Love After Lockup S9E01
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00:00:00Took a toll on me.
00:00:02I didn't think that that was the one at all.
00:00:04I think that I was going with the flow
00:00:06because I felt like that was the right thing to do
00:00:08because that was, you know, our family.
00:00:11Me and my ex, we got a divorce
00:00:13because Troy said that he did not want to move forward
00:00:16with me being married.
00:00:18Meeting him and getting married
00:00:20while he was still incarcerated
00:00:22and not ever having lived with him
00:00:24is going to be an adjustment.
00:00:26Talking to someone on the phone all the time is a little different.
00:00:29They're going to deal with their personal habits
00:00:31and make a space for each other.
00:00:33It's going to be...
00:00:35Yes, I'm calling.
00:00:36What's going on?
00:00:37Are you ready for your husband to love all over you?
00:00:39I sure am.
00:00:40Because I can't wait.
00:00:41No, everybody can hear you, Troy.
00:00:43Hey, son.
00:00:45How you doing?
00:00:46I'm doing wonderful. How are you?
00:00:48Excited?
00:00:49Absolutely, overly excited.
00:00:51You're going to be preaching when you get out there for Sunday, right?
00:00:53Yeah.
00:00:54You getting your word ready?
00:00:56Yeah, exactly.
00:00:58I ain't going to be preaching.
00:00:59Well, I don't know. We'll see, Troy.
00:01:01We'll see what God says.
00:01:02Y'all going to pass you the wrong person.
00:01:04Y'all going to see.
00:01:05I'm going to step away.
00:01:07The reason why it's so important to have a relationship with Christ for us
00:01:09is that it would help to give him stability,
00:01:11give him guidance, give him direction,
00:01:13and then coming to a wife.
00:01:15Not only is he married to her,
00:01:16but he's married to our family standards.
00:01:19When it comes to the whole church thing,
00:01:21you know, they need to allow us to be free-spirited.
00:01:24Yeah.
00:01:25Realistically, we're not going to church every Sunday.
00:01:27On Sundays, I like to go hiking.
00:01:29We can have our own church service in nature and forest and, you know.
00:01:34Traveling the world.
00:01:36Absolutely.
00:01:37You have one minute remaining.
00:01:39Do you love your husband?
00:01:40I absolutely love him.
00:01:42Baby, I'll call you in a minute, all right?
00:01:44Bye.
00:01:45Bye.
00:01:47I will call myself a spontaneous person,
00:01:52and women attract to me like magnets.
00:01:57When I get out of here, I have to contact certain people
00:02:01in order for me to be able to move forward
00:02:03and, you know, kind of make up for some of this lost time.
00:02:06You should have been singing with us.
00:02:08We had a chance to really talk about Troy coming home.
00:02:11I'm looking for him to make sure he loves you
00:02:14the way that you deserve to be loved.
00:02:17You know I'm going to be watching all the way here.
00:02:19People have options.
00:02:21If you got a mess, you can keep it messy.
00:02:23It's up to you.
00:02:24If my relationship with Troy doesn't work out, I will be hurt.
00:02:27That's my dog.
00:02:28Like, that's my best friend.
00:02:30Plus, Troy did adopt Isaiah while he's been incarcerated.
00:02:36He needs to be at church.
00:02:37He's working.
00:02:38Commitment to God.
00:02:39Commitment to you.
00:02:40To Isaiah.
00:02:41I did not put a father on his birth certificate
00:02:45because my ex didn't really act like a father.
00:02:48So I left it blank in hopes that whoever I was married
00:02:51would want to adopt Isaiah, and I found my person.
00:02:57Whatever life brings us, I know that we can handle it together.
00:03:12Hey, Dad.
00:03:14How's it looking?
00:03:15Looking pretty good.
00:03:17Got the car seats ready.
00:03:19Daddy daycare.
00:03:28You vacuumed out the back?
00:03:29Yeah, I did.
00:03:30You going down there today?
00:03:32No, I'm leaving tomorrow.
00:03:34I know this doesn't have your stamp of approval,
00:03:36but I do appreciate all you do for me and for doing this car
00:03:39and all the things you're doing for both of us already.
00:03:43Oh, you're welcome, sweetheart.
00:03:45Growing up in a small town, I was bored but busy.
00:03:49I can't remember a time that I was actually single
00:03:52for more than two weeks since I was about five years old.
00:03:57I've been married twice.
00:03:59The first one, it lasted two years,
00:04:01and I was already in a relationship with my second husband
00:04:06when I signed the divorce papers for the first one.
00:04:09Yeah, serial relationship, girl.
00:04:12Never good.
00:04:14I'll be watching you on the phone, so I'll know where you are.
00:04:17Tracking my location.
00:04:18I track it every day.
00:04:20The only time I've ever cut it off was when I was going to see Joey
00:04:22and you didn't know about it yet.
00:04:23I kind of figured that out, too.
00:04:25I've known Joey my whole life.
00:04:27We went to school together.
00:04:29We were always just friends, and I was always the one just crushing.
00:04:34There's some kind of attraction to a guy with some swag.
00:04:37Joey's got it.
00:04:38I mean, the way he walks, the way he talks,
00:04:40the way he carries himself, the confidence.
00:04:43And usually the guys that carry themselves the way that he does
00:04:47do some of the things he's done.
00:04:49I have a reservation, honey.
00:04:51You know, he has a little bit of a history here.
00:04:53That's what I worry about.
00:04:55Well, he's going to have three POs, the real one, me, and his mama.
00:04:59And I'll be watching him, too.
00:05:02I'm good with it.
00:05:19In 2018, when Joey got out of prison, he literally messaged me the next day.
00:05:24I've never been more excited in my life.
00:05:27We got close really fast, but he was only out for like 100 days.
00:05:32And then we reconnected in 2020.
00:05:36Our feelings were still there.
00:05:38It was just really strong.
00:05:40And he proposed to me on a prison visit.
00:05:43I know it's been a long time when the bike was stolen,
00:05:46but it's still on my mind.
00:05:48I can't prove that he did it, but I just believe that he did.
00:05:52I've known Joey 25, 30 years,
00:05:56and he continues to go down the wrong path, making the same mistake.
00:05:59That dirt bike was sitting right there, and they took it right out that door
00:06:02and through the garage.
00:06:03It cost me almost $1,600.
00:06:05I mean, it's been 20 years, and he knows it wouldn't change how I feel.
00:06:08I feel like he would just tell me that.
00:06:10So I don't know how to fix that if it's something he didn't do.
00:06:12He might not have done it, but it looks like he did.
00:06:16Joey, along with his cousin, they knew we were going to be gone that night.
00:06:22If I could prove it, I would have pressed charges.
00:06:24But it's mere speculation.
00:06:27I'm probably going to have to talk to Joey in person,
00:06:30and he's going to know what I expect, marrying my baby.
00:06:35I love you.
00:06:41I have a video visit scheduled with him, so I'm going to go talk to him for a few minutes.
00:06:44Okay.
00:06:47Hey, babe.
00:06:48Where are you? At your daddy?
00:06:49Yeah.
00:06:50He's still out there in this old car.
00:06:52Has he got his wrenches?
00:06:53He's cleaning you right up.
00:06:55I've spent about $15,000 on Joey from sending him money.
00:07:01And, I mean, we probably go through $200 a week just on the telephone.
00:07:05And the car, and the clothes, and the shoes.
00:07:09I mean, he's gotten himself in trouble a couple of times in there,
00:07:12and I've had to send money to those people.
00:07:15So I've spent about $15,000 on him.
00:07:18Is there anything you're going to miss about being there?
00:07:20Not at all.
00:07:21You've got to understand, I've seen things that a lot of people would never see,
00:07:26and I don't want to see ever again.
00:07:29My problem is, I've been doing opiates for two and a half decades on and off,
00:07:34you know what I mean?
00:07:35And now I'm going to take medicine, like, not to do that,
00:07:38and see, like, a doctor to do all that stuff, you know?
00:07:40Like, stuff I should have been doing a long time ago.
00:07:44Joey is a recovering addict.
00:07:48The old Joey sold dope.
00:07:50He did drugs.
00:07:51He stole s**t.
00:07:53He cheated on girls.
00:07:55It's not that he wasn't a good person.
00:07:57Like, he just had issues.
00:07:58And he's in therapy.
00:08:00He's different now.
00:08:01You have one minute left.
00:08:02I gotta go, baby.
00:08:04I love you so much.
00:08:05I'll see you soon.
