The past couple of days, like, me and Arlette have been talking,
like, I really enjoyed her.
Look at her, look at her, look at my baby.
What?
You know, I don't even know how to like fathom that.
Yolanda.
I'm very timid about being vulnerable again.
I was pretty much gonna be reserved to living,
you know, that lonely life.
- [screams] - Hello.
Oh, my God.
Bryce is the love of my life,
but I do worry about Bryce's temper.
I want you to be overwhelmed.
I mean, honestly, anything can happen.
Michael is my boyfriend, officially.
I'm going to be celibate.
It's not sitting well with me.
It also made me concerned
that he was using me for entertainment.
- Do you know what I mean? - Hmm.
I've never picked my boyfriend up from prison.
I would hate to fly all the way there
to be made a fool of.
I'm wondering when I hug him, I feel like this energy.
Are we gonna mesh together?
It's surreal.
I just hope that we have the same chemistry out of prison
that we did over the phone.
Is that him?
My heart is beating fast watching Michael
walk and then run up the hill.
Hi!
This suspense is killing me,
like, I want him to run faster.
You're taking too long.
Hi.
Finally.
Mm.
The first hug feels like home.
I mean, it feels natural.
I know you hug me, I try to keep you a little warmer.
- Yep. - Oh, that was a tight squeeze.
Yeah.
You're so pretty.
- Better to see in person. - Yeah, much better in person.
- Mm-hmm. - As I'm looking at Chelsea,
I'm just feeling like, you know, it's real and I'm here.
What's next?
Get away from here, right?
Yeah, I ain't gonna look back.
She cares about me.
That just shows right now that she's here and for the long run.
Are you cold?
- Hmm, my face is cold and my nose is cold. - Yeah.
- Let's hug. - Yeah, let me warm you up.
- Yeah. - Sorry, I'm so rude.
- You're talking about a bear, aren't you a bear? - Yeah, I'm a bear.
Here's my chance to give Chelsea this big bear hug
that she's been dying for.
I'm squeezing her so tight.
I think her little head's gonna pop off my shoulder.
[Chelsea chuckles]
Did he just mention my [bleep]?
Um-hum.
Maybe he's changed his mind about being celibate.
Okay, so, um, let's go.
- Yeah. - [Michael] You ready?
Got to do a head bath. Where we parked at?
[Chelsea] You have to go back that way.
So today I'm gonna go meet up with my best friend Ty.
I haven't seen her since Bryce's down in prison.
How was the surprise lunch?
Um, it was good.
You hadn't had everybody together in one place in years.
How did his family react to you? Did they like you?
Um, you know what?
He keeps saying that they did.
He's like, "My family really likes you, my family really likes you."
I haven't heard that from anybody.
I can't understand how they would actually like me,
they don't know me.
I've only met his mom and sister a few times during prison visits
and I never met the rest of the family
until Bryce got out of prison.
Feel like they don't like me,
they like the fact that I held him down.
Still to this day,
we've all mainly had conversations about Bryce.
I guess over time they'll get to know me and
that's when I'll be like, okay, they like me.
And I feel like his family, they've been through a lot
since Bryce has been gone.
And when Bryce was home, he was their protector,
you know what I mean?
Other people are used to him dropping everything for them.
For the most part,
he feels like he has to be there for everybody,
for everything.
I do think that that could make him overwhelmed.
That could lead him down the wrong path,
with me, with the law, with everything.
Back then, he was able to take pieces of himself
and his time and his effort and give it out left and right
because he didn't have nothing going on with himself.
You know, he was just living,
he was just going through life.
But now, we have goals that we have things going on,
so it's gonna require more of his attention.
You can't take all of your old issues and try to balance,
like, living a new healthy life.
Mixing it all up, it's just gonna be too much for him.
But when he goes through a lot,
so do I.
At the end of the day, they have to realize you come first.
They're family too, of course,
- they're gonna always be there but... - Of course.
you come first.
- Are you shivering? - Yes.
