Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry (2010–…): Season 2, Episode 23 - A Certified Horror - full transcript

When Angela began to date fellow nursing assistant Halinton Williams, she felt like the queen of the world. Until life came crashing down when Halinton was arrested for fathering a baby ...

Narrator: ANGIE WILLIAMS
COULDN'T HELP BUT NOTICE

HER SMOOTH-TALKING CO-WORKER,
"WILLIE" WILLIAMS...

AND SHE SOON VOWED
TO LOVE HIM FOREVER.

Angie:
HE MADE ME HAPPY.

HE MADE ME FEEL GOOD, YOU KNOW?
HE MADE ME FEEL SECURE.

Narrator: BUT ANGIE'S DREAM
OF A PERFECT MARRIAGE

WAS NO MATCH
FOR WILLIE'S WANDERING EYES...

Lowe: I SEE
THE LATE-NIGHT PHONE CALLS.

I JUST KNEW
SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT.

Narrator: BEFORE ANGIE COULD GET
TO THE BOTTOM OF WILLIE'S LIES,

A SHOCKING SCANDAL
WOULD ROCK HER WORLD...



I THINK THAT'S
ONE OF THE WORST THINGS

YOU COULD EVER DO TO A PERSON.

Narrator: ...AND EXPOSE

EVERYTHING THAT WILLIE
HAD TRIED SO HARD TO HIDE.

I WAS LIKE, "OH, MY GOD.
IS THIS REALLY HAPPENING?"

I FELT LIKE
I WAS IN A NIGHTMARE.

Narrator: WHEN IT COMES TO LOVE
AND MARRIAGE,

THINGS AREN'T ALWAYS
AS THEY SEEM.

ANGIE WILLIAMS ALWAYS THOUGHT
HER BEST WAS GOOD ENOUGH...

UNTIL HER FIRST MARRIAGE
STARTED TO CRUMBLE.

WE START HAVING
A LOT OF FUSSING, ARGUMENTS.

I WAS LIKE, "OKAY,

WELL, WE NEED TO MAYBE GIVE
EACH OTHER SOME SPACE.

Narrator: BUT DISTANCE DOESN'T
ALWAYS MAKE THE HEART GROW FONDER...



AND IN THE SPRING OF 1994,
ANGIE'S MARRIAGE ENDED FOR GOOD.

AS THE WEEKS WENT BY,

ANGIE FOCUSED HER ATTENTION
ON RAISING HER DAUGHTER

AND KEEPING HER NURSING CAREER
MOVING FORWARD.

UNTIL ONE DAY THAT FALL

WHEN A SMOOTH-TALKING CO-WORKER
SASHAYED HER WAY.

HIS NAME
WAS HALINTON "WILLIE" WILLIAMS.

...BE ME AND YOU.

Angie:
HE WAS A BUBBLY TYPE OF PERSON.

VERY CHARMING AND, YOU KNOW, WAS
A HARD-WORKING TYPE OF PERSON.

BUT I DIDN'T THINK
HE WAS GONNA BE FAITHFUL.

Narrator: WILLIE HAD QUITE THE
REPUTATION OF BEING A LADIES' MAN

AT THEIR
ORLANDO HEALTHCARE CENTER.

BUT JUST AS ANGIE
WAS READY TO WRITE HIM OFF,

A FRIEND ASSURED HER THAT
WILLIE'S INTENTIONS WERE TRUE.

SHE WAS TELLING ME
THAT HE CARED ABOUT ME,

HE REALLY, YOU KNOW, LIKED ME

AND WANT TO BUILD A FUTURE
WITH ME.

BUT GETTING
INTO THE DATING SCENE AGAIN...

THAT WAS KIND OF SCARY.

BUT, YOU KNOW,
HE MADE ME FEEL COMFORTABLE.

SO I DECIDED TO GO FOR IT.

