The Killer Beside Me (2018–…): Season 1, Episode 4 - Evil Blossoms - full transcript
When Alisha Bromfield's supervisor, Brian Cooper, promotes her to team leader she should be ecstatic. But Brian's motives are not entirely good. Alisha stands her ground with Brian, letting...
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[ Dialing ]
[ Ring ]
WHEN SHE LEFT THAT DAY, I SAID,
"OH, I WISH YOU WOULD CHANGE
YOUR MIND ABOUT GOING."
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YOU CAN CALL IT
MOTHER'S INSTINCT,
BUT I JUST DIDN'T
HAVE A GOOD FEELING.
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[crying] RIGHT
IN AN INSTANT, I KNEW
MY LIFE WAS CHANGED FOREVER.
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STRIKES ]
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[ DOORS LOCK ]
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STATIC CRACKLES ]
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HEY, HEY.
HEY, GIRL.
CUTE SHOES.
[ LAUGHS ]
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MY PROJECT IS DUE
IN LIKE THREE HOURS,
SO, [laughing]
I GOTTA FINISH THIS.
Watts:
ALISHA AND I HAD MET
IN HIGH SCHOOL.
WE JUST CLICKED RIGHT AWAY.
THERE WAS NO DRAMA FOR HER.
SHE WAS, UH,
THE TYPE OF PERSON LIKE
WHAT YOU SAW WAS WHAT YOU GOT.
I WAS IN A SERIOUS RELATIONSHIP
AND I HAD BEEN
IN A SERIOUS RELATIONSHIP
FOR TWO YEARS, AT THE TIME.
ALISHA WAS SINGLE.
NOT ONLY DID SHE HAVE
AN EXCELLENT
AND UNIQUE PERSONALITY,
BUT SHE WAS ALSO VERY PRETTY.
SHE WOULD DATE WHOEVER
SHE REALLY WANTED TO.
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YOU'RE BAD.
[ LAUGHING ]
WHEN ARE YOU
HEADING HOME?
FRIDAY.
MY MOM COULDN'T
WAIT THAT LONG.
SHE IS PICKING ME UP
AS SOON AS I SUBMIT THIS.
OHH. [laughs]
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[ RING ]
FOR BOTH ALISHA AND I, COLLEGE
WAS OUR TICKET TO INDEPENDENCE.
GET THE DEGREE, GET THE JOB,
AND BEGIN LIVING YOUR OWN LIFE.
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Anicich:
JOE AND I GOT MARRIED AND WE
HAD TWO CHILDREN, BRIE AND LUKE.
ALISHA WAS MY DAUGHTER
FROM A PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIP.
BUT SHE WAS VERY CLOSE WITH JOE.
SHE KNEW HIM SINCE
SHE WAS 14 MONTHS OLD.
BREONNA AND LUKE
LOOKED UP TO ALISHA.
THEY THOUGHT SHE WAS
THE GREATEST THING.
ALISHA AND I,
WE WERE VERY CLOSE.
I WAS A SINGLE MOTHER WITH HER,
SO WE HAD AN UNBREAKABLE BOND
SINCE THE DAY SHE WAS BORN,
WHEN I HELD HER.
I REMEMBER THE NURSE COMING IN
AND SAYING YOU'RE GONNA HAVE
PROM AND HOMECOMING
AND WEDDINGS
AND I REMEMBER FREAKING OUT
BECAUSE I WAS A SINGLE MOM
AND THEN I JUST LOOKED
INTO HER EYES AND OUR EYES MET
AND, FROM THAT DAY FORWARD,
WE WERE LIKE SOUL-LY CONNECTED.
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Man: A 9-year-old Metro girl
has a new lease on life,
thanks to surgery.
[ SNIFFLE ]
HI.
- Joe: HEY.
UM --
SO I HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU.
GONNA TAKE A LITTLE WHILE
TO TALK ABOUT, PROBABLY.
SHE LOOKED REALLY
SCARED TO TELL ME.
SO SHE PROBABLY THOUGHT,
"I'M IN BIG TROUBLE HERE."
I'M PREGNANT.
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THE PREGNANCY WASN'T PLANNED,
AND THE BABY'S FATHER
DID NOT WANNA BE INVOLVED
IN THE BABY'S LIFE.
SAY SOMETHING, WILL YOU?
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I WAS VERY, VERY SHOCKED.
SHE WAS VERY, VERY RESPONSIBLE,
SO IT WAS VERY SHOCKING
WHEN SHE TOLD US.
[ SNIFFLE ]
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[ Ring ]
Kotlar:
I WAS LIKE ALMOST LIKE
A OLDER SISTER.
SHE KNEW EVERYTHING ABOUT ME.
I KNEW EVERYTHING
ABOUT HER, TOO.
[ Chime ]
Hey.
I TOLD THEM.
And?
OH, IT WENT GREAT.
THEY WERE SO PROUD.
[scoff]
ALISHA WAS SCARED
WHEN SHE FOUND OUT.
WE WERE ONLY 21, SO, YOU KNOW,
WE WERE SHOCKED, AT THAT POINT.
BUT I KNEW SHE WAS JUST GONNA BE
LIKE AN AMAZING MOTHER.
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I KNEW FIRSTHAND WHAT IT WAS
LIKE TO BE A SINGLE PARENT,
AND IT'S NOT EASY.
THERE'S A LOT OF CHALLENGES.
"BUT WE WILL BE HERE FOR YOU."
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[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
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IT WAS THE SUMMER OF 2012
AND ALISHA HAD BEEN WORKING
AT THE HARDWARE STORE
FOR SEVERAL SUMMERS.
HOW'S MY NEW
TEAM LEADER?
SHE GOT PROMOTED, WHICH IS
MORE RESPONSIBILITY AND STUFF,
BUT IT WAS BETTER FOR HER,
LIKE THE PAY.
CONGRATULATIONS.
HER HOURS WERE BETTER,
BUT SHE WAS ALSO ABLE
TO GET MATERNITY LEAVE WHEN SHE
WAS GONNA HAVE THE BABY.
DON'T SCREW IT UP.
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[ Chirp, buzz ]
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Hi!
TELL ME EVERYTHING!
MY BOYFRIEND AT THE TIME
HAD PROPOSED TO ME
AND WE WERE PLANNING ON GETTING
MARRIED IN THE SUMMER OF 2012.
GOD!
CONGRATULATIONS!
WOW!
THIS IS AMAZING!
LIKE I NEED DETAILS.
AND WE WERE VERY EXCITED
TO SEE EACH OTHER
THE DAY OF THE WEDDING AND TO
SHARE IN ALL OF THAT TOGETHER.
I WOULD GET TO SEE HER PREGNANT
AND SHE WOULD GET TO SEE ME
GET MARRIED.
HEY, MOM!
WE NEED TO GO
DRESS SHOPPING!
[ CHUCKLE ]
OH, THIS IS
THE BEST NEWS.
I'M SO HAPPY
FOR YOU GUYS!
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AFTER THE WEDDING
AND THE RECEPTION,
MY HUSBAND AND I
HAD GOTTEN BACK TO THE HOTEL.
[ MUSIC THUMPING ]
[ Buzz-buzz ]
[ CHAMPAGNE
CONTINUES POURING ]
[ Buzz-buzz ]
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IT WAS THE FIRST TIME
THAT DAY WE HAD LOOKED
AT OUR PHONES AND I HAD
ALL THESE TEXT MESSAGES,
MISSED PHONE CALLS...
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FROM NUMBERS THAT
I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE.
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ONE NUMBER I DID RECOGNIZE.
IT WAS A MUTUAL FRIEND
OF OURS
AND SO I KNEW SOMETHING
WAS WRONG.
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Woman: [crying]
Alisha's gone.
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AND SHE HERSELF
JUST KEPT SAYING,
"HE KILLED HER.
HE KILLED HER."
I'm so sorry.
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I DON'T THINK ANYONE
WOULD EVER IMAGINE
THAT SOMEONE WOULD BE CAPABLE
OF DOING WHAT HE DID.
EVEN TO THIS DAY, IT'S STILL...
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REALLY UNBELIEVABLE.
[laugh-sob]
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CHORD STRIKES ]
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Her name was Alisha.
Dispatcher:
Did you witness it?
Yes.
And do you know
who murdered her?
Yes, I do.
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I WAS LIKE WATCHING MYSELF
STANDING THERE
IN MY WEDDING DRESS.
IT WAS LIKE
AN OUT-OF-BODY STATE.
Woman: I'm so sorry.
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I WAS EVERY PROUD OF ALISHA,
THAT, YOU KNOW,
IT'S NOT EASY TO FIND A JOB.
I WENT TO GO VISIT HER
AT WORK
'CAUSE I WAS SO PROUD
THAT SHE WAS WORKING
AND I WANTED TO SUPPORT HER.
HI! HOW ARE YOU?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
SHE WAS SO EXCITED THAT I CAME
AND THAT'S WHEN SHE INTRODUCED
ME TO SOME COWORKERS.
THEY WERE VERY, VERY NICE
AND HELPFUL.
AND THEN SHE INTRODUCED ME
TO BRIAN AT THAT TIME.
- HEY THERE.
- HI.
- YOU'RE ALISHA'S MOM?
- I AM. HI.
BRIAN LOOKED ATHLETIC,
LIKE HE WAS IN GOOD SHAPE.
WHEN I FIRST SAW HIM,
I THOUGHT HE WAS VERY YOUNG
TO BE A SUPERVISOR
AND IN CHARGE OF EVERYBODY.
I SEE WHERE SHE GETS
HER GOOD LOOKS FROM, HUH?
HE SEEMED VERY OUTGOING,
VERY TALKATIVE.
YEAH, HAVE A LOOK
AROUND THE STORE.
YEAH, GREAT
TO MEET YOU, SHERRY.
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[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
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WHY DO I ALWAYS
GET THE HEAVY END?
[ LAUGHING ]
Watts:
EVERYBODY WAS AROUND
THE SAME AGE.
WE WOULD BE OUTSIDE
AND HAVE FUN AND...
WATER THE FLOWERS, SO.
[laughs]
IT WAS...
FOR 17 YEARS OLD, THAT WAS
A NICE WAY
TO SPEND YOUR SUMMER.
GOOD WORK, GIRLS.
IT'S GONNA LOOK AWESOME.
I LOOK LIKE A SWEATY MESS.
- [BOTH CHUCKLE]
BRIAN DIDN'T REALLY
COME ACROSS AS A BOSS.
HE WANTED TO COME ACROSS
MORE OF AS YOUR FRIEND.
BUT HE REALLY STARTED TO...
PUSH THOSE BOUNDARY LINES.
SOMEHOW, YOU BOTH
STILL LOOK GREAT.
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I WAS SWEATING
AND HE HAD TOUCHED MY ARMS.
AND...
THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME
HE'D HAD EVER TOUCHED ME.
AND -- AND...
YOU KNOW, THAT'S...
MY BODY IS MY SPACE.
THAT WAS REALLY DISGUSTING.
I SAID, "DON'T.
DON'T TOUCH ME, EVER."
OH, HEY, IT --
IT'S COOL.
I'M JUST JOKING.
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I CANNOT EXPRESS HOW...
INAPPROPRIATE THAT IS,
FOR ANYONE, OF ANY AGE,
LET ALONE FOR AN ADULT,
TO DO THAT TO A TEENAGER.
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[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
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I WAS NERVOUS ABOUT TELLING HIM
THAT I WAS GONNA QUIT.
BRIAN WAS VERY QUICK
TO HAVE A TEMPER.
WHAT? YOU QUIT?!
