Something Was Wrong - S1 E8: There is Much to Confess

Episode Date: February 25, 2019

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discretion when listening. I'm Tiffany Reese and this is something was wrong. In my mind I'm thinking this is either all of them or all you. They either are real or they're not dead this far. I just know it. And he, it became the large majority of the conversations I had with Kimmy and Brian were actually with him. As soon as he felt that I was satisfied, I acted like okay like I've got the truth. We'll work forward from this. He would be like okay good and act like you know he was contrived. We're

going to work through this. Yes, I have problems you know, I'm going to go to counseling and it became like while our wedding is postponed, we're still going to be together. But here's what it's going to look like. He's going to go to celebrate recovery because he has, you know, problems to work through. He's going to sign up for one on one counseling. We're going to go to couples counseling. And he had the whole plan as to how we were going to fix this and come through this. He started these notes on his phone that he shared with me on like a you know our iPhones of a list of all the sermons he was listening to and his notes to follow as he listened to them for you know full disclosure because we're working through stuff together now and

all of the classes he had signed up for the one one-on-one counseling, the celebrate recovery, the couples counseling, it was such an overwhelming list that I was reading it going, I'm overwhelmed. This is too much. Thank you. But now he had to save the day and he had to show just how studious he was and how committed he was to making everything right. And in my mind, I'm like, you still haven't told me the whole truth, but you think I think you did. And so now we're moving forward.

Who are you? That's when my sister and my mom showed up to help me get some of my stuff out because as like my fiance thought thought we were gonna separate as an engaged couple and just kind of revert back to dating. But my mom and my sister showed up and we didn't know my sister was coming because she had to work. So, you got to imagine the scene. My mom and me, I think my roommate are in my room and we're ready to go over there and

I'm just an absolute mess and all of a sudden my door opens and we freak because we're like we're terrified right now we don't know what's going on hi Laird yeah he could be anywhere of course my mom is absolutely petrified I'm just kind of more about everything's gonna be fine let's just get through this mom was very thrilled with the shirt I was wearing and my shirt said nope not today and I just got the shirt and I was happy that I was wearing it that day too but my mom was so happy to see that shirt and I was happy that I was wearing it that day too But man mom was so happy to see that shirt and I felt that way. I was like I was so angry And I was so like no people you don't people don't do this people don't act like this

I was so ready to pop a hoe that I was like nope Definitely not today. So I went up in there and mom was happy to see me and then Sarah came out of her bathroom. And she saw me and she was really surprised and I was like, hi, and I went into hug her, which I love my sister and I love my brother, but we're not very like, we don't hug a lot, we don't show a lot of emotions towards each other.

And so the hug was definitely like, I'm here for you, come and hug me. So I went and gave her hug, and as I was definitely like, I'm here for you. Come and hug me. So I went and gave her hug and as I was hugging her, I said, are you okay? And she started crying while I was holding her. And she said, I will be. And in that moment, Sarah's not a cryer. Sarah's not a super like, she doesn't let her emotions get the best of her for the most part. She processes them and she talks about them and she doesn't like stuff them down or hide them, but she's also not like she has a lot of control over them, so to speak. So when she does break down in a moment that she doesn't want to break down, that's when

you know she's not okay. Like she's messed up inside. Something is messed up and she needs she needed people. So that hug and that slight little breakdown that she had, I was so happy I took the day off work and I was so happy that I was there and it made me even more angry that I was before that and I didn't think that was possible. She told us what the plan was and the plan was that we were going to go over to his house, their house, to be very calm, be very kind and then then leave. And I was like, nope. I'm not

kidding. No. Leave me here. Don't do not bring me. I'm not trying to be funny. I'm not trying to be like super cool and protective and like fake mussely. Like, I will protect you. Don't bring me on my boot them up. I'm not trying to, I wasn't trying to sound like that. I was like, I'm serious. I hate him. I don't wanna see him be okay. I don't want anything to do with him. I don't wanna be fake kind to him. I don't even think I could be fake kind to him.

I don't want him touching me and he's a hugger. Like he squeezes really hard when he hugs. I don't want him hugging me. I don't wanna smile at him. I don't wanna look him in the eyes. I don't even wanna smell him. Like I don't want to look him in the eyes. I don't even want to smell him like I don't want to go. I'm serious and Sarah was like seriously Emily. We need you to come and help. The more of us there, the less likely he is to do anything that we don't want him to do and the more normal it will seem and you have to treat him like everything is going to be okay because that's how we need him to stay. Okay, fine, let's go.

