02x06 - Alyssa & Jose

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♪ MTV ♪

No!

♪ Yeah I been hiding in plain
sight this whole time ♪

[Travis] You've met
the love of your life.

I looked in her eyes
and I just saw my other half.

[Rahne] But they're hiding
a massive secret, you.

Have you ever met anyone
in his family?

No.

He blocked me
from his social media.

I need to meet someone
in your life.

-[Rahne] I'm Rahne Jones.
-[Travis] And I'm Travis Mills.

[Rahne] We help desperate people

who are being kept secret
find out why.

Why are you hiding me?

I need answers or this is it.

[Travis]
Will relationships survive?

How could you do this to me?

I had to call these
people to help me.

[Travis]
When faced with the truth?

-Oh, hell, no.
-I can't do this. I can't.

Just one second, hey, hey, hey.

Get the [bleep] out of my house.

[Travis] This is MTV's Help!
I'm in a Secret Relationship!

[Rahne] Tonight, we're in
San Bernardino, California,

with newly engaged couple
Alyssa and Jose

who've been in a relationship
for a year and a half

and even have a child together.

But Alyssa still
hasn't met his family.

I just feel like
he's living a double life.

[Rahne] Jose thinks
he's on a show

about long-distance
relationships.

But we're here to help Alyssa
get the answers she deserves.

I don't even think
she really knows who Jose is.

None of us know who Jose is.

Alyssa is engaged
to your brother Jose.

[Woman] What?

She's let Jose
get away with so much.

-So right.
-Now...

We stirring the pot.

It's just pretty [bleep] up,
Jose.

I know what I did was wrong.

I can't do this anymore.

♪ All eyes on me ♪

♪ I'm about to stop the show
Show stopper ♪

♪ I'm about to stop the show
Show stopper ♪

♪ I'm about to stop the show
All eyes on me ♪

-Rahne.
-Travis.

We're in my hood for once.

-This is you. I love it.
-San Bernadino.

We are in the IE.
Do you know what the IE is?

-No, I don't.
-It's the Inland Empire.

Okay. Never heard of it.
All right.

So there's a ton of cities
out this way that, like,

fit into the IE.

I love it.
It's such an honor to be here

in the place that kind
of cultivated who you are.

Anytime someone tells me
they're from the IE,

I just have this, like,
affinity towards them, right?

And today we are helping Alyssa.

Alyssa has been
with her fiancé, Jose,

for about a year and a half.

Yeah, and Jose lives in Arizona.

Alyssa lives here.

Unfortunately, she feels like
she's being hidden.

Hi.

-I missed you guys.
-I missed you too.

-How was the drive?
-Give me a kiss.

Jose just has this spark
to him where he talks to you

and you instantly just wanna be
with him all the time.

And we've been dating
for a year and a half.

We are getting married
in three months.

It was a long drive.
I hate that drive.

Jose lives in Arizona.
We met on social media.

And he drove all the way
down here to see me

and we instantly connected.

-Go faster!
-I'm just warming up.

Jose's funny, he makes me laugh.
He's just a goofball.

Hey, the loser buys dinner.

[Alyssa] In the past,
I've always got cheated on

or there was always something
wrong in my relationships.

But with Jose,
it felt different to me.

He tells me he loves me
every day.

I felt like I was
in a fairy tale.

-We're gonna get married.
-I know.

I'm excited about that.

I can't believe
this is actually happening.

We met in May.
We got engaged in July,

and then I found out
I was pregnant in November.

I missed you.

Look, it's Daddy, Ender.

He's the best dad that
my son could ever have.

He just has a big heart.

-I'm just so happy you're here.
-I missed you.

I missed you more.

I feel like...it feels like
you're a stranger every time

-I see you again.
-I know.

Go what,
five days without seeing you?

Yeah.

Everything between me
and Jose is great,

but I've met no one
from his family.

I was thinking we throw Ender's
first birthday party in Arizona.

Why do you wanna go
to Arizona so bad?

You know, it's a six-hour drive.
My family's busy.

My mom is always
working overtime.

It hurts me that he's hiding me.

I want Ender to know
Jose's side of the family.

But if I don't get the truth,

there's not gonna be a
wedding in three months.

He's not gonna move in with me.
I don't deserve to be hidden.

I deserve to be shown off.

You know, the stakes are high
here because they also have a

-four-month-old child.
-Yeah.