It's cold, though.
First day, full day out of prison,
it's so awesome.
Best thing ever.
What are you gonna get?
I was thinking about like a steak or something.
Mm-mm.
Today is a really, really special day.
Hanging out one on one with him finally after all this time,
I'm overwhelmed with joy.
- Hmm, it's our first date. - I know.
- It's exciting, isn't it? - It is exciting.
- We'll have a lot more. - A lot more.
Mm-hmm. Lifetime full.
I hope so.
Yeah, I got a little surprise for you,
you know. And I'm about to do it now before I keep drinking
because by the time
I've been drinking, I won't be able to do it,
but I wrote you a rap.
Oh.
He wrote me a rap.
Never had a man write me a rap.
All right, so here it goes.
♪ I'ma start it off With Chelsea, You're so amazing ♪
♪ It's 33 degrees But the fire keeps On blazing ♪
♪ Baby blue outfit Like beauty on blueberry ♪
♪ Skydiving in love, The fall is too scary ♪
♪ She says she's cold, I'm a bear ♪
♪ I warm her up I'm too hairy ♪
Hmm. Babe.
Well, her eyes are lighting up, I love it.
- You liked it? - I loved that.
Michael called me a blueberry,
it's [bleep] weird.
But it's also kind of sweet.
Oh, wow, look at this.
It's already here.
Oh, my gosh.
Tell the cooks they did a great job.
- Oh, that's really pretty, isn't it? - Yeah.
Is there anything else I can get for either of you?
- No. - No, that will do it, man.
- I appreciate you so much. - Thank you so much.
- You're right on. - You're like my best friend,
- you brought a dog a steak. - [laughter]
I'm eating steak right now. I love it.
I'm really letting this marinate in my mouth.
- Mm. - Yeah?
This is so good. It's like, I feel like I'm in a dream.
Just thinking I was waking up in prison starving,
here I am right now eating steak.
Did you just think about food every day?
- We talked about food every day. - Yeah, every day.
Somebody needs to pinch me,
maybe I'm still dreaming, I don't know.
Now that I've seen him in person and touched him,
hmm, I want him more.
- Can we kiss? - Okay.
Almost knocked your wine over.
- Well, babe, I'm enjoying this moment. - Mm-hmm.
Let's take this moment back to the house.
- You want to? - Mm-hmm.
- You got some plans for me? - Ha-ha. Yep.
Gee.
Hey, what's up, baby boy?
- What's going on, pop? - You doing good?
Doing good, doing good.
Tonight I'm talking to my dad about Arlette's charges.
After hearing the police report,
like, the first person I was thinking
that they could help me is my father, you know.
Why are you looking kind of dapper tonight?
See, don't dress to impress and all that, you already know me.
My dad was really worried about like
I would get into like a bad relationship with somebody
and that has like a horrible rap sheet.
Yeah, that's kind of what happened,
but I don't want him to be like, "I told you so."
So I'm a little nervous on kind of telling him this information.
I mean, how you been with Yolanda?
Oh, we all have been talking on a regular basis.
You know, she'll be getting out of,
you know, prison soon.
She's moving to a halfway house.
So I'm kind of looking forward to just getting to know her a little bit more.
Yolanda is great.
Um, we've been talking for a couple of months now.
She seems like she has a lot to offer and a lot to talk about.
I actually have someone in my life now that,
you know, I love talking to and it's a good thing.
Okay, that's good, that's good.
Moving slow.
Yeah, I mean, you got to take it slow,
you don't want to speed things up.
And what about you and Arlette?
[exhales sharply]
Chelsea called me when I was hanging out my friends, right,
and she broke the news to me, she was just like,
"Yeah, I got the police report for Arlette."
And Arlette shot a person twice.
What?
It is not like she shot at him, she actually shot this person?
She actually shot this person.
- Wow. - Yeah.
You do know I wasn't on board in the beginning.
Yeah, I know what you about to say, you don't got to say it.