00:08:06I love you.
00:08:07I love you too.
00:08:08We plan on getting married about six months after Joey gets out of prison.
00:08:12I can't wait to see you.
00:08:13The only problem is,
00:08:16I'm technically still married.
00:08:19But hopefully, my divorce will be final about three months after Joey gets out of prison.
00:08:24And that way, if our paperwork gets held up, we at least have a couple months to play with.
00:08:28I love you.
00:08:29I love you.
00:08:30I will.
00:08:32I just want to be married to him.
00:08:35I'm worried if he finds me attractive because we're actually face-to-face and we're in person now.
00:08:39Worst case scenario, it don't go past the parking lot at the jail.
00:08:44I put too much into this relationship or it's not worth it.
00:08:48I didn't even know you were going to be here.
00:08:50I'm his mom.
00:08:51I don't have to ask permission.
00:08:52If I want to show up when he gets released, I just show up.
00:08:54My son won't be coming with me.
00:08:56I really don't know what to do.
00:08:58I don't know what to do.
00:08:59I don't know what to do.
00:09:00I don't know what to do.
00:09:01I don't know what to do.
00:09:02I don't know what to do.
00:09:04Are we going to make it?
00:09:05What is going on with Troy?
00:09:07Oh, gosh.
00:09:10I'm not going to panic attack.
00:09:18I've been waiting on this moment for almost three years.
00:09:20I'm going to kiss him, but I just know I'm going to be nervous for that part.
00:09:24I don't even know if I know how to kiss correctly.
00:09:27If that isn't love, that isn't gay.
00:09:30I just want to put everything behind us like this just be the first start.
00:09:34So, I'm just waiting for it to be over with at this point.
00:09:37I'm getting out.
00:09:38I met True through one of my stepbrothers that he was incarcerated with.
00:09:42True went away for robbery and he's been in there 13 years.
00:09:45So, True does want to have sex the first night.
00:09:47I have not made up my mind if I'm actually going to have sex the first night.
00:09:51I don't know if I'm mentally ready for that or if it's something I want to do yet.
00:09:55Throughout the last few weeks, I kind of just been going back and forth if I should be in this relationship or not.
00:09:59I don't want you to think that I'm bashing True, but I've done a lot of time.
00:10:03I put women through a lot.
00:10:04And when I got out, I wasn't done partying yet.
00:10:07Yo, you talking to somebody else?
00:10:09You feel like you love him.
00:10:10I know I love True.
00:10:11I know I'm in love with True.
00:10:12I'll tell you, he never really dated black girls.
00:10:14It's a first time for everything.
00:10:16I put too much into this relationship for it to not work.
00:10:19It has to work out.
00:10:21I expect for some things to change because we're actually face-to-face and we're in person now.
00:10:25So, I don't expect it to be all hunky-dory like we're on the phone.
00:10:29So, I know some changes is coming.
00:10:31I think my issue is going to be if it's big changes coming.
00:10:35Best case scenario, everything works out how it's supposed to work out.
00:10:37Worst case scenario, it don't go past the parking lot at the jail.
00:10:41Me and True have been engaged for a year and nine months, but I've never seen him while he's been in prison.
00:10:51I never met Shantae in person.
00:10:53She just sent pictures.
00:10:55She used to give me excuses, you know what I mean?
00:10:57Why she can't get on my visiting list.
00:10:59Talking about her job.
00:11:01You know what I mean?
00:11:02I just think it's like to prolong her for coming up here.
00:11:06I think she ain't came up here because she looks so highly of me.
00:11:10She care about what I think, you know what I mean?
00:11:12So, if she worried about phone liking in person,
00:11:15I don't think that's a good thing.
00:11:16I think, you know what I mean?
00:11:17So, if she worried about phone liking in person,
00:11:20everything could be over with.
00:11:22I proposed to Shantae over the phone because I love her.
00:11:26She was all of who I want to talk to, you know what I mean?
00:11:29I actually quit talking to a lot of females for her, you know what I mean?
00:11:34I done talked to over 60 females since I've been locked up.
00:11:38But, I am really excited to get out,
00:11:41and I can't wait to start my new life with Shantae.
00:11:47Come, come, and live this moment.
00:11:50Like it's all we got.
00:11:53The first thing I'm gonna do when I see him walk out the door,
00:11:55probably just give him a hug and a kiss.
00:11:56I get nervous real easy.
00:11:58My mind is like just wondering every possibility in the world.
00:12:02What if I don't like him in person?
00:12:03What if he don't like me in person?
00:12:06Oh, even the sky is turning burgundy.
00:12:08He must have knew it was his color.
00:12:10That's cute though.
00:12:16Okay, I'm down here.
00:12:18This is creepy as hell.
00:12:20I'm so scared.
00:12:21It was definitely creepy.
00:12:22I'm kind of glad I didn't come up here.
00:12:25I'm ready to see my man for real, for real, and just get him out.
00:12:29I'm feeling nervous, happy, excited, all in one.
00:12:33I'm just in my head about what if I don't like him?
00:12:36What if he don't like me?
00:12:37What if it's not like it was on the phone?
00:12:39I'm just happy this is my first and last time having to come here.
00:12:43I basically brought a one and a three just because he's been in there 13 years.
00:12:55Hey, lady.
00:12:56Hey, what's going on?
00:12:57Nothing.
00:12:58Ready for him to get out.
00:13:00Definitely never come back.
00:13:01Never come back.
00:13:02I'm excited, ready to see him, not see this place again.
00:13:06You want to hold it?
00:13:07We'll come hold it.
00:13:09I wish him growth.
00:13:12Happiness.
00:13:13Wisdom.
00:13:14Make smart decisions.
00:13:16I'll keep a very close eye on him.
00:13:18How do you feel, Dionne?
00:13:20Excited.
00:13:21Excited?
00:13:22I'm nervous.
00:13:23Why are you nervous, dude?
00:13:25He's coming back to like, is he staying in case?
00:13:28Dionne, don't, don't, don't, don't, don't touch, okay?
00:13:33We be as confused as you is.
00:13:35The plan is for you to go to my house.
00:13:37You didn't know that.
00:13:39No, I didn't.
00:13:40Are you going to live with her?
00:13:43You need to let me know because I'm trying to fix that room up for you.
00:13:51You got to keep the same queen between two people.
00:13:53You're getting caught up, boy.
00:13:55It's definitely just a waiting game at this point.
00:13:59I don't know how the moment's going to go when he walk out.
00:14:00I'm probably just going to give him a hug, give him a kiss.
00:14:03Who is he?
00:14:04I don't know what your reaction is going to be when he walk out that door.
00:14:06I don't know.
00:14:07I ain't never seen him cry.
00:14:09Don't even worry about it, son.
00:14:12I think he's coming.
00:14:15Oh, my God.
00:14:21Check this out, man.
00:14:22Turns out...
00:14:24Like, today?
00:14:25Oh, my God!
00:14:26My husband!
00:14:27Can you hear me?
00:14:28I got a message from some chick.
00:14:29What chick?
00:14:30Some chick named Ashley.
00:14:31Are you f***ing with somebody else?
00:14:34My goodness!
00:14:35Look at this!
00:14:36How much money have you spent?
00:14:38Fifty thousand.
00:14:39I wouldn't do that for my man.
00:14:40And he's here.
00:14:41Lord have mercy.
00:14:49When are you done getting ready?
00:14:50Are we going to school?
00:14:51You're going to school for sure.
00:14:53Nah!
00:14:54You gotta get an education.
00:14:56I already got my education yesterday.
00:14:58Girl...
00:15:04Mommy, this kind of looks like you.
00:15:06I don't look like her at all.
00:15:08We have the same skin.
00:15:09I do not.
00:15:10She's plastic.
00:15:11You're plastic, too.
00:15:12Girl, okay.
00:15:13That's enough.
00:15:14I am the life of the party.
00:15:15My friends are going to say Tisha crazy.
00:15:18Okay, bitch.
00:15:19Let's go make some money.
00:15:20Say I'm a great mother.
00:15:21Off the tablet.
00:15:24Cheer up.
00:15:25Beautiful.
00:15:26And I'm occasionally late sometimes.
00:15:29Wake up, sleepyhead.
00:15:31You got a whole day at school.
00:15:32Be safe, baby, okay?
00:15:33Okay.
00:15:35I love you, sneaky boogies.
00:15:41Good morning.
00:15:42Morning.
00:15:43Full day?
00:15:44Yes, ma'am.