I ONLY GAVE YOU THIS JOB
'CAUSE YOU WERE
TOO PATHETIC
TO GET ANYTHING ELSE.
HE STARTED YELLING AT ME
SO MUCH AT THE TIME THAT
I REALLY JUST STOPPED LISTENING.
I FELT SORRY FOR YOU,
THAT'S WHY I GAVE YOU
THE JOB,
YOU DUMB BITCH!
BUT IT'S HARD TO STOP
LISTENING TO SOMEONE
WHEN THEY'RE SCREAMING AT YOU,
TELLING YOU THAT YOU'RE A BITCH,
AND, UM --
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[ SCOFF ]
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THOSE ARE REALLY NEVER WORDS
THAT YOU SHOULD HEAR
FROM YOUR MANAGER.
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YOU'RE JUST HAVING
A BAD DAY, BRIAN.
I DIDN'T WANNA FINISH OUT
MY TWO WEEKS.
I DIDN'T EVEN WANT
MY LAST PAYCHECK
'CAUSE I DIDN'T WANNA
SEE HIM AGAIN.
I...WANTED, REALLY, NOTHING
TO DO ANYMORE WITH THAT JOB.
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I WAS WORKING AT A PIZZA PLACE
NOT FAR FROM WHERE
ALISHA WORKED,
SO WE WOULD OFTEN
MEET FOR LUNCH.
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- [knocks] HEY.
- OH, HI.
WHEN ALISHA CAME TO THE CAR,
I COULD TELL SHE WAS
LIKE FRUSTRATED.
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[sigh] GOT A SMOKE?
YEAH. HERE.
THANKS.
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THAT WAS REALLY
OUT OF CHARACTER,
FOR ALISHA TO HAVE A CIGARETTE.
SHE MUST'VE BEEN
REALLY STRESSED.
AND I WAS LIKE, "WHAT'S
GOIN' ON, WHAT'S WRONG?"
SOMETHING WEIRD
JUST HAPPENED.
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I WAS LEAVING
TO MEET YOU
AND MY MANAGER
KIND OF BLOCKED MY WAY.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
UH, I'M TAKING MY BREAK.
YOU MEETING SOMEONE?
A FRIEND.
GIRL OR BOY?
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GIRL.
HOPE THAT'S OKAY.
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YEAH. YEAH, YEAH, SORRY.
SORRY, I DIDN'T --
I DIDN'T MEAN
TO FREAK YOU OUT.
I JUST LIKE TO KNOW
WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING.
FOR SAFETY.
SURE.
OKAY.
- HAVE FUN.
I THOUGHT IT WAS ODD
THAT HE WAS DOING THAT,
BUT ALISHA DID THINK IT WAS
JUST A ONE-TIME THING.
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AFTER THAT, I FELT UNEASY
BECAUSE IT WAS
AS IF HE WAS MAKING SURE THAT
ALISHA DIDN'T LEAVE.
WE BOTH NEEDED
TO CALM DOWN AND RELAX.
YOU'RE SO LUCKY YOUR BOSS
LOOKS OUT FOR YOU.
[scoffing]
YEAH, I'M SO LUCKY.
BUT OUR SARCASTIC-NESS
WOULD COME OUT
AND JUST BOTH MAKE US
JUST CALM DOWN AND LAUGH.
THIS WAS ALISHA'S FIRST JOB,
YOU KNOW, IN A WORKPLACE,
SO SHE THOUGHT
SHE COULDHANDLE IT.
WE BOTH THOUGH THAT, EVENTUALLY,
IT WOULD JUST BLOW OVER
AND IT WOULD BE
JUST A DIFFERENT DAY,
LIKE IT WOULD BE FINE,
LIKE IT WASN'T GONNA ESCALATE.
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CHORD STRIKES ]
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[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
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THEY LOOK GREAT, RIGHT?
YEAH. I NEED THEM
FOR A WEDDING.
[ CHUCKLE ]
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AT FIRST, ALISHA SEEMED
TO ENJOY THE JOB.
SHE LOVED BEING OUTSIDE
AND JUST, YOU KNOW,
IT WAS LIKE FREEDOM AND STUFF.
IT WAS OUTSIDE
AND IT WAS EASY TO DO.
SHE WAS ONLY A TEENAGER.
WHAT TEENAGER IS AWARE
OF HER BOSS MANIPULATING THEM?
SO, A FRIEND OF MINE
IS HEADLINING A SHOW
THIS FRIDAY NIGHT
AND I WAS THINKIN', UM...
I'D LIKE YOU
TO GO WITH ME.
ALISHA WASVERY SURPRISED
BECAUSE SHE WAS LIKE,
YOU KNOW, "THIS IS MY BOSS."
THIS IS -- IT WAS A SURPRISE,
BUT ALSO LIKE KINDA
LIKE SHOCKED AND LIKE
WEIRDED OUT, TOO.
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S- S-SORRY, BRIAN, I DON'T
THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
WHAT, YOU ALREADY HAVE
A BOYFRIEND, OR WHAT?
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NO. UM...
I JUST DON'T THINK
IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
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SHE DIDN'T LIKE IT.
SHE WANTED TO KEEP HER WORK LIFE
AND SOCIAL LIFE SEPARATE.
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THAT'S BULL!
YOU KNOW, LIKE,
YOU THINK YOU'RE
TOO GOOD FOR ME?
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YOU SOME KIND OF PRINCESS
OR SOMETHING?
LOOK, DON'T TAKE IT
PERSONAL.
I JUST DON'T DATE PEOPLE
I WORK WITH.
SHE WANTED TO GET THROUGH IT
BECAUSE THAT WAS HER BOSS.
SHE WORKED THERE.
SHE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE
THIS HUGE, YOU KNOW,
ARGUMENT OR SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
YOU'RE KIND OF HOT
WHEN YOU'RE ANGRY.
HEY, I'M JUST MESSIN'.
IT'S COOL!
I GET IT.
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SHE TOLD HIM NO.
"I DON'T LIKE YOU LIKE THAT.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A WORKING --
A WORK RELATIONSHIP
AND THAT'S ABOUT IT."
AND WE THOUGHT HE WAS
JUST GONNA LEAVE IT ALONE.
THAT'S WHEN THINGS
STARTED TO CHANGE.
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THE NEXT DAY, I DECIDED TO GO
IN THE STORE TO SEE ALISHA.
I WANTED TO GET FLOWERS
FOR MY MOM.
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ALISHA WAS CLOSE TO MY MOM, TOO.
SHE KNEW LIKE THE HANGING
FLOWER POTS AND THE ROSE BUSHES,
SO SHE WOULD HELP ME
PICK 'EM OUT.
YOU RECKON YOUR MOM
WOULD LIKE THAT?
WHEN I SEE BRIAN WALK
TOWARDS ME AND ALISHA,
WALKING FAST, LIKE PACING
A LITTLE BIT TOWARDS US...
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!
THIS -- THIS ISN'T
A SOCIAL CLUB.
YOUSHOULD BE WORKING.
GET BACK TO WORK!
JUST ANGRY, YOU KNOW,
HIS VOICE RAISED.
HE'S A BIG GUY, YOU KNOW,
YOU FEEL PHYSICALLY THREATENED
BECAUSE HE'S CHALLENGING YOU.
HE'S IN YOUR PERSONAL SPACE.
I DON'T WANNA SEE
YOU TWO
SOCIALIZING HERE
AGAIN, OKAY?
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WHAT ARE YOU
WAITING FOR?
IN THAT MOMENT,
I WAS PROTECTIVE AS I SAID,
"YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO RELAX,
I'M A CUSTOMER.
LIKE I'M BUYING THESE FLOWERS."
I- I GOT THIS.
BRIAN --
- NO, LOOK, I'M SORRY, OKAY?
I DIDN'T MEAN
TO LOSE IT, BUT,
IT'S BEEN A ROUGH
FEW DAYS.
AFTER, YOU KNOW,
HE WAS ANGRY AND EXPLODED,
HE WOULD TRY TO SAY,
"OH, I'M SORRY.
I WAS JUST HAVING A BAD DAY."
SHE ALWAYS WOULD SEE
THE GOOD IN EVERYONE.
SHE FELT LIKE, "OKAY, WELL,
HE SAID SORRY, YOU KNOW,
MAYBE HE IS JUST
HAVING A BAD DAY."
- I JUST, UGH. I'M SORRY, BUT,
- WHAT?
I THINK IT'S BEST I PASS
ON LUNCH, YOU KNOW?
YOU SURE?
YEAH.
I'LL CALL YOU LATER.
OKAY.
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- I LIKE THIS ONE.
- YEAH?
IT'S KINDA
EXPENSIVE, THOUGH.
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WHEN ALISHA FOUND OUT SHE WAS
PREGNANT, HER LIFESTYLE CHANGED.
NO MORE SMOKING,
DEFINITELY NO MORE DRINKING.
[ LAUGHTER ]
THAT ONE'S CUTE.
[ Chirp ]
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WHEN ALISHA HAD A PROBLEM,
I COULD IMMEDIATELY TELL.
HER FACE GAVE IT AWAY,
AND HER BODY LANGUAGE.
I WOULD -- BOTH OF US,
WE COULD JUST IMMEDIATELY TELL.
[ Chirp ]
YEAH.
I FELT LIKE UPSET
AND LIKE KINDA LIKE,
"WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?" TOO.
I'M LIKE "YOU DON'T HAVE
TO ANSWER HIM.
THERE'S NO REASON, YOU KNOW.
IT'S NOT WORK-RELATED."
IF I DON'T ANSWER HIM,
HE GETS ANGRY.
I HAD TOLD HER, "YOU KNOW,
YOU SHOULD TALK TO SOMEONE.
THIS ISN'T OKAY."
AND SHE'S LIKE,
"I KNOW IT'S NOT.
WHO AM I GONNA TELL?
HE'S A REGIONAL MANAGER."
ALISHA FELT LIKE BRIAN
WAS UNTOUCHABLE
AND SHE WAS CORNERED.
YOU COULD JUST LOOK
FOR ANOTHER JOB.
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THERE'S NOTHING
OUT THERE
WHERE I'M GONNA GET
MATERNITY PAY.
IT WAS A STRUGGLE FOR HER
TO FIND ANOTHER JOB.
SHE WAS APPLYING AT OTHER
PLACES FOR A COUPLE MONTHS.
NOBODY HAD CALLED BACK
OR SHE COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING.
IT'S OKAY.
I'M USED TO IT.
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[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
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I WENT TO GO VISIT ALISHA
AT WORK AND BRIAN WAS THERE.
HEY! YOU-YOU'RE
ALISHA'S MOM, RIGHT?
HEY, UH, TAKE A SEAT.
HEY, YOUR -- YOU KNOW, YOUR
DAUGHTER'S A REAL ASSET.
I REALLY FEEL LIKE
WE'RE KINDA CONNECTING.
HE WAS TELLING ME HOW EASY
IT WAS TO TALK TO HER
BECAUSE THEY HAD
A LOT IN COMMON.
SAY, YOU WANNA SEE
SOMETHIN'?
HE LIFTED UP HIS SHIRT,
OR PULLED IT DOWN,
AND HE STARTED SHOWING ME
HIS TATTOO.
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IF YOU WANT SOMETHING
REAL BAD,
YOU REALLYWISH FOR IT,
IT'LL HAPPEN
FOR YOU.
ACCORDING TO WHAT I LEARNED,
IT'S FROM A BOOK.
THE LAW OF ATTRACTION
IS PRETTY MUCH
"IF YOU KEEP SAYING POSITIVE
THINGS, THAT THEY'LL COME TRUE."