Yeah, I thought it would be, though.
You know, we spent so much time talking and everything,
you know, I'm like growing relationship with her sort of,
every time we had a talk, it's always good vibes.
She has that wild and crazy side.
And I was like that's my opposite and I'm just like,
you know, I want to be, you know,
more outgoing and stuff like that, you know what I'm saying?
She can give me my element, but it's just like...
That doesn't matter at this point.
She shot somebody.
- I mean, yeah, that's, yeah, but... - She shot somebody.
The whole time you were talking to her,
she didn't think to bring that up?
It's just like I never asked her, you know, but...
I'm definitely on the fence,
you know, I want to stick up for Arlette,
you know, tell my dad that, you know, she's not that type of person.
But at the same time, she did shoot somebody
and that's terrifying and
I don't really know how to go about that.
You always will be my son, I don't care how old you are.
- You know what I'm saying? - Yeah.
I guess, you know, going into this,
you know, we kind of expected,
you know, some surprises,
but I have to admit this was like a big surprise.
- Yeah. - I'm in a confused state right now.
What do you think I should do in this situation, Dad?
My advice to you
is to go ahead and just sever all the ties.
She's maybe a nice girl underneath it all,
but old habits tend to die hard.
What happens when she gets angry or upset with you?
And it will happen.
And I know you're a grown man and everything,
but you're still my son.
[Michael] It is so cold.
I got this cute little place for Michael and I to stay
and it's like the perfect little romantic setting
and I can't wait to just get Michael alone and snuggle.
- Welcome home. - Yeah.
And maybe more.
Wow.
[door closes]
- Look at this. - Yeah, it's nice, isn't it?
- Home sweet home, baby. - That's right.
Fresh out of prison to this.
- [Chelsea chuckles] - Finally we're here now.
- Now. - Am I awake?
Am I dreaming?
- After you, my lady. - Mm.
Me queen.
- Go on. - Yep.
You're gonna sleep late tomorrow?
I'm not gonna wake up.
No? What do you mean not gonna wake up?
Stay asleep all day.
Shut up.
I'm so happy you're here with me, babe.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
I didn't think you was gonna call, to be honest with you.
I was just waiting for that call and be like,
"Yeah, I'm not gonna show up but, uh..."
- But I came. - Yeah, you did, you did come.
I know.
Yeah, so I'm sitting here, we're kind of like cuddling on the couch.
The fireplace is going, it's nice and warm in here,
and it's just built it up to this point to where
sex is crossing my mind right now.
Meeting you for the first time in real time.
You felt normal, didn't you?
- Yeah, I really did. - I know.
That's what I was thinking, too.
I am picking up major, like,
attraction vibes from Michael,
like the looks, the little touches here and there.
His mouth might be saying some of it,
but the rest of him ain't.
I got you all these clothes I want you to try on.
Well, right now, you want me see naked?
- I mean, if you want to. - Photo shoot?
- If you want to. - Do we take it to the bedroom right now
and see where it goes?
- Let's go. - All right.
It's not really gonna be trying on clothes,
it's more or less gonna be taking off clothes
and hoping that they don't get put back on.
- Okay. - Okay.
- Right in here, and try on clothes. - Yeah, it's nice.
It got the mirrors.
Okay, bye.
[Michael sighs]
[door closes]
- [Michael] Oh, wow. - [Chelsea] Ha.
So this job starts in a few days,
I got invited my little brother to go shopping with me
for work clothes.
- Is this thing like a warehouse? - Sort of.
Some work shoes.
My brother Ethan would have to be the person I'm closest to in my family.
You think them are work shoes?
You're gonna like bougie.
I mean, I would go to a wedding in those.
My childhood, I remember a lot of rocky times.
I mean, the household was abusive,
it was addiction, or it was DHS.
It was a lot, man.
And my brother, he's been through what I've been through,
I just feel like we just got to understand him,
just that connection, you know?
Now that you're out, man, just like,
I don't know, it's like this my spirit like lit up.
