Wives with Knives (2012–…): Season 5, Episode 3 - Addicted to Love - full transcript
A city girl moves to a small country town, and the only thing that keeps her busy is trouble. After years of failed relationships, Misty reconnects with her soulmate Mark. But their ...
HEY, Y'ALL.
YOU WANT TO HIT THIS?
Narrator: A REBELLIOUS TEEN
IS TAMED BY MOTHERHOOD.
Erin: THAT WAS HER WORLD.
SHE WAS MEANT TO BE A MOM.
AH!
Narrator: THEN,
HER ONCE-PERFECT MARRIAGE...
Misty: I WHOLEHEARTEDLY
BELIEVED THAT
THAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING TO BE
THE REST OF MY LIFE.
Narrator: IS BLOWN APART BY WAR.
DO YOU THINK THAT
HE CAME BACK FROM KOSOVO
WITH POST-TRAUMATIC
STRESS DISORDER?
NOT A DOUBT IN MY MIND.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
OH!
SHE REIGNITES AN OLD FLAME.
Mark: I LOVED HER MY WHOLE LIFE.
I'D BEEN WAITING ON HER TO CALL
FOR SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS.
AH!
Narrator: BUT SOME LOVES JUST
AREN'T MEANT TO BE.
Lori:
I KNOW NOBODY LOVES ANYBODY
ANY MORE THAN THOSE
TWO LOVE EACH OTHER.
Narrator: AND ONE DAY,
HE PUSHES HER TOO FAR.
SHE TOLD HIM,
"IF YOU HIT ME ONE MORE TIME,
I'M GOING TO STAB YOU."
PUT THAT KNIFE AWAY,
MISTY!
Narrator: NOT ALL FAIRY TALES
HAVE HAPPY ENDINGS.
WHEN LOVE GOES WRONG,
A WOMAN CAN DO THE UNTHINKABLE.
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
14-YEAR-OLD MISTY MARTIN
AND HER FAMILY
HAVE JUST MOVED FROM NASHVILLE,
TENNESSEE,
TO THE SLEEPY TOWN
OF CARTHAGE.
IN 1994, IT'S HOME TO LESS
THAN 3,000 PEOPLE.
Misty: I WAS USED TO GOING
TO SCHOOL IN NASHVILLE.
I GOT UP HERE,
AND BORED OUT OF MY MIND.
THIS IS REDNECK COUNTRY.
CARTHAGE IS NOTHING BUT
A LITTLE BITTY SMALL TOWN,
NOTHING TO DO,
EVERYBODY KNOWS EVERYBODY.
Misty: WE'RE THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT
LIVES BACK IN THIS 126-ACRE FARM,
10 HORSES, NOTHING TO DO.
Narrator: THE MARTINS ARE
A CLOSE-KNIT FAMILY.
Misty:
I HAD A PERFECT CHILDHOOD,
AN AWESOME FAMILY,
AWESOME PARENTS, A LOT OF LOVE.
MORNING.
Narrator: THE FAMILY RELOCATED
TO TAKE CARE OF MISTY'S
AILING GRANDMOTHER.
HEY, MOM?
YES, DEAR?
YOU THINK THIS WEEKEND
WE COULD GO SHOPPING?
I CAN'T GIVE YOU
ANY PROMISES, SWEETIE.
Narrator: BUT THE MOVE
TO THE SMALL TOWN
HAS BEEN A TOUGH PILL
FOR MISTY TO SWALLOW.
IT'S BAD ENOUGH WE LIVE
IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.
IT WOULD BE NICE TO AT LEAST
HAVE SOMETHING CUTE
TO WEAR TO SCHOOL.
Misty: NASHVILLE,
ON THE WEEKENDS,
IT WAS A BIG CITY.
THERE WAS A LOT
THAT WE COULD DO.
WHEN I MOVED TO CARTHAGE...
I WILL NEVER FORGET
ONE OF MY FIRST DAYS AT SCHOOL.
I ASKED ONE OF THE GIRLS...
WHAT DO YOU GUYS
DO FOR FUN AROUND HERE?
WELL, WE GO SHOPPING.
Narrator: WHEN MISTY LEARNS
IT'S AT A DISCOUNT SUPERSTORE...
IT'S GOT, LIKE,
ALL THE STUFF, YOU KNOW?
SHE'S HORRIFIED.
LIKE, I'M USED TO
GOING TO THE MALL
AND THE BOWLING ALLEY,
YOU KNOW?
AND THAT WAS LIKE, "OH, NO."
Narrator: LUCKILY,
MISTY QUICKLY MAKES NEW FRIENDS.
HEY.
HEY.
THERE'S PLENTY OF TROUBLE
TO GET INTO AROUND HERE.
REALLY?
COME HANG OUT WITH US.
OKAY.
Narrator: IT'S THE BEGINNING
OF A LONG FRIENDSHIP.
HEY, Y'ALL.
YOU WANT TO HIT THIS?
BY HER SOPHOMORE YEAR,
MISTY'S ACCLIMATED
TO LIFE IN CARTHAGE AND IS
LIVING BY HER OWN RULES.
WE'RE GETTING A KEGGER
AT MY PLACE TONIGHT.
YOU GUYS SHOULD STOP BY.
THAT SOUNDS FUN.
YEAH?
Erin: MISTY IS VERY
STRONG-WILLED, VERY FEISTY.
SHE WAS THE REBELLIOUS ONE,
MISTY.
TELL HER SHE CAN'T DO SOMETHING,
SHE'S GOING TO DO IT.
DO YOU THINK YOUR PARENTS
WOULD ACTUALLY LET YOU GO OUT?
Misty: MY DAD WAS VERY STRICT.
I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH AUTHORITY,
PERIOD. ALWAYS HAVE.
Narrator: MISTY'S FOUND A SUREFIRE
WAY AROUND HER FATHER'S RULES.
HER FRIEND AMY'S BECOME
HER ALIBI FOR EVERYTHING.
HEY, MOM.
HI, SWEETIE.
UH, SO I HAVE
A BIG MATH TEST TOMORROW.
IS IT OKAY IF I GO OVER
TO AMY'S TO STUDY?
SURE, BUT CAN YOU BE HOME
BEFORE 8:00?
UH, I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO
STAY THE NIGHT OVER THERE.
ALL RIGHT.
THANKS, MOM.
YOU'RE WELCOME.
AND I GOT AWAY WITH IT.
Narrator: DR. CASEY JORDAN
IS A CRIMINOLOGIST
WHO STUDIES VIOLENT BEHAVIOR.
IN MISTY'S CASE
OF NATURE VERSUS NURTURE,
HER FREE WILL IS
CLEARLY MORE IMPORTANT
THAN THE INFLUENCE
OF HER ENVIRONMENT.
SHE COMES FROM
A VERY GOOD FAMILY,
BUT MISTY IS
JUST WILD BY NATURE.
AND IT'S REALLY
JUST A BAD COINCIDENCE
THAT SHE HAS ENDED UP
IN SUCH A SMALL TOWN
RIGHT ON THE CUSP
OF ADOLESCENCE.
YOUR PARENTS DIDN'T REALLY
HAVE A CLEAR PICTURE
OF WHAT YOU WERE
UP TO AT THE TIME.
NO, NOT AT ALL.
Ray: HOW DO YOU THINK YOU DID
ON THAT MATH TEST?
Misty: UGH,
PROBABLY LIKE A "C."
Narrator: WITH AMY'S HOUSE
AS A COVER,
MISTY STARTS DATING RAY,
A POPULAR SENIOR
WHO PLAYS FOOTBALL.
Misty: AND THEN
A COUPLE WEEKS LATER,
I WAS ASKED BY RAY
TO GO TO PROM.
JUST PICK ME UP
FROM AMY'S HOUSE.
OKAY, SURE, WHATEVER.
Narrator: NOW MISTY JUST NEEDS TO
CONVINCE HER MOM TO LET HER GO.
Misty: I COULD WORK MY MOM
TO WORK MY DAD.
WE WENT TO MY BEST
FRIEND'S HOUSE,
AND THAT'S WHERE I ACTUALLY
GOT READY FOR THE PROM.
Narrator: AFTER PROM,
MISTY TELLS HER PARENTS
SHE'S SLEEPING OVER
AT AMY'S HOUSE.
IT'S A MEMORABLE NIGHT
THAT TURNS MISTY'S WORLD
UPSIDE DOWN.
WHEN YOU'RE 16 YEARS OLD,
ARE YOU THINKING,
"THIS IS THE MAN
I'M GOING TO MARRY
AND STAY WITH FOR 40 YEARS?"
YES! YES!
MY PARENTS
HAVE BEEN TOGETHER
SINCE MY MOM WAS 15
AND MY DAD WAS 17.
IT'S THE ONLY BOYFRIEND
MY MOM'S EVER HAD.
I'M THINKING, "OH, WELL.
THIS IS HOW
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE."
LIVING ON THE FARM,
MISTY IS PRETTY ISOLATED
FROM THE REALITIES
OF THE OUTSIDE WORLD.
40 YEARS AGO, IT WAS PERFECTLY
NORMAL TO BE MARRIED
TO YOUR HIGH SCHOOL
SWEETHEART FOREVER
AND EVER
JUST LIKE HER PARENTS,
BUT IN THIS DAY AND AGE,
THOSE TEENAGE MARRIAGES
USUALLY DON'T LAST.
MISTY DOESN'T HAVE
ENOUGH LIFE EXPERIENCE
TO KNOW THAT SHE WILL
PROBABLY GO THROUGH
A WHOLE SERIES OF RELATIONSHIPS
BEFORE SHE FINALLY
FINDS THE GUY
THAT SHE CAN REALLY
SETTLE DOWN WITH.
Narrator: FOR THE NEXT YEAR,
THE COUPLE SPENDS
EVERY CHANCE THEY CAN TOGETHER,
BUT THE PARTY'S ABOUT TO COME
TO A SCREECHING HALT.
Misty: AND I TOLD MY PARENTS
I WAS GOING TO STAY
WITH MY GIRLFRIENDS
FROM NASHVILLE.
MOM CALLED THERE
LOOKING FOR ME.
HEY, GRACE!
IS MISTY THERE?
Misty: AND THAT'S HOW
THEY FIGURED OUT.
Narrator: HER MOTHER IS FURIOUS.
MISTY'S JUST BEEN BUSTED
ON A WEEKEND ROAD TRIP
TO FLORIDA WITH RAY.
NO. WE CAN'T GO BACK.
I CAN'T GO BACK.
Misty: I WAS, LIKE, "UH-UH.
THEY ARE GOING TO LOCK ME DOWN."
Narrator:
WHEN MISTY GETS HOME...
UGH!
SHE'S GROUNDED AND FORBIDDEN
FROM HAVING
ANY CONTACT WITH RAY.
THEY WOULD NOT LET ME SEE HIM,
WOULDN'T LET ME TALK TO HIM,
AND I WANTED TO USE THE PHONE
ONE NIGHT TO CALL HIM.
I WANT MY PHONE BACK.
I WILL NOT GIVE YOU THE PHONE.
AT LEAST GIVE ME MY PHONE
SO I CAN CALL MY BOYFRIEND.
YOU ARE NOT
GETTING THE PHONE.
DO NOT COME OUT OF THIS ROOM
FOR THE NIGHT.
Narrator:
THE WILLFUL 16-YEAR-OLD
IS DETERMINED TO GET HER WAY.
YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO
LOCK ME IN MY ROOM?
I'LL SHOW YOU.
SO I WENT IN AND TOOK, LIKE,
A BUNCH OF TYLENOL
AND BENADRYL.
Narrator:
THE BROKENHEARTED TEEN
WANTS TO TEACH HER PARENTS
A LESSON OF HER OWN.
UGH!
I'LL SHOW HER!
I'LL SHOW HER!
Narrator:
WHEN MISTY MARTIN'S PARENTS
REFUSE TO LET HER SPEAK
TO HER BOYFRIEND, RAY,
SHE DOWNS
A HANDFUL OF PILLS...
UGH! I HATE YOU!
RAY AND I, WE'RE GOING TO
BE TOGETHER FOREVER!
Narrator: ATTEMPTING TO SCARE
HER PARENTS INTO GIVING IN.
Misty: I WAS RAISING CAIN,
AND MY MOM,
SHE COME UP THERE AND WAS LIKE,
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"
WHAT ARE YOU DOING UP HERE?
OH, MY GOD.
AND I GRABBED MY PILL BOTTLES
AND THREW 'EM AT HER
AND WAS LIKE,
"I GUESS I'LL SLEEP WELL,
WON'T I?"
[ SHOUTING ]
Narrator: MISTY'S PARENTS
RUSH HER TO THE HOSPITAL.
[ SIREN WAILING ]
GO AHEAD
AND GET IT ALL OUT.
Narrator: AND THEY NEVER LEAVE
THEIR DAUGHTER'S SIDE.
Misty: AND I WILL NEVER FORGET MY
DAD THERE AND LAYING IN THE BED
AND THEY WERE
PUMPING MY STOMACH
AND I'M SITTING THERE
PUKING ON MYSELF.
AND AS MAD AS HE WAS AT ME,
ALL I WANTED WAS MY DADDY.
IN CASES LIKE THIS, WHERE
WE SEE ATTEMPTED SUICIDE...
Narrator: MISTY'S BEHAVIOR
IS TREATED AS A CRY FOR HELP.
Dr. Jordan: YOU WEREN'T TRYING
TO KILL YOURSELF,
BUT YOU WERE A GIRL WHO
DIDN'T WANT TO BE CONTROLLED.
NOT AT ALL.
IT WAS A MORE,
"I'M GOING TO GET MY WAY."
Narrator:
MISTY SPENDS THE NEXT 11 DAYS
IN THE PSYCHIATRIC WARD
OF THE HOSPITAL.
Misty: THEY DIAGNOSED ME
AS BEING DEPRESSED
AND THEY PUT ME ON PROZAC.
DID YOU TAKE THE PROZAC?
I DIDN'T TAKE IT PROPERLY.
I DIDN'T REALLY COMPREHEND
THAT IT WAS LONG-TERM
AND TOOK, YOU KNOW,
TIME TO GET IN YOUR SYSTEM.
Narrator:
BUT IT'S A SOBERING EXPERIENCE.
MISTY DECIDES TO
BREAK THINGS OFF WITH RAY.
SO I'VE GOT TO TALK TO YOU
ABOUT SOMETHING.
THERE'S SOMETHING I NEED
TO TELL YOU, TOO.
BUT HE BEATS HER TO IT.
YOU KNOW BECKY?
YOU'VE GOT TO BE
KIDDING ME.
Misty: HE MOVED ON TO DATING
SOMEONE FROM A RIVAL SCHOOL.
GOOD LUCK WITH BECKY.
WAIT.
AND THAT WAS IT.
OVER, SAID AND DONE, NO MORE.
Narrator: SOON AFTER,
MISTY'S PRIORITIES SHIFT.
SHE TURNS HER FOCUS
TO FINISHING SCHOOL,
AND IN MAY 1998,
SHE GRADUATES.
[ COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING ]
ANY LUCK WITH
FINDING A JOB?