Narrator: ANGIE AGREED
TO GO OUT WITH WILLIE,

AND ONE DATE QUICKLY LED
TO ANOTHER.

WILLIE TOLD ANGIE THAT HE WAS
TIRED OF DATING JEALOUS WOMEN

AND HER LAID-BACK PERSONALITY

WAS EXACTLY
WHAT HE HOPED HE WOULD FIND.

AS THE WEEKS WENT BY,

ANGIE SPENT MORE TIME
WITH HER NEW BOYFRIEND

AND WAS PLEASED TO LEARN

HOW MUCH
SHE AND WILLIE HAD IN COMMON.

WE HAD COOKOUTS.
WE DID THE FAMILY THING.

AND HE MADE ME HAPPY.

HE MADE ME FEEL GOOD.
HE MADE ME FEEL SECURE.

WILLIE TOOK HER A LOT OF PLACES.

AND I THINK
AS ADVENTUROUS AS MY MOM IS,

SHE LIKED
THE SPONTANEOUS THINGS.

Narrator: IN MARCH OF 1996,
2 YEARS AFTER THEY BEGAN DATING,

WILLIE PROVED HIS LOVE FOR ANGIE
BY PROPOSING TO HER

IN FRONT OF THEIR
ENTIRE CHURCH CONGREGATION.

I WAS LIKE,
"OKAY, HE MIGHT BE THE ONE.

HE'S DOING IT
IN FRONT OF GOD AND EVERYONE."

SO, I SAID,
"YES, I'LL MARRY YOU."

[ LAUGHS ] LIKE THAT.

AND EVERYBODY WAS "APPLAUSING."

Narrator: THE ENGAGED COUPLE
MOVED IN TOGETHER,

AND A YEAR LATER,
IN JUNE OF 1997,

ANGIE ANNOUNCED
THAT SHE WAS PREGNANT.

Lowe: I WAS LIKE, "YAY.
I'M GONNA HAVE ANOTHER LITTLE COUSIN."

I WAS HAPPY 'CAUSE, YOU KNOW,
SHE WAS MY FAVORITE AUNT.

SO, ANYTHING THAT MADE MY AUNT
HAPPY, MADE ME HAPPY.

Narrator: GLOWING WITH
THE THOUGHT OF THEIR NEW FAMILY,

ANGIE AND WILLIE TIED THE KNOT
THAT FALL

IN A SMALL CEREMONY
AT THEIR LOCAL CHURCH.

Angie: THE WEDDING WAS NICE.
HAD A RECEPTION AFTERWARDS.

I WAS VERY HAPPY, EXCITED.

I REMEMBER A LOT OF FLOWERS, A
LOT OF DANCING, A LOT OF SMILES.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T HELP BUT
TO BE EXCITED FOR THE PERSON.

SO, IT WAS A GOOD DAY
TO REMEMBER.

Narrator: AS THE NEWLYWEDS
RETURNED TO NORMAL LIFE,

ANGIE COULDN'T HELP BUT STOP
AND COUNT HER MANY BLESSINGS.

Angie: MY LIFE WAS GOING WELL.
I WAS HAPPY.

WAS A NEW BRIDE,

A BABY ON THE WAY, A NEW HOUSE,
NEW HUSBAND.

EVERYTHING WAS GOING GREAT.

Narrator: BUT NOT EVERYTHING
WAS AS IT SEEMED.

AND JUST FOUR YEARS LATER,

ANGIE WILLIAMS WOULD REALIZE

THAT SHE HAD BEEN LIVING
A TOTAL LIE.

BY THE FALL OF 2001,

ANGIE'S HEALTH HAD TAKEN
A DOWNWARD TURN.

SHE WAS HOSPITALIZED
WITH PNEUMONIA.

Angie:
I WAS SICK AND WEAK

AND JUST FEELING DEPRESSED
AT THAT POINT.

Narrator: OVER THE YEARS,

LIFE WITH WILLIE
HADN'T BEEN EASY.