00:15:45I am an accountant.
00:15:46I specialize in business taxes.
00:15:48I'm a business owner myself.
00:15:49My husband's calling on fire.
00:15:50I'll get those, dear.
00:15:51Call is from...
00:15:53I do not let anything keep me from being a successful woman.
00:15:58Hey, husband!
00:15:59Sorry, just got to the office.
00:16:05What new law?
00:16:11What?
00:16:12Okay, so what does that mean?
00:16:19Like, today?
00:16:22So, like, any day?
00:16:25Oh, my God!
00:16:26My husband's getting married!
00:16:30Exciting!
00:16:34I met Keith through a mutual friend.
00:16:36She had a person that was incarcerated
00:16:39that she was seeing.
00:16:41She sent pictures of us to the prison.
00:16:45The next day, I know this man stole my heart
00:16:47and, like, married me, okay?
00:16:51Me and Keith have been together for over four years
00:16:53and been married for a little over two years.
00:16:55It's just been a rollercoaster.
00:16:58My husband's going to be running things
00:17:00from behind bars.
00:17:01What?
00:17:02You cannot have anyone in your business
00:17:04that is a convicted felon.
00:17:06What?
00:17:08I think we had to go through all of that heartache
00:17:11and hard times to make us strong now.
00:17:15Does this mean that I don't have to come see you
00:17:17in the khakis no more?
00:17:20Yeah.
00:17:21Keith went to prison for drug distribution.
00:17:25He's been in there for over ten years.
00:17:28We got married by proxy.
00:17:30Keith proposed to me over the phone.
00:17:36It's in my purse.
00:17:40I feel so in love.
00:17:42My husband, even though he was mad
00:17:44that I spent $15,000 out of his account
00:17:47on my ring,
00:17:49he did tell me he was going to buy me a bigger one, so...
00:17:51Oh, my God.
00:17:52I got to give my husband a ring
00:17:54before he gets out,
00:17:56because he's not going to be walking around out here
00:17:57with no ring on.
00:17:58Hell no.
00:18:06Because, like, the pride that I had
00:18:08is no longer a pride.
00:18:10Oh, my gosh, baby.
00:18:12What do you want to do when you get home?
00:18:14Have our, like, little mini honeymoon
00:18:16since we haven't had one yet?
00:18:18Being married to a man
00:18:20that I have not had sex with yet,
00:18:22it kind of just brings me back to my church roots.
00:18:25It's been, like, four or five years
00:18:27since I've had sex.
00:18:28I'm ready to give my body to him.
00:18:31I want to cook for you,
00:18:32so what do you want to eat?
00:18:34Besides me.
00:18:35Uh-huh.
00:18:36You have one minute left.
00:18:37It's almost town time,
00:18:38so I'm about to get ready for that.
00:18:40Okay, I'll let you know what your lawyer says.
00:18:42All right, yeah.
00:18:44My man coming home!
00:18:46My man coming home!
00:18:49What is going on?
00:18:50He's got a call from his lawyer
00:18:53that he's getting an immediate release.
00:18:56Like, any day now?
00:18:57Yes, any day,
00:18:58because the law changed in Illinois
00:19:01for, like, mandatory minimums.
00:19:02Okay, right.
00:19:03And because he's already done
00:19:04his mandatory minimum plus some,
00:19:06he would qualify for that immediate release.
00:19:09So right now, I'm just like, wow!
00:19:12We ain't gonna make it to the hotel.
00:19:13I'm gonna take care of it right now.
00:19:14Okay.
00:19:15Oh, I'm getting pregnant in the parking lot.
00:19:17Girl!
00:19:19Me and Keith want to have a lot of children.
00:19:22Between me and him,
00:19:23we have a family of seven.
00:19:25I do want to have biological children
00:19:28with my husband.
00:19:29I've waited four years!
00:19:31Trying to brush off the coochie cobwebs
00:19:32and, like...
00:19:34I might be pregnant next time we do this.
00:19:37And I want what my mother f***ing expects,
00:19:39right here.
00:19:41How do you think
00:19:42Keira Noriah's gonna feel?
00:19:43Well, I think Keira's gonna be excited,
00:19:46so that's probably, like, a no-brainer,
00:19:47because, you know, he loves her.
00:19:49She loves him.
00:19:50She's been involved in his life
00:19:51going on four years.
00:19:53Noriah, it's just really hard
00:19:55to kind of see where her head's at
00:19:56because she's so quiet and reserved.
00:19:58I'm gonna definitely just talk to her about it
00:20:00and, you know, just let her know,
00:20:02obviously, that I love her,
00:20:03I'm here for her.
00:20:04Right, see where her head's at.
00:20:05Her mother before anybody's wife.
00:20:07Okay, that's how I feel about that.
00:20:10I don't feel like Letitia is ready.
00:20:13They are definitely going
00:20:14to have to get to know one another
00:20:16because they haven't been together
00:20:17outside of, you know, him being locked up.
00:20:31Okay.
00:20:51Guys are always shocked
00:20:52when they see me driving an enormous truck.
00:20:55They're always like,
00:20:56you're doing this by yourself?
00:20:57Where's your boyfriend?
00:20:59And it's like, no,
00:21:00us women can do this too.
00:21:02They're always trying to hit on me,
00:21:03but it's like, no.
00:21:07I make good money driving a truck,
00:21:09which is lucky
00:21:10because I am supporting the two of us.
00:21:16Right on schedule.
00:21:25Hello, my love.
00:21:27How's your day been?
00:21:30Worked out.
00:21:32Are you getting sexy for me or what?
00:21:35Absolutely.
00:21:36Well, you know I'm coming home
00:21:37and I'm doing it, so.
00:21:39I know, I'm so excited.
00:21:41But it's a lot of bull****,
00:21:42you know what I'm saying?
00:21:44I met Arthur six years ago
00:21:46when he was locked up the first time
00:21:48for stealing a car and evading arrest.
00:21:53Me and Hope met through one of her homegirls.
00:21:56Her boyfriend was locked up with me.
00:21:57They were like,
00:21:58well, why don't you just sit with this guy
00:22:00and talk to him?
00:22:02When I walked into the visitation room
00:22:03and I seen her, that was it.
00:22:05The minute that I met Arthur
00:22:07and had a conversation with him,
00:22:08I knew that I was going to marry him.
00:22:11I was hooked.
00:22:13I can't wait to see you
00:22:15and hug you and kiss you.
00:22:21Yes, you know I'm finna get it waxed.
00:22:24Just like you like it.
00:22:26Arthur is very sexy.
00:22:28His body, his hair, his eyes,
00:22:30all those tattoos.
00:22:31Like, everything is super sexy about him.
00:22:33I'm trying to get nasty, so.
00:22:36Is that what you want?
00:22:38Thank you.
00:22:40The first time we had phone sex,
00:22:41she **** like hard as she ever ****
00:22:44in her life, she told me.
00:22:45Is that what I said? Seriously?
00:22:52Okay, I love you.
00:22:56I definitely love Arthur.
00:22:58Like, the way he talks,
00:22:59the way he looks,
00:23:00the way he carries himself.
00:23:05That's my partner.
00:23:06She wants.
00:23:26I'm not ready for this at all.
00:23:28OMG.
00:23:30I'm getting ready to go get my man.
00:23:32Like, my stomach is literally in knots.
00:23:35Like, I woke up just throwing up
00:23:38and now I'm late
00:23:39and just nervous as hell
00:23:43about like seeing him and getting him
00:23:46and just going home with him
00:23:48and how everything's gonna be.
00:23:49Like, as much as I know this man,
00:23:51he's still kind of like a stranger, you know.
00:23:55Arthur and I have spent maybe
00:23:57two months in the free world together.
00:24:00And even that was supervised.
00:24:01He was living in a halfway house,
00:24:03so it was maybe an hour a day.
00:24:07Him getting out of prison
00:24:08and moving in with me,
00:24:10I think it's gonna be
00:24:11a whole new world of heart.
00:24:17A call from ****.
00:24:19You may start the conversation now.
00:24:22Hello?
00:24:24I am en route now.
00:24:26Is everything all right?
00:24:33I'll say 15 minutes.
00:24:37Okay, thank you.
00:24:41God.
00:24:42She ready.
00:24:43Like, get him up outta here, man.
00:24:46This is the prison, right?
00:24:47What's going on?
00:24:49I flew in last night.
00:24:50I've been up since 3 o'clock in the morning.
00:24:53I took a 40-minute nap
00:24:54so I could drive all the way out here.