HE WAS JUST SAYING THAT
HE WAS VERY POSITIVE,
"I'M A VERY POSITIVE PERSON,"
THAT HE WAS, YOU KNOW,
TRYING TO GET HIS LIFE ON TRACK
AND DO POSITIVE THINGS.
I LEARNED THAT IN A --
AN ANGER-MANAGEMENT
CLASS
A FEW YEARS BACK.
- ANGER MANAGEMENT?
[ PA CHIMES]
BRIAN COOPER TO THE STOCK ROOM.
BRIAN COOPER
TO THE STOCK ROOM.
- GOTTA GO.
I'LL BE BACK.
THAT WAS A LITTLE CONCERN.
I MEAN,
YOU KNOW, I WASN'T SURE
IF IT WAS A COURT ORDER.
I WASN'T SURE
WHY HE HAD TO TAKE
ANGER-MANAGEMENT CLASSES.
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- HEY. I HEAR YOU SAW
BRIAN TODAY.
- YEAH.
I TOLD HER, "THAT WAS REALLY
KIND OF STRANGE,
LIKE HOW MUCH HE'S, YOU KNOW,
TALKS ABOUT HIS TATTOO."
AND, YOU KNOW, HE REALLY
DIDN'T KNOW ME THAT WELL.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
HE JUST DOESN'T HAVE
A FILTER. [chuckle]
THIS BEING HER FIRST JOB,
THAT I THINK
THAT THAT'S WHAT SHE THOUGHT
WAS MAYBE NORMAL IN A JOB.
HEY, SOMEBODY BOUGHT
YOU THIS TODAY.
- REALLY?!
- YEAH.
AW.
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OH, MY GOD.
Watts:
GETTING THIS FOR ALISHA WAS
A WAY TO GET HER EXCITED,
LESS NERVOUS.
I WANTED TO SHARE IN THIS
EXCITEMENT WITH HER.
I THINK ALISHA WAS
PREPARED FOR MOTHERHOOD.
A TIME WHERE MOST PEOPLE
WOULD QUIT, SHE --
SHE REALLY SAW
THE BEAUTY IN IT ALL.
Anicich:
SHE WAS SO HAPPY WHEN
SHE OPENED UP THAT BOX.
"LOOK AT -- LOOK AT --
LOOK AT WHAT JESSICA GAVE ME!
LOOK AT THIS!
ISN'T IT BEAUTIFUL!"
AND SHE WAS SO EXCITED.
SHE WAS BECOMING A MOTHER
AND SHE COULDN'T
HAVE BEEN HAPPIER.
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[crying]
SHE'S BEAUTIFUL.
I HAD WENT TO EVERY
APPOINTMENT WITH HER
AND I WAS SO EXCITED TO GO.
IT WAS SO SURREAL.
I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE
THAT MY BABY WAS HAVING A BABY.
THANK YOU.
THERE WAS A LIFE,
A BEAUTIFUL LIFE, INSIDE OF HER
AND THAT, YOU KNOW, SOON,
HER BABY WOULD BE IN HER ARMS.
THIS WAS A PICTURE
THAT, YOU KNOW,
ALISHA GOT THE DAY
OF THE ULTRASOUND OF HER BABY.
HEARING THE BABY'S HEARTBEAT
WAS A MIRACLE,
YOU KNOW, JUST TO KNOW
THAT, YOU KNOW, SOON,
THAT ALISHA WOULD BE
HOLDING HER CHILD
AND HOW EXCITED ALISHA WAS
TO HEAR THE HEARTBEAT.
IT WAS JUST --
IT'S A MAGICAL DAY.
I WOULD ALWAYS SAY THAT TO HER,
"YOU'RE GONNA BE
TWO PEAS IN A POD,
JUST LIKE ME AND YOU,"
AND I WAS REALLY HAPPY
THAT SHE WAS HAVIN' A GIRL.
JUST THE BOND,
MOTHER-DAUGHTER BOND
AND I JUST KNEW HOW MUCH JOY
I GOT FROM HAVING A GIRL,
ALISHA BEING MY FIRST.
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SO, WHEN YOU GONNA
TELL BRIAN?
AND I SAID, "YOU HAVE
TO LET BRIAN KNOW
THAT YOU'RE PREGNANT
BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA
HAVE TO PUSH
THESE 50-POUND CRATES
OF FLOWERS.
YOU NEED TO LET HIM KNOW,
FOR SAFETY, FOR THE BABY,
THAT YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE
TO DO THAT ANY LONGER."
OH.
[ SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS ]
ALISHA HAD NO IDEA
HOW HE WOULD REACT TO THIS.
[ SINISTER MUSIC CLIMBS ]
NONE OF US DID.
[ OMINOUS CHORD STRIKES ]
[ EERIE MUSIC CLIMBS ]
♪♪
OKAY, WE NEED GET THEM
MOVED BY FRIDAY.
YEAH, YEAH.
OKAY.
BY MONDAY?
- [KNOCKING]
- HOLD ON.
C'MERE.
YEAH. BYE.
HEY! HOW'S MY NEW
TEAM LEADER?
YOU'RE LOOKIN' GREAT,
BY THE WAY.
ALISHA WAS NERVOUS
TO TELL BRIAN,
JUST BECAUSE
SHE DIDN'T WANT HIM TO REACT
OR MAYBE POSSIBLY FIRE HER.
HEY, LISTEN,
SO I WAS THINKIN'
THAT YOU AND I
SHOULD ACTUALLY GO OUT
AND CELEBRATE --
- I'M PREGNANT.
[ EERIE MUSIC CLIMBS ]
[ OMINOUS CHORD STRIKES ]
[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORD STRIKES ]
YEAH.
[ EERIE MUSIC CLIMBS ]
HEY! HOW'S
MY NEW TEAM LEADER?
♪♪
HEY, LISTEN,
SO I WAS THINKIN'
THAT YOU AND I SHOULD
ACTUALLY GO OUT
AND CELEBRATE --
- I'M PREGNANT.
♪♪
YOU'RE PREGNANT?
WHO HAVE YOU BEEN...?
WHO'S THE FATHER?!
HE'S NOT AROUND.
ALISHA WASSURPRISED
BECAUSE HOW ANGRY HE GOT,
BUT, THEN, WHEN HE FOUND OUT
THAT THE FATHER WASN'T
IN THE PICTURE, HE SEEMED TO
KIND OF CALM DOWN A LITTLE BIT
AND ACT LIKE HE WAS ON HERSIDE.
COWARD. [scoff]
AHEM.
LOOK, I MEAN,
YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT
I'M GONNA BE HERE
FOR YOU, OKAY?
I'LL DO WHATEVER YOU WANT.
I'LL --
HE REALIZED, "OH, WELL,
THE GUY'S NOT IN THE PICTURE
AT THE MOMENT, SO, HEY,
I CAN BE HERE. I'M HERE."
SHE WAS VULNERABLE.
SHE WAS PREGNANT,
NEEDED A JOB,
AND EVERYTHING.
YES, HE DID USE THIS
AS AN OPPORTUNITY
TO GET CLOSER TO HER.
UM, WELL, I, UH,
I ACTUALLY NEED
THIS FRIDAY MORNING OFF
FOR MY ULTRASOUND.
SURE.
UH, DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE
SOMEONE TO TAKE YOU?
I CAN TAKE YOU.
I'LL TAKE YOU.
♪♪
MY MOM'S COMING.
IT KICKED IN HIS BRAIN, LIKE,
"OH, THIS ISN'T MY BABY
AND SHE REALLY DOESN'T WANT
ANYTHING TO DO WITH ME,"
AND HE GOT REALLY ANGRY.
I TRY TO HELP YOU OUT
AND YOU JUST THROW IT
BACK I MY FACE.
YOU THROW IT BACK
IN MY FACE!
IN THAT MOMENT, ALISHA FELT,
YOU KNOW, UPSET
AND LIKE, I GUESS, KIND OF LIKE
FRIGHTENED AND CONFUSED, TOO.
LIKE "WHY ARE YOU
EXPLODING ON ME?"
YOU THROW IT BACK
IN MY FACE!
ALL RIGHT, LISTEN UP, FOLKS![ CRYING ]
ALISHA BROMFIELD
IS A SLUT!
AND A WHORE.
IT WAS HORRIFIC
AND HUMILIATING FOR HER
BECAUSE ALISHA
DIDN'T DO ANYTHING
AND HE'S CALLING HER THESE NAMES
IN FRONT OF ALL THESE CUSTOMERS.
I'M GOOD.
NO, WAIT, WAIT,
WAIT, WAIT.
WHERE YOU GOING,
WHERE, WHERE?
YOU GOTTA GET BACK
TO WORK.
HE DID KNOW THAT HE COULD
GET AWAY WITH THIS
BECAUSE HE KNEW SHE NEEDED
THE MONEY TO WORK IN THIS JOB,
THAT SHE WOULDN'T QUIT,
FOR THE BABY, ABSOLUTELY.
YOU WANT THIS JOB,
DON'T YOU?
IT WAS LIKE BRIAN SAW HER
AS HIS PROPERTY.
[ SOBBING ][ EERIE MUSIC CLIMBS ]
[ OMINOUS CHORD STRIKES ]
[ SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ Buzz-buzz ]
Anicich:
SHE DIDN'T OFTEN CALL
MY HUSBAND ABOUT THINGS
AND I KNEW SOMETHING WAS UP,
THAT SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED.
JOE HAD TOLD ME,
AFTER HE GOT OFF THE PHONE,
THAT THAT WAS ALISHA
AND SHE WAS CRYING.
AND I SAID, "WHAT HAPPENED?"
AND HE SAID THAT BRIAN HAD
CALLED HER A SLUT AND A WHORE.
I WAS VERY, VERY,
VERY, VERY UPSET.
SHE DID NOT WANT ME
TO KNOW ABOUT IT.
SHE WAS WORRIED THAT I MIGHT
SAY SOMETHING TO BRIAN
AND, IF I DID SAY
SOMETHING TO HIM,
THAT SHE WOULD LOSE HER JOB.
I'M JUST WONDERING HOW
SOMEBODY COULD SAY
THOSE NASTY WORDS TO HER.
SO, THE NEXT MORNING,
WHEN I GOT UP,
I DID GO AND CONFRONT HIM.
[ OMINOUS CHORD STRIKES ]
[ SINISTER MUSIC CLIMBS ]
♪♪
WHAT DID YOU SAY
TO MY DAUGHTER?
OH, HEY!
LOOK, NO, WAIT, WAIT.
YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
IT --
IT WAS A BAD JOKE.
I --
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HER
BEING A SINGLE MOM AND --
LOOK, I-I USED
TO TEASE MY MOM AS WELL.
AND I SAID, "THAT'S NOT A JOKE
TO SAY TO A PREGNANT WOMAN!
THOSE ARE HORRIBLE THINGS.
I DON'T KNOW WHY YOUR MOTHER
WOULD LET YOU GET AWAY
WITH SPEAKING
TO HER THAT WAY."
LOOK,
I- I TOTALLY MISJUDGED
THE MOMENT.
I KNOW, I GET THAT.
I- I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT
ALISHA ANDHER BABY.
I DO.
I DID CATCH ME OFF-GUARD
THAT HE WAS CRYING
AND THAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT
HOW MUCH HE CARED ABOUT ALISHA.
LOOK, I'M REALLY SORRY.
I'M SORRY.
AND I WASN'T SURE IF HE WAS
TRYING TO MANIPULATE ME
SO I WOULD STOP, YOU KNOW,
YELLING AT HIM.