My red flags are, like,
waving completely,

because how are you engaged?

How do you have a child
and have not met the family?

Yeah, she deserves a whole lot
more than this.

-So-so let's go get Alyssa.
-Shall we get it?

♪ I'm turning out
for my team now ♪

♪ I'll turn it down
'cause it be loud ♪

♪ Came for the game
not fame of the chain ♪

♪ That's the same
as the last crowd ♪

[Rahne] All right. She said
she'd meet us around here.

-Hi.
-Hi.

-What's up, Alyssa?
-How are you guys?

-Good. I'm Travis.
-Nice to meet you.

How you doing?
I'm Rahne.

-Nice to meet you.
-Nice to meet you.

-Should we sit down?
-Yes.

Well, first and foremost,
thank you for...

-for reaching out to us.
-Thank you guys for being here.

I gotta ask. Why did you have
us meet you at this park?

Uh, well, Jose planned this


And right when, like,
the fireworks, like, sparked up,

he, like, got on one knee.

Yes. He proposed to me in front
of, like, so many people.

-It was amazing.
-Nice.

So why don't you just
tell us a little bit

about your relationship?

Me and Jose met on
social media in May.

From there, we like,
talked every single day.

By the end of that week, he
planned to come down to see me.

-From Arizona to California?
-Yes.

Wow.

When I first seen him
getting out of that car

and hearing his voice,
because I fell in love

with his voice,
like over the phone.

So like hearing it for
the first time ever in person,

I don't know.
I just felt, like,

butterflies in my stomach.

I feel like I fell in love
with him right there.

♪ It's time to shout
it out louder ♪

Everything moved so quickly.
We got engaged in July.

-That's, like, two months.
-Yeah. I had to make sure.

And then I found out
I was pregnant in November.

-And that's six months.
-That's six months.

That's a whirlwind.
That's a lot.

-Yes.
-Okay.

We have a
four-month-old baby together.

His name is Ender.

-So Jose still lives in Arizona?
-Mm-hmm.

I know that he's always with
his kids when he's in Arizona.

So he has other kids?

He has two other kids
in Arizona.

-Okay.
-Okay.

But he comes out
here every Friday.

-Oh, wow.
-Yeah.

And he'll stay the weekend.
Sometimes he won't sleep

because he'll leave at night
and drive straight to work

for Monday morning.

So every Friday, he drives
from Arizona to California?

-Mm-hmm.
-That's dedication.

That's dedication. Yeah.

Now, it's a bit
unconventional, right,

because you two are together.
You're engaged.

You have a baby together,
but you live in two

different states.

Is there ever a world
in which you see yourself

moving to Arizona
or him moving here?

He wants to come to California
because he's gonna land a job

out here so we can finally
be in the same house.

-Have you ever gone to Arizona?
-No.

-Okay.
-I feel like this is where

we get into some territory
that's a little red flagish,

-right?
-Yes.

He doesn't want me
to go to Arizona

or to meet people from Arizona.

Or have anything
to do with Arizona.

I'm assuming that you've
brought this up to Jose.

Yeah. Me having a son,
I kind of push for it

just 'cause my son needs to
know that side of the family.

How does he respond?

It's always an excuse, like,
oh, no, it's like, a long drive

for the baby. You can't drive
six hours to Arizona.

Or he'll tell me, like,
his family's busy.

Whoa. Too busy to
meet their grandchild?

-Yes.
-Wow.

I mean, obviously,
you two have a child together.

The day that you
two had your baby,

was your side
of the family there?

His side of the family just
didn't care to show up?

My family was there.
Just my family.

-[Travis] Just your family?
-Mm-hmm.

[Rahne] So his parents have
never met Ender?

-No.
-Wow.

-Yeah.
-Okay.

[Rahne] How does that
make you feel as a mom?

It makes me sad.
And I'm like,

oh, I always get
emotional with this,

but I just feel like

my son doesn't deserve
to be hidden.

I'm posting our family
on social media,

and he has nothing of us.

It just seems like he
doesn't want them to know

about his family out here.

It seems like there's just a
definitive line right here.

You're over here. And Jose
and his family and his other

two kids are over here, and
y'all are not coming together.

-Does he live with them?
-Uh, no.

He lives by himself.
He has his own house out there.

They live with their mom.

[Rahnen] So you could just move
into his place in Arizona.

