT IN HER LIFE.
HER MOTHER WAS QUITE YOUNG
WHEN SHE WAS BORN --
I THINK ABOUT 15.
AND TIANA WAS RAISED
BY HER GRANDMOTHER.
Narrator: TIANA IS OFTEN LEFT
TO HER OWN DEVICES,
WHILE SHANNON'S HOME IS STABLE.
BUT THE TWO COUSINS
SHARE A LOT IN COMMON,
AND THEY BECOME FRIENDS.
SHANNON WAS VERY OUTGOING.
SHE WAS VERY FRIENDLY.
TIANA COULD BE FUNNY.
SHE COULD BE WARM.
Narrator:
AS SHANNON AND TIANA GET OLDER,
THEY GROW EVEN CLOSER.
SHANNON WAS SAYING
THEY WERE VERY CLOSE,
AND IT WAS
KIND OF LIKE COUSINS UNITING.
Narrator: BUT THE BONDS
THAT TIE THEM TOGETHER
WILL ALSO LEAD THEM TO A DEADLY
ENCOUNTER THAT LIES AHEAD.
BY THE TIME TIANA AND SHANNON
ENTER HIGH SCHOOL IN 2006,
SHANNON IS A STRAIGHT-A STUDENT
WITH A PASSION FOR WRITING.
SHE WAS EXTREMELY AMBITIOUS.
WHICHEVER ONE YOU WANT.
SHANNON WAS WRITING, I THINK,
THREE NOVELS IN 9th GRADE.
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATION ]
Narrator: TIANA ALSO STARTS OFF
THE SCHOOL YEAR
WITH GOOD GRADES
AND A POSITIVE OUTLOOK.
TIANA WAS DESCRIBED AS BEING
A HAPPY CHILD,
WELL-ADJUSTED CHILD.
SHE DID WELL IN SCHOOL.
Narrator: BUT EVERYTHING CHANGES
WHEN, SUDDENLY,
AT THE AGE OF 13,
TIANA LEARNS A TERRIBLE SECRET.
THE MAN TIANA HAS ALWAYS KNOWN
AS HER STEP-GRANDFATHER
IS ALSO HER FATHER.
SHOCKINGLY, HE RAPED HER MOTHER
WHEN SHE WAS 15 YEARS OLD.
AND FOR REASONS
TIANA CAN'T UNDERSTAND,
HER GRANDMOTHER STAYED WITH HIM
AND BURIED THE TRUTH.
I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE
THE EMOTIONAL IMPACT
THAT WOULD HAVE HAD
ON A 13-YEAR-OLD.
Narrator: AFTER SHE LEARNS
THIS DISTRESSING NEWS,
TIANA'S PERSONALITY CHANGES
COMPLETELY.
SHE BECOMES INCREASINGLY VIOLENT
AND UNCONTROLLABLE.
IT WAS A REALLY DRAMATIC CHANGE
FROM THE WAY
THAT SHE WAS BEFORE.
WHAT'S SO HARD
ABOUT THAT, HUH?
TIANA WAS PICKING FIGHTS
WITH HER PEERS.
SHE WAS STEALING.
SHE WAS TRUANT FROM SCHOOL.
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
Narrator: SHANNON IS DISTRESSED
TO SEE THIS DRASTIC CHANGE
IN HER COUSIN
AND LETS TIANA KNOW
THAT SHE IS THERE
WHENEVER SHE NEEDS HER.
Lopez:
SHANNON WAS ALWAYS THE ONE THAT
WOULD SAY, "YOU CAN TALK TO ME.
I CAN GIVE YOU ADVICE."
SHANNON WANTED TO SHOW HER
A DIFFERENT WAY TO LIVE.
Narrator: SHANNON ONLY
WANTS TO HELP, BUT SOON,
HER HEARTFELT ADVICE STARTS
TO GRATE ON TIANA'S NERVES.
SHANNON WATCHES HELPLESSLY
AS TIANA'S BEHAVIOR ONLY BECOMES
MORE RISKY AND SELF-DESTRUCTIVE.
TIANA WAS SORELY TEMPTED
BY OUTSIDE INFLUENCES
THAT WERE NEGATIVE.
TIANA PUT HERSELF IN A PLACE
WHERE SHE COULD BE VICTIMIZED.
Narrator: AFTER TIANA LEARNS
THE SECRET ABOUT HER FATHER,
SHE STARTS RUNNING AWAY
FROM HOME FOR DAYS AT A TIME
AND GETS HERSELF
INTO DANGEROUS SITUATIONS.
[ SIREN WAILS ]
BY RUNNING AWAY,
SHE WASN'T IN A SAFE PLACE.