I PROMISE IT'LL NEVER
HAPPEN AGAIN, OKAY?
AND I DID BELIEVE THAT HE
WOULD NEVER DO THAT AGAIN.
♪♪
[ CRICKETS CHIRPING,
DOG BARKING ]
[ EERIE MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ MELANCHOLY TUNE PLAYS ]
[ RING ]
♪♪
[ Chime ]
HEY, JESS.
NOT LONG NOW
'TIL THE BIG DAY!
CAN I SNEAK A PEEK
AT THE DRESS?
No way. What are you
gonna wear?
OH, THERE ARE SO
MANY OPTIONS.
THERE IS...
THIS ONE.
OR THIS ONE.
IT WAS ENTERTAINING
TO TALK ABOUT WHAT SHE WAS GONNA
WEAR TO THE WEDDING BECAUSE
ALISHA HAD --
SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN
VERY THIN.
AND SO THESE NEW CURVES
THAT SHE WAS GROWING,
SHE WAS VERY PROUD OF THEM,
BUT IT WAS ALL VERY NEW TO HER.
SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO
[laughs] OR WHAT TO WEAR.
WE WERE REALLY LOOKING
FORWARD TO SEEING
WHAT SHE WOULD COME UP WITH.
THIS IS SO EXCITING!
[ SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
♪♪
♪♪
NEED TO TAKE A BREAK?
HMM?
UM...
NO.
UH, IT'S JUST A FEW ACHES.
IT'S NOTHING I CAN'T
HANDLE. [sniffing]
BRIAN GOT A WEIRD ENJOYMENT
OUT OF HAVING CONTROL
OVER HIS EMPLOYEES
AND HE WOULD TRY TO FIGURE OUT
HOW TO DO THAT.
LOOK,
I KNOW THINGS HAVE BEEN
KIND OF ROCKY
BETWEEN US LATELY, BUT,
THIS WEEKEND'S MY SISTER'S
WEDDING IN WISCONSIN.
I'M GIVING HER AWAY
AND...
I'D LIKE FOR YOU
TO COME WITH ME.
♪♪
BRIAN WANTED ALISHA TO GO
TO THIS WEDDING WITH HIM
SO HE COULD ACT LIKE THAT WAS
HIS GIRLFRIEND OR SHOW HER OFF.
UM...
I APPRECIATE IT,
BUT, UM...
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE
YOUR HANDS FULL,
TAKING YOUR SISTER
DOWN THE AISLE.
♪♪
YEAH.
ALISHA'S VERY STRONG-WILLED
AND JUST INDEPENDENT.
I WAS VERY PROUD OF HER
FOR SAYING NO
BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T WANNA GO.
ALSO, I HAVE
ANOTHER WEDDING
TO GO TO THAT DAY.
♪♪
YOU'RE GOING
WITH SOMEONE ELSE.
♪♪
NO. NO, NO, NO,
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. NO.
YOU'RE COMING WITH ME
TO MY SISTER'S WEDDING.
IF YOU DON'T, YOU CAN
KISS THIS JOB GOODBYE.
[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORD STRIKES ]
♪♪
ALISHA WAS FACING
THE TWO CHOICES,
OF GO TO BRIAN'S SISTER'S
WEDDING AND NOT GET FIRED
OR GO TO JESSICA'S WEDDING
AND LOSE YOUR JOB.
SHE FELT CORNERED.
[ OMINOUS CHORD STRIKES ]
[ SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS ]
♪♪
YEAH, THE WEDDING
WENT GREAT, MOM.
♪♪
IT'S OKAY.
I FEEL FINE.
♪♪
YOU KNOW,
I FELT HER KICKING.
I THINK SHE WANTED
TO DANCE.
♪♪
[ CHUCKLE, SNIFFLE ]
[ HONK-HONK ]
OKAY, I GOTTA GO.
YEAH. BYE.
[ SNIFFLING ]
♪♪
[ SINISTER MUSIC CLIMBS ]
[ OMINOUS CHORD STRIKES ]
Kotlar:
SHE WAS TRAPPED BECAUSE
SHE NEEDED THE JOB
- [SNIFFLE]
- AND THE MONEY FOR THE BABY.
IN ALISHA'S MIND,
THERE WAS NO OTHER OPTION.
SHE HAD TO SAY YES.
I'M REALLY GLAD YOU
ENJOYED THE WEDDING.
MY FAMILY REALLY
LIKED YOU.
[crying]
I DIDN'T ASK HER IF SHE FELT
SCARED
OR IN DANGER OF HIM.
I WISH I WOULDA OFFERED
TO PICK HER UP.
AND SHE SAID...
♪♪
[sniffle]
"EVERYTHING'S OKAY.
I CAN'T WAIT
TO GET HOME TOMORROW.
HE'S CRAZY."
♪♪
[ OMINOUS CHORD STRIKES ]
[ SINISTER CHORD STRIKES ]
[ OMINOUS CHORD STRIKES ]
[ SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS ]
SO, THEY CAN FIT US IN.
♪♪
♪♪
BUT THEY'VE ONLY
GOT ONE ROOM.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE
WE'RE SHARING. HM.
COME ON.
THE PLAN WAS THAT
THEY WERE GONNA STAY
WITH THE WEDDING PARTY,
'CAUSE BRIAN WAS WALKING
HIS SISTER DOWN THE AISLE.
ALISHA CALLED ME ON SATURDAY
OF THE WEDDING, ABOUT 11:00,
AND SHE SAID, "I DON'T KNOW
WHERE THE SISTER'S STAYING."
AND I SAID, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
YOU DON'T KNOW
WHERE THE SISTER'S STAYING?"
AND I SAID, "AREN'T YOU
IN THE SAME HOTEL?"
AND SHE SAID, "NO,"
AND I SAID, "WHY NOT?"
SHE GOES, "I DON'T KNOW."
AND, TO THIS DAY,
[crying] THAT'S ONE
OF THE REGRETS I HAVE,
IS THAT I DIDN'T ASK
MORE QUESTIONS.
♪♪
[ OMINOUS CHORD STRIKES ]
[ SINISTER MUSIC CLIMBS ]
[ Dialing ]
[ OMINOUS CHORD STRIKES ]
[ Ring ]
Anicich:
THAT'S THE 911 CALL
THAT HE MADE.
THAT TAPE IS DISGUSTING.
IT'S LIKE HE'S ORDERING
A PIZZA WHEN HE SAYS,
"I'D LIKE TO REPORT
A MURDER, PLEASE."
IT'S JUST DISGUSTING.
No problem.
♪♪
HIS NONCHALANT
OF HOW HE'S SPEAKING.
THERE'S NO EMOTION
IN HIS TONE OF VOICE.
IT JUST SHOWS HIS, YOU KNOW,
PSYCHOPATHIC BEHAVIOR.
THEN I KINDA
JUST JUMPED ON HER.
AND --
- AND WAS SHE ON HER BACK?
- SHE WAS.
- OKAY.
WELL, NO, SHE WAS
ON HER SIDE
AND THEN I TURNED HER
ON HER BACK.
- OKAY.
- AND THEN I JUMPED HER
AND SHE GOT SCARED.
IGOT SCARED.
- SO YOU WERE ON TOP OF HER THEN?
- YEAH.
- AND YOU KIND OF STRADDLED
OVER HER?
- YEAH. AND THEN I JUST
STARTED
STRANGLING HER.
- WITH YOUR HANDS?
- WITH MY HANDS.
AND WHAT DID SHE DO?
DID SHE FIGHT BACK?
- SHE DID FIGHT BACK.
I ALWAYS GET NAUSEOUS,
ANYTIME I THINK OF HIM
AND WHAT HE DID TO MY DAUGHTER.
AND WATCHING THOSE
CONFESSION TAPES
WERE LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED.
I DON'T THINK
I WAS THINKING
ABOUT KILLING HER
RIGHT AWAY.
I THINK THAT WAS MORE
TOWARDS THE END.
I DIDN'T SEE HIM
SHOW ANY REMORSE
IN THE CONFESSION TAPES.
ALMOST SICK,
SICK TO HEAR IT.
I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE
THIS HAD HAPPENED TO ALISHA.
[sobbing]
I JUST THOUGHT ABOUT HOW MUCH
SHE MUST'VE SUFFERED
[sniffle] AND HOW SCARED
SHE MUST'VE BEEN.
[ SNIFFLE ]
♪♪
AFTER SHE DIED,
UM...
YOU TOOK OFF
HER CLOTHES?
[crying] AND THEN,
AFTER HE KILLED HER,
HE UNDRESSED HER
[sniffle]
AND, INSTEAD OF CALLING 911
TO SAVE THE BABY'S LIFE,
HE RAPED MY DAUGHTER,
AFTER SHE WAS ALREADY PASSED.
[ SINISTER MUSIC CLIMBS ]
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
[ MELANCHOLY TUNE PLAYS ]
Watts:
ALISHA WAS THE TYPE OF FRIEND
YOU COULD CONFIDE IN.
IT'S HARD TO FIND
FRIENDS LIKE THAT.
♪♪
SHE, UM,
WAS ALWAYS
LAUGHING AND SMILING,
EVEN WHEN THINGS GOT TOUGH.
AND I MISS THAT
POSITIVE OUTLOOK.
I FEEL LIKE I LOST
A PART OF ME.
IT'S JUST GONE.
[crying] HE TOOK
TWO BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE FROM US
AND WE'LL NEVER GET IT BACK.
I JUST -- THERE'S NO WORDS
FOR THE PAIN THAT YOU FEEL
FROM LOSING SOMEONE
THAT YOU LOVE.
♪♪
WE CALLED IT THE PURPLE PROJECT
AND WE HELP YOUNG,
PREGNANT MOTHERS, LIKE ALISHA,
YOU KNOW,
SOMEBODY WHO IS AMBITIOUS,
WHO WANTS TO GO TO COLLEGE,
WHO IS A SINGLE PARENT.
SO WE HELP THEM
WITH THEIR APARTMENT,
WITH THEIR MONEY, WITH FOOD.
IF THEY ARE GOING
TO COLLEGE,
WE'LL HELP THEM PAY
FOR THEIR COLLEGE.
♪♪
I WANT ALISHA TO BE REMEMBERED
NOT BY HOW SHE DIED.
I WANT HER TO BE
REMEMBERED AS THE FUN-LOVING,
COMPASSIONATE PERSON
THAT SHE WAS,
A PERSON WITH PURPOSE
AND DRIVE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE HOPE
TO CONTINUE AS, YOU KNOW,
ALISHA'S LIFE AND LEGACY,
AND JUST TO BE REMEMBERED
AS A LOVING PERSON THAT SHE WAS.
♪♪
[ OUTRO PLAYS ]
♪♪
[ Dialing ]
[ Ring ]
WHEN SHE LEFT THAT DAY, I SAID,
"OH, I WISH YOU WOULD CHANGE
YOUR MIND ABOUT GOING."
♪♪
YOU CAN CALL IT
MOTHER'S INSTINCT,
BUT I JUST DIDN'T
HAVE A GOOD FEELING.
[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORD STRIKES ]
♪♪
[crying] RIGHT
IN AN INSTANT, I KNEW
MY LIFE WAS CHANGED FOREVER.
[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORD STRIKES ]
[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORD
STRIKES ]
[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORD STRIKES ]
[ STATIC CRACKLES ]
[ DOORS LOCK ]
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ STATIC CRACKLES ]
[ RING ]
[ EERIE TONE PLAYS,
STATIC CRACKLES ]
[ MID-TEMPO TUNE PLAYS ]
♪♪
♪♪
HEY, HEY.