00:24:55Three hours and 36 minutes it took me.
00:24:57And I was pulling up to the prison
00:24:58at 8 o'clock
00:24:59and I have to wait on Hope.
00:25:01It is now freaking 10.25 in the morning.
00:25:04Two and a half hours later.
00:25:06You know, it was supposed to be
00:25:07a surprise for me to be here today.
00:25:08And it still will be.
00:25:09But, you know,
00:25:10I'm not gonna lie.
00:25:11I'm not gonna lie.
00:25:12It was supposed to be
00:25:13a surprise for me to be here today.
00:25:14And it still will be.
00:25:15But Hope is the only person
00:25:16that can get him out
00:25:17and where is she at?
00:25:18Why do I have to wait?
00:25:19I'm his mom.
00:25:20I should have the privilege
00:25:21and, you know,
00:25:22it's been handed to her
00:25:23for whatever reason.
00:25:24This is the day that you're
00:25:25supposed to show up,
00:25:26show up on time.
00:25:27You're supposed to be
00:25:28on top of the building today
00:25:29when they were saying
00:25:30they was gonna release your man.
00:25:31Oh!
00:25:32Sheesh!
00:25:35She doesn't have
00:25:36the best history to begin with.
00:25:38She's already on, like,
00:25:39her last limb with me.
00:25:41This is my baby boy.
00:25:42This is my first son.
00:25:43This is my mama's boy.
00:25:44If I had it my way,
00:25:45my son won't be coming with me
00:25:46because I don't trust her.
00:25:51I've been looking forward
00:25:52to Arthur getting out of prison
00:25:54for four years.
00:25:57This is what we've been
00:25:58waiting for and working towards
00:26:00for a long time
00:26:01and it's finally happening.
00:26:12What the hell?
00:26:15She's all...
00:26:16about to come get him.
00:26:17Wait a minute.
00:26:22Arthur's mom is here.
00:26:24Hi.
00:26:25Oh!
00:26:26Well, hello.
00:26:27Yeah, hello.
00:26:28What took you so long?
00:26:35I got a message
00:26:36from some chick.
00:26:37Some chick, man,
00:26:38asking, sir,
00:26:39are you...
00:26:41My nerve's touching
00:26:42the sky at this point.
00:26:43This is my first time
00:26:44seeing him,
00:26:45so it's just
00:26:46a little bit awkward.
00:26:48What is coming to me?
00:26:50What is going on with Troy?
00:26:52Oh, gosh.
00:26:59See, Isaiah,
00:27:00this is what I'm talking about.
00:27:01You gotta get it together.
00:27:03Your dad's gonna be home
00:27:04in a couple of days
00:27:05and my expectations
00:27:07are for your room tonight.
00:27:09My expectations
00:27:10are for your room
00:27:11to be clean.
00:27:12Oops, sorry.
00:27:13I love you, baby.
00:27:15Sleep tight.
00:27:16Don't let the bed bugs bite.
00:27:18I won't.
00:27:19Or I'll just smash them.
00:27:23I got his bag all packed
00:27:25and ready.
00:27:26Okay.
00:27:27And, you know,
00:27:28I had to get his little...
00:27:31Not the undies.
00:27:32Yes.
00:27:33Once Troy gets out of prison,
00:27:35he has to learn his space
00:27:37because my baby sister, Zion,
00:27:39is living with me
00:27:40for a little bit.
00:27:41We'll see what happens.
00:27:44I'm definitely interested
00:27:46in our hotel night
00:27:47because, you know,
00:27:48I've never been with him.
00:27:49We never had sex.
00:27:50It's like,
00:27:51what if it's little?
00:27:55If it's, like,
00:27:56really little,
00:27:57will you break up with him?
00:27:59So we already
00:28:00talked about it.
00:28:01Yes.
00:28:02We decided that
00:28:03if it is too small for me,
00:28:06you know,
00:28:07little wee-wee,
00:28:08we're gonna go and get
00:28:09a penis enlargement for him.
00:28:13I am nervous
00:28:14to have sex with Troy
00:28:15for the first time,
00:28:16but I truly feel that
00:28:17because we're just, like,
00:28:18craving each other so bad,
00:28:20our relationship
00:28:21is just gonna go
00:28:22to the next level
00:28:23after we have sex.
00:28:24I know Troy
00:28:25is gonna be here
00:28:26very, very, very, very soon.
00:28:28I don't know.
00:28:29Do you think he's gonna be, like,
00:28:30cluttered?
00:28:31You know how clean
00:28:32I keep the house.
00:28:33It's gonna be okay.
00:28:36Right now,
00:28:37Zaria's sister
00:28:38is staying with her.
00:28:39Hopefully,
00:28:40she's gone
00:28:41by the time I get there.
00:28:42I have to get to know
00:28:43my wife and my son,
00:28:44and I just feel like
00:28:45an additional person
00:28:46is just not needed.
00:28:48It would be a little difficult
00:28:49and uncomfortable.
00:28:50Just no more
00:28:51walking around
00:28:52booty cheeks out.
00:28:53Girl,
00:28:54you can walk around
00:28:55and wear whatever you want.
00:28:56Like,
00:28:57that don't have nothing
00:28:58to do with us.
00:28:59I've had boyfriends
00:29:00and partners,
00:29:01but living with a man
00:29:03is just not my thing.
00:29:05So,
00:29:06this will be a lot for me.
00:29:08But you're gonna be fine.
00:29:10Just let me know
00:29:11if you ever feel uncomfortable.
00:29:13Okay.
00:29:14I got some gifts for him.
00:29:16Okay!
00:29:17We gotta get the jewelry,
00:29:20the earrings.
00:29:21Oh, wow.
00:29:22But wait,
00:29:23there's more.
00:29:24Look at this!
00:29:26Not a money bouquet.
00:29:28I don't think anybody's
00:29:30given someone
00:29:31a money bouquet
00:29:32coming out of prison.
00:29:33I am the chief executive
00:29:35for Project Heal,
00:29:37which is a support organization
00:29:40for those who are
00:29:41formerly incarcerated.
00:29:43The crown is because
00:29:44he is a king.
00:29:46Troy's official title
00:29:47is director
00:29:48of community engagement.
00:29:50We started the organization
00:29:52because incarceration
00:29:54has affected not only
00:29:55my husband's life,
00:29:57but also the lives
00:29:58of my family members.
00:30:00You know, he's a Leo, so.
00:30:01Okay.
00:30:02King of the jungle.
00:30:03Okay.
00:30:04We gotta have the symbolism
00:30:05all in there.
00:30:06I'm a single mom.
00:30:07I don't get any help
00:30:08from my child's father.
00:30:10But I believe I attract money,
00:30:13and so I spend freely.
00:30:16How much money is that?
00:30:18Girl, I don't know.
00:30:19Okay.
00:30:20People may think that's crazy,
00:30:22but honestly,
00:30:23that's literally how
00:30:24I've been able to survive
00:30:26and keep everything afloat.
00:30:28How much money have you spent?
00:30:29At least $50,000.
00:30:31Lord have mercy.
00:30:33I definitely feel like
00:30:36my sister is doing too much.
00:30:39The best thing...
00:30:41Girl.
00:30:42You know we gotta keep
00:30:43his wallet full.
00:30:44Girl.
00:30:45I wouldn't do that for my man,
00:30:47and he's here.
00:30:48I'm afraid that he may
00:30:49take advantage of you.
00:30:51He's gonna come here.
00:30:52He got a nice home.
00:30:54He gonna have food
00:30:55and a cabinet,
00:30:56money in the bank.
00:30:58Where's the drive?
00:30:59I don't know.
00:31:01I wanna show you something.
00:31:02Okay.
00:31:03Show me.
00:31:04Show me.
00:31:05Do you see this?
00:31:09Girl.
00:31:10So that's your man,
00:31:11your man, your man.
00:31:12Took a toll on me.
00:31:13That's it.
00:31:14I didn't think...
00:31:15And this mic drop?
00:31:16Pretty much.
00:31:17Okay.
00:31:18Took a toll on me.
00:31:24Hey, you know what's
00:31:25real crazy, though?
00:31:26That I'm straight
00:31:27touching a female.
00:31:28Boy, no, you cannot.
00:31:29It's been 13 years.
00:31:30I already had some sex.
00:31:32What's up, cutie?
00:31:33Just sitting,
00:31:34talking with the girls.
00:31:35I gave them the great news.
00:31:37What about you, Nariah?