AND SO SHE HAD A SERIES
OF VERY TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES.
Narrator: SHOCKINGLY,
TIANA CLAIMS SHE IS RAPED
ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS
WHILE ON THE STREETS.
IT'S INCREDIBLY TRAUMATIZING.
SHE WAS SO YOUNG.
PLEASE, JUST GET AWAY
FROM ME. PLEASE.
GET AWAY FROM ME!
Narrator:
SHANNON IS HORRIFIED
BY THE TERRIBLE THINGS THAT HAVE
HAPPENED TO HER COUSIN,
AND SHE VOWS
TO KEEP HELPING HER.
BUT SHANNON DOESN'T REALIZE
HER ACTIONS WILL DRAW THEM BOTH
INTO THE EYE OF A DEADLY STORM.
Paradis: WE KNOW
THAT SHE HAD A LOT OF RAGE,
BUT THERE WAS NO WAY
THAT YOU COULD PREDICT
THAT SHE WOULD BEHAVE
THE WAY SHE DID.
IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE.
I REALLY COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
I DIDN'T WANT TO BELIEVE IT.
Narrator:
SHANNON'S TROUBLED FRIEND TIANA
HAS SUFFERED A SERIES
OF TRAUMATIC RAPES
THAT HAUNT HER CONSTANTLY.
TIANA WAS REPORTING
FREQUENT NIGHTMARES,
DIFFICULTY SLEEPING,
RELIVING OF THE EVENT.
Narrator:
THE EMOTIONAL STRAIN IS MORE
THAN THE YOUNG GIRL CAN BEAR,
AND AT HOME,
TIANA SPIRALS OUT OF CONTROL
IN UNPREDICTABLE
AND FRIGHTENING FITS OF RAGE.
SHE BECAME VERY ANGRY,
WOULD THROW THINGS,
AND ALMOST LOSE CONTROL
OF HER TEMPER.
I DON'T FEEL LIKE GOING
TO SCHOOL TODAY. ANYTHING ELSE?
Narrator:
THERE'S SEEMINGLY NOTHING
ANYONE CAN DO TO HELP TIANA,
AND HER VIOLENCE
SOON BECOMES TOO MUCH
FOR HER ELDERLY GRANDMOTHER
TO HANDLE.
HOPING TO HELP
HER TROUBLED GRANDDAUGHTER,
SHE REACHES OUT TO SHANNON
AND HER MOTHER, MARVA.
SHE FEELS THEY MAY BE
ABLE TO GET THROUGH TO TIANA.
Paradis:
TIANA'S GRANDMOTHER ASKED IF
SHE COULD MOVE IN WITH SHANNON
AND SHANNON'S FAMILY.
IF SHE CAN SPEND TIME
WITH SHANNON,
MAYBE SHE CAN SEE
HOW A YOUNG LADY SHOULD ACT.
Doyle: MARVA HAD DONE SUCH
A WONDERFUL JOB WITH SHANNON
THAT SHE THOUGHT
TIANA WOULD BENEFIT
FROM THAT SAME LOVE AND CARE.
Narrator:
SHANNON URGES HER MOTHER
TO LET TIANA MOVE IN WITH THEM
FOR A WHILE,
EVEN THOUGH HER MOTHER
IS RELUCTANT.
Lopez: MARVA DIDN'T WANT HER
TO MOVE IN AT FIRST.
MAYBE SHE DIDN'T WANT TIANA
TO INFLUENCE SHANNON'S BEHAVIOR.
I CAN'T HAVE
ANY NEGATIVE INFLUENCES
AROUND SHANNON
RIGHT NOW.
BUT SHANNON HAS A GOOD HEART.
SHANNON SAID,
"MOMMY, WE SHOULD HELP HER.
YOU HELP YOUR FAMILY."
AND SHANNON FELT IT WAS
HER RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP.
Narrator:
TIANA SEEMS THRILLED,
AS SHE AND SHANNON PLAN
A MOVE-IN DATE ONE MONTH AWAY.
BUT ALL IS NOT AS IT SEEMS.
TIANA HARBORS SECRET RESENTMENT
AND JEALOUSY TOWARDS SHANNON.
Lopez:
I THINK THAT TIANA WAS JEALOUS
THAT SHANNON AND HER MOTHER
WERE VERY CLOSE
AND THAT SHANNON HAD A GOOD HEAD
ON HER SHOULDERS.
I THINK THAT TIANA
PROBABLY DID FEEL LESS CAPABLE
COMPARED TO SHANNON.
