-Who needs men when you can have a puppy? -[Winter laughs]
The last nine months
going through this divorce
has been the hardest time of my life.
At first I wanted revenge,
but now, I feel like karma's a bitch
and he's gonna get what he deserves.
[in Spanish]
[cheering]
[in Spanish]
I knew from the jump that they were scamming
since the very beginning.
Pedro was scamming Chantel from day one.
He wanted to take all the money.
I said, let's do 50/50.
But even giving him 50/50 is everything.
But there is a power stronger than he owes God of yet.
But he will.
Alas, he will.
[Pedro speaking]
So I understand you guys are selling the house.
You are unfortunately getting divorced.
[Chantel] So we're already divorced, right?
Okay. Okay.
If Pedro keeps up this [bleep] attitude,
he's going to get what's coming.
[upbeat music playing]
[Chantel] Where are my shoes?
Are my shoes over here?
They're not over here.
I'm so pissed about Pedro
and [bleep] attitude
from the meeting with the realtor.
I feel like selling this house
and having to deal with Pedro
is going to be worse than I expected.
And now, I'm a 32-year-old woman
living at home with my parents.
The divorce is bad enough,
but moving back in
is the icing on the cake.
Where's my damn shoes?
Literally.
Where's my damn shoes?
I love my parents.
I love 'em. I love 'em.
But they are constantly talking
and talking and talking and talking.
[Karen] Is this gonna be enough eggs?
-We could-- -[Thomas] Well, we can get more.
-We get more-- -[Karen] Maybe more.
Okay.
[Thomas] Is that boonyan?
Uh, whatever you call that?
[Karen] It's bouillon.
I tell you, it smells interesting.
[Karen] It's delicious and interesting.
Talking and talking and talking.
Bull-bullard?
Oh, God help me.
It's... Thomas, it's bouillon.
Okay.
Sometimes, I need some alone time.
I'm not getting it in this house.
Good morning.
Good morning, dear.
-[Thomas] Good morning. -Hello. Good morning.
[Thomas] Both our daughters are here.
[Karen] Hi. Hello, ladies.
[Winter] Oh, wow.
[Karen] How did you sleep?
Um, I slept.
[Karen] You did?
[Chantel] Yeah, but...
It's a twin bed.
It's a lot smaller than I'm used to.
Having Chantel and Winter
living back at the house,
it's been quite an adjustment,
but I will have to say it's been a pleasure.
I still remember the first time
that you moved out with him,
with a lowercase h.
She got the apartment herself.
She got his immigration papers herself.
She bought his plane ticket herself.
She gave him everything. Everything.
But that's just what he wanted.
Chantel should have listened to my warnings way back then
because mama knows best.
-Hindsight is 20/20. -For real.
Back then, I was young, I was naive.
I wanted to trust in my husband
because I loved him.
Hmm.
Do you have anything for heartburn?
[Thomas] I do have something for some heartburn.
There it is.
-Heartburn medicine. -Yup.
-So I'm gonna put these here. -[Winter] Thank you.
Oh.
[Karen] Well, so Chantel,
are you still upset about the realtor?
So, like, what did he have to say to you?
Like, after all this time?
One thing that he said towards the beginning...
I think the realtor asked why we were selling the house.
And we both mentioned divorce.
And he said, "Thank God."
-[Karen] Oh, he said that? -Eww.
[Chantel] Yeah. It just goes to show
that he has not changed at all.
-[Karen] Nope. -Like, if he really
was a genuine person
with a good heart--
[Karen] He doesn't have one. He doesn't have a heart.
-You know that. -he would've said, "I'm sorry."
[quirky music playing]
It's very difficult to see Chantel
have to go through being hurt by Pedro
nine months after they've been divorced.
And she is very strong.
It's not like Chantel to be hurting like this.
She loved her marriage.
-She loved... She loved Pedro. -She was happy.
-She thought it was real. -Yes.
She thought it was real.
Pedro and his mama and his sister
deserve some payback,
and they will get that payback.
It's called the law of reciprocity.
His karma is coming.
All right. I'm hungry.
[Karen] Okay. It's almost ready.
[upbeat music playing]
[Karen] Today is the big day.
[Chantel] Pedro and I are putting the house
on the market this week.