HEY, GIRL.
CUTE SHOES.
[ LAUGHS ]
♪♪
MY PROJECT IS DUE
IN LIKE THREE HOURS,
SO, [laughing]
I GOTTA FINISH THIS.
Watts:
ALISHA AND I HAD MET
IN HIGH SCHOOL.
WE JUST CLICKED RIGHT AWAY.
THERE WAS NO DRAMA FOR HER.
SHE WAS, UH,
THE TYPE OF PERSON LIKE
WHAT YOU SAW WAS WHAT YOU GOT.
I WAS IN A SERIOUS RELATIONSHIP
AND I HAD BEEN
IN A SERIOUS RELATIONSHIP
FOR TWO YEARS, AT THE TIME.
ALISHA WAS SINGLE.
NOT ONLY DID SHE HAVE
AN EXCELLENT
AND UNIQUE PERSONALITY,
BUT SHE WAS ALSO VERY PRETTY.
SHE WOULD DATE WHOEVER
SHE REALLY WANTED TO.
♪♪
YOU'RE BAD.
[ LAUGHING ]
WHEN ARE YOU
HEADING HOME?
FRIDAY.
MY MOM COULDN'T
WAIT THAT LONG.
SHE IS PICKING ME UP
AS SOON AS I SUBMIT THIS.
OHH. [laughs]
[ RING ]
[ RING ]
FOR BOTH ALISHA AND I, COLLEGE
WAS OUR TICKET TO INDEPENDENCE.
GET THE DEGREE, GET THE JOB,
AND BEGIN LIVING YOUR OWN LIFE.
♪♪
[ OUTRO PLAYS ]
[ TRANQUIL TUNE PLAYS ]
Anicich:
JOE AND I GOT MARRIED AND WE
HAD TWO CHILDREN, BRIE AND LUKE.
ALISHA WAS MY DAUGHTER
FROM A PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIP.
BUT SHE WAS VERY CLOSE WITH JOE.
SHE KNEW HIM SINCE
SHE WAS 14 MONTHS OLD.
BREONNA AND LUKE
LOOKED UP TO ALISHA.
THEY THOUGHT SHE WAS
THE GREATEST THING.
ALISHA AND I,
WE WERE VERY CLOSE.
I WAS A SINGLE MOTHER WITH HER,
SO WE HAD AN UNBREAKABLE BOND
SINCE THE DAY SHE WAS BORN,
WHEN I HELD HER.
I REMEMBER THE NURSE COMING IN
AND SAYING YOU'RE GONNA HAVE
PROM AND HOMECOMING
AND WEDDINGS
AND I REMEMBER FREAKING OUT
BECAUSE I WAS A SINGLE MOM
AND THEN I JUST LOOKED
INTO HER EYES AND OUR EYES MET
AND, FROM THAT DAY FORWARD,
WE WERE LIKE SOUL-LY CONNECTED.
[ MELANCHOLY TUNE PLAYS ]
Man: A 9-year-old Metro girl
has a new lease on life,
thanks to surgery.
[ SNIFFLE ]
HI.
- Joe: HEY.
UM --
SO I HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU.
GONNA TAKE A LITTLE WHILE
TO TALK ABOUT, PROBABLY.
SHE LOOKED REALLY
SCARED TO TELL ME.
SO SHE PROBABLY THOUGHT,
"I'M IN BIG TROUBLE HERE."
I'M PREGNANT.
♪♪
THE PREGNANCY WASN'T PLANNED,
AND THE BABY'S FATHER
DID NOT WANNA BE INVOLVED
IN THE BABY'S LIFE.
SAY SOMETHING, WILL YOU?
♪♪
I WAS VERY, VERY SHOCKED.
SHE WAS VERY, VERY RESPONSIBLE,
SO IT WAS VERY SHOCKING
WHEN SHE TOLD US.
[ SNIFFLE ]
♪♪
[ Ring ]
Kotlar:
I WAS LIKE ALMOST LIKE
A OLDER SISTER.
SHE KNEW EVERYTHING ABOUT ME.
I KNEW EVERYTHING
ABOUT HER, TOO.
[ Chime ]
Hey.
I TOLD THEM.
And?
OH, IT WENT GREAT.
THEY WERE SO PROUD.
[scoff]
ALISHA WAS SCARED
WHEN SHE FOUND OUT.
WE WERE ONLY 21, SO, YOU KNOW,
WE WERE SHOCKED, AT THAT POINT.
BUT I KNEW SHE WAS JUST GONNA BE
LIKE AN AMAZING MOTHER.
♪♪
I KNEW FIRSTHAND WHAT IT WAS
LIKE TO BE A SINGLE PARENT,
AND IT'S NOT EASY.
THERE'S A LOT OF CHALLENGES.
"BUT WE WILL BE HERE FOR YOU."
[ OUTRO PLAYS ]
[ TRANQUIL TUNE PLAYS ]
[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
IT WAS THE SUMMER OF 2012
AND ALISHA HAD BEEN WORKING
AT THE HARDWARE STORE
FOR SEVERAL SUMMERS.
HOW'S MY NEW
TEAM LEADER?
SHE GOT PROMOTED, WHICH IS
MORE RESPONSIBILITY AND STUFF,
BUT IT WAS BETTER FOR HER,
LIKE THE PAY.
CONGRATULATIONS.
HER HOURS WERE BETTER,
BUT SHE WAS ALSO ABLE
TO GET MATERNITY LEAVE WHEN SHE
WAS GONNA HAVE THE BABY.
DON'T SCREW IT UP.
♪♪
[ Chirp, buzz ]
♪♪
♪♪
[ UPBEAT TUNE PLAYS ]
Hi!
TELL ME EVERYTHING!
MY BOYFRIEND AT THE TIME
HAD PROPOSED TO ME
AND WE WERE PLANNING ON GETTING
MARRIED IN THE SUMMER OF 2012.
GOD!
CONGRATULATIONS!
WOW!
THIS IS AMAZING!
LIKE I NEED DETAILS.
AND WE WERE VERY EXCITED
TO SEE EACH OTHER
THE DAY OF THE WEDDING AND TO
SHARE IN ALL OF THAT TOGETHER.
I WOULD GET TO SEE HER PREGNANT
AND SHE WOULD GET TO SEE ME
GET MARRIED.
HEY, MOM!
WE NEED TO GO
DRESS SHOPPING!
[ CHUCKLE ]
OH, THIS IS
THE BEST NEWS.
I'M SO HAPPY
FOR YOU GUYS!
[ ELECTRONICA PLAYS ]
♪♪
AFTER THE WEDDING
AND THE RECEPTION,
MY HUSBAND AND I
HAD GOTTEN BACK TO THE HOTEL.
[ MUSIC THUMPING ]
[ Buzz-buzz ]
[ CHAMPAGNE
CONTINUES POURING ]
[ Buzz-buzz ]
[ MUSIC CONTINUES THUMPING ]
IT WAS THE FIRST TIME
THAT DAY WE HAD LOOKED
AT OUR PHONES AND I HAD
ALL THESE TEXT MESSAGES,
MISSED PHONE CALLS...
[ SINISTER CHORD STRIKES ]
FROM NUMBERS THAT
I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE.
♪♪
ONE NUMBER I DID RECOGNIZE.
IT WAS A MUTUAL FRIEND
OF OURS
AND SO I KNEW SOMETHING
WAS WRONG.
[ SINISTER MUSIC CLIMBS ]
Woman: [crying]
Alisha's gone.
[ SINISTER CHORD STRIKES ]
♪♪
AND SHE HERSELF
JUST KEPT SAYING,
"HE KILLED HER.
HE KILLED HER."
I'm so sorry.
♪♪
I DON'T THINK ANYONE
WOULD EVER IMAGINE
THAT SOMEONE WOULD BE CAPABLE
OF DOING WHAT HE DID.
EVEN TO THIS DAY, IT'S STILL...
♪♪
REALLY UNBELIEVABLE.
[laugh-sob]
[ SINISTER MUSIC CLIMBS ]
[ SINISTER
CHORD STRIKES ]
[ OMINOUS CHORD STRIKES ]
[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORD STRIKES ]
Her name was Alisha.
Dispatcher:
Did you witness it?
Yes.
And do you know
who murdered her?
Yes, I do.
[ SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS ]
I WAS LIKE WATCHING MYSELF
STANDING THERE
IN MY WEDDING DRESS.
IT WAS LIKE
AN OUT-OF-BODY STATE.
Woman: I'm so sorry.
[ SINISTER MUSIC CLIMBS ]
[ OMINOUS CHORD STRIKES ]
[ MID-TEMPO TUNE PLAYS ]
♪♪
♪♪
I WAS EVERY PROUD OF ALISHA,
THAT, YOU KNOW,
IT'S NOT EASY TO FIND A JOB.
I WENT TO GO VISIT HER
AT WORK
'CAUSE I WAS SO PROUD
THAT SHE WAS WORKING
AND I WANTED TO SUPPORT HER.
HI! HOW ARE YOU?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
SHE WAS SO EXCITED THAT I CAME
AND THAT'S WHEN SHE INTRODUCED
ME TO SOME COWORKERS.
THEY WERE VERY, VERY NICE
AND HELPFUL.
AND THEN SHE INTRODUCED ME
TO BRIAN AT THAT TIME.
- HEY THERE.
- HI.
- YOU'RE ALISHA'S MOM?
- I AM. HI.
BRIAN LOOKED ATHLETIC,
LIKE HE WAS IN GOOD SHAPE.
WHEN I FIRST SAW HIM,
I THOUGHT HE WAS VERY YOUNG
TO BE A SUPERVISOR
AND IN CHARGE OF EVERYBODY.
I SEE WHERE SHE GETS
HER GOOD LOOKS FROM, HUH?
HE SEEMED VERY OUTGOING,
VERY TALKATIVE.
YEAH, HAVE A LOOK
AROUND THE STORE.
YEAH, GREAT
TO MEET YOU, SHERRY.
[ OUTRO PLAYS ]
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
♪♪
WHY DO I ALWAYS
GET THE HEAVY END?
[ LAUGHING ]
Watts:
EVERYBODY WAS AROUND
THE SAME AGE.
WE WOULD BE OUTSIDE
AND HAVE FUN AND...
WATER THE FLOWERS, SO.
[laughs]
IT WAS...
FOR 17 YEARS OLD, THAT WAS
A NICE WAY
TO SPEND YOUR SUMMER.
GOOD WORK, GIRLS.
IT'S GONNA LOOK AWESOME.
I LOOK LIKE A SWEATY MESS.
- [BOTH CHUCKLE]
BRIAN DIDN'T REALLY
COME ACROSS AS A BOSS.
HE WANTED TO COME ACROSS
MORE OF AS YOUR FRIEND.
BUT HE REALLY STARTED TO...
PUSH THOSE BOUNDARY LINES.
SOMEHOW, YOU BOTH
STILL LOOK GREAT.
[ SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS ]
I WAS SWEATING
AND HE HAD TOUCHED MY ARMS.
AND...
THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME
HE'D HAD EVER TOUCHED ME.
AND -- AND...
YOU KNOW, THAT'S...
MY BODY IS MY SPACE.
THAT WAS REALLY DISGUSTING.
I SAID, "DON'T.
DON'T TOUCH ME, EVER."
OH, HEY, IT --
IT'S COOL.
I'M JUST JOKING.
♪♪
I CANNOT EXPRESS HOW...