Narrator:
IN TIANA'S MIND,
SHANNON HAS NEVER HAD TO SUFFER
THE WAY SHE HAS.
Doyle: SHANNON
HADN'T BEEN TREATED CRUELLY.
SHE WASN'T INTIMATELY FAMILIAR
WITH THE KIND OF MENTAL STATE
THAT TIANA WAS EXPERIENCING.
Narrator: AS SHANNON BENDS OVER
BACKWARDS TO HELP TIANA,
SHE MISSES EVERY WARNING SIGN
POINTED IN HER DIRECTION.
SHANNON WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO
PREDICT THE CONSEQUENCES
OF HER KINDNESS.
IT'S SEPTEMBER OF 2008.
AND SHORTLY AFTER THE START
OF THE SCHOOL YEAR,
SHANNON CELEBRATES
HER 16th BIRTHDAY.
I REMEMBER HER MOTHER HAD BOUGHT
HER A PAIR OF COACH SHOES,
AN MP3, A CAMERA, AND I THINK
SHE UPGRADED HER PHONE.
AND SHANNON WAS REALLY HYPED
ABOUT THAT.
Narrator: AND SHANNON IS ALSO
EXCITED THAT HER FRIEND TIANA
IS GOING TO MOVE IN WITH HER
IN JUST A FEW WEEKS.
Lopez: SHE JUST KEPT SAYING,
"OH, I'M SO HAPPY NOW.
YOU KNOW,
IT'S LIKE I HAVE A SISTER NOW."
Narrator:
THE MOVE-IN DATE IS PLANNED
FOR THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER.
BUT TWO DAYS BEFORE SHE IS
SUPPOSED TO MOVE IN,
TIANA CALLS SHANNON UNEXPECTEDLY
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
[ CELLPHONE RINGS ]
SHANNON WAS SLEEPING,
AND HER PHONE KEPT GOING OFF.
TIANA WAS TEXTING HER
AND TELLING HER
THAT SHE NEEDS SOMEWHERE TO GO.
Narrator:
TIANA HAS RUN AWAY FROM HOME
AGAIN AND IS OUT ON THE STREET.
DESPERATE,
SHE PLEADS WITH SHANNON
TO LET HER COME OVER
IMMEDIATELY.
AND, OF COURSE,
SHANNON SAYS YES.
Paradis: SHANNON HAD A BIG HEART
AND REALLY WANTED TO HELP.
AND WHAT'S SAD IS THAT
SHE DIDN'T RECOGNIZE
THAT HER COUSIN
WAS MORE SERIOUSLY ILL
THAN PEOPLE HAD THOUGHT.
Narrator: DESPITE ALL
OF SHANNON'S EFFORTS TO HELP,
TIANA IS ABOUT TO TURN HER
FRIEND'S LIFE INTO A NIGHTMARE.
I THINK IF SHE HAD KNOWN, SHE
WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE CAREFUL.
SHE WAS CLEARLY, CLEARLY,
SEVERELY EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED.
THAT WAS ABOUT DESTRUCTION.
THAT WAS ABOUT DESTRUCTION.
Narrator:
TIANA IS NOT SUPPOSED TO MOVE IN
WITH HER COUSIN AND FRIEND
SHANNON FOR ANOTHER TWO DAYS.
BUT WHEN SHE ENDS UP
ON THE STREET,
SHE CALLS SHANNON
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
AND WANTS TO MOVE IN RIGHT AWAY.
TIANA CAME TO LIVE
WITH SHANNON AND MARVA,
AND SHANNON WANTED TO SHOW HER
A DIFFERENT WAY TO LIVE.
Narrator:
SHANNON'S MOTHER TELLS TIANA
IF SHE IS GOING TO LIVE
WITH THEM,
SHE WILL HAVE TO FOLLOW
SOME BASIC RULES.
Lopez: SHANNON'S HOUSE
WAS VERY STRUCTURED.
I DON'T WANT TO SAY STRICT,
BUT HER MOTHER KEPT HER
ON THE RIGHT PATH.
Marva:
WHILE YOU'RE HERE,
YOU'RE GONNA ABIDE
BY THE RULES OF THIS HOUSE.
MARVA SAID THE NEXT DAY SHE GOT
TIANA ALL READY FOR SCHOOL,
AND SHE GAVE TIANA $5 FOR LUNCH
BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T
HAVE ANYTHING.
AND SHE TOLD TIANA, "COME
STRAIGHT HOME AFTER SCHOOL."
Narrator: SHANNON AND HER MOTHER
ARE THRILLED
WHEN TIANA DOES
EXACTLY AS SHE IS TOLD.