So I'm going to have a yard sale today
to get rid of all the things
that can't fit in my mom's house
or that Pedro left behind.
And he left a lot behind.
So, this is the first sale on the--
-First sale of the day. -[Karen] of the day.
Yay.
This is great.
Per the divorce,
I was able to keep everything that's in the house.
And all he wanted was his stupid tools,
even though he doesn't have a yard.
But, um...
Or who knows, maybe he wants to go
cut some other ladies' grass.
Hmm.
[Karen laughing]
I find great satisfaction
that I can get rid of everything
that Pedro left at the casa.
I'll start with the little t-shirts over there.
Mmm-hmm.
And look-a-there. Look-a-there.
What do I see?
Pedro's favorite things.
Pedro's stupid gaming chair.
[Chantel] And of course,
Pedro is not in bed with me this morning.
He's at the computer.
He has his gaming station.
I wonder if he can hear me
or if he just ignores me sometimes.
Pedro, Pepe, Pepe.
Pedro was always playing video games.
And then when he finally did start doing things
and going out, it wasn't with me.
[Karen] Now, he's left his stupid-ass chair.
Oh, well, it's going to the highest bidder.
So, leaving stuff behind and we do mean behind.
A nice man came over and inquired about that chair.
So, I made him a deal he could not refuse.
I told him he could have that chair for $1
and he said it's a deal.
[laughing]
[upbeat music playing]
[Pedro speaking]
[in Spanish]
Yeah, it's a mess.
[automated voice] Garage door open.
[sighs]
[Pedro speaking]
[dog barking]
[Pedro speaking]
Can you help me?
[leaf blower whirring]
[laughing]
[dramatic music playing]
Come on, these are all my stuff?
This is my stuff.
Oh. [chuckles]
Time to move this.
Great.
[Lidia in Spanish]
No, not only woman.
I am a beautiful woman.
[in Spanish]
[Pedro speaking]
[Chantel] Why the [bleep] you call me to ruin my day?
[Pedro speaking]
[upbeat music playing]
What we'll do today,
we'll introduce each other.
We'll say hello,
who we are and where we are from.
-[in Spanish] -Ah.
-My name is... -[Lidia] No, my name is--
-Lidia. -[Lidia] Yeah.
-Great. -[laughs]
[in Spanish]
No, not only woman.
[English instructor] I am a beautiful woman.
Great. Wonderful.
[in Spanish]
-[in Spanish] -[Lidia] Ah.
[Lidia in Spanish]
[laughs]
[in Spanish]
[upbeat music playing]
[Pedro speaking]
-Hi. -[Pedro speaking]
[Chantel] What do you want?
Um...
[Pedro speaking]
Well, I don't trust you to split money with me
when you get the commission.
And I also don't trust you
to do it in a agreeable way.
[Pedro speaking]
The chair is gone.
You loved that chair
more than you ever could've loved me,
that's for sure.
Uh...
[Chantel] Well, the chair is gone.
[Pedro speaking]
Pedro, what the hell do you want,
calling my phone right now?
What the hell?
Why the [bleep] you call me to ruin my day?
Do you wanna sell this house or not?
-[Pedro speaking] -Gonna sell this house or not?
You know what? I'm not gonna waste
any of my air talking to you
'cause you're not listening to me.
-Oh, yeah. -[phone beeps]
That freaking bull[bleep].
[Lidia in Spanish]
[Joel in Spanish]
[dramatic music playing]
[Karen exclaims]
I don't want people to think
I'm violent,
but as a mother, I have to protect my baby
by any means necessary.
[exclaims]
[upbeat music playing]
[singer] ♪ I just wanna be me ♪
This is, like, my divorce decree.
Some documents from the attorney's office.
Okay.
So, do you want me to go through it and just make sure,
because you're still getting ready?
-Yeah. Yeah. -Okay. Cool.
I've been on edge since I saw Pedro,
and I feel like every time I talk to him,
I'm going to just slip back and back further
from healing and finally moving on.
But I'm trying to get back into the motion
of being a divorced woman
and shake it off the best way that I can.
So, I'm going to get my name changed.
It's going to feel so liberating
to have my old name back.
You do not understand how...
How burdensome it is
to carry the last name of your ex-husband.
Every time I have to sign my name,
I'm reminded of my painful divorce,
and I'm ready to get rid of it.