UGH. NO.
MISTY HOPES TO EARN ENOUGH
TO MOVE BACK
TO NASHVILLE SOMEDAY.
I DON'T EVEN WANT TO THINK
ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW.
I JUST WANT TO GET DRUNK.
LET'S DO IT.
SHE'S ALSO READY TO GET BACK
INTO THE DATING SCENE.
OH, NOW THAT
GUITAR PLAYER'S HOT!
YOU KNOW HIS NAME?
OH, YEAH.
OH. THAT'S GOOD.
HEY, WAYNE!
OH, MY GOD.
MADDIE.
HEY, MADDIE.
FOR THE MOST PART,
HE WAS A GOOD GUY.
HE REALLY WAS.
Narrator: WAYNE'S FIVE YEARS
OLDER THAN MISTY.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
NICE TO MEET YOU, TOO.
HE'S FUNNY,
PLAYS GUITAR IN A BAND,
AND HAS A GOOD JOB.
SO WHAT KIND OF MUSIC DO YOU
LIKE, COUNTRY OR WESTERN?
MOSTLY COUNTRY.
THE TWO HIT IT OFF
RIGHT AWAY.
I WAS THERE PLAYING
WITH GEORGE STRAIT ONE TIME.
HE WAS WORKING
AS AN IRONWORKER.
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE RAY,
MISTY IS SMITTEN.
HOW ABOUT AN ESCORT
BACK TO YOUR CAR?
THAT'D BE NICE.
A PLEASURE.
WITHIN A MATTER OF MONTHS,
THEY MOVE IN TOGETHER.
MISTY LOVES PLAYING HOUSE
WITH HER NEW, OLDER BOYFRIEND.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR DINNER TONIGHT.
I'VE GOT ONE MORE
PRESENT FOR YOU.
AND THINGS ARE ABOUT TO GET
EVEN MORE GROWN UP.
MISTY, WILL YOU MARRY ME?
Misty: WELL, HE WAS GOOD TO ME.
AND HE WAS RESPONSIBLE,
WAS A PROVIDER.
I WAS HAPPY AT THE TIME.
MY PARENTS LIKED HIM,
EVERYTHING WAS GOOD.
[ LAUGHTER ]
MISTY JUST DOESN'T SEE
ANY TICKET OUT OF
THIS SMALL TOWN
THAT SHE IS STUCK IN.
MARRIAGE AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE
PROBABLY ISN'T WHAT SHE WANTED,
BUT LACKING ANY OTHER PLAN
OR BLUEPRINT FOR HER LIFE,
GETTING HITCHED RIGHT
AFTER HIGH SCHOOL
JUST SEEMED LIKE
THE NORMAL THING TO DO.
YOU KNOW,
I WAS THINKING, MISTY.
HOW ABOUT A SPRING WEDDING?
I THINK, UM, A SPRING WEDDING
MIGHT BE A LITTLE LATE, MOM.
I'M LATE.
WHAT?
WE GOT ENGAGED SEPTEMBER,
AND THEN, DECEMBER 7,
I FOUND OUT I WAS PREGNANT.
HOW DID THAT MAKE YOU FEEL?
I CRIED.
BABIES ARE A BLESSING.
Misty: AND GOT OVER THAT AND GOT
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
Narrator: ON JANUARY 29, 2000,
MISTY AND WAYNE EXCHANGE VOWS.
Misty: I HAD A BIG,
NICE CHURCH WEDDING.
I WAS EXCITED.
I REALLY THOUGHT THAT,
YOU KNOW, THAT WAS IT.
Narrator: SIX MONTHS LATER,
MISTY GIVES BIRTH
TO A HEALTHY BOY
THEY NAME EDWARD.
THE COUPLE MOVES IN
WITH MISTY'S PARENTS
SO THEY CAN HELP WITH THE BABY.
ISN'T HE PERFECT?
Erin: THAT WAS HER WORLD.
SHE WAS MEANT TO BE A MOM.
Misty: THERE WAS NOTHING ANY
GREATER AND STILL, NOTHING.
NOBODY COULD TELL ME
WHAT TO DO WITH HIM.
I COULD RAISE HIM
AND I COULD LOVE HIM
ALL I WANTED TO.
HE WAS MY BABY.
Narrator: BUT THERE'S TROUBLE
BREWING BETWEEN THE NEWLYWEDS.
WAS WAYNE HAPPY
ABOUT BEING A DAD?
HE WAS HAPPY
ABOUT BEING A DAD.
BUT WAYNE WASN'T GETTING
ALL THE ATTENTION ANYMORE.
Ray: WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT
MAYBE PUTTING HIM DOWN FOR A NAP?
Misty: NOW HE WAS GOING TO WORK
AND COMING HOME
AND I HAD A BABY
IN MY ARMS ALL THE TIME.
I AIN'T TRYING
TO BE SELFISH.
I'M JUST SAYING MAYBE
YOU CAN SPEND SOME TIME WITH ME!
BUT THIS HAS TO PUT A KINK
IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP
AND YOUR MARRIAGE.
IT DID.
YOU CAN KISS MY ASS.
I'M TAKING CARE OF OUR BABY.
AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT,
YOU CAN LEAVE.
YOU KNOW, IT JUST KIND OF
ESCALATED FROM THERE.
Narrator: JUST FOUR MONTHS
AFTER THEIR SON IS BORN,
THE MARRIAGE IS OVER.
SO YOU'RE READY
FOR A FRESH START.
YEAH.
Narrator: DEEP DOWN,
MISTY IS DEVASTATED,
BUT SHE'S DETERMINED
TO MOVE ON.
Misty: I ACTUALLY WENT OUT
TO CELEBRATE MY DIVORCE
AND RUN INTO AN OLD FRIEND.
CAN I GET A BEER?
SURE.
JASON?
MISTY.
HEY!
HOW'S IT GOING?
JASON AND I HAD BEEN FRIENDS
SINCE I WAS PROBABLY 16.
BEEN A LONG TIME.
YOU LOOK GREAT.
HE WAS A HANDSOME GUY.
YOU HAVING A PARTY THERE OR...
I'M JUST
CELEBRATING MY DIVORCE.
SORRY TO HEAR THAT.
I'M NOT.
HERE.
Narrator:
JASON'S NOW AN ELECTRICIAN
AND A PART-TIME GUARDSMAN
IN THE NATIONAL GUARD RESERVE.
HE ALSO HAS A SON
JUST A YEAR OLDER
THAN MISTY'S BABY BOY.
YOU CAN RELATE TOGETHER
OVER BEING SINGLE PARENTS.
YES.
I GOT A JOB
AT MY BOY'S DAY CARE
'CAUSE I JUST COULDN'T STAND
TO BE AWAY FROM HIM.
THAT'S GOING TO BE
NICE FOR HIM.
YEAH.
Misty: I THINK THE BIGGEST THING
WAS GOING FROM SEEING
HOW WAYNE KIND OF RESENTED
THE FACT OF HAVING A SON.
HOW 'BOUT YOU?
HE'S AMAZING.
HE'S AWESOME.
JASON WAS ALL ABOUT
BEING A FATHER.
BEFORE LONG, MISTY AND JASON
ARE TOGETHER SO OFTEN,
THEY'RE CO-PARENTING
EACH OTHER'S KIDS.
HEY.
HM?
WHY DON'T YOU MOVE IN?
YOU'RE HERE
EVERY SINGLE NIGHT.
Misty: I WAS HAPPY WITH HIM.
I WAS HAPPY WITH MY SON,
WITH HIS SON.
I MEAN, EVERYTHING WAS RIGHT.
YOU'RE - YOU'RE RIGHT.
YEAH?
WE'LL MOVE IN.
I WAS IN LOVE WITH HIM.
Narrator: AFTER MORE THAN
TWO YEARS OF LIVING TOGETHER,
THE COUPLE DECIDES
TO GET MARRIED.
WHAT YOU DOING?
LOOKING AT FLOWERS
FOR OUR WEDDING.
BUT THEIR PLANS
ARE ABOUT TO GET DERAILED.
HONEY,
I NEED TO TALK TO YOU.
THE NATIONAL GUARD
IS SENDING HER FIANCE
ON A MISSION OVERSEAS TO KOSOVO.
WHEN?
A COUPLE MONTHS.
Misty: I WASN'T EXCITED ABOUT
IT, BUT HE WAS.
WHAT ABOUT THE WEDDING?
FORGET ABOUT ALL OF IT, OKAY?
LET'S JUST GET
MARRIED RIGHT NOW.
SO I WENT WITH IT.
I WANT A REALLY BIG PARTY.
A HUGE WEDDING PARTY.
EXPENSIVE PARTY.
EXPENSIVE PARTY.
Dr. Jordan: MISTY IS GROWING UP.
HER LAST BIG CHURCH WEDDING
DIDN'T SAVE HER
FROM A BAD MARRIAGE.
I AIN'T TRYING TO BE SELFISH.
SHE LEARNED FROM THAT EXPERIENCE
AND NOW REALIZES THAT
IT'S THEIR COMPATIBILITY
AND THEIR COMMITMENT
THAT MATTER,
NOT THE DRESS
AND THE FLOWERS AND THE CAKE.
THIS TIME, SHE'S SURE
SHE'S MARRYING JASON FOR LOVE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
Narrator: ON FEBRUARY 13, 2003,
MISTY AND JASON MARRY
IN A SIMPLE CEREMONY.
AND DO YOU THINK THIS TIME,
IT'S FOREVER?
YES, WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
THOUGHT IT WITH
EVERY DROP IN ME.
Narrator: JUST TWO MONTHS
AFTER THE WEDDING,
JASON LEAVES
FOR WAR-TORN KOSOVO.
WHILE HER NEW HUSBAND IS GONE,
MISTY HELPS FILL THE VOID
WITH A NEW JOB.
I WENT TO WORK WITH
THE MENTALLY DISABLED.
IT WAS GREAT
AND I LOVED IT.
I FELT GOOD ABOUT MYSELF.
I LOVED JUST FEELING
LIKE I HELPED THEM.
Narrator: SHE STILL MISSES
HAVING JASON BY HER SIDE,
EVEN THOUGH HE'S LEFT HER
A WAY TO REMEMBER HIM.
HOW DO YOU FEEL?
GREAT, ACTUALLY.
MISTY HAPPILY AWAITS
THE ARRIVAL OF HER SECOND CHILD.
AND IN JANUARY 2004,
MISTY'S DAUGHTER ELIZABETH
IS BORN.
SOON AFTER,
JASON GETS BACK
FROM HIS SERVICE IN KOSOVO.
Misty:
EVERYTHING WAS JUST GREAT.
IT WAS LIKE
I HAD MY HAPPY FAMILY.
DO WE EVEN HAVE
ANY BATTERIES?
Narrator: UNTIL MISTY REALIZES
JASON ISN'T THE MAN SHE REMEMBERS.
ALL THE LOVE WAS STILL THERE,
EVERYTHING,
BUT WHEN HE COME BACK,
HE WASN'T THE SAME.
YOU KNOW, ELIZABETH ROLLED OVER
FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY.
OH, GOOD FOR HER.
MAYBE SHE'LL BE SMARTER
THAN HER BROTHER.
WE STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS
WITH HIS ANGER.
WILL YOU LOOK AT THIS?
HE CAN'T EVEN
SPELL HIS OWN NAME!
AND AT THAT POINT,
NOTHING MADE HIM HAPPY.
I'M THE ONE WHO'S
TAKING CARE OF YOU
AND THE KIDS
AND EVERYBODY IN THIS HOUSE.
YOU COULD HELP ME A LITTLE BIT,
ALL RIGHT?
Narrator:
MISTY'S ONCE-BLISSFUL MARRIAGE
SUDDENLY FEELS LIKE
A TICKING TIME BOMB.
I'M THE ONE WHO'S
TAKING CARE OF YOU
AND THE KIDS
AND EVERYBODY IN THIS HOUSE.
YOU COULD HELP ME A LITTLE BIT,
ALL RIGHT?
Dr. Jordan: DO YOU THINK THAT
HE CAME BACK FROM KOSOVO
WITH POST-TRAUMATIC
STRESS DISORDER?
YES. NOT A DOUBT
IN MY MIND.
Narrator: MISTY HAS NO PLANS
TO GIVE UP ON THIS MARRIAGE.
Misty: I'D DONE SOME RESEARCH.
THEY SAY GIVE A SOLDIER
AT LEAST A YEAR TO GET BACK
TO THEIR NORMAL SELF
AFTER RETURNING,
SO I WAITED TWO YEARS.
WE WENT THROUGH MARRIAGE
COUNSELING AND EVERYTHING.
NO ONE COMES BACK FROM WAR
THE SAME PERSON,
AND THE TRAUMA OF WITNESSING
WARTIME ATROCITIES
AFFECTS EVERY SOLDIER
DIFFERENTLY.
BUT WITH JASON,
HE SEEMS INCAPABLE
OF TALKING ABOUT
WHAT HE WITNESSED IN KOSOVO.
NOT WITH MISTY,
NOT WITH ANYONE.
AND UNLESS HE GETS
SOME PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING
FOR HIS PTSD,
JASON COULD EASILY IMPLODE.
Narrator: MISTY'S FACED WITH
A DIFFICULT DECISION.
Misty: THAT'S WHERE
I WANTED TO BE.
THAT'S WHERE I WAS HAPPY.
THAT'S WHERE I'D
SEEN MYSELF FOREVER.
Narrator: BUT IN THE END,
SHE DECIDES IT'S TIME TO LET GO.
Misty: I ASKED MY SON
AT FOUR YEARS OLD,
"DO YOU WANT TO STAY HERE
WITH JASON?"
HE SAYS, "I DON'T WANT TO
STAY WITH JASON."
I WAS LIKE, "THAT'S IT."
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
I'M NOT STAYING HERE WITH YOU.
I'M GOING TO MY MOM'S HOUSE.
LOOK, YOU CAN'T.
YOU CAN'T. STOP!
WE'RE A FAMILY, OKAY?
YOU CAN'T LEAVE.
YOU'RE MAKING A BIG MISTAKE!
Narrator: PRETTY SOON,
THE COUPLE'S FIGHTING
OVER CUSTODY
OF THEIR DAUGHTER.
THE STRESS FOLLOWS
MISTY TO WORK.
Misty: AT THAT POINT,
JASON WAS DRIVING ME CRAZY.
I WENT IN ONE DAY
AND WAS PISSED OFF AT HIM.
MISTY, WE NEED TO TALK.
OKAY. WHAT'S UP?
MY SUPERVISOR SAID
THE WRONG THING,
AND, WELL, I TOLD HIM
WHAT I THOUGHT.
YOU CAN'T FIRE ME
BECAUSE I QUIT.
Narrator: NOW 26 YEARS OLD
AND UNEMPLOYED,
MISTY COPES BY MAKING UP
FOR LOST TIME.
Misty: STARTED HAVING
A PERSONAL LIFE AGAIN.
STARTED DRINKING.
Narrator: WHENEVER HER KIDS
ARE WITH THEIR FATHERS,
MISTY'S A REGULAR
AT THE LOCAL BARS.