We have talked about it,
but every time I mention it,

he's always saying, like,
oh, you can't take Ender away

from his grandparents out here
or his family out here.

What are your theories as to why
you're being hidden by Jose?

I just feel like
he's living a double life.

Like, there has to be a reason
why he doesn't want me to

meet people from Arizona.

I'm just exhausted with
just dealing with this,

so I need answers.

Or I'll call off the wedding.
I would not be with him.

Well, I feel like that's why
Rahne and I are here, right?

Is to kind of help
get you some answers.

Rahne and I are definitely
gonna get to work.

-Thank you, guys.
-So nice to meet you.

-Nice meeting you.
-Have a great day.

-Bye.
-Bye.

[Rahne] That is a little
heartbreaking. You meet in May.

You're engaged in July.
You find out you're pregnant,

you know, six months later.
It's just, like, a lot.

And you feel like
you're being hidden.

All while keeping a smile on and
trying to, like, raise a family.

I'd love to see his
social media page.

-I wanna know who this guy is.
-A hundred percent.

-[Rahne] Okay. All right.
-[Travis] All right, so this guy

is just your average, normal,
you know, dude.

[Rahne] His other sons. Okay.

But obviously, nothing about
Alyssa and Ender, though.

They are essentially
nonexistent.

-Jose looks like a family guy.
-Yep.

But why is he not introducing
his fiancée to his family?

[Travis] Coming up.

When she got pregnant,
he kind of stopped being

the person that
she fell in love with.

-She records the video.
-So she did this out of spite?

-Yeah.
-Yeah.

-I know what I did was wrong.
-I'm mentally [bleep] up now.

[glass shattering]

[glass shattering]

♪ Step one big bass
Get the boom moving ♪

[Travis] We're in
San Bernardino, California,

helping new mom Alyssa
find out why her fiancé,

Jose, has been hiding her.
Alyssa's cousin, Priscilla,

asked us to meet her at a
skate park near her home.

We're dropping in to see if she
can give us some answers.

-Thank you for meeting us.
-Yeah.

Um, I don't know how much you
know about the situation here,

but Travis and I are here
to help Alyssa. You know,

she feels like she's being
hidden by her fiancé, Jose.

What has your experience been
like, kind of watching her

in this whirlwind romance?

Um, so Jose kind of just
came out of nowhere.

You know,
then the baby came out.

Everything was just
kind of crazy.

Now, when he first came around,
how did you feel about him?

Um...

Really, like, he just kind of
seemed very standoffish, like

he didn't really want us
to kind of really know him,

and I thought it was pretty,
kind of shady.

Can you give us, like,
an example of something

-shady that Jose has done?
-Yes.

So when she was, like, really,
really pregnant, she was like,

calling me, like, all sad.
And I'm like, what's going on?

And she was like, well,
Jose's not answering his phone.

And like, I get this
text message from him.

And I said, text message?

She goes, yeah, I don't think it
was meant to be for me.

What did the message say?

So the text message said, like,
what's up, bro?

Meet me at Los Lechugas.

-Los Lechugas?
-Yeah.

And what's that?

So then, like,
you know, I jumped on,

started looking it up,

and we found out that it
was, like, a bar in Mexico.

-But she thinks he's in AZ?
-That is not Arizona.

Yeah, definitely not AZ.

She thought the whole time
he was in Arizona,

and apparently
he was partying in Mexico.

And not answering any
type of phone call?

No texts, but also texting
the incorrect person.

-Yeah.
-Did she call him out on it?

Was she like, yo, dumbass,
this is...this is Alyssa.

No, she kind of just
let it simmer out.

I feel like he's hiding her
because he feels like Alyssa

trapped him with a baby.

[Travis]
What makes you think that?

When she got pregnant,
he kind of stopped being

the person that she
fell in love with.

You know, like all that
lovey-dovey stuff kind of like...

-[Travis] Just ended.
-Kinda ended.

Okay, so you're saying
that he doesn't want this

life, essentially.

I don't think so.
I mean, when she met him,

it was clear he was out
there partying in Arizona

all the time.
And he told her he would change.

He wasn't gonna do that no more.
And I think he's still doing it.

I mean, we caught him in Mexico.

Like, I don't even think
she really knows who Jose is.

None of us know who Jose is.

And I hope you guys kind of
get to the bottom of it.

Because we all want it back.