Mom, do you have a pen?
[Kung Fu music playing]
[Chantel] Mom?
[Karen] I do Naihanchi Shodan.
Naihanchi Shodan is a form of self-defense.
It helps me to stay focused on my enemies.
[Chantel] Mom, can you grab me a pen?
-Sure. -[Chantel] It's for Destinee.
Hey, Ms. Karen.
Hi.
I'll be with you in just a moment.
My protective energies
are encompassing Chantel and my entire family,
because I can feel that they are under attack.
I can feel it.
Okay. You need a pen?
I have to protect them at all times,
especially Chantel,
from negative vibrations
that Pedro and his family
are directing our way.
Here you are. And I really do appreciate you, seriously.
-Yes, for sure. -Yeah.
This is so stressful
for her and traumatic.
-[Destinee] I know. -So, I really appreciate you.
I told her seven years ago
not to take his name,
but what can I say?
She was blinded by love.
Thank God she's taking a step forward,
taking her name back,
and that is part of her healing.
-Yes. -Mmm-hmm.
-All right. Bye, mom. -[Karen] Bye.
I've had it up to here
with seeing how hurt Chantel is
by Pedro and his usury.
Nine months ago, I heard Pedro,
he said, [in Spanish accent] "This means war."
And I said, [laughing] "Fool. Don't you-- You...
Do you know who you talking about?
Fool, you ain't seen no war."
I don't want people to think I'm violent,
but as a mother, I have to protect my baby.
By any means necessary.
Oh, by any means necessary.
And that's exactly what I'm gonna do.
[exclaims]
[upbeat music playing]
[woman singing in Spanish]
[screams]
[both exclaiming]
[both speaking indistinctly]
[in Spanish]
[Joel in Spanish]
[Lidia in Spanish]
[Joel in Spanish]
[Lidia in Spanish]
[Joel in Spanish]
[Lidia in Spanish]
[Joel in Spanish]
[in Spanish]
[dramatic music playing]
[Lidia in Spanish]
[upbeat music playing]
[Lidia screams]
[in Spanish]
[Scott] All right.
Oh, okay.
Are you, um...
I'm just trying to get this thing to work.
[in Spanish] ...at all?
-No. No. -That's crazy. All right.
[in Spanish]
I think the language barrier is a huge [bleep] problem.
You know, like, we're using a translator
and the [bleep] thing's not working.
I'm getting [bleep] frustrated with the whole process.
-[in Spanish] -[interpreter speaking Spanish]
[in Spanish]
[Joel in Spanish]
[Lidia in Spanish]
[in Spanish]
[Joel in Spanish]
[Lidia in Spanish]
[in Spanish]
[Lidia in Spanish]
[Joel in Spanish]
[in Spanish]
[Joel in Spanish]
[in Spanish]
[Joel in Spanish]
[Lidia in Spanish]
[Joel in Spanish]
[in Spanish]
[Joel] Uh-huh.
[laughs]
[in Spanish]
-[in Spanish] -I see.
-[in Spanish] -[Joel in Spanish]
[in Spanish]
[laughter]
[in Spanish]
-[Nicole speaking] -[in Spanish]
[Thomas] He thinks that he is untouchable.
Crooks think nobody's watching them.
I can tell you,
there's always somebody watching.
Pedro has really hurt Chantel intentionally.
And I don't think
that he should just walk away scot-free.
He will get payback real soon.
Trust me.
[Latin music playing]
[in Spanish]
-[all] Hey! -[Pedro speaking Spanish]
[Lidia in Spanish]
-[in Spanish] -[in Spanish]
[Nicole in Spanish]
[in Spanish]
[Nicole speaking]
[Nicole in Spanish]
[laughter]
[in Spanish]
[laughter]
[Lidia in Spanish]
[in Spanish]
[in English]
[Pedro speaking in English]
[in Spanish]
[Lidia speaking] Yeah.
[in Spanish]
-[Nicole speaking] -[Lidia in Spanish]
[in Spanish]
[in English]
[in Spanish]
My ex-girlfriend from Columbia,
we didn't talk for over a year and a half.
But recently, she reached out to me out of the blue.
She came to visit me.
[in Spanish]
-[interpreter] Here. -[in Spanish] Yes.