So we went and the whole way there, I'm just like blood is pumping, I'm so mad. I go into his work office because I see him come off of a phone call and he turns and he looks out at the empty house and the look on his face was so dramatic. It was just like it fell and he started sobbing and I held him and I'm just like I'm so sorry this is happening I'm so sorry this is where we are and he is just like a broken little child leaned forward in his chair with his head like kind of in my stomach and I'm holding him while he's sobbing and I'm like I'm so sorry I'm so sorry this is just what we have to do and we knew it was was gonna be hard. We just didn't, we didn't know that it was gonna be this hard.

You'll be okay. And he's like, I'm so alone, I'm so alone. I've never been so alone, because he's out here. He's now moved to Sacramento for me. Can't call Brian anymore. Right? Can't so low. Can't be walked off a ledge. And he's got no family in California.

And he's got these terrible allergies, because it's spring in Sacramentorameno and I'm taking everything out of the house so now he lives in this empty dungeon, broken up, attending counseling, no family around, a failed engagement, so of course he's the victim obviously, sucks for him and I'm taking all the utensils out of the house. So he walks out and he's just like shoulders hunched imagine like a six foot four, you know, guy just like hunching over and walking out to your streaming on his face. If you're into true crime, the Generation Y podcast is essential listening.

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this is allergies I'm not crying this is allergies and he's like he comes in and he puts his arms out and I'm like oh mother f fur he puts his arms out and I just am like so I give him the mother truck and hug and he's like he's holding me and I'm like oh my gosh And he goes how are you and in the moment when he says how are you? He squeezes really freaking hard and I said I will be better when you're not squeezing me so hard and He's like oh I didn't laugh. What's the funny? I wasn't trying to be funny. I was like serious get off me He hugged mom and he hugged her really tight too and I can't laugh, it wasn't funny. I wasn't trying to be funny, I was like, serious, get off me.

He hugged mom and he hugged her really tight too. And I can't remember what she said, but she, mom is way nicer than me, and way more mature than me in those moments. So all I can think is, I really want to punch you in the balls and mom is thinking, we just want you to stay sane, we're going to pretend we love you

and we're going to have compassion on you. I had zero compassion, I did not care about him. So we went home after mom and I did our thing with Sarah, we went home and then we were all sitting around our little fireplace in the backyard, me, mom and dad, and we were so, there was so much wine had over this weekend. Sarah called to say, I think I would like to break up with him tonight and mom and dad put her on speaker phone

and they kind of like processed it together. Like, okay, what are you thinking? What are the next steps? What needs to happen? And Sarah's talking about like money from people, from like the honeymoon fund. Like, we want to get that back. So I don't know if I should really break up with him

until we give people his money back. Because I don't want him to do anything crazy and keep it. And I also, there's like, I want to separate my credit cards I don't know if I should really break up with him until we give people his money back because I don't want him to do anything crazy and keep it. And I also, there's like, I want to separate my credit cards from him and my phone and like, she wanted to make sure we're completely separate before she told him the news of we're done for good. Goodbye. Just because we obviously don't know this guy and we don't know how he is going to respond.

He's not normal and he's definitely missing a few screws She's talking about the different options of like break up with him tonight break up with him in a couple days Wait until this is all done and dad finally was like Military mode just takes over the conversation goes nope. I want you to break up with him tonight I want to be there and keep in mind. I think it's already like 8.30 right now that that's late for me, but my parents were gonna go to bed around 930 maybe 10. So for him to be like we're coming there is what is like, whoa, dad it's almost bedtime. So he's like, I want you to break up with him until we are with you. You are not going over to his house and she's like, I need to break up with him in person. If I'm going to break up with him, it needs to be in person

and she and dad just straight up know. I realize Sarah is a grown woman and we all know if Sarah's a grown woman and does what she wants, but when dad says no, you just freaking listen. He was like, no, I don't want you breaking up with him in person and I don't want you doing it until we're there. So we will come up there, we will go over there together, get the remainder of your stuff and then you'll be done, completely done with him, he'll have nothing left of yours. And I'm like, okay, okay, I will, I will, I will, I will give off my back, everybody, let me handle this. But my dad goes in the military mode and he's like, no, you're not safe.

We don't care about someone else's feelings now. We're going to come in guns blazing and we're going to get you out of Sacramento and we're not going to treat this like a breakup. We're treating this like a rescue. Because here she is trying to figure this thing out so that she's safe. They can hack. The decision's been made. What are we messing around for?

Why are we still tiptoeing around this freak? And my parents are driving to my apartment while I am in my room, privately, on FaceTime with him. As he's telling me, everything we're gonna do to make this work, my sister was already there. She got there early and my roommates and my sister are behind my bedroom door peeked open and watching and it what proceeded to happen was the most trippy Conversation I've had in my whole life where I don't know the face of who I was talking to. None of the reactions made sense

None of it was consistent. He started spewing a line of there are things that need to happen. There are procedures that need to be in place. You and I need to go to couples counseling for our sin as a couple. There needs to be parental counseling for the sin on the part of your parents. Like, he said sin so many times. And by the last one I stopped him. I put a hand up and I went, I'm sorry, you wanna talk about sin? And that's, and I even remember my mind thinking, he used to call me aggressive. Wait till he sees this.