BUT DESPITE EVERYTHING
ANGIE HAD BEEN THROUGH,

NOTHING WOULD PREPARE HER
FOR THE NEWS SHE RECEIVED

WHILE LAID UP
IN HER HOSPITAL BED.

[ PHONE RINGS ]

IT STARTED WITH A DISTURBING
PHONE CALL FROM THE POLICE.

WHEN THE POLICE CALLED,

I THINK AT FIRST I THOUGHT
THEY HAD THE WRONG NUMBER.

HEARING WHAT I WAS HEARING,

I FELT LIKE I'D BEEN HIT
WITH A BRICK.

Narrator:
ANGIE WAS IN DISBELIEF

AS OFFICERS GAVE HER NEWS
SO TRAUMATIZING,

SHE KNEW NOTHING WOULD EVER
BE THE SAME AGAIN.

Angie: IT WAS SO EMBARRASSING,
SO DEVASTATING.

I CAN SEE WHERE SOME PEOPLE CAN
CONTEMPLATE COMMITTING SUICIDE.

THIS WAS DEFINITELY THE WORST
FOR MY MOTHER.

Narrator:
IN AUGUST OF 1997,

FOUR YEARS BEFORE THE POLICE
WOULD DELIVER A TRAUMATIC BLOW,

ANGIE WILLIAMS COULDN'T HAVE
BEEN MORE PROUD

OF HER HARDWORKING HUSBAND,
WILLIE.

Angie: WILLIE WAS
A VERY HARD WORKER.

HE WAS VERY LIKABLE ON THE JOB,

AND HE TOOK HIS JOB
VERY SERIOUSLY.

Narrator: ALMOST EVERYONE
THOUGHT WILLIE

WAS A CARING AND RESPECTFUL
NURSE'S ASSISTANT...

AT THE MEDICAL FACILITY
WHERE HE HAD WORKED FOR YEARS.

BUT THE COUPLE'S HAPPINESS
WAS SOON TEMPERED BY TRAGEDY.

IN NOVEMBER OF 1997,

WHILE 20 WEEKS PREGNANT,

ANGIE DEVELOPED COMPLICATIONS
WITH THE BABY.

SHE WAS DEVASTATED

WHEN HER PREGNANCY ENDED
IN A MISCARRIAGE.

I FELT A BIG LOSS, EMPTY.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS VERY HARD.

Antoinette:
WHEN MY MOM LOST THE BABY,

I THINK THAT WAS LIKE
THE DARKEST TIMES

WITH ME AND HER,
WITH OUR RELATIONSHIP,

WITH HER AND WILLIE'S
RELATIONSHIP,

JUST ALL OF US ALL TOGETHER.

Narrator:
AS THE WEEKS WENT BY,

ANGIE SLOWLY RECOVERED
FROM THE MISCARRIAGE.

SHE NEEDED HER HUSBAND
MORE THAN EVER.

BUT WILLIE WAS SPENDING MORE
TIME AT WORK THAN AT HOME.

YOU CAN KIND OF FEEL LIKE
IT WAS TENSION.

YOU KNOW,
HE STARTED WORKING MORE.

AND SOMETIME I FELT ALONE,
YOU KNOW,

'CAUSE HE WAS SPENDING
A LOT OF TIME AWAY.

Narrator: IN 1998, WHEN ANGIE
LEARNED SHE WAS PREGNANT AGAIN,

SHE HOPED IT WOULD BREATHE LIFE
BACK INTO THE MARRIAGE.

BUT SADLY,
JUST SIX MONTHS LATER,

ANGIE'S SECOND PREGNANCY
RESULTED IN ANOTHER MISCARRIAGE.

SHE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE ANYTHING
LEFT IN HER

FROM THE FIRST MISCARRIAGE.

SO IT WAS VERY BAD.
IT WAS THE WORST.