-[interpreter speaking Spanish] -[Scott] She was here
-for two days. -[interpreter speaking Spanish]
[in Spanish]
Give me a little history here.
He's staying out late with his coworkers
because he was "training" with the coworkers.
"Training in restaurants,"
"training in the clubs," training everywhere.
[Thomas] Right.
Pedro, he used our daughter
for seven long years,
but the buck stops here.
Nobody messes with our daughter anymore.
[pensive music playing]
[Thomas] I tell you, there's a little rush hour traffic.
-It is. -Little slight.
[Karen] Right.
I'm known as mama bear
and I'm known for protecting my cubs.
Pedro has really hurt Chantel,
and I don't think
that he should just walk away scot-free.
He will get paid back real soon.
Trust me.
[Thomas] He thinks that he is untouchable.
[Karen] I think he does.
Crooks think nobody's watching them.
I can tell you, there's always somebody watching.
Now that Chantel has been living back at home again,
and I see how hurt she is,
that just fueled my fire
to prove that he is a lying cheater.
Thank you.
And I want to prove that I was right
about Pedro and his family all along.
-Hi. -Hey.
-Hello. How you doing? -Nice to meet you.
-[Karen] Nice to meet you. -Thomas. Same. How you doing?
-It's nice to meet you. -Yes, sir.
Good to meet you guys. Well, have a seat.
Let's see what we can do to help you guys out.
-[Karen] Thank you. -[Thomas] Okay.
[Tim] Give me a little history here.
After, uh, the first year
and we were already... We was always skeptical
about his intentions of why he's over here.
[Karen] But a year ago,
my daughter and my son-in-law had just bought a house.
She thought that they were buying a house
so they could live together, start a family...
-[Tim] Yeah. -and be together.
-[Thomas] Yes. -But that's when
it all changed.
Suddenly, he decided he was interested
in becoming a real estate agent.
Next thing you know,
he's staying out late with his coworkers.
He's coming home drunk when he does come in,
because he was "training" with the coworkers,
at the coworkers' house, "training in restaurants,"
"training in the clubs,"
-training everywhere. -[Thomas] Right.
Then one day,
he comes in and what he says to her is,
"I don't love you. I want the divorce."
My intention of going to the PI
is I think that learning
what the PI finds
will give Chantel closure.
But I haven't told Chantel about the meeting with the PI
because I know that she will get mad at me.
Chantel, she really wants everything to be done with.
I know that Chantel is going through turmoil
about this divorce and the way Pedro treated her,
but as a mother, I have to protect my baby
and I'm always right, which I am.
I'm never wrong.
So I have to do what's best for Chantel.
And one time he and this girl
was out kissing and swinging it.
-Karima. -Right.
You need to investigate that.
[all] Whoo! Whoo! Whoo!
[man speaking Spanish]
Thomas, if you saw me lap dancing on a man,
swing... Getting swung around,
him grinding on me like a private dancer,
what would you call that?
I would call that cheating.
I think I would.
Sounds like you got a Casanova
or you feel like you have a Casanova
-on your hands, is that-- -Yeah,
I think I feel like that.
We have done several cases in the DR,
so we're familiar with research down there.
So what we would do is look into him,
but we're gonna get as much information as we can.
One of the things that's really good
in these types of situations
is to go out and interview.
Is there anybody that you know of
that he might have angered or broke a heart or two
-along the way? -[Karen] Why? Yes, I can.
-We can get that too. -[Tim] Okay. Yeah.
-Help your daughter, you know? -[Karen] Yeah.
Pedro, he used our daughter for seven long years.
He got money, a green card access
to the entire American economy,
but the buck stops here.
Nobody messes with our daughter anymore.
[in Spanish]
Finally here in the DR to see Lidia.
I'm nervous.
It's surreal to me
that she's giving me another chance
to make this work.
I had a few drinks.
Do you think you can make sure
I get back to my room okay?
[Pedro in Spanish]
[in Spanish]
Yeah.
[Chantel] Why you meet up with Karima?
Pedro does owe me an apology and a thank you,
because I changed his life and he treated me like dirt.
-You owe me an apology... -Oh, I know. I know.
for treating me like [bleep] for seven years.
-I know. -You know what? I'm done.
[phone beeps]