ONE NIGHT, SHE RUNS
INTO AN OLD BOYFRIEND,
HOW YOU DOING?
MARK BAKER.
THEY HAVEN'T SEEN
EACH OTHER IN EIGHT YEARS.
SHE LOOKED GOOD,
JUST AS GOOD AS EVER.
Misty: HE'S GOT A HUGE HEART.
IF HE LOVES YOU,
THEN HE'LL DO ANYTHING FOR YOU.
HE SOUNDS LIKE
A TEDDY BEAR.
YES, IN A NUTSHELL.
Narrator: THEY DATED FOR ABOUT
SIX MONTHS WHEN THEY WERE 18.
MARK'S NEVER FORGOTTEN MISTY.
Mark: I KNEW
I WANTED TO BE WITH HER.
LONG BLACK HAIR, PRETTY,
SUPER COOL, GOOD PERSONALITY.
SHE WAS FUN TO BE AROUND.
I LIKED EVERYTHING ABOUT HER.
SHE WAS MY FIRST LOVE.
Donna: HE HAD A GOOD JOB
DRIVING A TRUCK.
THAT'S WHAT HE DID FOR A LIVING.
Mark: I STARTED DRIVING
WHEN I WAS 21.
BY THE TIME I WAS 23,
I'D BEEN TO ALL 48 STATES.
I WAS AN OUTLAW TRUCK DRIVER.
I LOVED IT.
SO WHAT'S GOING ON?
NOT A WHOLE LOT.
I GOT TWO KIDS.
I JUST SEPARATED
FROM THEIR DADDY.
HE DIDN'T HURT YOU, DID HE?
NO. NO, NO, NO.
YOU SURE? I COULD PAY HIM
A VISIT FOR YOU IF YOU WANT.
Narrator: MARK DOESN'T WANT
THIS MOMENT TO END.
I'VE GOT TO TAKE A LOAD UP
TO MEMPHIS LATER.
YOU WANT TO COME WITH ME,
JUST RIDE ALONG?
YEAH.
WHAT THE HELL?
HE AND I ENDED UP DATING
AND THEN HE NEVER
WENT BACK TO OHIO.
Mark: I HAD A HOUSE, A NEW
TRUCK, A GIRLFRIEND AND A SON.
I LEFT IT ALL.
WITHIN A WEEK,
I MOVED BACK TO CARTHAGE
AND OFF AND RUNNING.
Narrator: MISTY AND MARK'S
RELATIONSHIP QUICKLY BLOSSOMS.
Misty: EVERYTHING WAS SO SWEET,
SO INNOCENT.
HE WAS JUST LOVING.
Mark: WE MOVED IN
TOGETHER REAL FAST,
WITHIN PROBABLY A MONTH,
GOT A LITTLE HOUSE.
I WAS HAPPY.
LIFE WAS GOOD.
THE HOUSE SERIOUSLY
LOOKS AMAZING.
YEAH. WE'VE BEEN
WORKING REALLY HARD ON IT.
MARK HAS BEEN SO GOOD.
Narrator: MARK'S OUT ON THE ROAD
A FEW DAYS EACH WEEK,
BUT HE LOVES COMING HOME
TO MISTY AND HER CHILDREN.
I LOVED 'EM.
THEY WAS SUPER COOL KIDS.
TREATED 'EM LIKE THEY WAS MINE.
BABY, I'M HOME.
HI, HONEY.
HEY.
HOW'S IT GOING?
GOOD.
GOT THIS FOR THE KIDDOS.
AND MARK WAS A GOOD GUY.
HI, ERIN.
HOW'S IT GOING?
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
HOW ARE YOU?
FAMILY GOT ALONG WITH HIM,
GREAT PERSONALITY,
JUST A VERY
FRIENDLY PERSON.
YOU KNOW, YOUR SISTER'S
A DAMN FINE COOK.
SHE LEARNED FROM THE BEST.
Narrator:
MISTY'S FOUND HER SOUL MATE,
AND HER FAMILY IS GLAD
TO SEE HER HAPPY AGAIN.
EVERYTHING WAS GREAT.
I KNOW IT'S ONLY
A FEW MORE DAYS.
I MISS YOU.
OKAY.
LOVE YOU, MARK.
TO WITH THE EXCEPTION
OF THE LITTLE SKELETONS
THAT I KEPT HANGING
IN MY CLOSET.
Narrator: MISTY'S STILL GOT
A SOFT SPOT
FOR HER SOON-TO-BE EX-HUSBAND.
WE'VE REALLY GOT
TO QUIT DOING THIS.
YEAH.
YOU DO KNOW THAT THIS
IS PLAYING WITH FIRE.
WELL, I DIDN'T REALLY REALIZE
WHAT KIND OF FIRE AT THE TIME.
Dr. Jordan: MISTY NEVER HAD
CLOSURE WITH JASON.
SHE YEARNED FOR THE ORIGINAL MAN
THAT SHE HAD MARRIED
WHO WAS SWEET
AND KIND AND GENTLE,
BEFORE HE HAD PTSD.
SHE WANTED TO CONNECT
WITH THE JASON
THAT SHE MISSED SO MUCH.
75 PERCENT OF EXES
STILL HAVE SEX FOR AWHILE
AFTER THEY SPLIT UP,
AND BEING WANTED BY BOTH MEN
ALSO FEEDS HER EGO.
BUT IT IS A VERY
DANGEROUS SITUATION.
Narrator: JANUARY 2007.
MISTY AND MARK HAVE BEEN
TOGETHER FOR 10 MONTHS.
EVERYTHING'S BEEN GOING
SMOOTHLY UNTIL NOW.
CARTHAGE IS A SMALL TOWN...
HEY, MARK.
WHERE EVERYONE KNOWS EVERYTHING.
HOW ARE THINGS?
I'M GOOD, YOU KNOW?
GOT BACK TOGETHER
WITH MISTY.
HER EX-HUSBAND
WAS IN MAD LOVE WITH HER.
I'M SORRY,
YOU DIDN'T KNOW?
KNOW WHAT?
JASON?
AND I GUESS SHE WAS SLEEPING
WITH HIM ON THE SIDE,
AND WHEN I FOUND OUT, YEAH,
I WAS JEALOUS AS HELL.
Misty: I WAS ACTUALLY ON
THE PHONE TEXTING MY SISTER,
AND MARK THOUGHT THAT I WAS
ON THE PHONE WITH JASON.
Narrator:
A DARKER SIDE OF MARK...
MISTY!
IS ABOUT TO SURFACE.
WHO ARE YOU TEXTING
ON THAT PHONE?
AGH!
MISTY!
WHO ARE YOU TEXTING
ON THAT PHONE?
I'M TEXTING MY SISTER!
LIKE I'M SUPPOSED
TO BELIEVE THAT!
GIVE ME THAT DANG PHONE.
MARK!
YOU CHEATING BITCH!
Misty: HE HIT ME IN MY FACE.
SORRY.
SORRY, SORRY.
Narrator: MISTY IS STUNNED.
SHE'S NEVER BEEN HIT
BY A MAN BEFORE.
I'VE GOT A RAGE.
I GET MAD AND I'LL RAGE.
CAN'T HOLD IT BACK SOMETIMES.
I FELT TERRIBLE.
I NEVER TAKE NO ****.
YOU STUPID IDIOT!
YOU SON OF A BITCH!
Erin: MISTY THINKS SHE'S
10 FOOT TALL, YES.
YES, MISTY FIGHTS BACK.
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!
HEY. HEY!
BREAK IT UP!
BECAUSE HE ASSAULTED ME,
SECURITY CALLED POLICE.
LET'S GO, MARK.
YOU'RE OUT OF CONTROL.
DANNY!
Mark: THE LAW COME
AND I WENT TO JAIL.
Narrator: MARK IS ARRESTED
FOR DOMESTIC ASSAULT
AND MISTY IMMEDIATELY
ENDS THE RELATIONSHIP.
I DIDN'T TALK TO HIM AT ALL.
Narrator: SHE ALSO STOPS
SLEEPING WITH JASON.
WE CAN'T KEEP DOING THIS.
YEAH, WHAT ABOUT OUR FAMILY?
Narrator: JASON'S HURT AND HE'S
HEARD ABOUT THE INCIDENT AT THE BAR.
THIS IS CRAZY.
MISTY CLAIMS
HE USES IT AS LEVERAGE
AND FILES FOR FULL CUSTODY
OF THEIR DAUGHTER.
BECAUSE I AM NOT FIT
TO RAISE A KID
BECAUSE I'M IN
A VIOLENT RELATIONSHIP.
Mark: THE KIDS WAS IN
NO KIND OF DANGER.
WE NEVER FOUGHT AROUND THE KIDS.
HE HATED ME.
HE JUST WANTED MISTY BACK.
THERE'S BEEN
A LOT OF HEARTBREAKS
IN THE WAKE OF MISTY.
Narrator: MISTY HIRES A LAWYER
TO FIGHT BACK,
BUT THE JUDGE ULTIMATELY
DECIDES AGAINST HER,
AND SHE'S LEFT WITH
SUPERVISED VISITS
WITH HER DAUGHTER
EVERY OTHER WEEKEND.
SO JASON GOT FULL CUSTODY
OF YOUR DAUGHTER.
YES.
THE LOOK ON YOUR FACE IS LIKE,
THIS DESTROYED YOU.
YES.
Narrator: SHE FALLS INTO
A SEVERE DEPRESSION
AND HER DOCTOR
PRESCRIBES XANAX.
[ BANGING ]
AND SHE'S DEVELOPING
AN EVEN MORE DANGEROUS HABIT -
HOW YOU DOING?
MARK.
HE COME TO THE APARTMENT,
JUST WANTED TO TALK TO ME,
WANTED TO APOLOGIZE,
WAS TRYING TO WOO ME INTO
HE'S NEVER DOING THAT AGAIN,
HE'S SORRY.
ALTHOUGH MARK WAS THE ONE
PUT ME THROUGH IT,
HE WAS ALSO THE ONE CATCHING ME,
YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS CRYING.
Narrator:
MISTY'S AT AN ALL-TIME LOW
AND DECIDES TO GIVE HIM
ANOTHER CHANCE.
Misty: I TOOK BLAME FOR IT, I GUESS,
BECAUSE, "OH, IT WAS MY FAULT.
I SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN
OUT SCREWING AROUND."
Narrator: MARK MOVES BACK IN.
I MEAN, DANG, MISTY.
THESE ARE PRETTY
HARD-CORE PILLS.
SHE KIND OF STARTED
PARTYING HARDER
THAN SHE EVER HAD,
DRINKING, DOING PILLS.
I'M NOT -
LOOK, LOOK.
YOU DON'T GOT TO EXPLAIN IT
TO ME, ALL RIGHT?
I GOT YOUR BACK, OKAY?
Misty:
DOESN'T MATTER WHAT I DO.
I AM ALWAYS NUMBER ONE
IN HIS EYES, PERIOD,
ABOVE AND BEYOND ANYBODY.
THAT'S A PRETTY
INTOXICATING FEELING.
YES.
Narrator:
FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS,
THE COUPLE IS ON
A ROLLER-COASTER RIDE.
Mark: WE WENT THROUGH SPELLS
WHERE WE DONE GOOD
AND EVERYTHING RIGHT,
AND THEN, I DON'T KNOW,
SOMETHING HAPPENED,
MESS UP AGAIN.
HOW COME EVERY TIME
I TRY TO -
Donna: IT WAS JUST A CYCLE.
THEY JUST BREAK UP AND MAKE UP.
Lori:
I KNOW NOBODY LOVES ANYBODY
ANY MORE THAN THOSE TWO
LOVE EACH OTHER.
IT'S JUST THEY CAN'T,
OR HE CAN'T, GET OVER ISSUES.
Narrator: AND MARK'S BEEN HIDING
HIS BIGGEST ISSUE
FROM MISTY FOR YEARS.
HE'S ABUSING METH.
Mark: I WOULD DO STUFF
BEHIND HER BACK
WHICH SHE NEVER KNEW
NOTHING ABOUT IT.
I NEVER WANTED HER
LOOKING AT ME NO DIFFERENT.
Narrator: BUT THE SECRET IS OUT.
Misty: I FOUND OUT THAT HE
HAD BEEN ADDICTED TO METH.
I WAS SHELTERED FROM EVERYTHING.
DIDN'T, AT THAT POINT,
KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT METH,
YOU KNOW, THE SIDE EFFECTS,
WHAT IT DOES, ANYTHING.
HOW ARE THE KIDS?
GOOD.
WE FIGHT ALL THE TIME.
Narrator: ONE MORNING, MISTY'S HANGING
OUT WITH THEIR MUTUAL FRIEND, LORI.
WHERE'S MARK?
THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
MARK'S BEEN OUT ALL NIGHT,
AND MISTY KNOWS
WHAT THAT MEANS.
Mark: GOOD MORNING, LADIES.
LOOK WHAT THE CAT
FINALLY DRUG IN.
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.
I AIN'T IN THE MOOD
TO PUT UP WITH YOUR STUFF TODAY.
YOU'RE NOT IN THE MOOD?
WHEN HE'S ON IT,
HE'S JUST REAL AGGRESSIVE.
WHERE YOU BEEN?
WHERE YOU BEEN, HUH?
I BEEN HANGING OUT
WITH MY BUDDY!
HEY, HEY!
KNOCK IT OFF!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
ALL RIGHT.
Lori: AND I'M NOT EVER GOING TO LET
A GUY HIT A GIRL IF I CAN HELP IT.
YOU SAID YOU WERE
NEVER GOING TO DO THAT AGAIN.
YOU GET YOUR STUFF
AND YOU GET OUT.
ALL RIGHT,
I'M OUT OF HERE.
YOU TWO REALLY NEED
TO MOVE ON.
I THINK THE DRUGS PROBABLY
HAD A LOT TO DO WITH IT.
Narrator:
WHEN THE DRUGS WEAR OFF,
MARK PANICS AT THE THOUGHT
OF LOSING MISTY.
I JUST WANT TO
APOLOGIZE TO YOU,
TELL YOU I WON'T
MESS UP NO MORE.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE I'LL
TAKE YOU TO THE MALL
AND BUY YOU
SOMETHING PRETTY,
MAKE YOU FEEL
A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
THAT WORK FOR YOU?
ALL RIGHT.
Mark: SHE'S HIGH-MAINTENANCE.
ANYTHING I COULD AFFORD
THAT SHE WANTED, I'D GET IT.
DO YOU FORGIVE ME?
YEAH.
Donna: MARK LOVES THAT GIRL.
HE EVEN TOLD ME ONE TIME,
"MAMA, DON'T MAKE ME CHOOSE
BETWEEN YOU AND HER."
COME HERE, YOU BIG IDIOT.
ALL RIGHT.
AND I SAID,
"I KNOW WHO YOU WOULD CHOOSE,
WOULD BE MISTY."
HE NEVER GAVE UP BECAUSE I
ALWAYS GO WEAK AND WENT BACK.
WHY DO YOU THINK YOU
KEEP GOING BACK, MISTY?