00:31:38You gonna tell them
00:31:39congratulations?
00:31:40I don't know.
00:31:41I'm not really excited.
00:31:42Look.
00:31:52Hi, sugar.
00:31:53Who's that?
00:31:54What are you doing?
00:31:55Did you have fun with Jennifer?
00:31:57Want me to have a hug?
00:31:58Of course.
00:31:59Oh, I love you so much.
00:32:05Thank you for watching them
00:32:06so I can go check on the car.
00:32:07What car?
00:32:09Joey's car.
00:32:10How's he afford her car?
00:32:11What car?
00:32:12Uh...
00:32:14She gonna pay you back?
00:32:16Well, yeah.
00:32:17One day.
00:32:19Jennifer's known Joey
00:32:20almost as long as I have.
00:32:22So she's seen
00:32:23all the terrible things
00:32:24he's done through the years.
00:32:25And she knows about
00:32:26my terrible taste in men.
00:32:27And she's not
00:32:28really thrilled
00:32:29with some of the things
00:32:30that he's talking about
00:32:31wanting to do
00:32:32when he gets home.
00:32:33Is it really necessary
00:32:34that he has a car
00:32:35as soon as he gets out?
00:32:36It's gonna make my life
00:32:37easier for starters.
00:32:38Because there's gonna be days
00:32:39that when he's not working,
00:32:40before he starts working,
00:32:41he can pick them up
00:32:42or whatever I need him to do.
00:32:44Is he gonna change up
00:32:45once he gets out?
00:32:46Life with the addiction
00:32:47when he gets out
00:32:48goes back to old habits.
00:32:49Is that a thought process,
00:32:50anything you've thought about?
00:32:51No.
00:32:53It always goes for people
00:32:54who are like,
00:32:55it always goes for people
00:32:56who are addicts.
00:32:58It's tending to be
00:32:59like a pattern.
00:33:01I was married to somebody
00:33:02who was a complete alcoholic
00:33:04and I took it
00:33:05until I absolutely
00:33:06could not take it anymore.
00:33:08I don't want your expectations
00:33:09to be so high
00:33:10and then go sideways.
00:33:11You're left heartbroken.
00:33:13I haven't felt loved
00:33:16in seven years.
00:33:18And it's really hard for me.
00:33:21I know that Joey's gonna try
00:33:22because he knows
00:33:23how important this is
00:33:24to me.
00:33:25Like he knows
00:33:26how much I want this to work.
00:33:30He started a program
00:33:31while he was in there.
00:33:32But being in an actual
00:33:33treatment program
00:33:34was for active users.
00:33:35So if he's using this,
00:33:37what's the reason?
00:33:38What's he not telling you?
00:33:39Do you really have to
00:33:40think about these things?
00:33:42We can't do the drug thing here.
00:33:44I don't know.
00:33:46Alright,
00:33:47I gotta start packing them.
00:33:48My main concern,
00:33:49of course,
00:33:50is gonna be him getting out,
00:33:51him relapsing,
00:33:52going back to old habits,
00:33:53the old friends,
00:33:54and just everything
00:33:55that she's pushed for
00:33:56and built up for.
00:33:57It's gonna be crushed.
00:33:59I believe that Kimberly
00:34:00and Joey's relationship
00:34:01has about a 40% chance
00:34:02of working out.
00:34:03I love you.
00:34:04I love you.
00:34:05I'll give you a good night's work,
00:34:06I promise.
00:34:07Bye, y'all.
00:34:08Okay, well,
00:34:09let's go put some jams on
00:34:10and start getting ready for bed.
00:34:16Hey, honey.
00:34:19I'm washing their faces
00:34:20and starting to get them
00:34:21ready for bed.
00:34:23Come on.
00:34:24Come on, let's go in here.
00:34:25Let's go in your room
00:34:26and get ready for bed.
00:34:28Come on.
00:34:29Can you say hi to Joey?
00:34:30No.
00:34:32Hello.
00:34:33You wanna talk to him?
00:34:39Are we ready for story time?
00:34:41Yes.
00:34:42Yeah?
00:34:43Kyler, he's talking to you.
00:34:45Yeah, he's talking to you.
00:34:46You gotta listen.
00:34:47Come up here.
00:34:48Good job, buddy.
00:34:49Scoot, scoot, scoot, okay?
00:34:53That's really good for them.
00:34:54All the toys that they want
00:34:56for Christmas,
00:34:57they play with their friends.
00:34:59Daddy number two.
00:35:01I'm daddy number two.
00:35:02Does that sound like
00:35:03a good story to you?
00:35:04My boys don't see
00:35:05their father much.
00:35:07Kaysen, in the car last week,
00:35:09said,
00:35:10I want Joey to be
00:35:11my number two dad,
00:35:12and I just busted out in tears.
00:35:18This is the relationship
00:35:19I should have been in
00:35:20when I had kids.
00:35:23This is the one.
00:35:24Like,
00:35:25this is who I wish
00:35:26was their dad.
00:35:27Say goodnight, Joey.
00:35:30Can you lay down?
00:35:32I hope that Joey's ready
00:35:33to be a full-time parent.
00:35:36If this doesn't work out,
00:35:37it's not just gonna affect me.
00:35:38My kids are invested now, too.
00:35:41How many hours we got left?
00:35:42Less than 48.
00:35:48I'll be glad when you're here
00:35:49with me, too,
00:35:50because I'm gonna let you
00:35:51do bedtime.
00:35:52All right.
00:35:53Goodnight.
00:35:54I love you.
00:35:55All right, babe.
00:35:56I love you.
00:36:04My nerve's touching the sky
00:36:05at this point.
00:36:06Why is it touching the sky?
00:36:07Don't even worry
00:36:08about it, son.
00:36:14I just can't wait.
00:36:16I'm excited just
00:36:17because he's getting out
00:36:18and I finally got him
00:36:19out here with me,
00:36:20and I'm nervous just
00:36:21because it's my first time
00:36:22seeing him and so it's
00:36:23just a little bit awkward.
00:36:24Hope he doesn't do
00:36:25nothing bad.
00:36:26Boy, be quiet.
00:36:27I hope I don't get emotional.
00:36:29Look at him.
00:36:30Yes, yes.
00:36:36Y'all been waiting
00:36:37right there the whole time?
00:36:38What up, boy?
00:36:40It's finally time to come home.
00:36:42Time to come home.
00:36:43Home, Tripp.
00:36:45Welcome home, Tripp.
00:36:52I'm happy.
00:36:53If she happy, I'm happy.
00:36:55Do I smell like jail
00:36:56or do I smell like...
00:36:58You smell like jail.
00:37:00She smell good.
00:37:02Come here, man.
00:37:04You can let it go.
00:37:05You can let it go.
00:37:06What's up with you?
00:37:07She's running.
00:37:08What you want from me, folks?
00:37:09I can't get no hug?
00:37:10Look at her face.
00:37:11Oh, that's how
00:37:12we acting now?
00:37:13That's what we doing now?
00:37:15Dang, look at her face.
00:37:16I can't get no hug.
00:37:17I can't get no hug.
00:37:18I can't get no hug.
00:37:19I can't get no hug.
00:37:20Dang, look at her.
00:37:21She got a little swag.
00:37:22Do I got a lot of swag?
00:37:23Just a little bit.
00:37:24This for you.
00:37:26You see it.
00:37:27You like it.
00:37:28Yeah, I like it.
00:37:29Man, I like it.
00:37:30We ain't making no more, okay?
00:37:31Is I'm bigger than you thought?
00:37:32No.
00:37:33Not for real?
00:37:35See, I'm holding her right now
00:37:36because I'm still trying to like...
00:37:38Like, she's real.
00:37:39Like, why you ain't came to visit?
00:37:41What you was scared for?
00:37:42Because I was.
00:37:44I'm going to be cool right now.
00:37:46Stay strong.
00:37:48She say stay strong.
00:37:51This is how I'm adapting to society, boys.
00:37:53Well, this is what happened after 13 years.
00:37:55This is how I'm adapting to society.
00:37:58I'm free, man.
00:37:59It's kind of crazy.
00:38:00I'm talking right now.
00:38:01I'm talking to y'all right now.
00:38:02I'm free, dog.
00:38:06Man, man, man, man, man.
00:38:08I got to process this.
00:38:09I got to do some thinking, man.
00:38:14Growing up in Chicago,
00:38:15I was out in the streets a lot.
00:38:19There's a lot of stuff going on out there.