Lopez:
SO, MARVA WAS LIKE,
"MAYBE THIS IS THE START
TO SOMETHING GOOD, YOU KNOW?
"SHE'S LISTENING TO ME,
AND SHE'S DOING WHAT I SAY.
SHE'S NOT DISRESPECTING
MY WORD."
Narrator: FOR TIANA, IT'S A
CHANCE TO TURN OVER A NEW LEAF.
BUT NOT EVEN SHE IS AWARE
OF THE FORCE OF HER OWN JEALOUSY
AND RESENTMENT
AGAINST HER UNSUSPECTING FRIEND.
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
EXACTLY WHAT TIANA NEEDED,
BUT THAT'S BECAUSE NO ONE KNEW
HOW REALLY EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED
SHE WAS.
Narrator:
ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2008,
TIANA HAS BEEN AT SHANNON'S
FOR LESS THAN TWO DAYS.
IT'S A SCHOOL HOLIDAY,
AND THE GIRLS JUST WANT TO
STAY HOME AND HANG OUT
WHILE MARVA RUNS SOME ERRANDS.
MARVA WAS OUT, AND WHEN MARVA
WAS COMING BACK HOME,
HER AND SHANNON
WERE SUPPOSED TO GO SHOPPING.
Narrator: BUT THAT AFTERNOON,
WHILE SHANNON'S MOTHER IS OUT,
SOMETHING GOES TERRIBLY WRONG.SHANNON!
NO ONE KNOWS WHY,
BUT AN ARGUMENT ERUPTS
BETWEEN THE TWO FRIENDS.
MAYBE TIANA SAID SOMETHING
TO SHANNON
THAT SHANNON DIDN'T LIKE,
AND SHANNON SPOKE UP
AND WAS LIKE,
"YOU'RE NOT GONNA TALK
TO ME LIKE THAT."
SHANNON DEFINITELY DID KNOW
HOW TO STAND UP FOR HERSELF.
Narrator:
WHEN SHANNON LASHES BACK,
ALL OF TIANA'S PENT-UP ANGER
BOILS OVER,
AND SOMETHING SNAPS IN HER.
SUDDENLY, TIANA'S GOOD FRIEND
SHANNON IS HER WORST ENEMY.
I THINK THAT TIANA
PROBABLY WAS JEALOUS
OR WANTED EVERYTHING
THAT SHANNON HAS.
Paradis: AND IT MAY HAVE HAD
VERY LITTLE TO DO WITH SHANNON.
IT MAY HAVE BEEN THAT SHANNON
REPRESENTED SOMETHING FOR TIANA
THAT MADE HER VERY,
VERY RAGEFUL.
Narrator: BUT IN A FLASH,
THE UNTHINKABLE HAPPENS.
TIANA GRABS A KITCHEN KNIFE, AND
THEN SHE COMES AFTER SHANNON.
IT WAS COMPLETELY CRAZY.
I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE
THE SHOCK AND THE HORROR.
Narrator: SHANNON IS NOW
FACE-TO-FACE WITH TIANA'S RAGE.
WHAT'S IN STORE FOR HER NEXT
IS SHEER TERROR.
Lopez: HER NEIGHBORS WERE SAYING
THAT THEY HEARD SCREAMING.
"HELP ME. HELP ME."
IT'S CRAZY.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
Lopez: SHE WAS SHOCKED.
SHE JUST STARTED SCREAMING
AND SCREAMING.
WOULD MEET SUCH A CRUEL END
AT THE HANDS OF SOMEONE
THEY TRIED TO HELP.
Narrator: SHANNON LOVED TIANA,
AND IN THE END,
SHE WOULD HAVE DONE ANYTHING
FOR HER FRIEND AND COUSIN.
HONESTLY, I DON'T THINK SHE --
I DON'T THINK SHANNON WOULD HAVE
DONE ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY.
I TRULY BELIEVE
THAT SHANNON WOULD HAVE STILL
TRIED TO HELP TIANA.
BECOME BEST FRIENDS...
SHE JUST KEPT SAYING,
"OH, I'M SO HAPPY.
NOW IT'S LIKE I HAVE A SISTER."
Narrator:
...UNTIL ONE GIRL'S HIDDEN RAGE
PROVES THAT BLOOD
ISN'T THICKER THAN WATER.
IT WAS COMPLETELY CRAZY.
I REALLY COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
I DIDN'T WANT TO BELIEVE IT.
I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE
THE SHOCK AND THE HORROR.
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
Narrator:
KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE
AND YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER.
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
14-YEAR-OLD SHANNON BRAITHWAITE
AND 13-YEAR-OLD TIANA BROWNE
ARE COUSINS.