IN HOPES THAT IT
WOULD GET BETTER.
YOUR ADDICTION WAS MARK.
VERY MUCH SO.
[ MISTY MOANING ]
Narrator: THEIR FIGHTS OFTEN END
IN THE BEDROOM,
AND THE LATEST MAKE-UP SESSION
HAS BEEN GOING ON
FOR 48 HOURS STRAIGHT.
IT'S THE MOST INCREDIBLE
SEX THEY'VE EVER HAD.
BUT SUDDENLY, MISTY ISN'T
FEELING SO WELL.
Misty: I REALIZED, YOU KNOW,
I'VE NOT SLEPT AT ALL.
YOU KNOW, I'M JITTERY.
I'D BEEN UP FOR LIKE
ALMOST THREE DAYS.
WORE YOU OUT.
I WAS, LIKE, YOU KNOW...
I DON'T FEEL VERY GOOD.
"I'M FIXING TO GO
TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.
SOMETHING'S WRONG."
AND HE WAS LIKE,
"NO, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG."
I DON'T FEEL RIGHT.
I THINK YOU NEED TO
TAKE ME TO THE DOCTORS.
NO. HEY, HEY.
LOOK AT ME.
MISTY, LOOK AT ME.
COME HERE.
LOOK.
Narrator: MARK MAKES
A SHOCKING CONFESSION -
HE'S SPIKED HER DRINK WITH METH.
Misty: AND I FLIPPED OUT.
FLIPPED OUT.
BUT WHAT DID I TAKE, MARK?
JUST HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY.
WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?
HEY, HEY. HEY. RELAX.
WHY WOULD YOU PUT
THAT IN MY DRINK?
YOU DRUGGED ME?
RELAX, MISTY.
Lori: HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY KIND
OF RATIONAL THINKING
WHEN IT CAME TO HER.
WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?
I ONLY DID IT
JUST TO BRING US
CLOSER TOGETHER, OKAY?
Erin: THAT'S NOT LOVE.
I KNOW YOU LOVE ME, DON'T YOU?
I THINK HE'S OBSESSED WITH HER.
YOU DON'T HURT
SOMEBODY YOU LOVE.
COME LAY DOWN
WITH ME AGAIN, HUH?
Narrator: MARK MANAGES TO CONVINCE
HER THAT IT'S NO BIG DEAL.
CRYSTAL METHAMPHETAMINE.
DO YOU REMEMBER
THE EFFECTS IT HAD ON YOU
OTHER THAN THE FACT
THAT YOU WERE JITTERY AND HAD
NOT SLEPT FOR THREE DAYS?
YEAH, LIKE, AWESOME SEX.
DO YOU THINK THAT'S WHY
HE DID IT IN THE FIRST PLACE?
YES. THAT'S EXACTLY
WHY HE DID IT.
HE WOOED ME INTO
THINKING THAT,
YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS YOU'RE
NOT STRUNG OUT ON IT,
YOU KNOW, IT'S OKAY TO DO IT
EVERY NOW AND THEN,
AND I AGREED
TO DO IT AGAIN.
Narrator: OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF YEARS,
MISTY LOSES HERSELF TO METH.
YOU BECAME ADDICTED
TO METHAMPHETAMINE.
OH, YES.
VERY MUCH SO.
Dr. Jordan: THIS GIRL CLEARLY
HAS AN ADDICTIVE PERSONALITY.
WHEN IT'S NOT DRUGS, IT'S MEN,
AND NOW IT'S BOTH
AT THE SAME TIME.
SHE IS TRULY
ADDICTED TO MARK.
THAT SHE COULD FORGIVE HIM
FOR SLIPPING HER METH
IS UNBELIEVABLE.
THIS DOUBLE ADDICTION
IS A RECIPE FOR DISASTER
BECAUSE MISTY'S RESOLVE
TO DO THE RIGHT THING
HAS FLOWN OUT THE WINDOW.
Mark: WHEN SHE STARTED USING,
I THOUGHT IT MIGHT
BRING US CLOSER TO WHERE WE
WOULDN'T HAVE SO MANY SECRETS
AND LIES IN OUR RELATIONSHIP.
THAT WASN'T THE CASE AT ALL.
Narrator: THE RELATIONSHIP
BECOMES MORE VOLATILE THAN EVER.
Mark: IT'S DIFFERENT WHEN
A COUPLE DOES DRUGS TOGETHER.
THERE'S NO ONE TO RESTRAIN IT.
HEY, IT'S ME.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
HEY! WHO YOU TALKING
TO OVER THERE?
HE'S PARANOID ABOUT EVERYTHING.
I'M TALKING TO MY MOM.
YEAH, THE SAME PERSON
YOU WERE TALKING TO LAST NIGHT,
HUH?
YEAH, IT'S MY MOM.
I CAN'T DO ANYTHING
WITHOUT HIM THINKING THAT,
YOU KNOW, I'M SCREWING AROUND.
ALL IN HIS HEAD.
LIKE I'M SUPPOSED
TO BELIEVE THAT.
WHO ARE YOU ON THE PHONE WITH?
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M SICK OF YOU ALWAYS TELLING
ME WHAT I CAN AND CAN'T DO.
MY TEMPER STARTED
KICKING IN REAL BAD.
GIVE ME THE DAMN PHONE, MISTY.
Narrator: WHEN MARK TAKES HER
PHONE, SHE LOSES IT.
I'M SICK OF YOU ALWAYS
TELLING ME WHAT TO DO, MARK.
I WAS HIGH AND I STARTED
HITTING HIM WITH A BALL BAT.
YOU'RE CRAZY, MISTY!
PUT IT DOWN. PUT IT DOWN!
PUT IT DOWN, MARK.
I'M SICK OF THIS!
AH! AH! AH!
DAMN IT!
THAT DID IT!
YOU CRAZY BITCH!
I GET THAT YOU'RE FEISTY,
BUT FEISTY ON METH
SOUNDS REALLY SCARY.
VERY, VERY.
Narrator: AFTER THE INCIDENT,
THE COUPLE PARTS WAYS,
AND MISTY'S FRIEND MELISSA
TAKES HER IN.
SO WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO
FOR DINNER TONIGHT?
UH, LET'S DO CHICKEN.
I CAN GO TO THE STORE
AND GET US SOME.
WE WERE VERY GOOD FRIENDS.
I HAD A PLACE TO LIVE
AND SHE NEEDED A PLACE,
SO I TOLD HER TO COME ON
AND STAY WITH ME.
HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
HEY.
HEY, BABE.
HI, BABE.
Narrator: BEFORE LONG,
THE COUPLE IS PLAYING HOUSE
IN MELISSA'S HOME.
Melissa: HER AND MARK
HAD GOTTEN BACK TOGETHER
AND HE STARTED STAYING THERE.
CAN I BORROW
YOUR CAR KEYS REAL QUICK?
YEAH.
WHAT DO YOU NEED 'EM FOR?
JUST GOING DOWNTOWN,
SEE MY BUDDY REAL FAST.
OKAY. BRING 'EM BACK.
ALL RIGHT, I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
YEP.
Narrator: BUT MARK DOESN'T SHOW
UP FOR DINNER OR BREAKFAST.
NOW YOU'VE BEEN OUT
ALL NIGHT IN MY CAR.
AND WHOSE IS THIS?
WHOSE IS THIS?
AND I FIND SOME CHICK'S
MAKEUP BAG IN MY FRONT SEAT.
YOU'VE BEEN OUT WITH
ANOTHER CHICK IN MY CAR.
WHAT, LIKE YOU AIN'T SLEEPING
AROUND WITH EVERYBODY IN TOWN?
Narrator:
MARK GOES ON THE OFFENSIVE.
HE WAS ACCUSING HER
OF BEING WITH OTHER GUYS.
YEAH, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I AM WHORING AROUND,
BECAUSE I'M SICK OF YOU!
Narrator:
AND SHE WOULD AGREE WITH HIM,
PRETTY MUCH MAKING HIM MADDER.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
GET OUT OF HERE, MARK!
GET OUT OF HERE!
Mark: YOU KNOW,
IF I KNOW SOMEBODY'S
BIGGER AND STRONGER THAN ME,
I'M NOT GOING TO JUST
KEEP PUSHING THAT PERSON.
SHE DON'T KNOW WHEN TO STOP.
GET OUT! WE'RE DONE!
WE'RE DONE!
HEY!
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?
Melissa: I KEPT BREAKING
'EM UP AND, YOU KNOW,
GETTING 'EM AWAY
FROM EACH OTHER,
AND NO SOONER THAN
I GOT 'EM APART,
THEY WERE FIGHTING AGAIN.
[ SHOUTING ]
IT WAS BAD, BAD, BAD.
HE'S GOT ME BY MY THROAT,
BY MY HAIR.
MARK, I'M GOING TO
CALL THE POLICE!
YOU GUYS, STOP IT!
Melissa: AND THAT'S WHEN SHE GOT
THE KNIFE OUT OF HER PURSE.
GO AHEAD!
DO IT! DO IT!
SHE TOLD HIM,
"IF YOU HIT ME ONE MORE TIME,
I'M GOING TO STAB YOU."
YOU BETTER GET OFF ME, MARK.
YOU AIN'T GOING TO
DO NOTHING, MISTY.
YEAH, I WILL.
AH!
TOLD YOU NOT TO MESS
WITH ME, MISTY!
Narrator: MARK'S ABOUT
TO LEARN JUST HOW SCARY
MISTY ON METH
CAN REALLY BE.
Mark:
THAT'S WHAT YOU GET, MISTY.
THAT'S WHAT YOU GET
FOR ALWAYS BEING LIKE THIS!
YOU GOT WHAT YOU DESERVED.
PUT THAT THING AWAY!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
OW!
Mark: I REMEMBER IT
STICKING IN MY ARM.
I HAD TO PULL THE KNIFE OUT.
SO WHEN I YANKED IT BACK OUT...
GO AHEAD AND KILL YOURSELF!
Mark: THAT'S WHEN
MY TENDONS LOCKED UP.
AH!
IT CUT A MAIN ARTERY.
Misty: THE NEXT THING I REMEMBER
IS JUST BLOOD EVERYWHERE.
HE WAS BLEEDING HORRIBLE.
AT THAT POINT, I WAS SCARED
OF THE CHARGE OF MURDER.
I WAS SCARED OF HIM
REALLY BEING HURT.
I WAS SCARED OF WHAT HE WOULD DO
WHEN HE QUIT BLEEDING.
COME ON, LET'S GO.
Narrator: MISTY RUSHES MARK
TO THE HOSPITAL.
BECAUSE YOU CARED
ABOUT HIM OR BECAUSE
YOU WERE AFRAID
OF A MURDER CHARGE?
I REALLY DON'T KNOW
WHICH ONE AT THIS TIME.
Narrator: AT THE HOSPITAL,
MARK'S ARM IS STITCHED UP.
WHEN POLICE QUESTION HIM,
HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT TO DO.
DID YOU SEE WHO DID IT?
NAH.
Mark: I MADE UP THIS STORY
AND TOLD 'EM THAT, UM,
I PICKED UP A HITCHHIKER
AND BROUGHT HIM TO THE HOUSE.
HE GOT TO DRINKING,
GOT SMART AND STABBED ME.
WELL, IF THERE'S ANYTHING
ELSE YOU CAN REMEMBER,
PLEASE GIVE ME A CALL.
ALL RIGHT.
I WASN'T GOING TO LET HER
GO DOWN FOR THAT.
Donna: MARK TOLD ME
THAT IT WAS HIS FAULT
THAT SHE STABBED HIM.
Narrator: MISTY BREATHES
A SIGH OF RELIEF.
Mark: I WAS KIND OF PROUD OF HER
IN A LITTLE SICK WAY 'CAUSE I -
AT LEAST SHE'D STICK UP
FOR HERSELF.
LIKE, IF ME AND HER'S
NOT TOGETHER,
I AIN'T GOT TO WORRY ABOUT HER.
SHE'S GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT.
SHE AIN'T GOING TO
LET NOBODY RUN OVER HER.
SHE'S A OUTLAW GIRL.
I LOVED HER.
Narrator: THE COUPLE
ENDS UP STAYING TOGETHER.
THE PAIN OF THE FIGHT
WAS TEMPORARY.
LOVE'S FOREVER.
IT'S A STRONGER EMOTION.
HOW DO YOU FINALLY GET AWAY
FROM MARK AND BREAK THE SPELL?
HE GOES TO PRISON.
Narrator: TWO YEARS LATER,
IN 2015,
MARK GETS SENTENCED FOR
MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINES.
ARE YOU DONE?
I SWEAR. I CAN'T DO IT.
IF I GO BACK TO HIM,
I WILL BE DEAD, PERIOD.
Narrator: MARK'S RELEASED
ON PAROLE IN JULY 2016.
HE'S CLEAN AND LIVING
WITH HIS MOTHER
OUTSIDE KNOXVILLE,
TENNESSEE.
HE'S ALSO STAYING AWAY
FROM MISTY, FOR NOW.
Mark: I GOT AS MANY
GOOD MEMORIES AS I DO BAD,
BUT WE AIN'T MOVING
FORWARD IN LIFE,
WE JUST -
WE'RE STAYING STUCK.
WE'RE NOT MAKING NO PROGRESS.
WE'VE HAD A WILD
LITTLE RIDE TOGETHER.
WE'LL JUST SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
Erin: SHE DESERVES SO MUCH
MORE THAN HIM.
I'M HOPING SHE'LL GET THE
MESSAGE BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE,
'CAUSE I'M SCARED
HE'LL KILL HER.
Lori: I WOULD SAY MARK
AND MISTY ARE LIKE A DRUG.
YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE IT
BUT YOU KNOW IT'S BAD FOR YOU.
THEY'RE JUST TOXIC
TO EACH OTHER.
Donna: I JUST HOPE THEY DON'T
GET BACK TOGETHER.
WE'LL JUST HAVE TO SEE
WHAT HAPPENS.
Dr. Jordan: NOW THAT MARK
IS OUT OF PRISON,
I DON'T KNOW IF MISTY
CAN STAY AWAY FROM HIM,
BECAUSE IN HER TWISTED MIND,
THIS IS THE ONLY MAN FOR HER.
SHE'S STILL IN LOVE WITH HIM.
AS SHE TRIES
TO REBUILD HER LIFE,
MISTY'S ACHILLES' HEEL
WILL ALWAYS BE MARK.
BUT WHEREVER MARK IS,
THERE'S PROBABLY
GOING TO BE METH,
AND MISTY HAS GOT TO FIND A WAY
TO BREAK THIS CYCLE.
I HOPE THAT THE TWO OF THEM
CAN STAY AWAY FROM EACH OTHER,
BUT I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED
IF THEY DO END UP
GETTING BACK TOGETHER,
BUT ONLY TIME WILL TELL.
Narrator: TODAY, MISTY IS LIVING
DRUG-FREE IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.
SHE'S SPENDING TIME
WITH HER FAMILY
AND WORKING HARD
TO REGAIN CUSTODY OF HER KIDS.
Misty: IT IS WHAT IT IS.