You know how you and I were, like a perfect team.
I just feel like my best friend's finally back, bro.
I'm more than happy that you're home, bro.
Yeah, I feel you, homie.
You know, I haven't seen my brother in four years, man.
I just felt like I had to talk to him, you know,
just see what his head was at.
How you been doing, man? You staying out of trouble, dog, what's going on?
Where your mind at?
I've been staying out of trouble,
you know, trying to, at least.
When Bryce left, the family did fall apart,
like big time.
He was kind of the glue to our family,
makes sure we all had food, you know, Christmas, all that.
Life got hard when you left, you know.
All the stuff that was going on before you left,
I kinda got left with it and I had to deal with it myself.
Mom was like going through some stuff
and I had to go to work for her all the time because,
you know, she was pretty sick,
- you know, what she was doing. - Yeah, yeah.
My mom took it really hard
and she got really sick and she almost lost her job.
I had begged her boss to let me take her spot.
It was just a dishwasher, you know,
but I was 15 year old stepping up
to be the man of the house, you know.
You know when you were like protecting mom all the time
- over that dude. - Yeah.
He started treating me like trash,
slapping me around and stuff.
Hearing this is just killing me, man.
I had no idea Ethan was going through all of this,
and I feel his struggle and I feel his pain.
After that, like, I started spiraling downhill
and I started taking a bunch of pills,
freaking just doing stupid stuff.
And I'd wake up like just super depressed
and I'd push through it,
you know, like still going to work and...
Bro, I feel bad I put through that, man.
- No. - It is something that could have been avoidable,
you know, I guess...
- Yeah, but, I mean... -...that one small decision changes the whole future, bro.
- I know. - It's crazy.
I apologize for putting you guys through that, man, that four years.
I promise you like I'm telling it for real, though,
I'm not going back to the joint, bro, I'm here.
I ain't gonna lie, that put me under a little bit of pressure
trying to stay on the right path
because everything that I do doesn't only affect me,
it affects also my family.
Here we are
in the winterly wonderland.
It was our first night together.
We talked a lot, we snuggled really, um,
had lots of sex so it was nice.
She's amazing.
Ah, I can't put it in words to describe
how blessed I am to have her in my life.
That gonna [bleep] that up.
[ringing]
Hey.
Hey, Chelsea. Tell me everything.
I got Michael yesterday
and then last night,
it was our first night alone.
So the lingerie that we picked out for you,
did it get any good use?
Yes, he loved it.
When I put it on, modelled it for him, hmm,
that was it, the rest is history.
Mm-hmm.
Well, Chelsea is living her "bad-boy prison I'm with an inmate" fantasy.
What do you think his issue was with him like,
"I want to be celibate,"
do you think he was just scared?
I think he was just messing with me.
Or maybe it sounds good to say it,
but then in reality, you know,
this is not gonna happen, you know.
Hello, me queen.
Who are you talking to?
Jonathan.
Oh, the infamous Jonathan.
Hey, Michael.
How you doing?
Great. How are you?
I'm all right. Living the dream.
He is the hottie.
Hottie, hottie, hottie, hottie.
Well, you guys look happy.
Oh, we friends forever.
No matter what happens, she's my bottom bitch,
you know what I'm saying, so.
This prison terms, bottom bitch,
I don't like the sound of it, but maybe...
maybe that's a good thing.
What about the top, the top bitch?
There's no such thing. Bottom is someone who holds you down.
She held me down, so.
Well, Michael, it was amazing meeting you.
I hope that you are treating my girl Chelsea
with all the respect and love that she deserves.
Thank you, Jonathan. It was nice meeting you.
Peace.
Well, what do you think?
Well, I don't know, you look cute, happy.
You look cute, you look good together.
Do you think that you love him?
I think I do.
I've almost a few times,
like it's been on the tip of my tongue
and I'm like just tell him you love him,
but I don't do it.
Maybe I'm scared that he doesn't feel the same way.