BUT THEIR LIVES
COULDN'T BE MORE DIFFERENT.
SHANNON'S MOTHER MARVA IS STRICT
BUT DEVOTED TO HER ONLY CHILD.
SHANNON CAME FROM A HOME
OF A SINGLE MOM
WHO WORKED VERY,
VERY HARD AND LONG HOURS
TO SUPPORT HER CHILD.
SHANNON WAS VERY CLOSE
TO HER MOTHER.
THAT WAS HER ONLY BABY.
Narrator: TIANA'S MOTHER,
ON THE OTHER HAND,
IS HARDLY PRESENT IN HER LIFE.
HER MOTHER WAS QUITE YOUNG
WHEN SHE WAS BORN --
I THINK ABOUT 15.
AND TIANA WAS RAISED
BY HER GRANDMOTHER.
Narrator: TIANA IS OFTEN LEFT
TO HER OWN DEVICES,
WHILE SHANNON'S HOME IS STABLE.
BUT THE TWO COUSINS
SHARE A LOT IN COMMON,
AND THEY BECOME FRIENDS.
SHANNON WAS VERY OUTGOING.
SHE WAS VERY FRIENDLY.
TIANA COULD BE FUNNY.
SHE COULD BE WARM.
Narrator:
AS SHANNON AND TIANA GET OLDER,
THEY GROW EVEN CLOSER.
SHANNON WAS SAYING
THEY WERE VERY CLOSE,
AND IT WAS
KIND OF LIKE COUSINS UNITING.
Narrator: BUT THE BONDS
THAT TIE THEM TOGETHER
WILL ALSO LEAD THEM TO A DEADLY
ENCOUNTER THAT LIES AHEAD.
BY THE TIME TIANA AND SHANNON
ENTER HIGH SCHOOL IN 2006,
SHANNON IS A STRAIGHT-A STUDENT
WITH A PASSION FOR WRITING.
SHE WAS EXTREMELY AMBITIOUS.
WHICHEVER ONE YOU WANT.
SHANNON WAS WRITING, I THINK,
THREE NOVELS IN 9th GRADE.
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATION ]
Narrator: TIANA ALSO STARTS OFF
THE SCHOOL YEAR
WITH GOOD GRADES
AND A POSITIVE OUTLOOK.
TIANA WAS DESCRIBED AS BEING
A HAPPY CHILD,
WELL-ADJUSTED CHILD.
SHE DID WELL IN SCHOOL.
Narrator: BUT EVERYTHING CHANGES
WHEN, SUDDENLY,
AT THE AGE OF 13,
TIANA LEARNS A TERRIBLE SECRET.
THE MAN TIANA HAS ALWAYS KNOWN
AS HER STEP-GRANDFATHER
IS ALSO HER FATHER.
SHOCKINGLY, HE RAPED HER MOTHER
WHEN SHE WAS 15 YEARS OLD.
AND FOR REASONS
TIANA CAN'T UNDERSTAND,
HER GRANDMOTHER STAYED WITH HIM
AND BURIED THE TRUTH.
I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE
THE EMOTIONAL IMPACT
THAT WOULD HAVE HAD
ON A 13-YEAR-OLD.
Narrator: AFTER SHE LEARNS
THIS DISTRESSING NEWS,
TIANA'S PERSONALITY CHANGES
COMPLETELY.
SHE BECOMES INCREASINGLY VIOLENT
AND UNCONTROLLABLE.
IT WAS A REALLY DRAMATIC CHANGE
FROM THE WAY
THAT SHE WAS BEFORE.
WHAT'S SO HARD
ABOUT THAT, HUH?
TIANA WAS PICKING FIGHTS
WITH HER PEERS.
SHE WAS STEALING.
SHE WAS TRUANT FROM SCHOOL.
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
Narrator: SHANNON IS DISTRESSED
TO SEE THIS DRASTIC CHANGE
IN HER COUSIN
AND LETS TIANA KNOW
THAT SHE IS THERE
WHENEVER SHE NEEDS HER.
Lopez:
SHANNON WAS ALWAYS THE ONE THAT
WOULD SAY, "YOU CAN TALK TO ME.
I CAN GIVE YOU ADVICE."
SHANNON WANTED TO SHOW HER
A DIFFERENT WAY TO LIVE.
Narrator: SHANNON ONLY
WANTS TO HELP, BUT SOON,
HER HEARTFELT ADVICE STARTS
TO GRATE ON TIANA'S NERVES.