We will. We will.

Thank you so much
for taking the time.

-All right, Priscilla.
-All right, bye.

You have a good one.

Well, that was extremely
helpful, truly.

With what Priscilla was saying,
maybe he feels like he's trapped

in the situation, right? But,
I mean, why not talk it out?

I mean, who proposes
two months in and says,

wait, I don't wanna be trapped?
You asked for this.

-I don't wanna be trapped.
-Now you feel trapped.

Yeah. And here's the thing,
I'm just concerned that she

doesn't have the strength
to question why.

Why does she keep
giving him a pass?

[Travis] But look,
that's why we're here.

Ultimately, Jose's gonna have
to come clean about it all.

♪ Crash, bang, boom ♪

♪ Never see it coming
when I walk into the room ♪

♪ Like a spaceship
Gotta zip, zap, zoom ♪

♪ Just a typical afternoon ♪

[Travis] It's day two of our
investigation, and Alyssa put us

in contact with her good
friends, Kathy and Aaliyah,

who asked to meet.

They say they know the reason
Jose is hiding Alyssa.

I mean, I can't help
but think about Alyssa

in all of this, right? And like,

how she truly kind of had the
wool pulled over her eyes.

I mean, it's impossible
to get to know somebody

that quick, right?

What's that saying?
He kind of came out of nowhere.

And it was like, this thing.

Because he really did, right?
He was like, hey, what's up?

After a week,
I'm driving down here.

It's these big, romantic
gestures, like lovebombing.

And then as soon
as she's pregnant,

-I'm gonna pull back.
-Yeah. He's like,

-now, wait a minute.
-[Travis] Well, all of a sudden,

-he feels trapped.
-[Rahne] Yeah, right.

All right, well, we are about
to be here at Boutique.

Okay.

They said that they're just
going to just be celebrating

-the two-year anniversary.
-All right.

Okay.
Let's get it poppin'.

All right.

-Hi.
-Hello.

-Hey are you doing?
-Good. How are you?

-I'm Travis.
-I'm Rahne.

-Thank you for coming.
-Rahne and I are kind of

dying to hear your take on Jose.

And just kind of, you know,
the whole Alyssa situation.

Just to give you like, kind of
the rundown on why we're here,

Alyssa actually reached out
to us because she feels like

Jose is hiding her.
So we just kinda wanna

know what's your perspective
on Alyssa and Jose

and their relationship?

We feel that she's in an
unhealthy relationship.

-You do?
-Yeah.

We just kind of wanna
know what the hell is up.

We believe Jose is still
holding a grudge against her

for making him lose his job.

-She made him lose his job?
-Yes.

How?

Well, he had told her that
he was out in Arizona working.

Well, she goes on social media,
and then she ends up seeing

Jose drinking a fat margarita.

-On like...
-On clock hours.

So while he's supposed to be
working, he's out partying.

-Obviously, not telling Alyssa.
-Exactly.

But he posts it on social media.

Are you gonna show
them the video?

There's a video?

Yeah, there's a video.

-Do you mind showing us?
-Of course, I can show you.

-Okay.
-There you go.

[Travis] "Margarita on the
rocks?

Margarita on the clock."

[Rahne] Oh.

She records the video,
searches for the corporate email

and submits that.
And he lost his job for it.

Oh.

Yeah.

-So she did this out of spite?
-Yeah.

I'm assuming Jose
didn't take that well.

-I mean, I wouldn't.
-Oh, no one would.

So you feel like he's hiding
Alyssa because he's still upset

-that she got him fired?
-Most definitely.

-Sure.
-You could say you forgive,

but imagine someone making you
lose your corporate job.

And bringing this person
home to meet family.

Like, hello, I lost my job.
Remember that?

Right. Right.

So it's like,
this is not a good situation.

No, it's not.
It's very toxic.

We thank you so much for-for...
for talking to us.

-We thank you.
-Appreciate you.

Nice to meet you.
All right. Thank you.

-Bye.
-Bye-bye.

-Oh. Um...
-Okay.

-Where do we begin?
-Well, there's two sides

-to every story.
-And it's very convenient that

she absolutely left that out.

We really haven't talked
to anyone on Jose's side,

so, like, I don't think it
would be the worst idea for us

to kind of go back
into Jose's socials

and find some people in Arizona
who can give us a perspective

to which, you know,
we're not seeing with this

because right now,
it feels very one-sided.