00:38:20A lot of crimes.
00:38:23I never knew my daddy.
00:38:25He wasn't around.
00:38:27I think that could be a big part.
00:38:30The reason why I used to get in trouble a lot.
00:38:32And the people I gravitated to, to look up to
00:38:36and need that male role model.
00:38:39I got to be cool right now.
00:38:41I got to be cool.
00:38:42I got a problem with authority.
00:38:44I don't like being told what to do.
00:38:49I like the thrill of robbing.
00:38:51Well, should I say I'm used to?
00:38:53I used to like the thrill of robbing people.
00:38:56And knowing that I could get away and get caught.
00:38:59It was fun to me.
00:39:02I was about 13 years old
00:39:04when I started getting in trouble.
00:39:05Caught my first case for robbing.
00:39:07And then I was 19 years old
00:39:09when I went to prison.
00:39:11Resist and arrest.
00:39:12Armed robbery.
00:39:13For nine to ten months.
00:39:15Got out for a day.
00:39:17Planned to go rob a bank.
00:39:21But things went south.
00:39:22The getaway driver was supposed to be waiting at a certain spot.
00:39:27I see the driver outside.
00:39:29So it threw me for a loop.
00:39:31I ran probably like a good two blocks.
00:39:33And we just got caught.
00:39:35The next day I caught 15 years.
00:39:38Man, y'all want to go to eat?
00:39:39Yeah, where we going?
00:39:40All right, let's go.
00:39:41Let's get it, man.
00:39:42All right.
00:39:44Open your thumb rule.
00:39:46What's up, man?
00:39:48You want all this candy?
00:39:49Oh, so hold on.
00:39:50Was you out when they had these?
00:39:52That's my business.
00:39:53Oh, you didn't tell me that.
00:39:54You know what I could sell this for on the joint?
00:39:57What the f***?
00:39:58For real.
00:39:59Miss Chante,
00:40:00when I needed her the most,
00:40:02she was there.
00:40:03She did more for me than
00:40:05anybody I ever talked to.
00:40:09Oh, they fancy, man.
00:40:10They putting guns in Ziploc bags.
00:40:13I learned what loyalty and love is, man,
00:40:16while I was in prison.
00:40:17That's why I got engaged to Chante.
00:40:20Who wouldn't want a female to
00:40:23love you,
00:40:24to call and check up on you,
00:40:26to be like, I'm missing you,
00:40:28call you bae,
00:40:29to write you,
00:40:31to just get a letter.
00:40:33Everybody wants that in prison.
00:40:36You hella little.
00:40:38You hella big.
00:40:39I could probably pick you up
00:40:40like this.
00:40:43Boy, no, you cannot.
00:40:44Hey, you know what's real crazy, though?
00:40:46That I'm straight touching a female.
00:40:49You probably touch one or two
00:40:50girls in there or something.
00:40:53Not like this.
00:40:54You see how you just get quiet?
00:40:55I'm ready to go hit the casino.
00:40:57I'm ready to get my massage
00:40:59and drink some...
00:41:01Wine.
00:41:02That's some wine?
00:41:03That ain't illegal, is it?
00:41:05No, wine's not illegal.
00:41:07I don't know if I could say something.
00:41:08Kiss some s***.
00:41:10Can I say it?
00:41:13I'm ready to get some s***.
00:41:14It's been 13 years.
00:41:15I mean, I already had some sex.
00:41:19Stop being a creep.
00:41:20Why are you looking at me like that?
00:41:22You know, like, I be uncomfortable.
00:41:23I don't know why you be doing that.
00:41:25So what you gonna do
00:41:26when we get s***?
00:41:27You gonna be like,
00:41:28stop looking at me, True.
00:41:29Yeah.
00:41:30Stop being a creep.
00:41:31You looking at me.
00:41:32Nah, I'll probably cover my face up
00:41:33because you just staring at my damn soul.
00:41:40How's his relationship
00:41:41with his baby mother?
00:41:42She still in love with him?
00:41:43It feels strong.
00:41:44This is not
00:41:45what I wanted to hear right now.
00:41:48Where is he at?
00:41:50Let me bring you my son.
00:41:52Wait, I think this is him.
00:42:02Hi.
00:42:03Oh, well, hello.
00:42:09If you couldn't be here on time,
00:42:10then you should have told me
00:42:11and I could have been here
00:42:12so they could release him to me,
00:42:13for real.
00:42:14He told me, like,
00:42:15he just wanted me to get him, so.
00:42:17But why you take all day?
00:42:19I had to get cute.
00:42:22I think that you just really
00:42:23wasn't taking it that serious.
00:42:24Like, it wasn't that important
00:42:25to you to get here at 8 o'clock.
00:42:27I mean, if you were ready,
00:42:28you could have, like, went up there,
00:42:29you know?
00:42:30They told me that
00:42:31they supposed to be releasing him to you.
00:42:33I'm his mom.
00:42:34I don't have to ask permission.
00:42:35If I want to show up
00:42:36when he gets released,
00:42:37I just show up.
00:42:38I think it's a little bit more
00:42:39like, topping up
00:42:40out of nowhere.
00:42:47...supporting him, so.
00:42:48And so have I.
00:42:49Don't just say,
00:42:50I've been supporting him
00:42:51because I support him, too.
00:42:53Yeah, I do.
00:42:54I do, and I got receipts
00:42:55to prove it.
00:42:56Okay, well,
00:42:57it would be nice to see those,
00:42:59but it's not necessary.
00:43:02You're late to the entire party, ma'am.
00:43:04Where have you been
00:43:05for the past five years?
00:43:06I can only do so much
00:43:07from Vegas,
00:43:08and the attitude you're giving
00:43:09is like,
00:43:10like I ain't been doing
00:43:11nothing for him,
00:43:12and you've been taking care of him,
00:43:13and that's not what it is.
00:43:14Is it going to be a problem
00:43:15with him and anybody else
00:43:16when he come home
00:43:17to be with you?
00:43:18Not at all.
00:43:19Like, ain't nobody
00:43:20going to come knocking on the door?
00:43:21No.
00:43:22Like, this is my house,
00:43:23who is this dude?
00:43:24None of that, right?
00:43:25No, that's my house.
00:43:26You laughing,
00:43:27but this will be happening.
00:43:28I've done nothing, so.
00:43:29You've done nothing?
00:43:30The first time Arthur
00:43:31was incarcerated,
00:43:32I didn't know how long
00:43:33he was going to be there,
00:43:34and I just wanted
00:43:35to be honest and upfront
00:43:36that I have needs,
00:43:37and those needs are
00:43:38I need to have sex.
00:43:40We agreed that I could have sex
00:43:43as long as it was just sex
00:43:44and no emotional attachment.
00:43:46Eventually, Arthur told me
00:43:48that it was becoming
00:43:49uncomfortable for him,
00:43:50so I created the illusion
00:43:51that I wasn't having sex anymore,
00:43:53but I was still cheating.
00:43:56When I got out the first time,
00:43:58she had an old phone
00:43:59that she wasn't using anymore.
00:44:01She gave it to me,
00:44:02and then I saw a video of her
00:44:03and another dude,
00:44:05so I was like,
00:44:06damn, that hurt.
00:44:07That broke my heart.
00:44:08I hope you got
00:44:09your ducks in the water,
00:44:10and I hope you got
00:44:11your animals in their cage,
00:44:12because if they come out,
00:44:13it's going to be an issue,
00:44:14and he's going to get left.
00:44:16I want my son in Vegas
00:44:18with me and his sisters
00:44:19and his brothers
00:44:20and his nieces and nephews.
00:44:22He came into the world with me,
00:44:23he's going to leave with me.
00:44:24I think it's his say so.
00:44:25I think that it's kind of
00:44:27up to him at this point.
00:44:28I'm glad you feel like that, Hope.
00:44:29We're going to see, though.
00:44:30We're going to see.
00:44:31Okay.
00:44:32We done.
00:44:33I'm over this with you.
00:44:34I'll talk to him
00:44:35Yeah.
00:44:36You can talk to him.
00:44:39Goodness.
00:44:40Hey.
00:44:42Where is he at?
00:44:48Wait, I think this is him.
00:44:50I think this is him.
00:44:53Ahh!
00:44:57You got a message
00:44:58from some chick.
00:44:59Some chick?
00:45:00Oh, Ashley?
00:45:01Don't you f***ing
00:45:02come out of your head.
00:45:04I want to know,
00:45:05are we going to make it?