Narrator:
TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE,

JUST WHEN ANGIE
NEEDED WILLIE THE MOST,

HE SEEMED TO BE BUSY ELSEWHERE.

Angie:
I WAS ON MY WAY TO THE STORE,

AND I SAW WILLIE
AND ONE OF THE YOUNG LADIES

THAT HE WORKED WITH.

AND, YOU KNOW, I DID RECOGNIZE
THE YOUNG LADY.

HE WAS DATING HER BEFORE ME.

THEY WAS JUST WALKING
AND TALKING AND LAUGHING.

SO, I APPROACHED THEM, AND I WAS
LIKE, "WHAT'S GOING ON?"

Narrator:
ALWAYS THE GENTLEMAN,

WILLIE EXPLAINED THAT HE HAD
GIVEN THE CO-WORKER

A RIDE TO THE MALL

SO THAT SHE WOULDN'T
HAVE TO WALK ALONE.

Angie: IT DID MAKE SENSE BECAUSE
THEY WORKED AT THE SAME PLACE,

BUT THAT WAS KIND OF STRANGE
FOR ME.

Narrator: EVEN THOUGH
ANGIE WAS SUSPICIOUS,

SHE WAS INCLINED TO GIVE WILLIE
THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.

BUT HER FAMILY
WASN'T AS FORGIVING.

Antoinette:
THERE WAS JUST REALLY SOMETHING

THAT I JUST COULD NOT PINPOINT
ABOUT WILLIE THAT I DIDN'T LIKE.

BUT I KNEW MY MOTHER
HAD TO BE HAPPY.

BUT IT WAS JUST SOMETHING
I DIDN'T LIKE.

Narrator:
A FEW MONTHS LATER,

ANGIE WOULD REALIZE HER DAUGHTER
WAS ONTO SOMETHING.

IN MARCH OF 1999, WILLIE
WENT OFF TO WORK AS USUAL.

BUT HE LEFT HIS BAG AT HOME
BY MISTAKE.

Angie: HE TOOK THAT BAG
EVERYWHERE HE WENT...

TO WORK FROM
ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER...

HE KEPT THAT BAG WITH HIM
AT ALL TIMES.

Narrator: CURIOUS, ANGIE DECIDED
TO TAKE A PEEK INSIDE.

Angie:
SO I LOOKED IN THE BAG,

AND I SEEN A ROLL OF CONDOMS.

IT WAS APPROXIMATELY
10 TO 12 CONDOMS.

NOTHING ELSE WAS IN THERE
AT THAT TIME.

LIKE HE HAD GOT RID
OF EVERYTHING,

BUT HE FORGOT THE CONDOMS.

Narrator:
ANGIE WAS FURIOUS.

AND LATER THAT EVENING,

WHEN WILLIE WALKED
THROUGH THE DOOR,

SHE DEMANDED AN EXPLANATION.

BUT WILLIE REFUSED
TO ADMIT ANYTHING.

Angie: HIS DEFENSE WAS,
YOU KNOW,

"YOU SHOULDN'T BE LOOKING
IN MY BAG

AND YOU SHOULDN'T BE MESSING
WITH MY STUFF."

AND HE WALKED AWAY,
SHUT THE DOOR,

YOU KNOW, AND THAT WAS THAT.

I WAS THINKING HE WAS PROBABLY
SEEING SOMEBODY AT THIS POINT.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME,
I, YOU KNOW,

BEING IN LOVE WITH HIM, I DIDN'T
WANT MY MIND TO TAKE ME THERE.

Narrator:
ANGIE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE FIGHTING,

SO SHE LET THE MATTER GO.

BUT SEVERAL MONTHS LATER,

HER CONCERNS
ABOUT WILLIE'S FAITHFULNESS

WOULD SURFACE ONCE AGAIN.

[ PHONE RINGS ]

Angie: WE WERE SITTING DOWN
FOR DINNER,

AND THE PHONE KEPT RINGING

ABOUT FOUR TIMES WITH WILLIE
NEVER PICKING THE PHONE UP.