THERE'S NOTHING
I CAN DO TO CHANGE IT.
ALL I CAN DO IS CHANGE
FROM TODAY FORWARD.
YOU WANT TO HIT THIS?
Narrator: A REBELLIOUS TEEN
IS TAMED BY MOTHERHOOD.
Erin: THAT WAS HER WORLD.
SHE WAS MEANT TO BE A MOM.
AH!
Narrator: THEN,
HER ONCE-PERFECT MARRIAGE...
Misty: I WHOLEHEARTEDLY
BELIEVED THAT
THAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING TO BE
THE REST OF MY LIFE.
Narrator: IS BLOWN APART BY WAR.
DO YOU THINK THAT
HE CAME BACK FROM KOSOVO
WITH POST-TRAUMATIC
STRESS DISORDER?
NOT A DOUBT IN MY MIND.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
OH!
SHE REIGNITES AN OLD FLAME.
Mark: I LOVED HER MY WHOLE LIFE.
I'D BEEN WAITING ON HER TO CALL
FOR SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS.
AH!
Narrator: BUT SOME LOVES JUST
AREN'T MEANT TO BE.
Lori:
I KNOW NOBODY LOVES ANYBODY
ANY MORE THAN THOSE
TWO LOVE EACH OTHER.
Narrator: AND ONE DAY,
HE PUSHES HER TOO FAR.
SHE TOLD HIM,
"IF YOU HIT ME ONE MORE TIME,
I'M GOING TO STAB YOU."
PUT THAT KNIFE AWAY,
MISTY!
Narrator: NOT ALL FAIRY TALES
HAVE HAPPY ENDINGS.
WHEN LOVE GOES WRONG,
A WOMAN CAN DO THE UNTHINKABLE.
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
14-YEAR-OLD MISTY MARTIN
AND HER FAMILY
HAVE JUST MOVED FROM NASHVILLE,
TENNESSEE,
TO THE SLEEPY TOWN
OF CARTHAGE.
IN 1994, IT'S HOME TO LESS
THAN 3,000 PEOPLE.
Misty: I WAS USED TO GOING
TO SCHOOL IN NASHVILLE.
I GOT UP HERE,
AND BORED OUT OF MY MIND.
THIS IS REDNECK COUNTRY.
CARTHAGE IS NOTHING BUT
A LITTLE BITTY SMALL TOWN,
NOTHING TO DO,
EVERYBODY KNOWS EVERYBODY.
Misty: WE'RE THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT
LIVES BACK IN THIS 126-ACRE FARM,
10 HORSES, NOTHING TO DO.
Narrator: THE MARTINS ARE
A CLOSE-KNIT FAMILY.
Misty:
I HAD A PERFECT CHILDHOOD,
AN AWESOME FAMILY,
AWESOME PARENTS, A LOT OF LOVE.
MORNING.
Narrator: THE FAMILY RELOCATED
TO TAKE CARE OF MISTY'S
AILING GRANDMOTHER.
HEY, MOM?
YES, DEAR?
YOU THINK THIS WEEKEND
WE COULD GO SHOPPING?
I CAN'T GIVE YOU
ANY PROMISES, SWEETIE.
Narrator: BUT THE MOVE
TO THE SMALL TOWN
HAS BEEN A TOUGH PILL
FOR MISTY TO SWALLOW.
IT'S BAD ENOUGH WE LIVE
IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.
IT WOULD BE NICE TO AT LEAST
HAVE SOMETHING CUTE
TO WEAR TO SCHOOL.
Misty: NASHVILLE,
ON THE WEEKENDS,
IT WAS A BIG CITY.
THERE WAS A LOT
THAT WE COULD DO.
WHEN I MOVED TO CARTHAGE...
I WILL NEVER FORGET
ONE OF MY FIRST DAYS AT SCHOOL.
I ASKED ONE OF THE GIRLS...
WHAT DO YOU GUYS
DO FOR FUN AROUND HERE?
WELL, WE GO SHOPPING.
Narrator: WHEN MISTY LEARNS
IT'S AT A DISCOUNT SUPERSTORE...
IT'S GOT, LIKE,
ALL THE STUFF, YOU KNOW?
SHE'S HORRIFIED.
LIKE, I'M USED TO
GOING TO THE MALL
AND THE BOWLING ALLEY,
YOU KNOW?
AND THAT WAS LIKE, "OH, NO."
Narrator: LUCKILY,
MISTY QUICKLY MAKES NEW FRIENDS.
HEY.
HEY.
THERE'S PLENTY OF TROUBLE
TO GET INTO AROUND HERE.
REALLY?
COME HANG OUT WITH US.
OKAY.
Narrator: IT'S THE BEGINNING
OF A LONG FRIENDSHIP.
HEY, Y'ALL.
YOU WANT TO HIT THIS?
BY HER SOPHOMORE YEAR,
MISTY'S ACCLIMATED
TO LIFE IN CARTHAGE AND IS
LIVING BY HER OWN RULES.
WE'RE GETTING A KEGGER
AT MY PLACE TONIGHT.
YOU GUYS SHOULD STOP BY.
THAT SOUNDS FUN.
YEAH?
Erin: MISTY IS VERY
STRONG-WILLED, VERY FEISTY.
SHE WAS THE REBELLIOUS ONE,
MISTY.
TELL HER SHE CAN'T DO SOMETHING,
SHE'S GOING TO DO IT.
DO YOU THINK YOUR PARENTS
WOULD ACTUALLY LET YOU GO OUT?
Misty: MY DAD WAS VERY STRICT.
I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH AUTHORITY,
PERIOD. ALWAYS HAVE.
Narrator: MISTY'S FOUND A SUREFIRE
WAY AROUND HER FATHER'S RULES.
HER FRIEND AMY'S BECOME
HER ALIBI FOR EVERYTHING.
HEY, MOM.
HI, SWEETIE.
UH, SO I HAVE
A BIG MATH TEST TOMORROW.
IS IT OKAY IF I GO OVER
TO AMY'S TO STUDY?
SURE, BUT CAN YOU BE HOME
BEFORE 8:00?
UH, I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO
STAY THE NIGHT OVER THERE.
ALL RIGHT.
THANKS, MOM.
YOU'RE WELCOME.
AND I GOT AWAY WITH IT.
Narrator: DR. CASEY JORDAN
IS A CRIMINOLOGIST
WHO STUDIES VIOLENT BEHAVIOR.
IN MISTY'S CASE
OF NATURE VERSUS NURTURE,
HER FREE WILL IS
CLEARLY MORE IMPORTANT
THAN THE INFLUENCE
OF HER ENVIRONMENT.
SHE COMES FROM
A VERY GOOD FAMILY,
BUT MISTY IS
JUST WILD BY NATURE.
AND IT'S REALLY
JUST A BAD COINCIDENCE
THAT SHE HAS ENDED UP
IN SUCH A SMALL TOWN
RIGHT ON THE CUSP
OF ADOLESCENCE.
YOUR PARENTS DIDN'T REALLY
HAVE A CLEAR PICTURE
OF WHAT YOU WERE
UP TO AT THE TIME.
NO, NOT AT ALL.
Ray: HOW DO YOU THINK YOU DID
ON THAT MATH TEST?
Misty: UGH,
PROBABLY LIKE A "C."
Narrator: WITH AMY'S HOUSE
AS A COVER,
MISTY STARTS DATING RAY,
A POPULAR SENIOR
WHO PLAYS FOOTBALL.
Misty: AND THEN
A COUPLE WEEKS LATER,
I WAS ASKED BY RAY
TO GO TO PROM.
JUST PICK ME UP
FROM AMY'S HOUSE.
OKAY, SURE, WHATEVER.
Narrator: NOW MISTY JUST NEEDS TO
CONVINCE HER MOM TO LET HER GO.
Misty: I COULD WORK MY MOM
TO WORK MY DAD.
WE WENT TO MY BEST
FRIEND'S HOUSE,
AND THAT'S WHERE I ACTUALLY
GOT READY FOR THE PROM.
Narrator: AFTER PROM,
MISTY TELLS HER PARENTS
SHE'S SLEEPING OVER
AT AMY'S HOUSE.
IT'S A MEMORABLE NIGHT
THAT TURNS MISTY'S WORLD
UPSIDE DOWN.
WHEN YOU'RE 16 YEARS OLD,
ARE YOU THINKING,
"THIS IS THE MAN
I'M GOING TO MARRY
AND STAY WITH FOR 40 YEARS?"
YES! YES!
MY PARENTS
HAVE BEEN TOGETHER
SINCE MY MOM WAS 15
AND MY DAD WAS 17.
IT'S THE ONLY BOYFRIEND
MY MOM'S EVER HAD.
I'M THINKING, "OH, WELL.
THIS IS HOW
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE."
LIVING ON THE FARM,
MISTY IS PRETTY ISOLATED
FROM THE REALITIES
OF THE OUTSIDE WORLD.
40 YEARS AGO, IT WAS PERFECTLY
NORMAL TO BE MARRIED
TO YOUR HIGH SCHOOL
SWEETHEART FOREVER
AND EVER
JUST LIKE HER PARENTS,
BUT IN THIS DAY AND AGE,
THOSE TEENAGE MARRIAGES
USUALLY DON'T LAST.
MISTY DOESN'T HAVE
ENOUGH LIFE EXPERIENCE
TO KNOW THAT SHE WILL
PROBABLY GO THROUGH
A WHOLE SERIES OF RELATIONSHIPS
BEFORE SHE FINALLY
FINDS THE GUY
THAT SHE CAN REALLY
SETTLE DOWN WITH.
Narrator: FOR THE NEXT YEAR,
THE COUPLE SPENDS
EVERY CHANCE THEY CAN TOGETHER,
BUT THE PARTY'S ABOUT TO COME
TO A SCREECHING HALT.
Misty: AND I TOLD MY PARENTS
I WAS GOING TO STAY
WITH MY GIRLFRIENDS
FROM NASHVILLE.
MOM CALLED THERE
LOOKING FOR ME.
HEY, GRACE!
IS MISTY THERE?
Misty: AND THAT'S HOW
THEY FIGURED OUT.
Narrator: HER MOTHER IS FURIOUS.
MISTY'S JUST BEEN BUSTED
ON A WEEKEND ROAD TRIP
TO FLORIDA WITH RAY.
NO. WE CAN'T GO BACK.
I CAN'T GO BACK.
Misty: I WAS, LIKE, "UH-UH.
THEY ARE GOING TO LOCK ME DOWN."
Narrator:
WHEN MISTY GETS HOME...
UGH!
SHE'S GROUNDED AND FORBIDDEN
FROM HAVING
ANY CONTACT WITH RAY.
THEY WOULD NOT LET ME SEE HIM,
WOULDN'T LET ME TALK TO HIM,
AND I WANTED TO USE THE PHONE
ONE NIGHT TO CALL HIM.
I WANT MY PHONE BACK.
I WILL NOT GIVE YOU THE PHONE.
AT LEAST GIVE ME MY PHONE
SO I CAN CALL MY BOYFRIEND.
YOU ARE NOT
GETTING THE PHONE.
DO NOT COME OUT OF THIS ROOM
FOR THE NIGHT.
Narrator:
THE WILLFUL 16-YEAR-OLD
IS DETERMINED TO GET HER WAY.
YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO
LOCK ME IN MY ROOM?
I'LL SHOW YOU.
SO I WENT IN AND TOOK, LIKE,
A BUNCH OF TYLENOL
AND BENADRYL.
Narrator:
THE BROKENHEARTED TEEN
WANTS TO TEACH HER PARENTS
A LESSON OF HER OWN.
UGH!
I'LL SHOW HER!
I'LL SHOW HER!
Narrator:
WHEN MISTY MARTIN'S PARENTS
REFUSE TO LET HER SPEAK
TO HER BOYFRIEND, RAY,
SHE DOWNS
A HANDFUL OF PILLS...
UGH! I HATE YOU!
RAY AND I, WE'RE GOING TO
BE TOGETHER FOREVER!
Narrator: ATTEMPTING TO SCARE
HER PARENTS INTO GIVING IN.
Misty: I WAS RAISING CAIN,
AND MY MOM,
SHE COME UP THERE AND WAS LIKE,
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"
WHAT ARE YOU DOING UP HERE?
OH, MY GOD.
AND I GRABBED MY PILL BOTTLES
AND THREW 'EM AT HER
AND WAS LIKE,
"I GUESS I'LL SLEEP WELL,
WON'T I?"
[ SHOUTING ]
Narrator: MISTY'S PARENTS
RUSH HER TO THE HOSPITAL.
[ SIREN WAILING ]
GO AHEAD
AND GET IT ALL OUT.
Narrator: AND THEY NEVER LEAVE
THEIR DAUGHTER'S SIDE.
Misty: AND I WILL NEVER FORGET MY
DAD THERE AND LAYING IN THE BED
AND THEY WERE
PUMPING MY STOMACH
AND I'M SITTING THERE
PUKING ON MYSELF.
AND AS MAD AS HE WAS AT ME,
ALL I WANTED WAS MY DADDY.
IN CASES LIKE THIS, WHERE
WE SEE ATTEMPTED SUICIDE...
Narrator: MISTY'S BEHAVIOR
IS TREATED AS A CRY FOR HELP.
Dr. Jordan: YOU WEREN'T TRYING
TO KILL YOURSELF,
BUT YOU WERE A GIRL WHO
DIDN'T WANT TO BE CONTROLLED.
NOT AT ALL.
IT WAS A MORE,
"I'M GOING TO GET MY WAY."
Narrator:
MISTY SPENDS THE NEXT 11 DAYS
IN THE PSYCHIATRIC WARD
OF THE HOSPITAL.
Misty: THEY DIAGNOSED ME
AS BEING DEPRESSED
AND THEY PUT ME ON PROZAC.
DID YOU TAKE THE PROZAC?
I DIDN'T TAKE IT PROPERLY.
I DIDN'T REALLY COMPREHEND
THAT IT WAS LONG-TERM
AND TOOK, YOU KNOW,
TIME TO GET IN YOUR SYSTEM.
Narrator:
BUT IT'S A SOBERING EXPERIENCE.
MISTY DECIDES TO
BREAK THINGS OFF WITH RAY.
SO I'VE GOT TO TALK TO YOU
ABOUT SOMETHING.
THERE'S SOMETHING I NEED
TO TELL YOU, TOO.
BUT HE BEATS HER TO IT.
YOU KNOW BECKY?
YOU'VE GOT TO BE
KIDDING ME.
Misty: HE MOVED ON TO DATING
SOMEONE FROM A RIVAL SCHOOL.
GOOD LUCK WITH BECKY.
WAIT.
AND THAT WAS IT.
OVER, SAID AND DONE, NO MORE.
Narrator: SOON AFTER,
MISTY'S PRIORITIES SHIFT.
SHE TURNS HER FOCUS
TO FINISHING SCHOOL,
AND IN MAY 1998,
SHE GRADUATES.
[ COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING ]
ANY LUCK WITH
FINDING A JOB?
UGH. NO.
MISTY HOPES TO EARN ENOUGH
TO MOVE BACK
TO NASHVILLE SOMEDAY.