00:45:07Oh, gosh.
00:45:08This is not what I wanted
00:45:09to hear right now.
00:45:15My baby is coming home!
00:45:17I am so excited.
00:45:19I cannot wait.
00:45:20I got to tell Marsha,
00:45:21tell the kids.
00:45:22Everybody's just going
00:45:23to be so happy.
00:45:29Mommy!
00:45:30Hey, baby!
00:45:32Hi, Aunt Marsha.
00:45:33What up?
00:45:34How was work?
00:45:35Work was good.
00:45:36I got this crazy call
00:45:37from Keith.
00:45:39Your nephew told me
00:45:41that he's more than likely
00:45:43going to be getting
00:45:44an immediate release
00:45:45any day now.
00:45:46It's an immediate release.
00:45:47Yay!
00:45:48So good!
00:45:49Yay!
00:45:50You excited, Kira?
00:45:52Good stuff.
00:45:53Marsha is Keith's aunt,
00:45:56and because her and my husband
00:45:58are extremely close,
00:46:00I ended up building
00:46:01a relationship with Marsha.
00:46:03Y'all about to have
00:46:04a whole house full.
00:46:05Yes.
00:46:06And then some.
00:46:07She's always coming over
00:46:08to help me with the kids.
00:46:09We are super tight.
00:46:11She's got my back,
00:46:12and I've got hers.
00:46:13How do you think
00:46:14Nariah going to feel?
00:46:15It's just an adjustment,
00:46:16so we'll take it slow.
00:46:17For sure.
00:46:18Definitely.
00:46:19Nariah, that's my first baby.
00:46:21She doesn't really have
00:46:22a relationship with Keith.
00:46:24She feels like he's a stranger.
00:46:26I really need to talk to her.
00:46:28See what she's saying.
00:46:30In the beginning,
00:46:31my daughter didn't like
00:46:32the fact that he was in prison,
00:46:34so she's really judging
00:46:35the situation as she should.
00:46:37Are you starting to warm up
00:46:38to Keith a little bit?
00:46:39No.
00:46:40No?
00:46:41I don't know him, so...
00:46:42She hasn't built
00:46:43that closeness with him
00:46:45like I have
00:46:46and her little sister has.
00:46:50I'm just nervous
00:46:52about how she's going to react.
00:46:54So I want to talk to you guys
00:46:55about something.
00:46:56About what?
00:46:57Keith called me and told me
00:46:59that he's going to be
00:47:00coming home a lot sooner.
00:47:03He's coming home, like,
00:47:04any day.
00:47:05Like, you could wake up
00:47:06and he'll be coming home.
00:47:08So how do you guys feel about that?
00:47:09Good.
00:47:10I want you, Nariah.
00:47:15Hello?
00:47:16That'd be him.
00:47:19It's your man.
00:47:22Are you a psychic?
00:47:24Hey, baby.
00:47:26What's up with you?
00:47:27Just sitting, talking with the girls.
00:47:29I gave them the great news.
00:47:31When you come home,
00:47:32can you help me build
00:47:33my dollhouse?
00:47:35Build a dollhouse?
00:47:36No, I'm not building
00:47:37a dollhouse.
00:47:39No, I got you, kid.
00:47:40You know I got you.
00:47:41And I can teach you
00:47:42how to play basketball.
00:47:44Oh, yeah,
00:47:45I'm looking forward to that.
00:47:46We're going to see
00:47:47how your dribble game is, right?
00:47:48Uh-huh.
00:47:50What about you, Nariah?
00:47:51You want to tell them
00:47:52congratulations?
00:47:54Congratulations.
00:47:57Nariah's tired.
00:47:59She's had a long day.
00:48:02Keith coming home earlier,
00:48:04it feels too soon.
00:48:06Like, I'm happy for her,
00:48:07but it's going to be different,
00:48:09like, really different
00:48:10with him in the house.
00:48:11Because, I mean,
00:48:12I don't know him,
00:48:13but she knows him.
00:48:15I'd rather him have
00:48:16his own space.
00:48:18Like, until we get
00:48:19to know each other before
00:48:20he just, like, stays with us
00:48:22forever and ever and ever.
00:48:25What plans do we got
00:48:26with the kids
00:48:27when you come home?
00:48:29Probably a pool party.
00:48:32You think so?
00:48:36Yeah, she's full of energy.
00:48:37She's super excited.
00:48:39We all are.
00:48:53So, I'm very excited
00:48:54to be able to come on home
00:48:56and be that father figure
00:48:57in her life.
00:48:59You know what?
00:49:00Nariah, she's very shy,
00:49:02you know?
00:49:03Hopefully, she'll be able
00:49:04to let them daughters down
00:49:05and see me for who I am
00:49:07once I do come home.
00:49:09All right, babe, well,
00:49:10I love you.
00:49:11Bye, Daddy.
00:49:12Love you, too.
00:49:13Bye.
00:49:14So, he's excited,
00:49:15just like you are.
00:49:17Okay, you know, what's wrong?
00:49:19Nothing.
00:49:22What's he crying for?
00:49:23Nothing.
00:49:25People don't just cry for nothing.
00:49:28I just want my daddy
00:49:29to come home right now.
00:49:32She's coming home.
00:49:37We're done waiting.
00:49:39Shira, she gets to me
00:49:41every f****** time, okay?
00:49:43Okay?
00:49:44She's coming home
00:49:45super fast now.
00:49:47She deserves to be
00:49:48a daddy's girl.
00:49:49She deserves to be loved
00:49:50and protected.
00:49:52Keith has stepped in
00:49:53from behind bars
00:49:55and played that father role.
00:49:57He's loving and he's caring.
00:49:59And she has never had that
00:50:01from her biological dad.
00:50:04It's very sad.
00:50:09The wait's over.
00:50:10He's gonna come home.
00:50:11Probably tomorrow.
00:50:13I want him to come home
00:50:14tomorrow, I do.
00:50:16But I'm nervous, too.
00:50:20Why is it so soon?
00:50:21I thought it was later.
00:50:23Well, because
00:50:25when he got sentenced
00:50:26a long time ago,
00:50:27they had some really harsh
00:50:29sentencing laws.
00:50:31They have eased up on it.
00:50:33So if he was to get sentenced
00:50:34today for the same crime,
00:50:36he wouldn't have gotten
00:50:37as long as he did.
00:50:39Oh.
00:50:41So how do you feel about that?
00:50:42I know you were like,
00:50:43oh, you thought you still
00:50:44had some time left, so.
00:50:46I don't know.
00:50:47I'm not really excited.
00:50:48Why?
00:50:49I don't know.
00:50:50I'm just not excited.
00:50:54Do you have any concerns?
00:50:56I don't know.
00:50:58I don't know.
00:50:59It might be too soon for Nariah.
00:51:01I mean, we originally thought
00:51:02that we had more time
00:51:04for her to prep for this.
00:51:06And now it's here
00:51:08and I'm willing to work
00:51:09through that with her
00:51:10and so is Keith.
00:51:12But I'm just kind of,
00:51:14you know, nervous
00:51:16about how we're gonna come
00:51:17together as a family.
00:51:19I don't know how I feel.
00:51:28There's probably some drama.
00:51:29His baby mother,
00:51:30she's still in love with him.
00:51:32It feels strong.
00:51:37What shit?
00:51:48Hi.
00:51:49Hey.
00:51:50How are you?
00:51:51I'm doing good.
00:51:52How are you?
00:51:53I'm good.
00:51:54Are you doing good?
00:51:55I don't know, bitch.
00:52:00What are you coming in for today?
00:52:02So, first of all,
00:52:03you know I trust you.
00:52:04Yes.
00:52:05I'm just kind of worried.
00:52:06I'm starting to get anxious.
00:52:07Troy gets out in two days,
00:52:09so you are the first person
00:52:11I wanted to see.
00:52:12I've been seeing my psychic Patrice
00:52:15I would say a year and a half or so.
00:52:18I was raised in the church,
00:52:19but I don't believe
00:52:21in the concept of religion.
00:52:23I feel like things are a little
00:52:24more hectic for you.
00:52:26Yeah.
00:52:27I believe in energy.
00:52:28I believe we are all connected,
00:52:30that each person has a set aura.
00:52:33I feel that crystals
00:52:34have healing properties.
00:52:36I'm an earth sign.
00:52:37I also believe in astrology.
00:52:39Um, what else?
00:52:41I'm starting to get anxious,
00:52:43and I just really needed
00:52:44to check the energy,
00:52:46you know, with you about Troy.