SHANNON WATCHES HELPLESSLY
AS TIANA'S BEHAVIOR ONLY BECOMES
MORE RISKY AND SELF-DESTRUCTIVE.
TIANA WAS SORELY TEMPTED
BY OUTSIDE INFLUENCES
THAT WERE NEGATIVE.
TIANA PUT HERSELF IN A PLACE
WHERE SHE COULD BE VICTIMIZED.
Narrator: AFTER TIANA LEARNS
THE SECRET ABOUT HER FATHER,
SHE STARTS RUNNING AWAY
FROM HOME FOR DAYS AT A TIME
AND GETS HERSELF
INTO DANGEROUS SITUATIONS.
[ SIREN WAILS ]
BY RUNNING AWAY,
SHE WASN'T IN A SAFE PLACE.
AND SO SHE HAD A SERIES
OF VERY TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES.
Narrator: SHOCKINGLY,
TIANA CLAIMS SHE IS RAPED
ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS
WHILE ON THE STREETS.
IT'S INCREDIBLY TRAUMATIZING.
SHE WAS SO YOUNG.
PLEASE, JUST GET AWAY
FROM ME. PLEASE.
GET AWAY FROM ME!
Narrator:
SHANNON IS HORRIFIED
BY THE TERRIBLE THINGS THAT HAVE
HAPPENED TO HER COUSIN,
AND SHE VOWS
TO KEEP HELPING HER.
BUT SHANNON DOESN'T REALIZE
HER ACTIONS WILL DRAW THEM BOTH
INTO THE EYE OF A DEADLY STORM.
Paradis: WE KNOW
THAT SHE HAD A LOT OF RAGE,
BUT THERE WAS NO WAY
THAT YOU COULD PREDICT
THAT SHE WOULD BEHAVE
THE WAY SHE DID.
IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE.
I REALLY COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
I DIDN'T WANT TO BELIEVE IT.
Narrator:
SHANNON'S TROUBLED FRIEND TIANA
HAS SUFFERED A SERIES
OF TRAUMATIC RAPES
THAT HAUNT HER CONSTANTLY.
TIANA WAS REPORTING
FREQUENT NIGHTMARES,
DIFFICULTY SLEEPING,
RELIVING OF THE EVENT.
Narrator:
THE EMOTIONAL STRAIN IS MORE
THAN THE YOUNG GIRL CAN BEAR,
AND AT HOME,
TIANA SPIRALS OUT OF CONTROL
IN UNPREDICTABLE
AND FRIGHTENING FITS OF RAGE.
SHE BECAME VERY ANGRY,
WOULD THROW THINGS,
AND ALMOST LOSE CONTROL
OF HER TEMPER.
I DON'T FEEL LIKE GOING
TO SCHOOL TODAY. ANYTHING ELSE?
Narrator:
THERE'S SEEMINGLY NOTHING
ANYONE CAN DO TO HELP TIANA,
AND HER VIOLENCE
SOON BECOMES TOO MUCH
FOR HER ELDERLY GRANDMOTHER
TO HANDLE.
HOPING TO HELP
HER TROUBLED GRANDDAUGHTER,
SHE REACHES OUT TO SHANNON
AND HER MOTHER, MARVA.
SHE FEELS THEY MAY BE
ABLE TO GET THROUGH TO TIANA.
Paradis:
TIANA'S GRANDMOTHER ASKED IF
SHE COULD MOVE IN WITH SHANNON
AND SHANNON'S FAMILY.
IF SHE CAN SPEND TIME
WITH SHANNON,
MAYBE SHE CAN SEE
HOW A YOUNG LADY SHOULD ACT.
Doyle: MARVA HAD DONE SUCH
A WONDERFUL JOB WITH SHANNON
THAT SHE THOUGHT
TIANA WOULD BENEFIT
FROM THAT SAME LOVE AND CARE.
Narrator:
SHANNON URGES HER MOTHER
TO LET TIANA MOVE IN WITH THEM
FOR A WHILE,
EVEN THOUGH HER MOTHER
IS RELUCTANT.
Lopez: MARVA DIDN'T WANT HER
TO MOVE IN AT FIRST.
MAYBE SHE DIDN'T WANT TIANA
TO INFLUENCE SHANNON'S BEHAVIOR.
I CAN'T HAVE
ANY NEGATIVE INFLUENCES
AROUND SHANNON
RIGHT NOW.
BUT SHANNON HAS A GOOD HEART.
SHANNON SAID,
"MOMMY, WE SHOULD HELP HER.
YOU HELP YOUR FAMILY."
AND SHANNON FELT IT WAS
HER RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP.