INAPPROPRIATE THAT IS,
FOR ANYONE, OF ANY AGE,
LET ALONE FOR AN ADULT,
TO DO THAT TO A TEENAGER.
♪♪
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
♪♪
[ SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS ]
♪♪
I WAS NERVOUS ABOUT TELLING HIM
THAT I WAS GONNA QUIT.
BRIAN WAS VERY QUICK
TO HAVE A TEMPER.
WHAT? YOU QUIT?!
I ONLY GAVE YOU THIS JOB
'CAUSE YOU WERE
TOO PATHETIC
TO GET ANYTHING ELSE.
HE STARTED YELLING AT ME
SO MUCH AT THE TIME THAT
I REALLY JUST STOPPED LISTENING.
I FELT SORRY FOR YOU,
THAT'S WHY I GAVE YOU
THE JOB,
YOU DUMB BITCH!
BUT IT'S HARD TO STOP
LISTENING TO SOMEONE
WHEN THEY'RE SCREAMING AT YOU,
TELLING YOU THAT YOU'RE A BITCH,
AND, UM --
[ EERIE MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ SCOFF ]
♪♪
THOSE ARE REALLY NEVER WORDS
THAT YOU SHOULD HEAR
FROM YOUR MANAGER.
♪♪
YOU'RE JUST HAVING
A BAD DAY, BRIAN.
I DIDN'T WANNA FINISH OUT
MY TWO WEEKS.
I DIDN'T EVEN WANT
MY LAST PAYCHECK
'CAUSE I DIDN'T WANNA
SEE HIM AGAIN.
I...WANTED, REALLY, NOTHING
TO DO ANYMORE WITH THAT JOB.
[ MELANCHOLY TUNE PLAYS ]
♪♪
I WAS WORKING AT A PIZZA PLACE
NOT FAR FROM WHERE
ALISHA WORKED,
SO WE WOULD OFTEN
MEET FOR LUNCH.
♪♪
- [knocks] HEY.
- OH, HI.
WHEN ALISHA CAME TO THE CAR,
I COULD TELL SHE WAS
LIKE FRUSTRATED.
♪♪
[sigh] GOT A SMOKE?
YEAH. HERE.
THANKS.
♪♪
THAT WAS REALLY
OUT OF CHARACTER,
FOR ALISHA TO HAVE A CIGARETTE.
SHE MUST'VE BEEN
REALLY STRESSED.
AND I WAS LIKE, "WHAT'S
GOIN' ON, WHAT'S WRONG?"
SOMETHING WEIRD
JUST HAPPENED.
[ OUTRO PLAYS ]
[ OMINOUS CHORD STRIKES ]
I WAS LEAVING
TO MEET YOU
AND MY MANAGER
KIND OF BLOCKED MY WAY.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
UH, I'M TAKING MY BREAK.
YOU MEETING SOMEONE?
A FRIEND.
GIRL OR BOY?
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
GIRL.
HOPE THAT'S OKAY.
♪♪
YEAH. YEAH, YEAH, SORRY.
SORRY, I DIDN'T --
I DIDN'T MEAN
TO FREAK YOU OUT.
I JUST LIKE TO KNOW
WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING.
FOR SAFETY.
SURE.
OKAY.
- HAVE FUN.
I THOUGHT IT WAS ODD
THAT HE WAS DOING THAT,
BUT ALISHA DID THINK IT WAS
JUST A ONE-TIME THING.
♪♪
AFTER THAT, I FELT UNEASY
BECAUSE IT WAS
AS IF HE WAS MAKING SURE THAT
ALISHA DIDN'T LEAVE.
WE BOTH NEEDED
TO CALM DOWN AND RELAX.
YOU'RE SO LUCKY YOUR BOSS
LOOKS OUT FOR YOU.
[scoffing]
YEAH, I'M SO LUCKY.
BUT OUR SARCASTIC-NESS
WOULD COME OUT
AND JUST BOTH MAKE US
JUST CALM DOWN AND LAUGH.
THIS WAS ALISHA'S FIRST JOB,
YOU KNOW, IN A WORKPLACE,
SO SHE THOUGHT
SHE COULDHANDLE IT.
WE BOTH THOUGH THAT, EVENTUALLY,
IT WOULD JUST BLOW OVER
AND IT WOULD BE
JUST A DIFFERENT DAY,
LIKE IT WOULD BE FINE,
LIKE IT WASN'T GONNA ESCALATE.
[ SINISTER MUSIC INTENSIFIES ]
[ SUSPENSEFUL
CHORD STRIKES ]
[ OMINOUS CHORD STRIKES ]
[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORD STRIKES ]
[ TRANQUIL TUNE PLAYS ]
[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
♪♪
THEY LOOK GREAT, RIGHT?
YEAH. I NEED THEM
FOR A WEDDING.
[ CHUCKLE ]
♪♪
♪♪
AT FIRST, ALISHA SEEMED
TO ENJOY THE JOB.
SHE LOVED BEING OUTSIDE
AND JUST, YOU KNOW,
IT WAS LIKE FREEDOM AND STUFF.
IT WAS OUTSIDE
AND IT WAS EASY TO DO.
SHE WAS ONLY A TEENAGER.
WHAT TEENAGER IS AWARE
OF HER BOSS MANIPULATING THEM?
SO, A FRIEND OF MINE
IS HEADLINING A SHOW
THIS FRIDAY NIGHT
AND I WAS THINKIN', UM...
I'D LIKE YOU
TO GO WITH ME.
ALISHA WASVERY SURPRISED
BECAUSE SHE WAS LIKE,
YOU KNOW, "THIS IS MY BOSS."
THIS IS -- IT WAS A SURPRISE,
BUT ALSO LIKE KINDA
LIKE SHOCKED AND LIKE
WEIRDED OUT, TOO.
♪♪
S- S-SORRY, BRIAN, I DON'T
THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
WHAT, YOU ALREADY HAVE
A BOYFRIEND, OR WHAT?
♪♪
NO. UM...
I JUST DON'T THINK
IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
♪♪
SHE DIDN'T LIKE IT.
SHE WANTED TO KEEP HER WORK LIFE
AND SOCIAL LIFE SEPARATE.
[ OUTRO PLAYS ]
THAT'S BULL!
YOU KNOW, LIKE,
YOU THINK YOU'RE
TOO GOOD FOR ME?
[ EERIE MUSIC PLAYS ]
YOU SOME KIND OF PRINCESS
OR SOMETHING?
LOOK, DON'T TAKE IT
PERSONAL.
I JUST DON'T DATE PEOPLE
I WORK WITH.
SHE WANTED TO GET THROUGH IT
BECAUSE THAT WAS HER BOSS.
SHE WORKED THERE.
SHE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE
THIS HUGE, YOU KNOW,
ARGUMENT OR SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
YOU'RE KIND OF HOT
WHEN YOU'RE ANGRY.
HEY, I'M JUST MESSIN'.
IT'S COOL!
I GET IT.
[ SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS ]
SHE TOLD HIM NO.
"I DON'T LIKE YOU LIKE THAT.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A WORKING --
A WORK RELATIONSHIP
AND THAT'S ABOUT IT."
AND WE THOUGHT HE WAS
JUST GONNA LEAVE IT ALONE.
THAT'S WHEN THINGS
STARTED TO CHANGE.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
THE NEXT DAY, I DECIDED TO GO
IN THE STORE TO SEE ALISHA.
I WANTED TO GET FLOWERS
FOR MY MOM.
♪♪
ALISHA WAS CLOSE TO MY MOM, TOO.
SHE KNEW LIKE THE HANGING
FLOWER POTS AND THE ROSE BUSHES,
SO SHE WOULD HELP ME
PICK 'EM OUT.
YOU RECKON YOUR MOM
WOULD LIKE THAT?
WHEN I SEE BRIAN WALK
TOWARDS ME AND ALISHA,
WALKING FAST, LIKE PACING
A LITTLE BIT TOWARDS US...
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!
THIS -- THIS ISN'T
A SOCIAL CLUB.
YOUSHOULD BE WORKING.
GET BACK TO WORK!
JUST ANGRY, YOU KNOW,
HIS VOICE RAISED.
HE'S A BIG GUY, YOU KNOW,
YOU FEEL PHYSICALLY THREATENED
BECAUSE HE'S CHALLENGING YOU.
HE'S IN YOUR PERSONAL SPACE.
I DON'T WANNA SEE
YOU TWO
SOCIALIZING HERE
AGAIN, OKAY?
♪♪
WHAT ARE YOU
WAITING FOR?
IN THAT MOMENT,
I WAS PROTECTIVE AS I SAID,
"YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO RELAX,
I'M A CUSTOMER.
LIKE I'M BUYING THESE FLOWERS."
I- I GOT THIS.
BRIAN --
- NO, LOOK, I'M SORRY, OKAY?
I DIDN'T MEAN
TO LOSE IT, BUT,
IT'S BEEN A ROUGH
FEW DAYS.
AFTER, YOU KNOW,
HE WAS ANGRY AND EXPLODED,
HE WOULD TRY TO SAY,
"OH, I'M SORRY.
I WAS JUST HAVING A BAD DAY."
SHE ALWAYS WOULD SEE
THE GOOD IN EVERYONE.
SHE FELT LIKE, "OKAY, WELL,
HE SAID SORRY, YOU KNOW,
MAYBE HE IS JUST
HAVING A BAD DAY."
- I JUST, UGH. I'M SORRY, BUT,
- WHAT?
I THINK IT'S BEST I PASS
ON LUNCH, YOU KNOW?
YOU SURE?
YEAH.
I'LL CALL YOU LATER.
OKAY.
♪♪
[ MELANCHOLY TUNE PLAYS ]
♪♪
- I LIKE THIS ONE.
- YEAH?
IT'S KINDA
EXPENSIVE, THOUGH.
♪♪
WHEN ALISHA FOUND OUT SHE WAS
PREGNANT, HER LIFESTYLE CHANGED.
NO MORE SMOKING,
DEFINITELY NO MORE DRINKING.
[ LAUGHTER ]
THAT ONE'S CUTE.
[ Chirp ]
♪♪
WHEN ALISHA HAD A PROBLEM,
I COULD IMMEDIATELY TELL.
HER FACE GAVE IT AWAY,
AND HER BODY LANGUAGE.
I WOULD -- BOTH OF US,
WE COULD JUST IMMEDIATELY TELL.
[ Chirp ]
YEAH.
I FELT LIKE UPSET
AND LIKE KINDA LIKE,
"WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?" TOO.
I'M LIKE "YOU DON'T HAVE
TO ANSWER HIM.
THERE'S NO REASON, YOU KNOW.
IT'S NOT WORK-RELATED."
IF I DON'T ANSWER HIM,
HE GETS ANGRY.
I HAD TOLD HER, "YOU KNOW,
YOU SHOULD TALK TO SOMEONE.
THIS ISN'T OKAY."
AND SHE'S LIKE,
"I KNOW IT'S NOT.
WHO AM I GONNA TELL?
HE'S A REGIONAL MANAGER."
ALISHA FELT LIKE BRIAN
WAS UNTOUCHABLE
AND SHE WAS CORNERED.
YOU COULD JUST LOOK
FOR ANOTHER JOB.
♪♪
THERE'S NOTHING
OUT THERE
WHERE I'M GONNA GET
MATERNITY PAY.
IT WAS A STRUGGLE FOR HER
TO FIND ANOTHER JOB.
SHE WAS APPLYING AT OTHER
PLACES FOR A COUPLE MONTHS.
NOBODY HAD CALLED BACK
OR SHE COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING.
IT'S OKAY.