Like I wasn't sure before and I didn't want to like confuse
like lust with love or whatever, but, you know.
Finding love behind bars
is maybe like a possibility.
I think finding lust behind bars is really
what we have found here.
So I really hope that she doesn't get heartbroken.
Good catching up. Love you.
Y'all have fun. Go build a snowman.
- Love you. - Okay, bye. Love you.
Bye.
Yolanda is finally out of prison
and she's got a halfway house in another state.
So I'm really looking forward to talking to her on a video call.
This will be the first time that we talk to each other face to face,
so I'm excited about that.
- Hey. - Hi.
- Hey, good to see you. - You are cute.
Well, you're looking great, you're looking great.
Oh, well, thank you, thank you.
It's great talking to Yolanda,
being able to see her face and being able to see her smile,
you know, in real time.
We're getting closer the more we talk.
So what was it like when you finally left the facility?
It's just a beautiful thing.
Being free, being home, start my life over again,
and actually being in there, you know,
not hearing the birds chirping.
I'll let you know a little secret.
I do have a guilty pleasure.
I found out years ago that I was a pluviophile.
A what?
Not a pedophile, a pluviophile.
A pluviophile is a person that loves the rain,
just relaxing.
I get it, I get it.
I love the sound of a train,
the order, the choo, choo, choo.
You're making me smile so big, my jaws are hurting.
You're trying to get me all misty-eyed so I can watch this big man cry.
You've touched me and just your encouragement and your words and saying,
"Hey, it doesn't matter where you came from,
you being in prison, you know, everybody deserves a chance,"
and that means a lot to me.
It's going really smooth right now.
I want to go see her, but I'm really nervous about,
you know, how to bring it up.
She may not even want me to come to visit her,
but I'm thinking that we need to meet face to face,
just to test the waters and just see
if there's any real chemistry there.
Well, um, what do you think about me coming to see you?
Um...
I think that would be amazing.
I've just been waiting for you to ask me.
Cannot wait to meet you in person.
Well, I'm looking forward to it.
What would be the first thing you would want to do when we meet?
I was on the internet earlier,
researching some places.
I've actually dreamt about
you taking me to the beach
and I just want to run my feet through the sand
and feel the water on my feet.
- Okay. - That's what I want to do.
That's the first thing I want to do now, Dexter.
The first thing?
That's the first thing I want to do.
There's always a voice in the back of my head telling me,
"Be careful, make sure no one's just using you to take advantage of you
to see how much they can get out of you."
And it does worry me,
that little voice in the back of my head.
"What can you do for me?"
Some of the big things that I want to do,
I want to experience to go into a live NBA game.
- Right. - Awesome.
I'm sure it's beautiful in New Orleans.
Somewhere in New Orleans, it would just be beautiful.
Maybe one day, you can just surprise me one day
and just take me somewhere...
somewhere big, somewhere nice.
Okay, we'll go ahead and make a bucket list.
Yes, yes.
I will go ahead and bid you adieu tonight.
Well, guess what? My arms will be wide open
waiting for you to get here.
- Be safe, be sweet. - Have a good night, sweetie.
All right. You, too.
I'm a little worried now with everything that she wants to do.
Is she just trying to gauge my wallet
or does she really want to get to know me as a person?
- How you doing, babe? - Hmm.
I talked to my brother today.
- Really? What about? - Yeah.
He's talking about everything, about while I was gone.
He even told me that he had to work mama's job and stuff
while she was sick.
Probably the way everything happened,
the way it happened like a domino effect, you know.
He was sort of like spiraling,
you know, out of control a little bit.
And then I guess that things got physical
with Ethan and my mom's ex, you know.
It seemed like he's been through a lot since I've been gone.
What does that mean?
I felt like the cause of his problem kind of,
like, with my bad decision and me
getting locked up and everything
kind of like triggered
how the rest of the four years went for him,
you know what I mean?
I just want to help my brother.