I DON'T EVEN WANT TO THINK
ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW.
I JUST WANT TO GET DRUNK.
LET'S DO IT.
SHE'S ALSO READY TO GET BACK
INTO THE DATING SCENE.
OH, NOW THAT
GUITAR PLAYER'S HOT!
YOU KNOW HIS NAME?
OH, YEAH.
OH. THAT'S GOOD.
HEY, WAYNE!
OH, MY GOD.
MADDIE.
HEY, MADDIE.
FOR THE MOST PART,
HE WAS A GOOD GUY.
HE REALLY WAS.
Narrator: WAYNE'S FIVE YEARS
OLDER THAN MISTY.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
NICE TO MEET YOU, TOO.
HE'S FUNNY,
PLAYS GUITAR IN A BAND,
AND HAS A GOOD JOB.
SO WHAT KIND OF MUSIC DO YOU
LIKE, COUNTRY OR WESTERN?
MOSTLY COUNTRY.
THE TWO HIT IT OFF
RIGHT AWAY.
I WAS THERE PLAYING
WITH GEORGE STRAIT ONE TIME.
HE WAS WORKING
AS AN IRONWORKER.
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE RAY,
MISTY IS SMITTEN.
HOW ABOUT AN ESCORT
BACK TO YOUR CAR?
THAT'D BE NICE.
A PLEASURE.
WITHIN A MATTER OF MONTHS,
THEY MOVE IN TOGETHER.
MISTY LOVES PLAYING HOUSE
WITH HER NEW, OLDER BOYFRIEND.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR DINNER TONIGHT.
I'VE GOT ONE MORE
PRESENT FOR YOU.
AND THINGS ARE ABOUT TO GET
EVEN MORE GROWN UP.
MISTY, WILL YOU MARRY ME?
Misty: WELL, HE WAS GOOD TO ME.
AND HE WAS RESPONSIBLE,
WAS A PROVIDER.
I WAS HAPPY AT THE TIME.
MY PARENTS LIKED HIM,
EVERYTHING WAS GOOD.
[ LAUGHTER ]
MISTY JUST DOESN'T SEE
ANY TICKET OUT OF
THIS SMALL TOWN
THAT SHE IS STUCK IN.
MARRIAGE AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE
PROBABLY ISN'T WHAT SHE WANTED,
BUT LACKING ANY OTHER PLAN
OR BLUEPRINT FOR HER LIFE,
GETTING HITCHED RIGHT
AFTER HIGH SCHOOL
JUST SEEMED LIKE
THE NORMAL THING TO DO.
YOU KNOW,
I WAS THINKING, MISTY.
HOW ABOUT A SPRING WEDDING?
I THINK, UM, A SPRING WEDDING
MIGHT BE A LITTLE LATE, MOM.
I'M LATE.
WHAT?
WE GOT ENGAGED SEPTEMBER,
AND THEN, DECEMBER 7,
I FOUND OUT I WAS PREGNANT.
HOW DID THAT MAKE YOU FEEL?
I CRIED.
BABIES ARE A BLESSING.
Misty: AND GOT OVER THAT AND GOT
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
Narrator: ON JANUARY 29, 2000,
MISTY AND WAYNE EXCHANGE VOWS.
Misty: I HAD A BIG,
NICE CHURCH WEDDING.
I WAS EXCITED.
I REALLY THOUGHT THAT,
YOU KNOW, THAT WAS IT.
Narrator: SIX MONTHS LATER,
MISTY GIVES BIRTH
TO A HEALTHY BOY
THEY NAME EDWARD.
THE COUPLE MOVES IN
WITH MISTY'S PARENTS
SO THEY CAN HELP WITH THE BABY.
ISN'T HE PERFECT?
Erin: THAT WAS HER WORLD.
SHE WAS MEANT TO BE A MOM.
Misty: THERE WAS NOTHING ANY
GREATER AND STILL, NOTHING.
NOBODY COULD TELL ME
WHAT TO DO WITH HIM.
I COULD RAISE HIM
AND I COULD LOVE HIM
ALL I WANTED TO.
HE WAS MY BABY.
Narrator: BUT THERE'S TROUBLE
BREWING BETWEEN THE NEWLYWEDS.
WAS WAYNE HAPPY
ABOUT BEING A DAD?
HE WAS HAPPY
ABOUT BEING A DAD.
BUT WAYNE WASN'T GETTING
ALL THE ATTENTION ANYMORE.
Ray: WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT
MAYBE PUTTING HIM DOWN FOR A NAP?
Misty: NOW HE WAS GOING TO WORK
AND COMING HOME
AND I HAD A BABY
IN MY ARMS ALL THE TIME.
I AIN'T TRYING
TO BE SELFISH.
I'M JUST SAYING MAYBE
YOU CAN SPEND SOME TIME WITH ME!
BUT THIS HAS TO PUT A KINK
IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP
AND YOUR MARRIAGE.
IT DID.
YOU CAN KISS MY ASS.
I'M TAKING CARE OF OUR BABY.
AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT,
YOU CAN LEAVE.
YOU KNOW, IT JUST KIND OF
ESCALATED FROM THERE.
Narrator: JUST FOUR MONTHS
AFTER THEIR SON IS BORN,
THE MARRIAGE IS OVER.
SO YOU'RE READY
FOR A FRESH START.
YEAH.
Narrator: DEEP DOWN,
MISTY IS DEVASTATED,
BUT SHE'S DETERMINED
TO MOVE ON.
Misty: I ACTUALLY WENT OUT
TO CELEBRATE MY DIVORCE
AND RUN INTO AN OLD FRIEND.
CAN I GET A BEER?
SURE.
JASON?
MISTY.
HEY!
HOW'S IT GOING?
JASON AND I HAD BEEN FRIENDS
SINCE I WAS PROBABLY 16.
BEEN A LONG TIME.
YOU LOOK GREAT.
HE WAS A HANDSOME GUY.
YOU HAVING A PARTY THERE OR...
I'M JUST
CELEBRATING MY DIVORCE.
SORRY TO HEAR THAT.
I'M NOT.
HERE.
Narrator:
JASON'S NOW AN ELECTRICIAN
AND A PART-TIME GUARDSMAN
IN THE NATIONAL GUARD RESERVE.
HE ALSO HAS A SON
JUST A YEAR OLDER
THAN MISTY'S BABY BOY.
YOU CAN RELATE TOGETHER
OVER BEING SINGLE PARENTS.
YES.
I GOT A JOB
AT MY BOY'S DAY CARE
'CAUSE I JUST COULDN'T STAND
TO BE AWAY FROM HIM.
THAT'S GOING TO BE
NICE FOR HIM.
YEAH.
Misty: I THINK THE BIGGEST THING
WAS GOING FROM SEEING
HOW WAYNE KIND OF RESENTED
THE FACT OF HAVING A SON.
HOW 'BOUT YOU?
HE'S AMAZING.
HE'S AWESOME.
JASON WAS ALL ABOUT
BEING A FATHER.
BEFORE LONG, MISTY AND JASON
ARE TOGETHER SO OFTEN,
THEY'RE CO-PARENTING
EACH OTHER'S KIDS.
HEY.
HM?
WHY DON'T YOU MOVE IN?
YOU'RE HERE
EVERY SINGLE NIGHT.
Misty: I WAS HAPPY WITH HIM.
I WAS HAPPY WITH MY SON,
WITH HIS SON.
I MEAN, EVERYTHING WAS RIGHT.
YOU'RE - YOU'RE RIGHT.
YEAH?
WE'LL MOVE IN.
I WAS IN LOVE WITH HIM.
Narrator: AFTER MORE THAN
TWO YEARS OF LIVING TOGETHER,
THE COUPLE DECIDES
TO GET MARRIED.
WHAT YOU DOING?
LOOKING AT FLOWERS
FOR OUR WEDDING.
BUT THEIR PLANS
ARE ABOUT TO GET DERAILED.
HONEY,
I NEED TO TALK TO YOU.
THE NATIONAL GUARD
IS SENDING HER FIANCE
ON A MISSION OVERSEAS TO KOSOVO.
WHEN?
A COUPLE MONTHS.
Misty: I WASN'T EXCITED ABOUT
IT, BUT HE WAS.
WHAT ABOUT THE WEDDING?
FORGET ABOUT ALL OF IT, OKAY?
LET'S JUST GET
MARRIED RIGHT NOW.
SO I WENT WITH IT.
I WANT A REALLY BIG PARTY.
A HUGE WEDDING PARTY.
EXPENSIVE PARTY.
EXPENSIVE PARTY.
Dr. Jordan: MISTY IS GROWING UP.
HER LAST BIG CHURCH WEDDING
DIDN'T SAVE HER
FROM A BAD MARRIAGE.
I AIN'T TRYING TO BE SELFISH.
SHE LEARNED FROM THAT EXPERIENCE
AND NOW REALIZES THAT
IT'S THEIR COMPATIBILITY
AND THEIR COMMITMENT
THAT MATTER,
NOT THE DRESS
AND THE FLOWERS AND THE CAKE.
THIS TIME, SHE'S SURE
SHE'S MARRYING JASON FOR LOVE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
Narrator: ON FEBRUARY 13, 2003,
MISTY AND JASON MARRY
IN A SIMPLE CEREMONY.
AND DO YOU THINK THIS TIME,
IT'S FOREVER?
YES, WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
THOUGHT IT WITH
EVERY DROP IN ME.
Narrator: JUST TWO MONTHS
AFTER THE WEDDING,
JASON LEAVES
FOR WAR-TORN KOSOVO.
WHILE HER NEW HUSBAND IS GONE,
MISTY HELPS FILL THE VOID
WITH A NEW JOB.
I WENT TO WORK WITH
THE MENTALLY DISABLED.
IT WAS GREAT
AND I LOVED IT.
I FELT GOOD ABOUT MYSELF.
I LOVED JUST FEELING
LIKE I HELPED THEM.
Narrator: SHE STILL MISSES
HAVING JASON BY HER SIDE,
EVEN THOUGH HE'S LEFT HER
A WAY TO REMEMBER HIM.
HOW DO YOU FEEL?
GREAT, ACTUALLY.
MISTY HAPPILY AWAITS
THE ARRIVAL OF HER SECOND CHILD.
AND IN JANUARY 2004,
MISTY'S DAUGHTER ELIZABETH
IS BORN.
SOON AFTER,
JASON GETS BACK
FROM HIS SERVICE IN KOSOVO.
Misty:
EVERYTHING WAS JUST GREAT.
IT WAS LIKE
I HAD MY HAPPY FAMILY.
DO WE EVEN HAVE
ANY BATTERIES?
Narrator: UNTIL MISTY REALIZES
JASON ISN'T THE MAN SHE REMEMBERS.
ALL THE LOVE WAS STILL THERE,
EVERYTHING,
BUT WHEN HE COME BACK,
HE WASN'T THE SAME.
YOU KNOW, ELIZABETH ROLLED OVER
FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY.
OH, GOOD FOR HER.
MAYBE SHE'LL BE SMARTER
THAN HER BROTHER.
WE STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS
WITH HIS ANGER.
WILL YOU LOOK AT THIS?
HE CAN'T EVEN
SPELL HIS OWN NAME!
AND AT THAT POINT,
NOTHING MADE HIM HAPPY.
I'M THE ONE WHO'S
TAKING CARE OF YOU
AND THE KIDS
AND EVERYBODY IN THIS HOUSE.
YOU COULD HELP ME A LITTLE BIT,
ALL RIGHT?
Narrator:
MISTY'S ONCE-BLISSFUL MARRIAGE
SUDDENLY FEELS LIKE
A TICKING TIME BOMB.
I'M THE ONE WHO'S
TAKING CARE OF YOU
AND THE KIDS
AND EVERYBODY IN THIS HOUSE.
YOU COULD HELP ME A LITTLE BIT,
ALL RIGHT?
Dr. Jordan: DO YOU THINK THAT
HE CAME BACK FROM KOSOVO
WITH POST-TRAUMATIC
STRESS DISORDER?
YES. NOT A DOUBT
IN MY MIND.
Narrator: MISTY HAS NO PLANS
TO GIVE UP ON THIS MARRIAGE.
Misty: I'D DONE SOME RESEARCH.
THEY SAY GIVE A SOLDIER
AT LEAST A YEAR TO GET BACK
TO THEIR NORMAL SELF
AFTER RETURNING,
SO I WAITED TWO YEARS.
WE WENT THROUGH MARRIAGE
COUNSELING AND EVERYTHING.
NO ONE COMES BACK FROM WAR
THE SAME PERSON,
AND THE TRAUMA OF WITNESSING
WARTIME ATROCITIES
AFFECTS EVERY SOLDIER
DIFFERENTLY.
BUT WITH JASON,
HE SEEMS INCAPABLE
OF TALKING ABOUT
WHAT HE WITNESSED IN KOSOVO.
NOT WITH MISTY,
NOT WITH ANYONE.
AND UNLESS HE GETS
SOME PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING
FOR HIS PTSD,
JASON COULD EASILY IMPLODE.
Narrator: MISTY'S FACED WITH
A DIFFICULT DECISION.
Misty: THAT'S WHERE
I WANTED TO BE.
THAT'S WHERE I WAS HAPPY.
THAT'S WHERE I'D
SEEN MYSELF FOREVER.
Narrator: BUT IN THE END,
SHE DECIDES IT'S TIME TO LET GO.
Misty: I ASKED MY SON
AT FOUR YEARS OLD,
"DO YOU WANT TO STAY HERE
WITH JASON?"
HE SAYS, "I DON'T WANT TO
STAY WITH JASON."
I WAS LIKE, "THAT'S IT."
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
I'M NOT STAYING HERE WITH YOU.
I'M GOING TO MY MOM'S HOUSE.
LOOK, YOU CAN'T.
YOU CAN'T. STOP!
WE'RE A FAMILY, OKAY?
YOU CAN'T LEAVE.
YOU'RE MAKING A BIG MISTAKE!
Narrator: PRETTY SOON,
THE COUPLE'S FIGHTING
OVER CUSTODY
OF THEIR DAUGHTER.
THE STRESS FOLLOWS
MISTY TO WORK.
Misty: AT THAT POINT,
JASON WAS DRIVING ME CRAZY.
I WENT IN ONE DAY
AND WAS PISSED OFF AT HIM.
MISTY, WE NEED TO TALK.
OKAY. WHAT'S UP?
MY SUPERVISOR SAID
THE WRONG THING,
AND, WELL, I TOLD HIM
WHAT I THOUGHT.
YOU CAN'T FIRE ME
BECAUSE I QUIT.
Narrator: NOW 26 YEARS OLD
AND UNEMPLOYED,
MISTY COPES BY MAKING UP
FOR LOST TIME.
Misty: STARTED HAVING
A PERSONAL LIFE AGAIN.
STARTED DRINKING.
Narrator: WHENEVER HER KIDS
ARE WITH THEIR FATHERS,
MISTY'S A REGULAR
AT THE LOCAL BARS.
ONE NIGHT, SHE RUNS
INTO AN OLD BOYFRIEND,
HOW YOU DOING?