I'M USED TO IT.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
♪♪
I WENT TO GO VISIT ALISHA
AT WORK AND BRIAN WAS THERE.
HEY! YOU-YOU'RE
ALISHA'S MOM, RIGHT?
HEY, UH, TAKE A SEAT.
HEY, YOUR -- YOU KNOW, YOUR
DAUGHTER'S A REAL ASSET.
I REALLY FEEL LIKE
WE'RE KINDA CONNECTING.
HE WAS TELLING ME HOW EASY
IT WAS TO TALK TO HER
BECAUSE THEY HAD
A LOT IN COMMON.
SAY, YOU WANNA SEE
SOMETHIN'?
HE LIFTED UP HIS SHIRT,
OR PULLED IT DOWN,
AND HE STARTED SHOWING ME
HIS TATTOO.
[ SINISTER CHORD STRIKES ]
[ EERIE MUSIC PLAYS ]
IF YOU WANT SOMETHING
REAL BAD,
YOU REALLYWISH FOR IT,
IT'LL HAPPEN
FOR YOU.
ACCORDING TO WHAT I LEARNED,
IT'S FROM A BOOK.
THE LAW OF ATTRACTION
IS PRETTY MUCH
"IF YOU KEEP SAYING POSITIVE
THINGS, THAT THEY'LL COME TRUE."
HE WAS JUST SAYING THAT
HE WAS VERY POSITIVE,
"I'M A VERY POSITIVE PERSON,"
THAT HE WAS, YOU KNOW,
TRYING TO GET HIS LIFE ON TRACK
AND DO POSITIVE THINGS.
I LEARNED THAT IN A --
AN ANGER-MANAGEMENT
CLASS
A FEW YEARS BACK.
- ANGER MANAGEMENT?
[ PA CHIMES]
BRIAN COOPER TO THE STOCK ROOM.
BRIAN COOPER
TO THE STOCK ROOM.
- GOTTA GO.
I'LL BE BACK.
THAT WAS A LITTLE CONCERN.
I MEAN,
YOU KNOW, I WASN'T SURE
IF IT WAS A COURT ORDER.
I WASN'T SURE
WHY HE HAD TO TAKE
ANGER-MANAGEMENT CLASSES.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
♪♪
- HEY. I HEAR YOU SAW
BRIAN TODAY.
- YEAH.
I TOLD HER, "THAT WAS REALLY
KIND OF STRANGE,
LIKE HOW MUCH HE'S, YOU KNOW,
TALKS ABOUT HIS TATTOO."
AND, YOU KNOW, HE REALLY
DIDN'T KNOW ME THAT WELL.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
HE JUST DOESN'T HAVE
A FILTER. [chuckle]
THIS BEING HER FIRST JOB,
THAT I THINK
THAT THAT'S WHAT SHE THOUGHT
WAS MAYBE NORMAL IN A JOB.
HEY, SOMEBODY BOUGHT
YOU THIS TODAY.
- REALLY?!
- YEAH.
AW.
[ TENDER TUNE PLAYS ]
OH, MY GOD.
Watts:
GETTING THIS FOR ALISHA WAS
A WAY TO GET HER EXCITED,
LESS NERVOUS.
I WANTED TO SHARE IN THIS
EXCITEMENT WITH HER.
I THINK ALISHA WAS
PREPARED FOR MOTHERHOOD.
A TIME WHERE MOST PEOPLE
WOULD QUIT, SHE --
SHE REALLY SAW
THE BEAUTY IN IT ALL.
Anicich:
SHE WAS SO HAPPY WHEN
SHE OPENED UP THAT BOX.
"LOOK AT -- LOOK AT --
LOOK AT WHAT JESSICA GAVE ME!
LOOK AT THIS!
ISN'T IT BEAUTIFUL!"
AND SHE WAS SO EXCITED.
SHE WAS BECOMING A MOTHER
AND SHE COULDN'T
HAVE BEEN HAPPIER.
♪♪
[ SIREN WAILS ]
♪♪
[crying]
SHE'S BEAUTIFUL.
I HAD WENT TO EVERY
APPOINTMENT WITH HER
AND I WAS SO EXCITED TO GO.
IT WAS SO SURREAL.
I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE
THAT MY BABY WAS HAVING A BABY.
THANK YOU.
THERE WAS A LIFE,
A BEAUTIFUL LIFE, INSIDE OF HER
AND THAT, YOU KNOW, SOON,
HER BABY WOULD BE IN HER ARMS.
THIS WAS A PICTURE
THAT, YOU KNOW,
ALISHA GOT THE DAY
OF THE ULTRASOUND OF HER BABY.
HEARING THE BABY'S HEARTBEAT
WAS A MIRACLE,
YOU KNOW, JUST TO KNOW
THAT, YOU KNOW, SOON,
THAT ALISHA WOULD BE
HOLDING HER CHILD
AND HOW EXCITED ALISHA WAS
TO HEAR THE HEARTBEAT.
IT WAS JUST --
IT'S A MAGICAL DAY.
I WOULD ALWAYS SAY THAT TO HER,
"YOU'RE GONNA BE
TWO PEAS IN A POD,
JUST LIKE ME AND YOU,"
AND I WAS REALLY HAPPY
THAT SHE WAS HAVIN' A GIRL.
JUST THE BOND,
MOTHER-DAUGHTER BOND
AND I JUST KNEW HOW MUCH JOY
I GOT FROM HAVING A GIRL,
ALISHA BEING MY FIRST.
♪♪
SO, WHEN YOU GONNA
TELL BRIAN?
AND I SAID, "YOU HAVE
TO LET BRIAN KNOW
THAT YOU'RE PREGNANT
BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA
HAVE TO PUSH
THESE 50-POUND CRATES
OF FLOWERS.
YOU NEED TO LET HIM KNOW,
FOR SAFETY, FOR THE BABY,
THAT YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE
TO DO THAT ANY LONGER."
OH.
[ SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS ]
ALISHA HAD NO IDEA
HOW HE WOULD REACT TO THIS.
[ SINISTER MUSIC CLIMBS ]
NONE OF US DID.
[ OMINOUS CHORD STRIKES ]
[ EERIE MUSIC CLIMBS ]
♪♪
OKAY, WE NEED GET THEM
MOVED BY FRIDAY.
YEAH, YEAH.
OKAY.
BY MONDAY?
- [KNOCKING]
- HOLD ON.
C'MERE.
YEAH. BYE.
HEY! HOW'S MY NEW
TEAM LEADER?
YOU'RE LOOKIN' GREAT,
BY THE WAY.
ALISHA WAS NERVOUS
TO TELL BRIAN,
JUST BECAUSE
SHE DIDN'T WANT HIM TO REACT
OR MAYBE POSSIBLY FIRE HER.
HEY, LISTEN,
SO I WAS THINKIN'
THAT YOU AND I
SHOULD ACTUALLY GO OUT
AND CELEBRATE --
- I'M PREGNANT.
[ EERIE MUSIC CLIMBS ]
[ OMINOUS CHORD STRIKES ]
[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORD STRIKES ]
YEAH.
[ EERIE MUSIC CLIMBS ]
HEY! HOW'S
MY NEW TEAM LEADER?
♪♪
HEY, LISTEN,
SO I WAS THINKIN'
THAT YOU AND I SHOULD
ACTUALLY GO OUT
AND CELEBRATE --
- I'M PREGNANT.
♪♪
YOU'RE PREGNANT?
WHO HAVE YOU BEEN...?
WHO'S THE FATHER?!
HE'S NOT AROUND.
ALISHA WASSURPRISED
BECAUSE HOW ANGRY HE GOT,
BUT, THEN, WHEN HE FOUND OUT
THAT THE FATHER WASN'T
IN THE PICTURE, HE SEEMED TO
KIND OF CALM DOWN A LITTLE BIT
AND ACT LIKE HE WAS ON HERSIDE.
COWARD. [scoff]
AHEM.
LOOK, I MEAN,
YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT
I'M GONNA BE HERE
FOR YOU, OKAY?
I'LL DO WHATEVER YOU WANT.
I'LL --
HE REALIZED, "OH, WELL,
THE GUY'S NOT IN THE PICTURE
AT THE MOMENT, SO, HEY,
I CAN BE HERE. I'M HERE."
SHE WAS VULNERABLE.
SHE WAS PREGNANT,
NEEDED A JOB,
AND EVERYTHING.
YES, HE DID USE THIS
AS AN OPPORTUNITY
TO GET CLOSER TO HER.
UM, WELL, I, UH,
I ACTUALLY NEED
THIS FRIDAY MORNING OFF
FOR MY ULTRASOUND.
SURE.
UH, DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE
SOMEONE TO TAKE YOU?
I CAN TAKE YOU.
I'LL TAKE YOU.
♪♪
MY MOM'S COMING.
IT KICKED IN HIS BRAIN, LIKE,
"OH, THIS ISN'T MY BABY
AND SHE REALLY DOESN'T WANT
ANYTHING TO DO WITH ME,"
AND HE GOT REALLY ANGRY.
I TRY TO HELP YOU OUT
AND YOU JUST THROW IT
BACK I MY FACE.
YOU THROW IT BACK
IN MY FACE!
IN THAT MOMENT, ALISHA FELT,
YOU KNOW, UPSET
AND LIKE, I GUESS, KIND OF LIKE
FRIGHTENED AND CONFUSED, TOO.
LIKE "WHY ARE YOU
EXPLODING ON ME?"
YOU THROW IT BACK
IN MY FACE!
ALL RIGHT, LISTEN UP, FOLKS![ CRYING ]
ALISHA BROMFIELD
IS A SLUT!
AND A WHORE.
IT WAS HORRIFIC
AND HUMILIATING FOR HER
BECAUSE ALISHA
DIDN'T DO ANYTHING
AND HE'S CALLING HER THESE NAMES
IN FRONT OF ALL THESE CUSTOMERS.
I'M GOOD.
NO, WAIT, WAIT,
WAIT, WAIT.
WHERE YOU GOING,
WHERE, WHERE?
YOU GOTTA GET BACK
TO WORK.
HE DID KNOW THAT HE COULD
GET AWAY WITH THIS
BECAUSE HE KNEW SHE NEEDED
THE MONEY TO WORK IN THIS JOB,
THAT SHE WOULDN'T QUIT,
FOR THE BABY, ABSOLUTELY.
YOU WANT THIS JOB,
DON'T YOU?
IT WAS LIKE BRIAN SAW HER
AS HIS PROPERTY.
[ SOBBING ][ EERIE MUSIC CLIMBS ]
[ OMINOUS CHORD STRIKES ]
[ SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ Buzz-buzz ]
Anicich:
SHE DIDN'T OFTEN CALL
MY HUSBAND ABOUT THINGS
AND I KNEW SOMETHING WAS UP,
THAT SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED.
JOE HAD TOLD ME,
AFTER HE GOT OFF THE PHONE,
THAT THAT WAS ALISHA
AND SHE WAS CRYING.
AND I SAID, "WHAT HAPPENED?"
AND HE SAID THAT BRIAN HAD
CALLED HER A SLUT AND A WHORE.
I WAS VERY, VERY,
VERY, VERY UPSET.
SHE DID NOT WANT ME
TO KNOW ABOUT IT.
SHE WAS WORRIED THAT I MIGHT
SAY SOMETHING TO BRIAN
AND, IF I DID SAY
SOMETHING TO HIM,
THAT SHE WOULD LOSE HER JOB.
I'M JUST WONDERING HOW
SOMEBODY COULD SAY
THOSE NASTY WORDS TO HER.