I feel like right now my brother's at the intersection
where he's got to choose left or right.
That's very important for me to catch him at that point,
you know, before it's too late.
I mean, I get what you're saying.
Your family went through a lot with you being gone,
but I don't think that's your responsibility.
I really like Ethan,
I see the issues that he has and I understand that he needs help,
and I want Bryce to be that person to help him,
but I need to make sure that he focuses on our relationship first
before helping out his family.
On a day-to-day basis, it's not your job
as a brother to make sure that he's okay.
So what I'm supposed to do is watch him crash and burn
and just go through what I went through and possibly have a worse result?
No, I'm not saying that, but I am saying that
you cannot swoop in and try to save everybody.
You're always so willing to help everybody else in your family,
you'll do any [bleep] thing for them.
This is what I was worried about.
Bryce's family is sucking him back into their problems
when he's trying to walk the straight and narrow.
But I'll do the same for you, though, and you know that.
I was the one there,
half a decade with you every single day.
I want you to put yourself first and all we're building first.
- I'll do, babe. - And when you marry somebody,
- kids and wife, we're right here. - Of course.
-Family, mom, dad, sisters, brothers, -Everybody after that.
Down here.
-I know that, babe. I understand it. -And then friends.
- But you think... - And that might sound harsh,
but that's just marriage.
So you're saying like I got my priorities messed up or something?
I disagree.
It is like two different sides pulling me this way
and that way, you know,
and I feel like I'm trying to like pull everyone together.
It does get a little...
a little mentally draining.
Hey, what's going on?
Hi, Dex. How you doing?
-Very great. Great, great, great. -Good.
After hearing Yolanda's bucket list,
I'm a little bit worried.
So I'm going to enlist the help of my friend, Charmaine.
Charmaine never was really on board with me
dating an inmate in the first place.
The matchmaker matches people with women from prison.
Why are you laughing?
You can't be serious.
I know that Charmaine
is going to be 100% honest with me
in what she thinks about this whole situation.
How did the comedy show go?
Comedy show went very well.
- Okay. - Yeah.
So what you've been up to?
Well, I've been matched up with a very beautiful woman.
Her name is Yolanda.
- And everything seems to be going good. - Okay.
Yolanda is out of prison and she's in a halfway house.
- Okay. - I've got a little bit of a concern.
She wants to travel,
she wants to go to professional games,
football and basketball.
Just seems like it's a lot,
you know, to want all at once.
Sound like money, money, money to me.
Yeah, yeah. So, yep, and it has me worried.
That to me, that's the signs of a gold digger.
I've been a bad judge of character in the past.
That's a mistake I don't want to make again.
I don't want to believe that that's what she's doing,
making plans, you know, with my money.
I don't want to believe that.
That was definitely a red flag.
Everything was ching ching, that's all I heard.
And you know what they say,
romance with no finance has no chance?
-Right, exactly. None at all, none at all. -So.
I hope that Yolanda is definitely liking me for who I am as a person,
and not for what I have or what I can do for her,
because I've been through this before,
where I've just, you know, doled out, you know,
everything and got nothing in return.
I'm hoping for the best.
However, if it does turn out to be more of the same,
then I'm just gonna have to pop smoke,
as they say, and just be out.
But then, again, she might surprise both of us.
Yeah, might.
M-I-G-H-T, might.
The worst that can happen is he wake up one day
and he doesn't have anything in his house.
Rob him blind, basically.
He's digging his own grave.
I want to find somebody that genuinely likes me for who I am.
I just want him to, you know, find a nice woman,
but I'm kind of skeptical about this one.
I think that Dexter deserves better.
Dex, I'm telling you, man,
I don't think this is a good idea.
I can see this being a problem for you down the road
and then you're gonna be boohooing and all of that.
I'm not gonna say I'm not gonna be here for you to listen,
but I'm not gonna feel like hearing it again.
I know that Charmaine is looking out for my best interests,
but I need to also give Yolanda the benefit of doubt.