AND THEN FINALLY, I SAID TO HIM,

"YOU NEED TO PICK THE PHONE UP
AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON."

Narrator: WHEN THE PHONE RANG
AGAIN, WILLIE ANSWERED,

BUT BY THIS TIME,
THE CALLER WAS IRATE.

Angie:
WILLIE WAS LIKE SHOUTING,

YOU KNOW,
"STOP CALLING MY PHONE.

WHY ARE YOU CALLING MY PHONE?"

AND THEN HE WAS LIKE,
"OH, THIS JUST THIS CRAZY LADY.

"SHE'S BEEN STALKING ME,
AND SHE JUST KEEP CALLING.

I'M GONNA GET
A RESTRAINING ORDER ON HER."

SO THEN HE LEFT ABRUPTLY.

THEN, I'M THINKING,
"OKAY, HE'S GOING TO DO THAT.

SO EVERYTHING'LL
BE TAKEN CARE OF."

Narrator:
WITH DINNER RUINED

AND WILLIE ON HIS WAY
TO THE POLICE STATION,

ANGIE BEGAN TO CLEAN UP,

WHEN SUDDENLY,
THERE WAS A KNOCK AT THE DOOR.

Angie: IT WAS A LADY.

AND APPARENTLY IT WAS THE WOMAN
WHO WAS KEPT CALLING.

AND SHE START TEARING UP
MY DECORATIONS ON THE DOOR,

BANGING ON THE DOOR,
YOU KNOW, WITH HER FIST.

Shannon: SHE WAS TELLING MY AUNT
TO COME OUTSIDE.

AND I WAS LIKE,
"DON'T GO OUT THERE.

YOU KNOW, "YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT SHE'S CAPABLE OF."

AND THEN SHE STARTED TRYING
TO COME IN THE HOUSE.

Narrator: ANGIE WASN'T SURE
IF WILLIE WAS ON HIS WAY HOME,

AND SHE HAD NO IDEA
IF THE STRANGER HAD A WEAPON.

SO SHE DECIDED
TO CALL THE POLICE.

IT WAS DARK, AND I DIDN'T WANT
TO GO OUT THERE.

Antoinette: SHE WAS KICKING
AND BAMMING ON THE WINDOWS

AND SAYING, "WILLIE, COME OUT.
I KNOW YOU IN THERE."

IT WAS CRAZY.

Narrator:
WHO WAS THIS WOMAN,

AND WHY WAS SHE SO DESPERATE
TO FIND WILLIE?

Antoinette: SHE WAS JUST SAYING
A LOT OF STUFF LIKE,

"WILLIE'S MY HUSBAND."

Angie:
IT WAS CRAZY TO ME.

I FELT LIKE I WAS
IN A NIGHTMARE.

Narrator: DECEMBER OF 1999
WAS ANYTHING BUT JOYOUS

FOR ANGIE WILLIAMS AND WILLIE...
HER HUSBAND OF TWO YEARS.

ONE NIGHT THAT MONTH,

A STRANGE WOMAN APPEARED
ON HER DOORSTEP,

DEMANDING TO TALK TO WILLIE.

BUT WILLIE WASN'T HOME.

SHE START TEARING UP THE DOOR,
BUT I WOULDN'T GO OUT THE DOOR,

BECAUSE IT WAS STARTING
TO BE DARK.

SHE WAS JUST SAYING A LOT
OF STUFF LIKE,

"WILLIE'S MY HUSBAND."

AND MY MOM WAS JUST LIKE,
"WHO ARE YOU?

LEAVE MY HOME."

AND, "HE'S NOT HERE."

IT WAS BAD.

Narrator: FRIGHTENED,
ANGIE CALLED 911.

AND WHEN THE POLICE SHOWED UP,

THEY PROMPTLY ARRESTED
THE IRATE WOMAN

AND CHARGED HER
WITH DOMESTIC BATTERY.