[glass shattering]

[glass shattering]

♪ Make you move ♪

♪ I brought my
whole team with me ♪

[Travis] Alyssa's best friends,
Kathy and Aaliyah just

threw us a curveball.
Telling us that Alyssa

got Jose fired from his job.
At this point, the only way

we're gonna get to the bottom
of why Jose is hiding Alyssa

is to try and talk
to some of his people.

So I wanna take another
look at Jose's social media.

Let's do it.

-[Rahne] There he is.
-[Travis] There's our boy, Jose.

-L ives in Arizona.
-[Rahne] Okay. That checks out.

[Travis] " Throwback Thursday,

Back in the day
with my boy, Nick."

Okay, let's give Nick a message.

-Boom.
-All right.

Let's go back to Jose's page.

[Rahne] Oop. "You don't marry
the one you can live with,

you marry the one
you can't live without."

[Travis] Brianna, "Shut up!"
Laughing emoji and a heart.

What's that mean, girl?

[Travis]
She also lives in Arizona.

[Rahne] Okay. Oh, look.

Brother.

[Travis] Jose is her brother.

-Whew.
-Okay. Well, great.

We can send her a message
and hopefully talk to someone

from his family.
I mean, it's only fair.

[message dings]

[Travis] All right.
Nick texted us.

He said,
"Call me at this number."

Let's give Nick a call.

[line ringing]

Hey, is this Nick?

Hey, Nick.
This is Travis and Rahne.

We do a show with MTV and, um,
we're helping this girl, Alyssa

and her fiancé,
who's your friend, Jose.

Do you know that he is
engaged to an Alyssa?

Do you know that
an Alyssa exists?

Okay, so from your
perspective, as Jose's friend,

do you know why
he could be hiding Alyssa?

All right, Nick.
Well, we appreciate you, man.

Thank you so much.

I'm overwhelmed.

I'm noticing a pattern,
though, with Jose, right?

I mean, we did get a text
that says, "Hey, it's Brianna."

-Okay.
-"Call me."

The sister.

[line ringing]

Hey, Brianna.
It's Travis and Rahne.

We sent you a message.

How you doing?

Good. I know this-this is a
little weird.

You just get a random
message from us.

But just to let you know,
we're actually helping this,

this girl, Alyssa, who is
engaged to your brother Jose.

And he also has a
son with Alyssa.

Do you know anything about that?

We're talking about, yeah, Jose.
Lives in Arizona.

Yeah, I mean, neither do we.

That's why we're hoping that
you can help clear it out.

Oh.

I feel like we might have
kind of blown this up.

And she's gonna hang up
and call Jose because that's

-what any sibling would do.
-Yeah. I would do it.

-I think we need to call Alyssa.
-I think so too.

[line ringing]

-[Alyssa] Hello?
-It's Travis and Rahne.

-How are you doing?
-[Alyssa] Hi. How are you guys?

We're good. We've been,
we've been busy.

Um, and so we-we think that
it's time to kind of update

you on everything that
Rahne and I have been doing.

[Alyssa] [sighs] Okay.

We definitely, you know,
wanna sit down in person

with you two to kind of
go over everything.

So we kind of wanted
to set up a time,

maybe tomorrow that we could
talk to you.

[Alyssa] Um, me and Jose
actually have a date tomorrow.

He's gonna drive down
here from Arizona.

What if you guys come with me?

-To your date?
-[Alyssa] Yes.

Okay. How do you think Jose
is gonna feel about this?

[Alyssa] I think he might
be a little mad.

Just know that we have your back
every step of the way.

[Alyssa] Okay. Thank you.

-You're welcome.
-Bye, Alyssa. Talk soon.

[Alyssa] Okay. Bye-bye.

It's gonna be a
really awkward dinner.

[glass shattering]

[glass shattering]

♪ Living for the danger ♪

♪ No caution tape or cones ♪

[Travis] Yesterday,
Jose's friend confirmed

he's hiding a massive secret.

Alyssa decided to leave Ender
at home with a babysitter,

so she can confront Jose
as soon as he arrives

from Arizona for their date.

Oh, okay. So we are literally
going to go crash a date.

And I would have done it
a little bit differently.

I don't know if I would have
necessarily planned on us

-kind of crashing.
-Not my ideal situation.