I just have to wait and see what her personality is like
and what kind of chemistry we have when I can meet her.
You just, you know, you gotta proceed with caution. Sound like a gold digger to me.
I know Michael and I have only spent a few days together in person,
but today we're taking a huge step forward.
- Hi. - Hello.
- How you guys doing? - We're wanting to get some tattoos.
- Okay. - What are you looking to get?
Each other's names.
Yeah, name tattoos, yes.
Today, Michael and I are getting tattoos of each other's names.
Where do you think of getting the tattoo?
I was gonna get it on my ankle,
right here.
For me, like back here.
This is exact opposite of something I'd ever do.
I don't have tattoos of people's names on me.
It's not my thing, but I'm willing to do Michael's.
Chelsea, are you ready to get yours?
- This is kind of what we came up with. - [Chelsea] Hmm.
Hey, you love me.
- You okay with that? - Mm-hmm.
Awesome.
- I'm anxious I'm about to put Michael's name on me. - Squeeze.
Oh, thanks, man.
Just let you know my hands are here.
You've got hands of an angel, buddy.
I'm branded on her now.
Tattooed my name on you girl, so I know it's real.
[bleep] like that.
Oh, that looks good.
I love it.
- It's better, forever. - That's right.
You're stuck with me.
I had his name on my back, you know,
this is like second date, why not?
Feels really permanent to be getting Chelsea's tattoo right now.
It's a great feeling.
I feel like it's a bright future. I'm excited.
Today it was crazy at PO's office.
When I was talking to my parole officer,
I'm like, "So where am I allowed to go?"
And he's like, "All right, so the state, don't leave it."
Michael has three years on parole,
which means he can't leave the state.
So it means I'll be coming back and forth to see him.
Do you think that with me coming like back and forth,
is that gonna be enough like for you,
since I'm not gonna be here all the time?
- To like make a long-distance relationship work? - Hmm.
I'm here and can see a future with Michael,
but how's it gonna be when I go home?
'Cause I'm going home, soon.
You know, we was already in a long-distance relationship
on the phone,
but I was around nothing but guys...
But now you'll have the opportunity to be around women.
- Yeah. - And?
If they can control themselves.
I've been in situations where a girl
or two have like attacked me while I was with another girl.
And at that moment, I did not decline them.
Yeah, if they can be my friend and control themselves, that's fine.
What the [bleep]?
He's blaming the women, women coming on to him.
If you don't want to be with them,
you tell them no and walk away.
I believe she's all finished.
Whoa, I have you for life now, you're not going nowhere.
You're my bottom bitch.
I'm pissed to think that
I was one that held him down in prison
and he's telling me that
he might not be able to do it long distance.
Cheating is the deal breaker for me.
I just don't know what to do right now.
It's like, Arlette, she's a great person,
you know, she's fun to talk to and everything,
but she comes with a lot of baggage and I can't,
you know, carry all that weight with me.
So I'm really kind of, I'm really conflicted right now.
[automated voice] You have a prepaid call from Arlette, an inmate.
- To accept this call, press or say five. - [beeps]
My dad wants me to cut ties,
but I need to hear Arlette's side of the story before I make a decision.
This call will be recorded and subject to monitoring at any time.
[Arlette's speaking]
Hey, shawty, what's going on?
[Arlette's speaking]
It's like, I'm nervous,
like, I don't really know how it's gonna go, like,
you know, what if all this is true, what if it's, you know,
a whole different, you know,
story that goes along with it, it just, I really don't know.
So it's just, I just got to talk to her, see what's going on.
So I've been meaning to ask you, um...
I talked to Chelsea and she had called me
and she had showed me your police report,
and I'm not gonna lie but, you know,
I was actually surprised of what I had read.
I just come to you to get your side of the story.
Yeah.
Hearing about like all the drugs,
just like the meth, crack, cocaine, heroin, and stuff like that,
like, we haven't even got to the shooting yet,
it's just like,
it's already crazy.