00:52:48Patrice is someone
00:52:49that I confine into.
00:52:50And to the public,
00:52:51she's a psychic.
00:52:52But to me,
00:52:53she's a prophet from God.
00:52:55I'm going to tap
00:52:56into Troy's energy for you.
00:52:58Okay.
00:52:59Um, spirit guides and angels,
00:53:00what is going on with Troy?
00:53:02What's going on with Troy?
00:53:03Okay.
00:53:04Oh, the five of swords.
00:53:06Troy with the strength card
00:53:07and the five of swords.
00:53:09He really is building up that worry
00:53:11as if something's going
00:53:12to, like, shock him.
00:53:13He's going to find out news
00:53:14for no reason.
00:53:15But with you guys,
00:53:16a lot of miscommunication,
00:53:18a lot of, like, trust
00:53:19and honesty has to go
00:53:20in with you guys.
00:53:21Okay.
00:53:22Spirit guides and angels,
00:53:23how does Troy feel about her?
00:53:24Spirit guides and angels?
00:53:25Oh, gosh.
00:53:26That's a communication card.
00:53:28You can't make this up.
00:53:32Clarify the knight of swords,
00:53:34spirit guides and angels.
00:53:35He has a lot to talk to you about.
00:53:36Look at that.
00:53:37The five of wands,
00:53:38that conflict.
00:53:39I do feel as when
00:53:40he does come out,
00:53:41there's going to be some drama.
00:53:43Just because he has, like,
00:53:44these walls up,
00:53:45he's ready for negative stuff
00:53:46to just happen.
00:53:47What kind of drama do you think?
00:53:48Do you feel like
00:53:49it's going to be other females?
00:53:51Yes.
00:53:52I heard the number two.
00:53:53They keep using the word mom.
00:53:55Mom?
00:53:56Yes, how's his relationship
00:53:57with his baby mother?
00:53:58Is she still in love with him?
00:53:59I feel like she is.
00:54:00Yeah, it feels strong.
00:54:02I feel like she is.
00:54:03I feel like she feels like
00:54:04me and him are not going
00:54:05to be together anyway.
00:54:06Yeah.
00:54:07So it's like,
00:54:08let them just end
00:54:09the relationship and...
00:54:10I'll come back when it's done.
00:54:12I feel as though
00:54:13when Troy gets released
00:54:15from prison,
00:54:16that his ex, Yana,
00:54:17could pop up
00:54:18and cause some strife
00:54:20in our relationship.
00:54:22I am worried.
00:54:24I want to know,
00:54:25are we going to make it?
00:54:27Is it going to work out
00:54:28between the spirit guys
00:54:29and the angels?
00:54:30I keep hearing the word no.
00:54:32Three of swords.
00:54:33No.
00:54:34The three of swords
00:54:35is my heartache card,
00:54:36my heartbreak card.
00:54:37Your spirit guys are saying
00:54:39This is not what I wanted
00:54:41to hear right now.
00:54:43I'm sorry, Dave.
00:54:44Shh.
00:54:53Good morning.
00:54:55You sleep in here?
00:54:57Oh, you all ready to get up?
00:54:59Yeah.
00:55:00Yeah?
00:55:05You all playing blocks?
00:55:09Good morning.
00:55:12Hey, buddy.
00:55:13Morning.
00:55:14Morning, Kimberly.
00:55:15Oh, my goodness.
00:55:16I love you, Jamie.
00:55:18Joey's getting released tomorrow,
00:55:20and I am going to leave the kids
00:55:22with Joey's mom
00:55:23for a couple days.
00:55:24You need some help with anything?
00:55:25No, ma'am.
00:55:26I'm going to run
00:55:27and get dressed real quick.
00:55:28Okay.
00:55:29It's a big day.
00:55:31I rented a cabin
00:55:33in the mountains
00:55:34so that we can have
00:55:35our first romantic night together
00:55:37so that I could really
00:55:38spend time with him
00:55:39and focus on him.
00:55:41How's your nerves today?
00:55:43Bad, anxious, excited.
00:55:45I feel like I might throw up.
00:55:47I'll be all right.
00:55:48I know you will.
00:55:50Well, they will be fine.
00:55:51I'll be fine.
00:55:52I hope I'll be fine.
00:55:53You'll be fine.
00:55:54You know, I ain't never
00:55:55left them overnight.
00:55:56I know.
00:55:57That means a lot to me
00:55:58that you trust me
00:55:59to take care of your boys.
00:56:01Tammy and I,
00:56:02we have been really close now
00:56:05for about three years
00:56:07since Kyler was about
00:56:09two weeks old
00:56:10and we were going to church
00:56:12and I was just in
00:56:13a really bad place
00:56:14with my marriage
00:56:15and everything falling apart.
00:56:16She was really there for me.
00:56:18I have a respect for her
00:56:20that is unmatched.
00:56:22I'm so excited.
00:56:24It's a Christmas miracle.
00:56:25He's getting out
00:56:26right before Christmas.
00:56:27My best Christmas present
00:56:28this year.
00:56:29I know.
00:56:30It is the best.
00:56:31It is.
00:56:32I'll be back in just a minute.
00:56:33Okay, hon.
00:56:34Joey being in prison
00:56:35has been very hard.
00:56:38Joey started getting in trouble
00:56:39when he was about 14,
00:56:41hanging with the wrong people
00:56:42and doing the wrong things.
00:56:44This has been going
00:56:45for a long time now.
00:56:47It's time for a change.
00:56:49It's time to get out
00:56:50and be a man,
00:56:51do the right thing.
00:56:53Let's do this.
00:56:54I have prayed for a long time
00:56:56for Joey to meet
00:56:58a Christian woman
00:57:00and live in a happy life
00:57:02with his own family.
00:57:04So my prayers are coming true.
00:57:06Are you going to be
00:57:07a big boy for me?
00:57:08Yeah.
00:57:09I'm going to go
00:57:10with Miss Kimmy.
00:57:11Look at that.
00:57:12Aren't you sweet?
00:57:14Sweet boy.
00:57:15Yeah.
00:57:16Okay.
00:57:18I love you, sweetie.
00:57:20It's okay.
00:57:21Just...
00:57:22It's okay.
00:57:24Just G-O.
00:57:26Love you.
00:57:27Be safe.
00:57:28Be safe.
00:57:30Phone ringing.
00:57:32You have a prepaid call from
00:57:34an inmate at
00:57:36Craggy Correctional Center.
00:57:38Hey, babe.
00:57:39Hey.
00:57:41I got a message
00:57:42from some chick.
00:57:44What chick?
00:57:45Some chick named Ashley.
00:57:47I don't know who it is,
00:57:48but she said that
00:57:50your future wife
00:57:51is going to f*** her husband.
00:57:53Also, she was hugged
00:57:54the other night
00:57:55with a tall, light-skinned dude.
00:57:57I asked who it was
00:57:58and she said
00:57:59your guardian angel.
00:58:01So, are you f***ing
00:58:02somebody up?
00:58:12This season
00:58:13on Love After Lockup.
00:58:15Hey, babe.
00:58:16What's going on?
00:58:17Are you going to cry?
00:58:18I might.
00:58:19I'm so in love with Daniel.
00:58:22He's just hot.
00:58:23Will you marry me?
00:58:24I got a repentant injury.
00:58:27He's fertile as f***.
00:58:28Everybody who has sex,
00:58:29right out of prison,
00:58:30knocks somebody up.
00:58:32I think we might have
00:58:33made a baby.
00:58:34He should be ashamed.
00:58:36What are you doing?
00:58:37I got some extra money.
00:58:38Stop doing s*** like that.
00:58:39He f***s up, I'm done.
00:58:41I can't say that
00:58:42with 100% certainty.
00:58:43Things are not going to be good.
00:58:44All of that was a lie.
00:58:45Yeah.
00:58:46You can live a double life.
00:58:47That's good.
00:58:48You're never getting away
00:58:49with all this negativity.
00:58:50And you're a motherf***ing liar
00:58:51and a motherf***ing snake.
00:58:53Why does she keep
00:58:55popping up?
00:58:56Just let me figure this s*** out.
00:58:57Here.
00:58:59What do you want from me?
00:59:00What the f*** do you want?
00:59:01Maybe you can
00:59:02decide to be here.
00:59:03I can't even be here.
00:59:04She knew she was going to go back.
00:59:06F*** this s***.
00:59:07Just sit back and enjoy the show.
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