WILLIE HAD SHOWED UP AROUND
THE TIME POLICE SHOWED UP.

Narrator: WILLIE CLAIMED
THE WOMAN WAS AN EX-GIRLFRIEND

WHO JUST COULDN'T LET HIM GO.

[ SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ]

Narrator:
BUT ANGIE WASN'T CONVINCED

SHE WAS GETTING THE WHOLE STORY.

Antoinette: MY MOM TRIED
TO BE STRONG FOR US.

YOU KNOW, SHE PLAYED IT COOL.
BUT I KNOW IT HURT HER.

Narrator: STILL, ANGIE WAS DETERMINED
TO GIVE THIS MARRIAGE HER ALL.

AND OVER THE NEXT MONTH,

WILLIE SEEMED TO PUT MORE EFFORT
INTO THEIR RELATIONSHIP.

THEN IN FEBRUARY OF 2000,

HE ASKED HER
FOR AN EXTRAORDINARY FAVOR.

WILLIE CAME TO ME AND SAID,
"YOU KNOW, THIS PATIENT...

"THE FACILITY IS ABOUT TO PUT
HER OUT IN THE STREETS,"

YOU KNOW?

"AND COULD SHE COME HERE
AND LIVE?"

Narrator: THE PATIENT
WAS A 36-YEAR-OLD WOMAN

WHO REQUIRED TOTAL CARE
AT WILLIE'S NURSING FACILITY.

ALTHOUGH ANGIE
WAS A NURSE HERSELF,

SHE HAD STRONG RESERVATIONS
ABOUT WILLIE'S REQUEST.

Angie:
SHE WASN'T ABLE TO WALK.

YOU KNOW, SHE WAS VERY DISABLED.

Narrator: ANGIE THOUGHT WILLIE
WAS JUST TRYING TO DO A GOOD DEED.

BUT SHE KNEW THE LIABILITY ALONE
WAS TOO RISKY.

Angie: I SAID "NO."

I WAS LIKE,
"SHE CAN'T LIVE HERE.

IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO HER,
I DON'T WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE."

AND HE NEVER BROUGHT
IT UP AGAIN.

Narrator: DESPITE ALL
THAT HAD GONE WRONG,

AS THE YEAR ROLLED ALONG,

IT SEEMED LIKE LIFE
WAS FINALLY SETTLING DOWN

FOR THE WILLIAMS FAMILY.

BUT IN NOVEMBER OF 2001,

ANGIE'S HEALTH TOOK
A SUDDEN DOWNWARD TURN.

DOCTORS DIAGNOSED HER
WITH DIABETES,

AND WHEN ANGIE ALSO CAME DOWN
WITH A CASE OF PNEUMONIA,

SHE WAS IMMEDIATELY
HOSPITALIZED.

THINGS SEEMED
AT AN ALL-TIME LOW.

BUT THEY WERE ABOUT
TO GET EVEN WORSE.

WHILE I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL,
I GOT A CALL FROM THE POLICE.

I THINK AT FIRST, I THOUGHT
THEY HAD THE WRONG NUMBER.

Narrator: BUT AS THE OFFICER
ON THE LINE KEPT TALKING,

ANGIE'S CONFUSION
TURNED TO HORROR.

THE OFFICER EXPLAINED THAT
A PATIENT AT WILLIE'S FACILITY,

WHO WAS BOTH PHYSICALLY
AND MENTALLY DISABLED,

HAD BEEN THE VICTIM OF A RAPE.

THE ASSAULT HAPPENED IN 2000,

AND THE PATIENT HAD
SINCE DELIVERED A BABY BOY.

HER OBESITY HAD HIDDEN HER
PREGNANCY FROM HOSPITAL STAFF.

INVESTIGATORS NOW FOCUSED ON
WILLIE AS THEIR PRIME SUSPECT.