SO, THE NEXT MORNING,
WHEN I GOT UP,
I DID GO AND CONFRONT HIM.
[ OMINOUS CHORD STRIKES ]
[ SINISTER MUSIC CLIMBS ]
♪♪
WHAT DID YOU SAY
TO MY DAUGHTER?
OH, HEY!
LOOK, NO, WAIT, WAIT.
YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
IT --
IT WAS A BAD JOKE.
I --
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HER
BEING A SINGLE MOM AND --
LOOK, I-I USED
TO TEASE MY MOM AS WELL.
AND I SAID, "THAT'S NOT A JOKE
TO SAY TO A PREGNANT WOMAN!
THOSE ARE HORRIBLE THINGS.
I DON'T KNOW WHY YOUR MOTHER
WOULD LET YOU GET AWAY
WITH SPEAKING
TO HER THAT WAY."
LOOK,
I- I TOTALLY MISJUDGED
THE MOMENT.
I KNOW, I GET THAT.
I- I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT
ALISHA ANDHER BABY.
I DO.
I DID CATCH ME OFF-GUARD
THAT HE WAS CRYING
AND THAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT
HOW MUCH HE CARED ABOUT ALISHA.
LOOK, I'M REALLY SORRY.
I'M SORRY.
AND I WASN'T SURE IF HE WAS
TRYING TO MANIPULATE ME
SO I WOULD STOP, YOU KNOW,
YELLING AT HIM.
I PROMISE IT'LL NEVER
HAPPEN AGAIN, OKAY?
AND I DID BELIEVE THAT HE
WOULD NEVER DO THAT AGAIN.
♪♪
[ CRICKETS CHIRPING,
DOG BARKING ]
[ EERIE MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ MELANCHOLY TUNE PLAYS ]
[ RING ]
♪♪
[ Chime ]
HEY, JESS.
NOT LONG NOW
'TIL THE BIG DAY!
CAN I SNEAK A PEEK
AT THE DRESS?
No way. What are you
gonna wear?
OH, THERE ARE SO
MANY OPTIONS.
THERE IS...
THIS ONE.
OR THIS ONE.
IT WAS ENTERTAINING
TO TALK ABOUT WHAT SHE WAS GONNA
WEAR TO THE WEDDING BECAUSE
ALISHA HAD --
SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN
VERY THIN.
AND SO THESE NEW CURVES
THAT SHE WAS GROWING,
SHE WAS VERY PROUD OF THEM,
BUT IT WAS ALL VERY NEW TO HER.
SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO
[laughs] OR WHAT TO WEAR.
WE WERE REALLY LOOKING
FORWARD TO SEEING
WHAT SHE WOULD COME UP WITH.
THIS IS SO EXCITING!
[ SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
♪♪
♪♪
NEED TO TAKE A BREAK?
HMM?
UM...
NO.
UH, IT'S JUST A FEW ACHES.
IT'S NOTHING I CAN'T
HANDLE. [sniffing]
BRIAN GOT A WEIRD ENJOYMENT
OUT OF HAVING CONTROL
OVER HIS EMPLOYEES
AND HE WOULD TRY TO FIGURE OUT
HOW TO DO THAT.
LOOK,
I KNOW THINGS HAVE BEEN
KIND OF ROCKY
BETWEEN US LATELY, BUT,
THIS WEEKEND'S MY SISTER'S
WEDDING IN WISCONSIN.
I'M GIVING HER AWAY
AND...
I'D LIKE FOR YOU
TO COME WITH ME.
♪♪
BRIAN WANTED ALISHA TO GO
TO THIS WEDDING WITH HIM
SO HE COULD ACT LIKE THAT WAS
HIS GIRLFRIEND OR SHOW HER OFF.
UM...
I APPRECIATE IT,
BUT, UM...
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE
YOUR HANDS FULL,
TAKING YOUR SISTER
DOWN THE AISLE.
♪♪
YEAH.
ALISHA'S VERY STRONG-WILLED
AND JUST INDEPENDENT.
I WAS VERY PROUD OF HER
FOR SAYING NO
BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T WANNA GO.
ALSO, I HAVE
ANOTHER WEDDING
TO GO TO THAT DAY.
♪♪
YOU'RE GOING
WITH SOMEONE ELSE.
♪♪
NO. NO, NO, NO,
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. NO.
YOU'RE COMING WITH ME
TO MY SISTER'S WEDDING.
IF YOU DON'T, YOU CAN
KISS THIS JOB GOODBYE.
[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORD STRIKES ]
♪♪
ALISHA WAS FACING
THE TWO CHOICES,
OF GO TO BRIAN'S SISTER'S
WEDDING AND NOT GET FIRED
OR GO TO JESSICA'S WEDDING
AND LOSE YOUR JOB.
SHE FELT CORNERED.
[ OMINOUS CHORD STRIKES ]
[ SINISTER MUSIC PLAYS ]
♪♪
YEAH, THE WEDDING
WENT GREAT, MOM.
♪♪
IT'S OKAY.
I FEEL FINE.
♪♪
YOU KNOW,
I FELT HER KICKING.
I THINK SHE WANTED
TO DANCE.
♪♪
[ CHUCKLE, SNIFFLE ]
[ HONK-HONK ]
OKAY, I GOTTA GO.
YEAH. BYE.
[ SNIFFLING ]
♪♪
[ SINISTER MUSIC CLIMBS ]
[ OMINOUS CHORD STRIKES ]
Kotlar:
SHE WAS TRAPPED BECAUSE
SHE NEEDED THE JOB
- [SNIFFLE]
- AND THE MONEY FOR THE BABY.
IN ALISHA'S MIND,
THERE WAS NO OTHER OPTION.
SHE HAD TO SAY YES.
I'M REALLY GLAD YOU
ENJOYED THE WEDDING.
MY FAMILY REALLY
LIKED YOU.
[crying]
I DIDN'T ASK HER IF SHE FELT
SCARED
OR IN DANGER OF HIM.
I WISH I WOULDA OFFERED
TO PICK HER UP.
AND SHE SAID...
♪♪
[sniffle]
"EVERYTHING'S OKAY.
I CAN'T WAIT
TO GET HOME TOMORROW.
HE'S CRAZY."
♪♪
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[ SINISTER CHORD STRIKES ]
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SO, THEY CAN FIT US IN.
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BUT THEY'VE ONLY
GOT ONE ROOM.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE
WE'RE SHARING. HM.
COME ON.
THE PLAN WAS THAT
THEY WERE GONNA STAY
WITH THE WEDDING PARTY,
'CAUSE BRIAN WAS WALKING
HIS SISTER DOWN THE AISLE.
ALISHA CALLED ME ON SATURDAY
OF THE WEDDING, ABOUT 11:00,
AND SHE SAID, "I DON'T KNOW
WHERE THE SISTER'S STAYING."
AND I SAID, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
YOU DON'T KNOW
WHERE THE SISTER'S STAYING?"
AND I SAID, "AREN'T YOU
IN THE SAME HOTEL?"
AND SHE SAID, "NO,"
AND I SAID, "WHY NOT?"
SHE GOES, "I DON'T KNOW."
AND, TO THIS DAY,
[crying] THAT'S ONE
OF THE REGRETS I HAVE,
IS THAT I DIDN'T ASK
MORE QUESTIONS.
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Anicich:
THAT'S THE 911 CALL
THAT HE MADE.
THAT TAPE IS DISGUSTING.
IT'S LIKE HE'S ORDERING
A PIZZA WHEN HE SAYS,
"I'D LIKE TO REPORT
A MURDER, PLEASE."
IT'S JUST DISGUSTING.
No problem.
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HIS NONCHALANT
OF HOW HE'S SPEAKING.
THERE'S NO EMOTION
IN HIS TONE OF VOICE.
IT JUST SHOWS HIS, YOU KNOW,
PSYCHOPATHIC BEHAVIOR.
THEN I KINDA
JUST JUMPED ON HER.
AND --
- AND WAS SHE ON HER BACK?
- SHE WAS.
- OKAY.
WELL, NO, SHE WAS
ON HER SIDE
AND THEN I TURNED HER
ON HER BACK.
- OKAY.
- AND THEN I JUMPED HER
AND SHE GOT SCARED.
IGOT SCARED.
- SO YOU WERE ON TOP OF HER THEN?
- YEAH.
- AND YOU KIND OF STRADDLED
OVER HER?
- YEAH. AND THEN I JUST
STARTED
STRANGLING HER.
- WITH YOUR HANDS?
- WITH MY HANDS.
AND WHAT DID SHE DO?
DID SHE FIGHT BACK?
- SHE DID FIGHT BACK.
I ALWAYS GET NAUSEOUS,
ANYTIME I THINK OF HIM
AND WHAT HE DID TO MY DAUGHTER.
AND WATCHING THOSE
CONFESSION TAPES
WERE LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED.
I DON'T THINK
I WAS THINKING
ABOUT KILLING HER
RIGHT AWAY.
I THINK THAT WAS MORE
TOWARDS THE END.
I DIDN'T SEE HIM
SHOW ANY REMORSE
IN THE CONFESSION TAPES.
ALMOST SICK,
SICK TO HEAR IT.
I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE
THIS HAD HAPPENED TO ALISHA.
[sobbing]
I JUST THOUGHT ABOUT HOW MUCH
SHE MUST'VE SUFFERED
[sniffle] AND HOW SCARED
SHE MUST'VE BEEN.
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AFTER SHE DIED,
UM...
YOU TOOK OFF
HER CLOTHES?
[crying] AND THEN,
AFTER HE KILLED HER,
HE UNDRESSED HER
[sniffle]
AND, INSTEAD OF CALLING 911
TO SAVE THE BABY'S LIFE,
HE RAPED MY DAUGHTER,
AFTER SHE WAS ALREADY PASSED.
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Watts:
ALISHA WAS THE TYPE OF FRIEND
YOU COULD CONFIDE IN.
IT'S HARD TO FIND
FRIENDS LIKE THAT.
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SHE, UM,
WAS ALWAYS
LAUGHING AND SMILING,
EVEN WHEN THINGS GOT TOUGH.
AND I MISS THAT
POSITIVE OUTLOOK.
I FEEL LIKE I LOST
A PART OF ME.
IT'S JUST GONE.
[crying] HE TOOK
TWO BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE FROM US
AND WE'LL NEVER GET IT BACK.
I JUST -- THERE'S NO WORDS
FOR THE PAIN THAT YOU FEEL
FROM LOSING SOMEONE
THAT YOU LOVE.
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WE CALLED IT THE PURPLE PROJECT
AND WE HELP YOUNG,
PREGNANT MOTHERS, LIKE ALISHA,
YOU KNOW,
SOMEBODY WHO IS AMBITIOUS,
WHO WANTS TO GO TO COLLEGE,
WHO IS A SINGLE PARENT.
SO WE HELP THEM
WITH THEIR APARTMENT,
WITH THEIR MONEY, WITH FOOD.
IF THEY ARE GOING
TO COLLEGE,
WE'LL HELP THEM PAY
FOR THEIR COLLEGE.
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I WANT ALISHA TO BE REMEMBERED
NOT BY HOW SHE DIED.
I WANT HER TO BE
REMEMBERED AS THE FUN-LOVING,
COMPASSIONATE PERSON
THAT SHE WAS,
A PERSON WITH PURPOSE
AND DRIVE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE HOPE
TO CONTINUE AS, YOU KNOW,
ALISHA'S LIFE AND LEGACY,
AND JUST TO BE REMEMBERED
AS A LOVING PERSON THAT SHE WAS.
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