MARK BAKER.
THEY HAVEN'T SEEN
EACH OTHER IN EIGHT YEARS.
SHE LOOKED GOOD,
JUST AS GOOD AS EVER.
Misty: HE'S GOT A HUGE HEART.
IF HE LOVES YOU,
THEN HE'LL DO ANYTHING FOR YOU.
HE SOUNDS LIKE
A TEDDY BEAR.
YES, IN A NUTSHELL.
Narrator: THEY DATED FOR ABOUT
SIX MONTHS WHEN THEY WERE 18.
MARK'S NEVER FORGOTTEN MISTY.
Mark: I KNEW
I WANTED TO BE WITH HER.
LONG BLACK HAIR, PRETTY,
SUPER COOL, GOOD PERSONALITY.
SHE WAS FUN TO BE AROUND.
I LIKED EVERYTHING ABOUT HER.
SHE WAS MY FIRST LOVE.
Donna: HE HAD A GOOD JOB
DRIVING A TRUCK.
THAT'S WHAT HE DID FOR A LIVING.
Mark: I STARTED DRIVING
WHEN I WAS 21.
BY THE TIME I WAS 23,
I'D BEEN TO ALL 48 STATES.
I WAS AN OUTLAW TRUCK DRIVER.
I LOVED IT.
SO WHAT'S GOING ON?
NOT A WHOLE LOT.
I GOT TWO KIDS.
I JUST SEPARATED
FROM THEIR DADDY.
HE DIDN'T HURT YOU, DID HE?
NO. NO, NO, NO.
YOU SURE? I COULD PAY HIM
A VISIT FOR YOU IF YOU WANT.
Narrator: MARK DOESN'T WANT
THIS MOMENT TO END.
I'VE GOT TO TAKE A LOAD UP
TO MEMPHIS LATER.
YOU WANT TO COME WITH ME,
JUST RIDE ALONG?
YEAH.
WHAT THE HELL?
HE AND I ENDED UP DATING
AND THEN HE NEVER
WENT BACK TO OHIO.
Mark: I HAD A HOUSE, A NEW
TRUCK, A GIRLFRIEND AND A SON.
I LEFT IT ALL.
WITHIN A WEEK,
I MOVED BACK TO CARTHAGE
AND OFF AND RUNNING.
Narrator: MISTY AND MARK'S
RELATIONSHIP QUICKLY BLOSSOMS.
Misty: EVERYTHING WAS SO SWEET,
SO INNOCENT.
HE WAS JUST LOVING.
Mark: WE MOVED IN
TOGETHER REAL FAST,
WITHIN PROBABLY A MONTH,
GOT A LITTLE HOUSE.
I WAS HAPPY.
LIFE WAS GOOD.
THE HOUSE SERIOUSLY
LOOKS AMAZING.
YEAH. WE'VE BEEN
WORKING REALLY HARD ON IT.
MARK HAS BEEN SO GOOD.
Narrator: MARK'S OUT ON THE ROAD
A FEW DAYS EACH WEEK,
BUT HE LOVES COMING HOME
TO MISTY AND HER CHILDREN.
I LOVED 'EM.
THEY WAS SUPER COOL KIDS.
TREATED 'EM LIKE THEY WAS MINE.
BABY, I'M HOME.
HI, HONEY.
HEY.
HOW'S IT GOING?
GOOD.
GOT THIS FOR THE KIDDOS.
AND MARK WAS A GOOD GUY.
HI, ERIN.
HOW'S IT GOING?
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
HOW ARE YOU?
FAMILY GOT ALONG WITH HIM,
GREAT PERSONALITY,
JUST A VERY
FRIENDLY PERSON.
YOU KNOW, YOUR SISTER'S
A DAMN FINE COOK.
SHE LEARNED FROM THE BEST.
Narrator:
MISTY'S FOUND HER SOUL MATE,
AND HER FAMILY IS GLAD
TO SEE HER HAPPY AGAIN.
EVERYTHING WAS GREAT.
I KNOW IT'S ONLY
A FEW MORE DAYS.
I MISS YOU.
OKAY.
LOVE YOU, MARK.
TO WITH THE EXCEPTION
OF THE LITTLE SKELETONS
THAT I KEPT HANGING
IN MY CLOSET.
Narrator: MISTY'S STILL GOT
A SOFT SPOT
FOR HER SOON-TO-BE EX-HUSBAND.
WE'VE REALLY GOT
TO QUIT DOING THIS.
YEAH.
YOU DO KNOW THAT THIS
IS PLAYING WITH FIRE.
WELL, I DIDN'T REALLY REALIZE
WHAT KIND OF FIRE AT THE TIME.
Dr. Jordan: MISTY NEVER HAD
CLOSURE WITH JASON.
SHE YEARNED FOR THE ORIGINAL MAN
THAT SHE HAD MARRIED
WHO WAS SWEET
AND KIND AND GENTLE,
BEFORE HE HAD PTSD.
SHE WANTED TO CONNECT
WITH THE JASON
THAT SHE MISSED SO MUCH.
75 PERCENT OF EXES
STILL HAVE SEX FOR AWHILE
AFTER THEY SPLIT UP,
AND BEING WANTED BY BOTH MEN
ALSO FEEDS HER EGO.
BUT IT IS A VERY
DANGEROUS SITUATION.
Narrator: JANUARY 2007.
MISTY AND MARK HAVE BEEN
TOGETHER FOR 10 MONTHS.
EVERYTHING'S BEEN GOING
SMOOTHLY UNTIL NOW.
CARTHAGE IS A SMALL TOWN...
HEY, MARK.
WHERE EVERYONE KNOWS EVERYTHING.
HOW ARE THINGS?
I'M GOOD, YOU KNOW?
GOT BACK TOGETHER
WITH MISTY.
HER EX-HUSBAND
WAS IN MAD LOVE WITH HER.
I'M SORRY,
YOU DIDN'T KNOW?
KNOW WHAT?
JASON?
AND I GUESS SHE WAS SLEEPING
WITH HIM ON THE SIDE,
AND WHEN I FOUND OUT, YEAH,
I WAS JEALOUS AS HELL.
Misty: I WAS ACTUALLY ON
THE PHONE TEXTING MY SISTER,
AND MARK THOUGHT THAT I WAS
ON THE PHONE WITH JASON.
Narrator:
A DARKER SIDE OF MARK...
MISTY!
IS ABOUT TO SURFACE.
WHO ARE YOU TEXTING
ON THAT PHONE?
AGH!
MISTY!
WHO ARE YOU TEXTING
ON THAT PHONE?
I'M TEXTING MY SISTER!
LIKE I'M SUPPOSED
TO BELIEVE THAT!
GIVE ME THAT DANG PHONE.
MARK!
YOU CHEATING BITCH!
Misty: HE HIT ME IN MY FACE.
SORRY.
SORRY, SORRY.
Narrator: MISTY IS STUNNED.
SHE'S NEVER BEEN HIT
BY A MAN BEFORE.
I'VE GOT A RAGE.
I GET MAD AND I'LL RAGE.
CAN'T HOLD IT BACK SOMETIMES.
I FELT TERRIBLE.
I NEVER TAKE NO ****.
YOU STUPID IDIOT!
YOU SON OF A BITCH!
Erin: MISTY THINKS SHE'S
10 FOOT TALL, YES.
YES, MISTY FIGHTS BACK.
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!
HEY. HEY!
BREAK IT UP!
BECAUSE HE ASSAULTED ME,
SECURITY CALLED POLICE.
LET'S GO, MARK.
YOU'RE OUT OF CONTROL.
DANNY!
Mark: THE LAW COME
AND I WENT TO JAIL.
Narrator: MARK IS ARRESTED
FOR DOMESTIC ASSAULT
AND MISTY IMMEDIATELY
ENDS THE RELATIONSHIP.
I DIDN'T TALK TO HIM AT ALL.
Narrator: SHE ALSO STOPS
SLEEPING WITH JASON.
WE CAN'T KEEP DOING THIS.
YEAH, WHAT ABOUT OUR FAMILY?
Narrator: JASON'S HURT AND HE'S
HEARD ABOUT THE INCIDENT AT THE BAR.
THIS IS CRAZY.
MISTY CLAIMS
HE USES IT AS LEVERAGE
AND FILES FOR FULL CUSTODY
OF THEIR DAUGHTER.
BECAUSE I AM NOT FIT
TO RAISE A KID
BECAUSE I'M IN
A VIOLENT RELATIONSHIP.
Mark: THE KIDS WAS IN
NO KIND OF DANGER.
WE NEVER FOUGHT AROUND THE KIDS.
HE HATED ME.
HE JUST WANTED MISTY BACK.
THERE'S BEEN
A LOT OF HEARTBREAKS
IN THE WAKE OF MISTY.
Narrator: MISTY HIRES A LAWYER
TO FIGHT BACK,
BUT THE JUDGE ULTIMATELY
DECIDES AGAINST HER,
AND SHE'S LEFT WITH
SUPERVISED VISITS
WITH HER DAUGHTER
EVERY OTHER WEEKEND.
SO JASON GOT FULL CUSTODY
OF YOUR DAUGHTER.
YES.
THE LOOK ON YOUR FACE IS LIKE,
THIS DESTROYED YOU.
YES.
Narrator: SHE FALLS INTO
A SEVERE DEPRESSION
AND HER DOCTOR
PRESCRIBES XANAX.
[ BANGING ]
AND SHE'S DEVELOPING
AN EVEN MORE DANGEROUS HABIT -
HOW YOU DOING?
MARK.
HE COME TO THE APARTMENT,
JUST WANTED TO TALK TO ME,
WANTED TO APOLOGIZE,
WAS TRYING TO WOO ME INTO
HE'S NEVER DOING THAT AGAIN,
HE'S SORRY.
ALTHOUGH MARK WAS THE ONE
PUT ME THROUGH IT,
HE WAS ALSO THE ONE CATCHING ME,
YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS CRYING.
Narrator:
MISTY'S AT AN ALL-TIME LOW
AND DECIDES TO GIVE HIM
ANOTHER CHANCE.
Misty: I TOOK BLAME FOR IT, I GUESS,
BECAUSE, "OH, IT WAS MY FAULT.
I SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN
OUT SCREWING AROUND."
Narrator: MARK MOVES BACK IN.
I MEAN, DANG, MISTY.
THESE ARE PRETTY
HARD-CORE PILLS.
SHE KIND OF STARTED
PARTYING HARDER
THAN SHE EVER HAD,
DRINKING, DOING PILLS.
I'M NOT -
LOOK, LOOK.
YOU DON'T GOT TO EXPLAIN IT
TO ME, ALL RIGHT?
I GOT YOUR BACK, OKAY?
Misty:
DOESN'T MATTER WHAT I DO.
I AM ALWAYS NUMBER ONE
IN HIS EYES, PERIOD,
ABOVE AND BEYOND ANYBODY.
THAT'S A PRETTY
INTOXICATING FEELING.
YES.
Narrator:
FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS,
THE COUPLE IS ON
A ROLLER-COASTER RIDE.
Mark: WE WENT THROUGH SPELLS
WHERE WE DONE GOOD
AND EVERYTHING RIGHT,
AND THEN, I DON'T KNOW,
SOMETHING HAPPENED,
MESS UP AGAIN.
HOW COME EVERY TIME
I TRY TO -
Donna: IT WAS JUST A CYCLE.
THEY JUST BREAK UP AND MAKE UP.
Lori:
I KNOW NOBODY LOVES ANYBODY
ANY MORE THAN THOSE TWO
LOVE EACH OTHER.
IT'S JUST THEY CAN'T,
OR HE CAN'T, GET OVER ISSUES.
Narrator: AND MARK'S BEEN HIDING
HIS BIGGEST ISSUE
FROM MISTY FOR YEARS.
HE'S ABUSING METH.
Mark: I WOULD DO STUFF
BEHIND HER BACK
WHICH SHE NEVER KNEW
NOTHING ABOUT IT.
I NEVER WANTED HER
LOOKING AT ME NO DIFFERENT.
Narrator: BUT THE SECRET IS OUT.
Misty: I FOUND OUT THAT HE
HAD BEEN ADDICTED TO METH.
I WAS SHELTERED FROM EVERYTHING.
DIDN'T, AT THAT POINT,
KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT METH,
YOU KNOW, THE SIDE EFFECTS,
WHAT IT DOES, ANYTHING.
HOW ARE THE KIDS?
GOOD.
WE FIGHT ALL THE TIME.
Narrator: ONE MORNING, MISTY'S HANGING
OUT WITH THEIR MUTUAL FRIEND, LORI.
WHERE'S MARK?
THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
MARK'S BEEN OUT ALL NIGHT,
AND MISTY KNOWS
WHAT THAT MEANS.
Mark: GOOD MORNING, LADIES.
LOOK WHAT THE CAT
FINALLY DRUG IN.
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.
I AIN'T IN THE MOOD
TO PUT UP WITH YOUR STUFF TODAY.
YOU'RE NOT IN THE MOOD?
WHEN HE'S ON IT,
HE'S JUST REAL AGGRESSIVE.
WHERE YOU BEEN?
WHERE YOU BEEN, HUH?
I BEEN HANGING OUT
WITH MY BUDDY!
HEY, HEY!
KNOCK IT OFF!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
ALL RIGHT.
Lori: AND I'M NOT EVER GOING TO LET
A GUY HIT A GIRL IF I CAN HELP IT.
YOU SAID YOU WERE
NEVER GOING TO DO THAT AGAIN.
YOU GET YOUR STUFF
AND YOU GET OUT.
ALL RIGHT,
I'M OUT OF HERE.
YOU TWO REALLY NEED
TO MOVE ON.
I THINK THE DRUGS PROBABLY
HAD A LOT TO DO WITH IT.
Narrator:
WHEN THE DRUGS WEAR OFF,
MARK PANICS AT THE THOUGHT
OF LOSING MISTY.
I JUST WANT TO
APOLOGIZE TO YOU,
TELL YOU I WON'T
MESS UP NO MORE.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE I'LL
TAKE YOU TO THE MALL
AND BUY YOU
SOMETHING PRETTY,
MAKE YOU FEEL
A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
THAT WORK FOR YOU?
ALL RIGHT.
Mark: SHE'S HIGH-MAINTENANCE.
ANYTHING I COULD AFFORD
THAT SHE WANTED, I'D GET IT.
DO YOU FORGIVE ME?
YEAH.
Donna: MARK LOVES THAT GIRL.
HE EVEN TOLD ME ONE TIME,
"MAMA, DON'T MAKE ME CHOOSE
BETWEEN YOU AND HER."
COME HERE, YOU BIG IDIOT.
ALL RIGHT.
AND I SAID,
"I KNOW WHO YOU WOULD CHOOSE,
WOULD BE MISTY."
HE NEVER GAVE UP BECAUSE I
ALWAYS GO WEAK AND WENT BACK.
WHY DO YOU THINK YOU
KEEP GOING BACK, MISTY?
IN HOPES THAT IT
WOULD GET BETTER.
YOUR ADDICTION WAS MARK.
VERY MUCH SO.