But hey, I mean, I kind of
love this for Alyssa, right?

Because she's let Jose
get away with so much.

-Correct.
-Right?

Never really pushed the issues.
I mean, now...

-We stirring the pot.
-Uh-huh. Like, the pot is being

-stirred today.
-[Rahne] There she is.

-You ready?
-I guess.

Are we just gonna
walk up in here?

I mean, like, hey,
sorry to interrupt.

Let's do it.

-Hey, Alyssa.
-Hey, guys.

-Good to see you.
-Good to see you guys as well.

Nice to see you.

-How are you feeling?
-I'm really nervous.

I just feel like there's
something that you guys are

gonna tell me that I don't like.

You know, just to kind of
update you, the first person

that we spoke to after
we left was Priscilla.

Okay.

And Priscilla seems to think
that the reason why Jose could

be hiding you is
because he feels trapped.

Like, I wouldn't see why he
would feel trapped, though,

because he wanted this baby,
you know? But he left me at

home pregnant and throwing up.
Like when I needed him the most,

he was out partying.

If he does feel trapped
and if he is hiding me

because he feels like
he's trapped,

then it would make no sense.

Because you've communicated
that this is something

-that you wanted.
-Exactly.

Now, once we left Priscilla,
we also spoke with your friends,

Aaliyah and Kathy,
and they seem to believe

that Jose is hiding you because
you got him fired from his job.

-[sighs] So...
-[Rahne] Yeah.

I did get him
fired from his job.

I mean, I do feel a
little bad about it,

but I was just so emotional,
like, I was hormonal.

Like, the hormones took over me,
and I just wanted to just,

you know, get him back
with something, you know?

And when Aaliyah and Kathy
kind of told us that,

we thought to ourselves,
oh, is there anything else

Alyssa might not be telling us?

And we thought it was only
fair to kind of reach out

to some people on
Jose's side as well.

So we dove a little bit deeper
on Jose's social media.

We saw a post from a girl who
turned out to be Jose's sister.

-It was Brianna.
-Yeah, yeah.

I know that's his sister.

We hopped on the phone with her.

She did not know
that she was an aunt.

And she had no idea that
Jose is engaged to you.

What?

Yeah.

She doesn't know that she has a
nephew out here in California?

-No idea.
-No idea.

-[Alyssa] You're kidding me?
-No.

So Jose's family doesn't know
that he has a son with you.

[Alyssa] What?

[Travis] We also spoke
to Jose's friend, Nick.

But the concerning thing was
he said he did know the reason

why Jose has been hiding you.

He just didn't feel
comfortable telling us.

Yeah.

He said this is something that
Jose should be telling you.

[Alyssa] So there is
something hidden?

Yes. We obviously
don't know what that is,

but hopefully today will be
the day to figure that out.

Okay.

Should we go inside and kind of
get settled before he arrives?

[Alyssa] Yes.
That's a good idea.

♪ Start it up ♪

♪ I'm here to roll ♪

♪ Start it up
Start it up ♪

I'm very nervous.

I'm stressed too, Alyssa.

[glass shattering]

[glass shattering]

I'm very nervous.

I'm stressed too, Alyssa.

Hey, what's this?

-Jose, I'm Travis.
-Jose.

How are you doing?
I'm Rahne.

Jose.
So what's this about?

My sister got a phone call.
She gave me a call.

I'm kind of confused.

Jose, just so you know,
Alyssa contacted Rahne and I

because she feels like
you're hiding her.

Me and her have
talked about this.

I don't see why
all this is needed.

I mean, we're getting
married in three months.

Look it at where
we're at right now.

You know, Alyssa has reached a
point where she feels like

she has no other recourse than
to kind of confront you

head on with this.

I guess we can see
where this goes.

Well, the first person
that we talked to was

Alyssa's cousin, Priscilla.

And, you know, Priscilla has
some thoughts as to why you

could possibly be hiding Alyssa.
Alyssa, do you wanna?

You know, Priscilla thinks
that maybe you think that

I trapped you with a baby.
Do you feel that way?

You know I love you.
I love the baby.

I mean, come on now.
You know this.

If anything,
I feel like you trapped me.

You like party behind
my back all the time.

When I was pregnant,
I was at home throwing up.

I needed you.
And you were not there for me.

I wasn't.
And I'm sorry.

And I know what I did was wrong.

It's something that we didn't
have to bring up here today.