Narrator:
TIANA SEEMS THRILLED,
AS SHE AND SHANNON PLAN
A MOVE-IN DATE ONE MONTH AWAY.
BUT ALL IS NOT AS IT SEEMS.
TIANA HARBORS SECRET RESENTMENT
AND JEALOUSY TOWARDS SHANNON.
Lopez:
I THINK THAT TIANA WAS JEALOUS
THAT SHANNON AND HER MOTHER
WERE VERY CLOSE
AND THAT SHANNON HAD A GOOD HEAD
ON HER SHOULDERS.
I THINK THAT TIANA
PROBABLY DID FEEL LESS CAPABLE
COMPARED TO SHANNON.
Narrator:
IN TIANA'S MIND,
SHANNON HAS NEVER HAD TO SUFFER
THE WAY SHE HAS.
Doyle: SHANNON
HADN'T BEEN TREATED CRUELLY.
SHE WASN'T INTIMATELY FAMILIAR
WITH THE KIND OF MENTAL STATE
THAT TIANA WAS EXPERIENCING.
Narrator: AS SHANNON BENDS OVER
BACKWARDS TO HELP TIANA,
SHE MISSES EVERY WARNING SIGN
POINTED IN HER DIRECTION.
SHANNON WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO
PREDICT THE CONSEQUENCES
OF HER KINDNESS.
IT'S SEPTEMBER OF 2008.
AND SHORTLY AFTER THE START
OF THE SCHOOL YEAR,
SHANNON CELEBRATES
HER 16th BIRTHDAY.
I REMEMBER HER MOTHER HAD BOUGHT
HER A PAIR OF COACH SHOES,
AN MP3, A CAMERA, AND I THINK
SHE UPGRADED HER PHONE.
AND SHANNON WAS REALLY HYPED
ABOUT THAT.
Narrator: AND SHANNON IS ALSO
EXCITED THAT HER FRIEND TIANA
IS GOING TO MOVE IN WITH HER
IN JUST A FEW WEEKS.
Lopez: SHE JUST KEPT SAYING,
"OH, I'M SO HAPPY NOW.
YOU KNOW,
IT'S LIKE I HAVE A SISTER NOW."
Narrator:
THE MOVE-IN DATE IS PLANNED
FOR THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER.
BUT TWO DAYS BEFORE SHE IS
SUPPOSED TO MOVE IN,
TIANA CALLS SHANNON UNEXPECTEDLY
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
[ CELLPHONE RINGS ]
SHANNON WAS SLEEPING,
AND HER PHONE KEPT GOING OFF.
TIANA WAS TEXTING HER
AND TELLING HER
THAT SHE NEEDS SOMEWHERE TO GO.
Narrator:
TIANA HAS RUN AWAY FROM HOME
AGAIN AND IS OUT ON THE STREET.
DESPERATE,
SHE PLEADS WITH SHANNON
TO LET HER COME OVER
IMMEDIATELY.
AND, OF COURSE,
SHANNON SAYS YES.
Paradis: SHANNON HAD A BIG HEART
AND REALLY WANTED TO HELP.
AND WHAT'S SAD IS THAT
SHE DIDN'T RECOGNIZE
THAT HER COUSIN
WAS MORE SERIOUSLY ILL
THAN PEOPLE HAD THOUGHT.
Narrator: DESPITE ALL
OF SHANNON'S EFFORTS TO HELP,
TIANA IS ABOUT TO TURN HER
FRIEND'S LIFE INTO A NIGHTMARE.
I THINK IF SHE HAD KNOWN, SHE
WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE CAREFUL.
SHE WAS CLEARLY, CLEARLY,
SEVERELY EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED.
THAT WAS ABOUT DESTRUCTION.
THAT WAS ABOUT DESTRUCTION.
Narrator:
TIANA IS NOT SUPPOSED TO MOVE IN
WITH HER COUSIN AND FRIEND
SHANNON FOR ANOTHER TWO DAYS.
BUT WHEN SHE ENDS UP
ON THE STREET,
SHE CALLS SHANNON
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
AND WANTS TO MOVE IN RIGHT AWAY.
TIANA CAME TO LIVE
WITH SHANNON AND MARVA,
AND SHANNON WANTED TO SHOW HER
A DIFFERENT WAY TO LIVE.
Narrator:
SHANNON'S MOTHER TELLS TIANA
IF SHE IS GOING TO LIVE
WITH THEM,
SHE WILL HAVE TO FOLLOW
SOME BASIC RULES.
Lopez: SHANNON'S HOUSE
WAS VERY STRUCTURED.
I DON'T WANT TO SAY STRICT,
BUT HER MOTHER KEPT HER
ON THE RIGHT PATH.