ANGIE'S HUSBAND WAS IN JAIL,

AWAITING THE RESULTS
OF A PATERNITY TEST.

IT'S HARD TO DESCRIBE
TYPE OF FEELING.

LIKE, YOU KNOW, THINGS
WAS JUST HAPPENING SO FAST.

IT'S LIKE MY BRAIN
JUST WOULDN'T ACCEPT IT.

Antoinette: WHEN MY MOM TOLD ME
WHY WILLIE WAS ARRESTED,

I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS JUST
THE MOST DEGRADING THING

YOU CAN EVER DO
TO A HUMAN BEING.

Angie:
I HAD TO TAKE MYSELF HOME,

BUT I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO,
YOU KNOW.

I TOLD THE NURSE SOMETHING SO
THAT THEY WOULD LET ME GO HOME.

Narrator:
AGAINST HER DOCTOR'S ADVICE,

ANGIE CHECKED OUT
OF THE HOSPITAL.

TUCKED AWAY IN THE SAFETY
OF HER OWN HOME,

ANGIE WILLIAMS HAD NO IDEA

WHO TO BELIEVE
OR WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT.

Angie: IT WAS JUST LIKE A DEATH,
YOU KNOW,

IT WAS JUST LIKE A DEATH TO ME.

Shannon: YOU MIGHT WAS MARRIED
TO THIS GUY,

BUT YOU HAD NO CLUE.

I HAVEN'T EVER SEEN MY MOM
THAT LOW IN LIFE, EVER.

Narrator:
IN NOVEMBER OF 2001,

ANGIE WILLIAMS WAS REELING
FROM DEVASTATING NEWS.

HER HUSBAND WILLIE WAS SUSPECTED

OF RAPING A PHYSICALLY
AND MENTALLY DISABLED WOMAN

AT THE MEDICAL CENTER
WHERE HE WORKED...

AND POSSIBLY FATHERING
HER CHILD.

Angie: IT WAS SO EMBARRASSING.
IT WAS SO DEVASTATING.

YOU KNOW,
IT WAS HARD, VERY HARD.

Narrator:
WILLIE WAS NOW OUT ON BAIL.

HE HAD CONSENTED
TO A PATERNITY TEST.

AND EVERYONE ANXIOUSLY AWAITED
THE RESULTS.

MEANWHILE ANGIE HAD NO IDEA
WHERE WILLIE WAS LIVING.

SHE HADN'T SPOKEN TO HIM
SINCE HER HOSPITAL STAY.

Angie: I HAD TO GO TO WORK
EVERY DAY, YOU KNOW?

I HAD A CHILD TO FEED,

BUT IT'S LIKE I WAS OUTSIDE
MY BODY.

IT FELT LIKE A DEATH TO ME.

SHE FELT LIKE IT WAS HER FAULT,
BUT IT'S NOT HER FAULT.

YOU CAN'T BLAME YOURSELF
FOR SOMEONE ELSE'S MISTAKES.

YOU MIGHT WAS MARRIED
TO THIS GUY,

BUT YOU HAD NO CLUE,
SO YOU CAN'T BLAME YOURSELF.

Narrator:
ANGIE WAS DISTRAUGHT,

AND JUST WHEN IT SEEMED THAT
THINGS COULDN'T GET ANY WORSE,

SHE LEARNED THAT THE PATIENT
WAS THE SAME WOMAN

THAT WILLIE HAD ASKED
TO BRING HOME AND CARE FOR

THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

WHEN THE DNA RESULTS CAME BACK
FROM THE LAB,

THE TRUTH WAS EVEN MORE PAINFUL
THAN ANGIE EVER IMAGINED.

WILLIE WAS INDEED THE FATHER
OF HIS PATIENT'S BABY.

HE WAS IMMEDIATELY ARRESTED
AND CHARGED WITH SEXUAL BATTERY

ON A MENTALLY DEFECTIVE PERSON.