I don't understand that.

So after we left Priscilla,
we went over and talked to

Alyssa's friends,
Kathy and Aaliyah.

-Oh, yeah.
-And they did tell us that story

about Alyssa doing something
that resulted in you getting

-fired from your job.
-Yes.

Are you hiding me
because you resent me

for getting you fired
from your job?

No, no.

I mean, yes,
that that was a big toll.

Like it did take effect on me.

Like, why would someone do that
that says they love me?

But, I mean, like I said,
it's something I got over

and I...It's old.
I mean, it's old news.

It's in the past.
I got a better job.

I'm doing better right now.
And we're happy.

When we heard this,
we felt like it was only fair

to kind of take a dive
into your side.

You know,
that we called your sister.

Your sister did not know
that she has a nephew

and that Alyssa,
you're engaged to her.

You wouldn't want to bring your
son and your fiancée to Arizona

to kind of meet your family?

Everyone's busy out there.
No one really has time.

I mean, it's a far drive. Um...

[Rahne] Does anyone in your
family know that when you're

coming to California,

it's to see your fiancée
and your child?

Uh...

Not really.

I tell them, I just come
out here to hang out with

some friends. I don't really
say a person or a name.

[Travis] We also got to talk
to your friend Nick.

He said that he definitely
knows why

you're hiding Alyssa,

but he didn't want
to tell Rahne and I.

I just don't understand how
you can still be hiding me.

[Rahne] This is a woman
who you are engaged to,

who you have a child with.
And I feel like

she's owed some answers.

I wanna tell Alyssa.
I want her to know,

but I don't want her
to leave me. I love this woman.

We're getting married.
And that's one thing

I don't want to lose
is my fiancée.

There's not gonna be a wedding.

There's not gonna be
us as a family,

if you can't finally
tell me the truth.

The reason why
I'm hiding you, Alyssa...

[glass shattering]

[glass shattering]

Why are you hiding me, Jose?

[music]

The reason why
I'm hiding you, Alyssa...

is because I have a addiction.

[music]

To financial domination.

Financial domination?
What is that?

That sounds so bad.
What is that?

It's. It's complicated.
I mean, it's...it was before you.

I've been doing it for y...

I've done it for about
three years now.

So this girl, every payday,
I'll give her half my check.

So she's like
a financial dominatrix?

Yes. Half my check goes to her.

And what she does with this,
she will do whatever she wants.

She helps pay my bills.

[Rahne] Okay. So are you
giving her money and

making yourself dependent
on her to get your bills paid?

Yes.
I'm submitting myself to her.

She says, well, give me money.
And I say, how much?

She says, jump.
I say, how high?

She controls you, essentially.

Yes, I do bow down
to her when I'm in Arizona

or where I'm not with Alyssa.

So why wouldn't you want to give
that money to Alyssa, right?

Sure.

And like, or like open
a savings account for...

-Ender.
-For her and your son.

That's probably something that
I'm gonna wanna do after this.

But as of right now,
what I've been doing,

it's...it wasn't like that
to do better for my family.

It was for myself.
It just...I'm-I'm addicted.

And you don't live
with her in Arizona?

[sigh] I don't...

I don't think we should talk
about the Arizona living

because, um...

It's just gonna make this...

I mean, we've gone this far.

I feel like it's time to put
everything on the table.

Do you live with
this person in Arizona?

I live with
my mother in Arizona.

So my house that
I have in Arizona,

my financial domme
lives there.

I look so dumb right now.

What do your friends and family,
what do they...

What do they think?

[Jose] They think that
it's a girl that I talk to.

And they know that
you give her money?

Well, they know that
she lives in my house.

They don't know that she's
collecting money from me.

So is this...
Is this like a sexual thing?

There's no...no physical,
no sexual, nothing.

And what do you get out of it,
though? Like, that's what I'm...

Like, that's what I'm...
Like, if there's not an exchange

in-in-in sex
or anything like that.

Do you still get...
Is there an arousal there?

Like, what is the...
What is the point of it?

For some reason,
it-it arouses me.

Right after I send her money,

I-I do touch myself.
Play with myself.

However you wanna say it.

You have me at home. Why would
you even have to do that?

That's weird.

You're telling me you love me
and you're laying up next to me

every weekend while you are
entertaining this girl?

You've been lying to me.

It's an addiction.
I need help.