Marva:
WHILE YOU'RE HERE,
YOU'RE GONNA ABIDE
BY THE RULES OF THIS HOUSE.
MARVA SAID THE NEXT DAY SHE GOT
TIANA ALL READY FOR SCHOOL,
AND SHE GAVE TIANA $5 FOR LUNCH
BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T
HAVE ANYTHING.
AND SHE TOLD TIANA, "COME
STRAIGHT HOME AFTER SCHOOL."
Narrator: SHANNON AND HER MOTHER
ARE THRILLED
WHEN TIANA DOES
EXACTLY AS SHE IS TOLD.
Lopez:
SO, MARVA WAS LIKE,
"MAYBE THIS IS THE START
TO SOMETHING GOOD, YOU KNOW?
"SHE'S LISTENING TO ME,
AND SHE'S DOING WHAT I SAY.
SHE'S NOT DISRESPECTING
MY WORD."
Narrator: FOR TIANA, IT'S A
CHANCE TO TURN OVER A NEW LEAF.
BUT NOT EVEN SHE IS AWARE
OF THE FORCE OF HER OWN JEALOUSY
AND RESENTMENT
AGAINST HER UNSUSPECTING FRIEND.
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
EXACTLY WHAT TIANA NEEDED,
BUT THAT'S BECAUSE NO ONE KNEW
HOW REALLY EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED
SHE WAS.
Narrator:
ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2008,
TIANA HAS BEEN AT SHANNON'S
FOR LESS THAN TWO DAYS.
IT'S A SCHOOL HOLIDAY,
AND THE GIRLS JUST WANT TO
STAY HOME AND HANG OUT
WHILE MARVA RUNS SOME ERRANDS.
MARVA WAS OUT, AND WHEN MARVA
WAS COMING BACK HOME,
HER AND SHANNON
WERE SUPPOSED TO GO SHOPPING.
Narrator: BUT THAT AFTERNOON,
WHILE SHANNON'S MOTHER IS OUT,
SOMETHING GOES TERRIBLY WRONG.SHANNON!
NO ONE KNOWS WHY,
BUT AN ARGUMENT ERUPTS
BETWEEN THE TWO FRIENDS.
MAYBE TIANA SAID SOMETHING
TO SHANNON
THAT SHANNON DIDN'T LIKE,
AND SHANNON SPOKE UP
AND WAS LIKE,
"YOU'RE NOT GONNA TALK
TO ME LIKE THAT."
SHANNON DEFINITELY DID KNOW
HOW TO STAND UP FOR HERSELF.
Narrator:
WHEN SHANNON LASHES BACK,
ALL OF TIANA'S PENT-UP ANGER
BOILS OVER,
AND SOMETHING SNAPS IN HER.
SUDDENLY, TIANA'S GOOD FRIEND
SHANNON IS HER WORST ENEMY.
I THINK THAT TIANA
PROBABLY WAS JEALOUS
OR WANTED EVERYTHING
THAT SHANNON HAS.
Paradis: AND IT MAY HAVE HAD
VERY LITTLE TO DO WITH SHANNON.
IT MAY HAVE BEEN THAT SHANNON
REPRESENTED SOMETHING FOR TIANA
THAT MADE HER VERY,
VERY RAGEFUL.
Narrator: BUT IN A FLASH,
THE UNTHINKABLE HAPPENS.
TIANA GRABS A KITCHEN KNIFE, AND
THEN SHE COMES AFTER SHANNON.
IT WAS COMPLETELY CRAZY.
I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE
THE SHOCK AND THE HORROR.
Narrator: SHANNON IS NOW
FACE-TO-FACE WITH TIANA'S RAGE.
WHAT'S IN STORE FOR HER NEXT
IS SHEER TERROR.
Lopez: HER NEIGHBORS WERE SAYING
THAT THEY HEARD SCREAMING.
"HELP ME. HELP ME."
IT'S CRAZY.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
Lopez: SHE WAS SHOCKED.
SHE JUST STARTED SCREAMING
AND SCREAMING.
WOULD MEET SUCH A CRUEL END
AT THE HANDS OF SOMEONE
THEY TRIED TO HELP.
Narrator: SHANNON LOVED TIANA,
AND IN THE END,
SHE WOULD HAVE DONE ANYTHING
FOR HER FRIEND AND COUSIN.
HONESTLY, I DON'T THINK SHE --
I DON'T THINK SHANNON WOULD HAVE
DONE ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY.
I TRULY BELIEVE
THAT SHANNON WOULD HAVE STILL
TRIED TO HELP TIANA.