Angie: I WAS DEVASTATED.
I WAS HURT.

AND I CAN SEE WHERE SOME PEOPLE

CAN CONTEMPLATE
COMMITTING SUICIDE

BECAUSE I FELT LIKE THAT
FOR A LITTLE SPLIT SECOND.

YOU KNOW, SO, I STARTED DOING
A LOT OF PRAYING.

THIS WAS DEFINITELY WORSE...
THE WORST FOR MY MOTHER,

FEELING THE WAY SHE FELT,

BECAUSE SHE DEFINITELY HAD
WILLIE SO HIGH ON A PEDESTAL

THAT HE WAS IN THE GALAXY,
LITERALLY.

AND HE COULD DO NO WRONG
IN HER EYES.

Angie: IN HIS SICK MIND,

HE PROBABLY KNEW
THAT THAT GIRL WAS PREGNANT

AND WAS PROBABLY TRYING TO HAVE
HER COME HAVE A BABY THERE

AND SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER
PASS HIM ALONG AS OURS,

BECAUSE YOU KNOW,
I HAD THE TWO MISCARRIAGES.

Narrator:
WITH ALL HIS LIES AND DECEIT,

ANGIE WONDERED IF WILLIE
HAD EVER BEEN FAITHFUL TO HER

DURING THEIR 4-YEAR MARRIAGE.

I DON'T THINK HE NEVER BEEN
FAITHFUL TO ME.

YOU KNOW, HE WOULD TELL ME JUST
ENOUGH TO MAKE HIMSELF LOOK GOOD

AND MAKE SOMEBODY ELSE LOOK BAD.

Narrator:
ANGIE WAS READY TO MOVE ON

AND WANTED NOTHING MORE
TO DO WITH WILLIE.

SHE KNEW THAT GETTING CALLED
TO TESTIFY IN HIS TRIAL

WAS A VERY REAL POSSIBILITY.

AND ANGIE WAS TERRIFIED
AT THE THOUGHT

OF HAVING TO RELIVE
HER NIGHTMARE IN COURT.

BUT THAT DAY WOULD NEVER COME.

IN JULY OF 2003,

WILLIE TOOK A PLEA DEAL

AND WAS CONVICTED
OF SEXUAL BATTERY

ON A MENTALLY DEFECTIVE PERSON

AND LEWD AND LASCIVIOUS
MOLESTATION.

HE WAS SENTENCED
TO 13 YEARS IN PRISON.

Angie: I WOULD JUST SAY
THAT THIS MAN IS SICK, YOU KNOW.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING.
"THIS MAN IS SICK."

Narrator: TODAY, THE UNENDING
HEARTBREAK ANGIE FELT

BECAUSE OF WILLIE
IS A THING OF THE PAST.

Angie: IT TOOK 'BOUT ALMOST A
YEAR BEFORE I WAS FEELING BETTER.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS TOUGH,

BUT YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE SOME KIND
OF SUPPORT SYSTEM BEHIND YOU.

YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFICULT
TO TALK ABOUT IT,

BUT HE'S HISTORY FOR ME.

I FEEL LIKE IT'S ONLY SO MUCH
A PERSON CAN HANDLE.

AND SHE HANDLED IT ALL,
AND SHE HANDLED IT WELL.

SHE'S THE STRONGEST WOMAN
I EVER MET TO THIS DAY,

AND I LOVE HER.

Narrator: ANGIE STILL WORKS
AS A NURSING ASSISTANT.

HER HEALTH
HAS REMARKABLY IMPROVED,

RIGHT ALONG WITH HER LOVE LIFE.

Angie: I GOT A NEW MAN
IN MY LIFE,

AND I AM NOW ENGAGED.

AND I'VE BEEN WORKING, YOU KNOW,
BEING MORE CONFIDENT,

MORE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON,
YOU KNOW.

I AM IN CONTROL OF MY LIFE.