Bladed at him and I said, you used scripture to manipulate me for eight months and you have God the answer to for that. And you wanna point at my sin. And he went blank and looked to me, flat, just flat, affect and went, I understand. If someone and looked to me flat just flat affect and went I understand If someone did that to me can you imagine the like I would either be absolutely broken going bad I'm so sorry or I'd be like no I did it flat nothing no emotion no remorse

No nothing and I just remember thinking okay. I'm dealing with a stranger Here's how it's gonna roll out kind of thing So then he's okay. So what like what are we doing here? What is this because I got business to attend to? If this isn't it's he's still claiming that Kimi and Brian are real. Yep. Yep. And he is and they have said anything I have not heard from them No, no selfie no phone call. Yeah, right? No like mean, if they were as torn and broken, waking up and millingized, they were trying to... Try and imagine now that I'm about to break up with him.

The Holy Spirit should have been moving in their lives. Meanwhile, they're praying for your cellulate. Nothing. That's when he said, so what, are we just like, is this it? Are we done? Because I have a lot of phone calls to make if that's what's happening. Because I'm not staying in this goth for a taken state. Because he hated California.

So he said, I've got phone calls to make and I just said, yeah, that's what's happening. And he pitched it like, okay, you're choosing this pretty much. The way it was from here on out and the way that his family thinks because they mentioned this to me and so his brother.

I chose, after finding out that there was some mistrust there, as Truss broke in and he lied, I chose to not move forward that I could not recover from it and not get married which they understood, but I chose to not let God redeem this for the sake of the gospel. Those words are, I have in text from his brother and from him that it's a shame that you were not allowing God to redeem this marriage because God holds marriage in the highest, this demon I have chosen to walk away from. And I just had to kind of eat it and be like, cool, whatever you need to tell yourself, sure,

this is not what I want. You know, I don't want to marry a liar, woe is me. So he said, okay, so you need to tell yourself, sure, this is not what I want. You know, I don't want to marry a liar. What was me? So he said, okay, so you know, what was this gonna look like? Are we gonna like, you know, follow each other on social media still? He's not, he's going to that point.

Yeah. And so I'm just like, I love it, he's instantly like, okay, exit, business, like how am I gonna save face? That's what I kept telling people upwards when they would ask me and I would describe it. I would say it was like, he went into business mode. Yeah, it was strategy and so he's like are we gonna like follow his father's social media and so I go into kind of

Compliant like let's just not rock any boats right now because I knew that we're gonna show up at our house Like I don't want him to be set off in any way, so I just was like, you know what? At first I thought maybe and I was like no, I don't think that'd be a good idea. And he just goes, okay, yeah, I figured. And then he paused for a moment and he grinned. He actually smiled and he goes, oh, come on, you don't want your ex-fiance. They watch you and you on dates with your new boyfriend on your stories kind of joked.

And I went, yeah, no, no thanks. And he paused for a minute. And then he laughs and he goes, oh man, that's pretty fucked up. And he looks at me like, come on. I look at him and he, I just said, yeah, well the last eight months of my life or what's been pretty fucked up. And he laughs, he goes, ha, good point.

And that's, I, and now to, at this point, I'm just like, we gone. We go there, we get to Sarah's house. And she is already in her bedroom breaking up with him over FaceTime. And that's when I go in there and I'm like, dang it, like why didn't she wait? I wanted to record the whole thing. So I went in there and threw my phone on the bed and I was recording it. I don't know if Sarah told you that.

Or if she just sent you the audio. She sent me the audio. Okay. There's not much. Sadly, I can't use it because we haven't permissioned it. Because California's dual consent or whatever. Yeah. But I listened to it. He was super cold. Like super cold. Like emotions turned off and no longer cared about winning the situation. Now he was just like, he wanted to save face and he didn't want to look like he was affected at all. It kind of what it felt like but when she broke up with him. I know he said something like this could have been redeemed

I freaking hate that word redeemed now. He used it so many times Oh, I do remember hearing saying her saying we're just gonna come over and get my stuff I've got my parents and my sister with me. We're just gonna go in and get out I like this is what's gonna happen and he said I don't want to see your parents, please don't bring your parents. I just don't want to face them right now or something like that. And she goes, they're already here, they're already coming. Kind of like deal with it. We're not gonna talk about this. By the way, my ear was definitely on the door for that conversation. Most of my stuff is in the floor on my room and in my mom's car, but there's still some stuff left in the house.