Yeah.
Exactly how the police report explained it
is exactly how she told me.
I don't need to ask any more questions.
This whole situation is just over.
You can't do this.
Whenever I talked to Chelsea, she had told me that, like,
it was just like a crime and stuff like that,
but I didn't know like the severity of it.
It's like, I'll be honest with you,
it's like if it involves like guns and stuff like that,
shooting somebody, I don't want to be a part of that.
You know what I mean?
Hearing all that stuff, I can't really...
I can't really, you know, do this anymore.
You know what I mean?
I thought I needed someone that was speed,
go, go wild, but that's...
I'm the complete opposite,
like, I'm just a simple, regular nerdy dude. I'm just...
that's not me, that's not me.
- Bye. - Okay, yeah, so?
I don't think this whole entire thing is gonna work out between us.
I'm done with it all, you know what I mean?
Because I don't want to put myself
in a dangerous situation, you know,
I got to look out for myself.
I got to do the best for me, that's it.
So right now I'm done with prison dating.
All right.
[line cuts]
So things are going pretty well with Michael,
but it's basically time that I have to go home now.
And...
he said something when we were getting
each other's names tattooed on us
about being faithful
and how
as long as women weren't throwing themselves at him,
he would be.
That's a weird comment.
So are you not gonna be faithful like the first time you go out
and you have that taste of freedom where I'm not with you
and a girl flirts with you, is that...
is that what we're doing?
Maybe I'm overthinking it.
I feel like before I leave,
he and I probably should
sit down and really talk about this,
what he meant.
I don't, I'm not sure where my head's at, at the moment.
- Take a break from packing. - Yeah.
There are things that concern me,
some stuff that you like said,
like, when you're talking about I shouldn't concern for other women.
I've had struggled with that in the past relationships,
but these are the best moments in my life right now.
You know, getting out, having you in my life,
it's refreshing to have
a grown woman in my life actually want to help me out
and build me up.
I know that if I were to talk to other girls,
then I would lose you.
I'm not gonna let that happen.
There's gonna be opportunity for me to...
not be faithful,
but am I going to do it?
I won't be that guy that cheats on his girl.
I will be, you know, committed and, you know,
faithful and show Chelsea that I'm the man
that she's always dreamed of.
My eyes are starting to water, I'm sorry.
What are you crying about? Why are you emotional?
I just don't want to leave.
- You don't want to leave? - No.
It feels really good to get everything off my chest,
but I feel like he and I are in a better spot now.
We're just gonna move forward.
Well, we got phones, we can talk.
I know.
And FaceTime.
- Yeah, FaceTime, that's the whole thing. - On video.
On video.
- I had a really good time, babe. - Yeah, I did, too.
It was a great time.
- All right, let's go and finish packing? - All right.
I need a hug.
So Chelsea just left, I'm by myself.
I want us...
to be able to go out of our comfort zone
and be real and have something real.
So I'm truly blessed to have met her
and I hope she feels the same about me.
He makes me feel like super vulnerable.
[Chelsea's sniffles]
I'm not use to feeling that way.
And hopefully, you know,
hopefully Michael's the one and we do grow as a couple
and I really, really hope
that what we did build while he was incarcerated
is going to be enough
for him to want to continue with what we have.
I'm done.
So I had this idea, I was like, hmm,
maybe I'll have Michael,
like, go live and answer questions.
"Do I need a wife?"
No, I'm like way taken.
Like way taken, what does that mean?
For my job.
Why would you do that without talking to me first?
This is not a good decision, Bryce.
Are you really about to leave?
All right.
[line ringing]
- [beeps] - Answer the phone, I'm not kidding.
I know you see me calling you.
It's really pissing me off.
[door closes]
He messaged me and asked
to be put back on my matchmaking site.
Really?
- [Devin] I never... - Yes, you did. Yes, you did.
There is evidence on it. Devin, don't lie.
I am very naive to think that
I was gonna have a Cinderella story with an inmate.