If I knew that you
had a financial domme,

I would have never
said yes to you.

I would have never
got engaged to you.

You've done way too much to me.
I'm mentally [bleep] up now.

Okay? Do you understand that?

I'm tired of putting myself
last and being with you

for the sake of our child.
I don't know.

I hope that there's hope
for me in the future that

I'll be happy with my kid.
You know what?

I know I'm gonna be happy
with my kid without you.

And I could do it by myself.

And you wonder why I hid this?

I'm still with the conversation.

You wonder why
I hid this though.

-No. No. Like...
-[Jose] Stop. Stop.

-I've literally...
-Stop.

Been through
enough with you, okay?

-Stop.
-I can't do this.

I can't do this anymore.
I can't.

I'm gonna go.

[music]

Hi.

[Alyssa] I just...
I feel like I'm shutting down.

Enough is enough.
And he keeps hurting me.

May I give you a hug?

All right. First and foremost,
I am so proud of you.

So, so proud of you for speaking
your truth and being honest.

That [bleep] [bleep] up.

You said this has been going on
for three years, right?

Yes.

Why not cut it off,
when you meet someone

that you wanna propose to?

I don't know. I've never
been addicted to anything.

I never had addiction.
I don't...I don't know.

I only say I'm addicted
'cause I can't stop doing it.

If she's willing to help me,
I'm willing to do it.

Do you want me to give you
a second to catch yourself?

And then you can come in
when you're ready?

It's okay.
I think I've got this.

Okay.

So where do we go from here?
What do you want to do?

I feel like that's probably
gonna be the last time

I ever cry for you.

I'm completely...

Exactly 'cause
I won't mess up again.

-No, Jose.
-I won't mess up again.

No.

We are not gonna
get married anymore.

We've already paid
for the venue.

Okay, but do you understand
that there's not gonna be

a wedding anymore?

You're not gonna be
in my future.

I can't do this with you.

So for me being honest,
you're gonna just leave me

and cut me down and
not wanna be with me

when someone's
at his lowest right now?

I had to go this far to get
answers from you because

-you couldn't tell me yourself.
-Okay.

Now, here's the thing, though.

It is not on her
to, number one, help you.

That's something that
you have to do for yourself.

I feel like if you're my partner
and you're gonna be my wife,

it's something that
you should help me do.

But you took that
choice away from her

by not telling her, right?

You didn't involve
her up until now.

And now that she
knows the truth,

she doesn't want to walk
down that road with you.

From the beginning,
I wanted to tell her.

I did.
I wanted to tell her.

But I didn't want to
seem like some weirdo.

-So you deceived her?
-I did.

I did.

[Travis] Alyssa, what does
this look like for you?

I think from now on,

I'm just gonna start
putting myself first.

At the end of the day,
you two will always be connected

in some way because of Ender.
Right. And that is your son.

You love him.
That is your son. You love him.

And at this point,
it's about co-parenting.

And making sure that
that beautiful little boy

is just happy as a clam.
You know?

I think we are going
to get out of here.

Good luck with everything.

Thank you.

Uh-oh. That was intense.

Like, that guy...

-He just didn't get it.
-Right. He just...

You know, he wanted to be
rewarded for his honesty.

The only problem was,
is that that came about

-a year and a half too late.
-Right.

I just hope that the two
of them can kind of co-parent

in a positive way,
because at the end of the day,

they're always
going to be connected.

Not every story is
a fairy tale ending,

but I'm happy that
she got the truth.

-And good for her.
-Good for her.

♪ How do you know whenever
you've crossed that line ♪

♪ I wanna move on
just to get up off this ♪

♪ 5:00 AM still waking up
with cold sweats ♪

♪ Trying to figure out
this doubt ♪

♪ I haven't fed my soul yet
I'm still in my progress ♪

♪ I haven't met my goals yet ♪

♪ My mind playing tricks on me
'cause I'm not ready to go yet ♪

♪ Hard days
Hard times ♪

♪ I can't focus
'cause it's always on my mind ♪

You live together in real life,
but you're blocked online.

Right? That's really weird.

[Rahne] If all this is true,

I feel like that would be
the end of the friendship.

This isn't like the Matt

that I was friends with
for five years.

It breaks my heart to think
about what he's been through.

What could be so big that, like,

you're trying to buy time to
tell me?

It's [bleep] weird.