[ MISTY MOANING ]
Narrator: THEIR FIGHTS OFTEN END
IN THE BEDROOM,
AND THE LATEST MAKE-UP SESSION
HAS BEEN GOING ON
FOR 48 HOURS STRAIGHT.
IT'S THE MOST INCREDIBLE
SEX THEY'VE EVER HAD.
BUT SUDDENLY, MISTY ISN'T
FEELING SO WELL.
Misty: I REALIZED, YOU KNOW,
I'VE NOT SLEPT AT ALL.
YOU KNOW, I'M JITTERY.
I'D BEEN UP FOR LIKE
ALMOST THREE DAYS.
WORE YOU OUT.
I WAS, LIKE, YOU KNOW...
I DON'T FEEL VERY GOOD.
"I'M FIXING TO GO
TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.
SOMETHING'S WRONG."
AND HE WAS LIKE,
"NO, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG."
I DON'T FEEL RIGHT.
I THINK YOU NEED TO
TAKE ME TO THE DOCTORS.
NO. HEY, HEY.
LOOK AT ME.
MISTY, LOOK AT ME.
COME HERE.
LOOK.
Narrator: MARK MAKES
A SHOCKING CONFESSION -
HE'S SPIKED HER DRINK WITH METH.
Misty: AND I FLIPPED OUT.
FLIPPED OUT.
BUT WHAT DID I TAKE, MARK?
JUST HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY.
WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?
HEY, HEY. HEY. RELAX.
WHY WOULD YOU PUT
THAT IN MY DRINK?
YOU DRUGGED ME?
RELAX, MISTY.
Lori: HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY KIND
OF RATIONAL THINKING
WHEN IT CAME TO HER.
WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?
I ONLY DID IT
JUST TO BRING US
CLOSER TOGETHER, OKAY?
Erin: THAT'S NOT LOVE.
I KNOW YOU LOVE ME, DON'T YOU?
I THINK HE'S OBSESSED WITH HER.
YOU DON'T HURT
SOMEBODY YOU LOVE.
COME LAY DOWN
WITH ME AGAIN, HUH?
Narrator: MARK MANAGES TO CONVINCE
HER THAT IT'S NO BIG DEAL.
CRYSTAL METHAMPHETAMINE.
DO YOU REMEMBER
THE EFFECTS IT HAD ON YOU
OTHER THAN THE FACT
THAT YOU WERE JITTERY AND HAD
NOT SLEPT FOR THREE DAYS?
YEAH, LIKE, AWESOME SEX.
DO YOU THINK THAT'S WHY
HE DID IT IN THE FIRST PLACE?
YES. THAT'S EXACTLY
WHY HE DID IT.
HE WOOED ME INTO
THINKING THAT,
YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS YOU'RE
NOT STRUNG OUT ON IT,
YOU KNOW, IT'S OKAY TO DO IT
EVERY NOW AND THEN,
AND I AGREED
TO DO IT AGAIN.
Narrator: OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF YEARS,
MISTY LOSES HERSELF TO METH.
YOU BECAME ADDICTED
TO METHAMPHETAMINE.
OH, YES.
VERY MUCH SO.
Dr. Jordan: THIS GIRL CLEARLY
HAS AN ADDICTIVE PERSONALITY.
WHEN IT'S NOT DRUGS, IT'S MEN,
AND NOW IT'S BOTH
AT THE SAME TIME.
SHE IS TRULY
ADDICTED TO MARK.
THAT SHE COULD FORGIVE HIM
FOR SLIPPING HER METH
IS UNBELIEVABLE.
THIS DOUBLE ADDICTION
IS A RECIPE FOR DISASTER
BECAUSE MISTY'S RESOLVE
TO DO THE RIGHT THING
HAS FLOWN OUT THE WINDOW.
Mark: WHEN SHE STARTED USING,
I THOUGHT IT MIGHT
BRING US CLOSER TO WHERE WE
WOULDN'T HAVE SO MANY SECRETS
AND LIES IN OUR RELATIONSHIP.
THAT WASN'T THE CASE AT ALL.
Narrator: THE RELATIONSHIP
BECOMES MORE VOLATILE THAN EVER.
Mark: IT'S DIFFERENT WHEN
A COUPLE DOES DRUGS TOGETHER.
THERE'S NO ONE TO RESTRAIN IT.
HEY, IT'S ME.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
HEY! WHO YOU TALKING
TO OVER THERE?
HE'S PARANOID ABOUT EVERYTHING.
I'M TALKING TO MY MOM.
YEAH, THE SAME PERSON
YOU WERE TALKING TO LAST NIGHT,
HUH?
YEAH, IT'S MY MOM.
I CAN'T DO ANYTHING
WITHOUT HIM THINKING THAT,
YOU KNOW, I'M SCREWING AROUND.
ALL IN HIS HEAD.
LIKE I'M SUPPOSED
TO BELIEVE THAT.
WHO ARE YOU ON THE PHONE WITH?
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M SICK OF YOU ALWAYS TELLING
ME WHAT I CAN AND CAN'T DO.
MY TEMPER STARTED
KICKING IN REAL BAD.
GIVE ME THE DAMN PHONE, MISTY.
Narrator: WHEN MARK TAKES HER
PHONE, SHE LOSES IT.
I'M SICK OF YOU ALWAYS
TELLING ME WHAT TO DO, MARK.
I WAS HIGH AND I STARTED
HITTING HIM WITH A BALL BAT.
YOU'RE CRAZY, MISTY!
PUT IT DOWN. PUT IT DOWN!
PUT IT DOWN, MARK.
I'M SICK OF THIS!
AH! AH! AH!
DAMN IT!
THAT DID IT!
YOU CRAZY BITCH!
I GET THAT YOU'RE FEISTY,
BUT FEISTY ON METH
SOUNDS REALLY SCARY.
VERY, VERY.
Narrator: AFTER THE INCIDENT,
THE COUPLE PARTS WAYS,
AND MISTY'S FRIEND MELISSA
TAKES HER IN.
SO WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO
FOR DINNER TONIGHT?
UH, LET'S DO CHICKEN.
I CAN GO TO THE STORE
AND GET US SOME.
WE WERE VERY GOOD FRIENDS.
I HAD A PLACE TO LIVE
AND SHE NEEDED A PLACE,
SO I TOLD HER TO COME ON
AND STAY WITH ME.
HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
HEY.
HEY, BABE.
HI, BABE.
Narrator: BEFORE LONG,
THE COUPLE IS PLAYING HOUSE
IN MELISSA'S HOME.
Melissa: HER AND MARK
HAD GOTTEN BACK TOGETHER
AND HE STARTED STAYING THERE.
CAN I BORROW
YOUR CAR KEYS REAL QUICK?
YEAH.
WHAT DO YOU NEED 'EM FOR?
JUST GOING DOWNTOWN,
SEE MY BUDDY REAL FAST.
OKAY. BRING 'EM BACK.
ALL RIGHT, I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
YEP.
Narrator: BUT MARK DOESN'T SHOW
UP FOR DINNER OR BREAKFAST.
NOW YOU'VE BEEN OUT
ALL NIGHT IN MY CAR.
AND WHOSE IS THIS?
WHOSE IS THIS?
AND I FIND SOME CHICK'S
MAKEUP BAG IN MY FRONT SEAT.
YOU'VE BEEN OUT WITH
ANOTHER CHICK IN MY CAR.
WHAT, LIKE YOU AIN'T SLEEPING
AROUND WITH EVERYBODY IN TOWN?
Narrator:
MARK GOES ON THE OFFENSIVE.
HE WAS ACCUSING HER
OF BEING WITH OTHER GUYS.
YEAH, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I AM WHORING AROUND,
BECAUSE I'M SICK OF YOU!
Narrator:
AND SHE WOULD AGREE WITH HIM,
PRETTY MUCH MAKING HIM MADDER.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
GET OUT OF HERE, MARK!
GET OUT OF HERE!
Mark: YOU KNOW,
IF I KNOW SOMEBODY'S
BIGGER AND STRONGER THAN ME,
I'M NOT GOING TO JUST
KEEP PUSHING THAT PERSON.
SHE DON'T KNOW WHEN TO STOP.
GET OUT! WE'RE DONE!
WE'RE DONE!
HEY!
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?
Melissa: I KEPT BREAKING
'EM UP AND, YOU KNOW,
GETTING 'EM AWAY
FROM EACH OTHER,
AND NO SOONER THAN
I GOT 'EM APART,
THEY WERE FIGHTING AGAIN.
[ SHOUTING ]
IT WAS BAD, BAD, BAD.
HE'S GOT ME BY MY THROAT,
BY MY HAIR.
MARK, I'M GOING TO
CALL THE POLICE!
YOU GUYS, STOP IT!
Melissa: AND THAT'S WHEN SHE GOT
THE KNIFE OUT OF HER PURSE.
GO AHEAD!
DO IT! DO IT!
SHE TOLD HIM,
"IF YOU HIT ME ONE MORE TIME,
I'M GOING TO STAB YOU."
YOU BETTER GET OFF ME, MARK.
YOU AIN'T GOING TO
DO NOTHING, MISTY.
YEAH, I WILL.
AH!
TOLD YOU NOT TO MESS
WITH ME, MISTY!
Narrator: MARK'S ABOUT
TO LEARN JUST HOW SCARY
MISTY ON METH
CAN REALLY BE.
Mark:
THAT'S WHAT YOU GET, MISTY.
THAT'S WHAT YOU GET
FOR ALWAYS BEING LIKE THIS!
YOU GOT WHAT YOU DESERVED.
PUT THAT THING AWAY!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
OW!
Mark: I REMEMBER IT
STICKING IN MY ARM.
I HAD TO PULL THE KNIFE OUT.
SO WHEN I YANKED IT BACK OUT...
GO AHEAD AND KILL YOURSELF!
Mark: THAT'S WHEN
MY TENDONS LOCKED UP.
AH!
IT CUT A MAIN ARTERY.
Misty: THE NEXT THING I REMEMBER
IS JUST BLOOD EVERYWHERE.
HE WAS BLEEDING HORRIBLE.
AT THAT POINT, I WAS SCARED
OF THE CHARGE OF MURDER.
I WAS SCARED OF HIM
REALLY BEING HURT.
I WAS SCARED OF WHAT HE WOULD DO
WHEN HE QUIT BLEEDING.
COME ON, LET'S GO.
Narrator: MISTY RUSHES MARK
TO THE HOSPITAL.
BECAUSE YOU CARED
ABOUT HIM OR BECAUSE
YOU WERE AFRAID
OF A MURDER CHARGE?
I REALLY DON'T KNOW
WHICH ONE AT THIS TIME.
Narrator: AT THE HOSPITAL,
MARK'S ARM IS STITCHED UP.
WHEN POLICE QUESTION HIM,
HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT TO DO.
DID YOU SEE WHO DID IT?
NAH.
Mark: I MADE UP THIS STORY
AND TOLD 'EM THAT, UM,
I PICKED UP A HITCHHIKER
AND BROUGHT HIM TO THE HOUSE.
HE GOT TO DRINKING,
GOT SMART AND STABBED ME.
WELL, IF THERE'S ANYTHING
ELSE YOU CAN REMEMBER,
PLEASE GIVE ME A CALL.
ALL RIGHT.
I WASN'T GOING TO LET HER
GO DOWN FOR THAT.
Donna: MARK TOLD ME
THAT IT WAS HIS FAULT
THAT SHE STABBED HIM.
Narrator: MISTY BREATHES
A SIGH OF RELIEF.
Mark: I WAS KIND OF PROUD OF HER
IN A LITTLE SICK WAY 'CAUSE I -
AT LEAST SHE'D STICK UP
FOR HERSELF.
LIKE, IF ME AND HER'S
NOT TOGETHER,
I AIN'T GOT TO WORRY ABOUT HER.
SHE'S GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT.
SHE AIN'T GOING TO
LET NOBODY RUN OVER HER.
SHE'S A OUTLAW GIRL.
I LOVED HER.
Narrator: THE COUPLE
ENDS UP STAYING TOGETHER.
THE PAIN OF THE FIGHT
WAS TEMPORARY.
LOVE'S FOREVER.
IT'S A STRONGER EMOTION.
HOW DO YOU FINALLY GET AWAY
FROM MARK AND BREAK THE SPELL?
HE GOES TO PRISON.
Narrator: TWO YEARS LATER,
IN 2015,
MARK GETS SENTENCED FOR
MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINES.
ARE YOU DONE?
I SWEAR. I CAN'T DO IT.
IF I GO BACK TO HIM,
I WILL BE DEAD, PERIOD.
Narrator: MARK'S RELEASED
ON PAROLE IN JULY 2016.
HE'S CLEAN AND LIVING
WITH HIS MOTHER
OUTSIDE KNOXVILLE,
TENNESSEE.
HE'S ALSO STAYING AWAY
FROM MISTY, FOR NOW.
Mark: I GOT AS MANY
GOOD MEMORIES AS I DO BAD,
BUT WE AIN'T MOVING
FORWARD IN LIFE,
WE JUST -
WE'RE STAYING STUCK.
WE'RE NOT MAKING NO PROGRESS.
WE'VE HAD A WILD
LITTLE RIDE TOGETHER.
WE'LL JUST SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
Erin: SHE DESERVES SO MUCH
MORE THAN HIM.
I'M HOPING SHE'LL GET THE
MESSAGE BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE,
'CAUSE I'M SCARED
HE'LL KILL HER.
Lori: I WOULD SAY MARK
AND MISTY ARE LIKE A DRUG.
YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE IT
BUT YOU KNOW IT'S BAD FOR YOU.
THEY'RE JUST TOXIC
TO EACH OTHER.
Donna: I JUST HOPE THEY DON'T
GET BACK TOGETHER.
WE'LL JUST HAVE TO SEE
WHAT HAPPENS.
Dr. Jordan: NOW THAT MARK
IS OUT OF PRISON,
I DON'T KNOW IF MISTY
CAN STAY AWAY FROM HIM,
BECAUSE IN HER TWISTED MIND,
THIS IS THE ONLY MAN FOR HER.
SHE'S STILL IN LOVE WITH HIM.
AS SHE TRIES
TO REBUILD HER LIFE,
MISTY'S ACHILLES' HEEL
WILL ALWAYS BE MARK.
BUT WHEREVER MARK IS,
THERE'S PROBABLY
GOING TO BE METH,
AND MISTY HAS GOT TO FIND A WAY
TO BREAK THIS CYCLE.
I HOPE THAT THE TWO OF THEM
CAN STAY AWAY FROM EACH OTHER,
BUT I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED
IF THEY DO END UP
GETTING BACK TOGETHER,
BUT ONLY TIME WILL TELL.
Narrator: TODAY, MISTY IS LIVING
DRUG-FREE IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.
SHE'S SPENDING TIME
WITH HER FAMILY
AND WORKING HARD
TO REGAIN CUSTODY OF HER KIDS.
Misty: IT IS WHAT IT IS.
THERE'S NOTHING
I CAN DO TO CHANGE IT.
ALL I CAN DO IS CHANGE
FROM TODAY FORWARD.