My dad had called my cousins, who are hilarious and amazing, you don't mess with them. My dad calls my cousins as, hey, I need you tonight, basically. My cousin's all this says is what time and where. He thinks to ask, does he have guns? And so my dad says yes, because my fiancee did own guns. And so he goes, yes, because my fiancee did own guys.

And so he goes, OK, I'm calling. And he names my cousin who's a cop. So of course they come packing. My cousin calls my dad back and says, hey, I am at his house. He's drinking a glass of milk, sitting at the table, and looking in his house right now. So they just kept watching him across the street while we went in and out and in and out and got all my stuff out and then it's done. And my fiance is still inside, just inside the door.

And my dad and sister are outside just off the porch on the driveway and they can see in the door. My mom is off out at, you know, the carpet and stuff away. So I'm like, I've got to say goodbye. I'm like, oh, I don't know what to do here. So I walk up the steps and I go on the door just to kind of say, if I'm gonna goodbye, I don't know what to do. And I know my dad and sister are behind me looking like I'm watching. And I didn't know what else to say. I just looked at him and I just said, I'm sorry.

I'm like, I'm like devastated. This is a nightmare. And he looks at me with this little side grin and he tilts his head and he goes, you're not sorry. And just looks at me like, oh child. And I just looked at him confused. I didn't even know what to say. What do you say to that? What do you mean? Like, what are you implying that I want this the whole time? Is this my dream? Is this my, what do you mean? I'm not sorry. Mom comes up Where's Sarah? And we're like she's right there talking to the deck. Nope. She like stomps her little body with her two-inch legs

Up the stairs into the doorway and I'm like mom leave it mom. Nope I see Greg and Emily standing outside letting them say goodbye and I thought oh heck no No, no, no because he's gonna get he's gonna get one last word or one last dig or one last hurt and so I basically stormed in and she looked at me and she said mom we're saying goodbye something like that and I said that's okay go ahead you don't tell mom what to do in that moment she's got tunnel vision and all she's probably thinking is he's slitting her throat. I don't know Steps her way over the door jam squeezes herself between me and like the door in him So now there's this awkward triangle and she looks up at him and looks up at me and looks down at the floor

She's like five five. I'm you know five seven and she goes everything okay And I'm like yeah mom, it's almost like this, this sickeningly comedic moment, or I look over at her and I'm kind of like, mom, I'm trying to say goodbye, like you can step out of the situation and kind of thing. And she just goes, okay, good, and doesn't move. She's like positioned herself between him and me, and we just all stand there in this awkward like face-off, this silence. And I'm like, well, I guess I'll hug you goodbye now. And then as I give him a hug, he whispers in my ear, you're making a huge mistake. And I just, I didn't know what else to say other than I'm really sorry.

I just repeated it again. And he just shook his head like, heard that one. I had not one ounce of apprehension or fear. It's like get her out. Just get her out. I heard the tail end of him saying that. Of him saying, you're making a mistake. And I said, okay, time to go. And then he makes my mom like give him a good buy hug. And then he puts his hand out to my dad and says his name to go shake his hand and my dad just steps back and starts walking towards the car and he turns and he just says no. And my ex goes, at least let me, I think something he started to say, like thank you, or something

like that. And my dad just turns and he points his hand out and he says no, get help, get help, you need it. And he just like waves his hands in the air, like I've washed myself of this. Yeah, he wanted to come out and hug me to shake my hand and I said, no, no, no, no, come on, come on. Like it's like a typical nicest wood, right? Gonna have his way.

Oh, no, no, we have, I said, no, you're sick, you need help, just. So he he said he said go get help. And Sam and I were like, I don't know that we breathed. We just kind of were like, oh gosh, oh gosh, oh gosh. And he's like, oh, okay, Dick was like, okay, okay. And he turns around and he goes to walk away. So when that was done and the handshake got refused, I get in the car with Sarah, mom and dad get in their truck and Sarah might get in and close the doors and we sat there without her starting the car yet in silence. I swear we didn't breathe the whole time and we finally let out our breath and yelled out so many cuss words.

Our chests in our hearts and like our stomachs all in a knot just thought we were going to throw them all up. Like it was just so intense and so thick. On the way home, I called my nephew and I said, thank you so much. And he said, oh, tell Sarah that she doesn't have to feel embarrassed or worried. Any of that, that we're just glad to help.

We're glad she's out and tell her there's two things that I want her to, I want to pass on to her. And one of them is it's never too late. And the other one is always listen to your family and times like this. The next couple of days were just 24-7 canceling cards like blocking things, things changing things disentangling. I mean my Verizon count You know have him on it and we had all you know a lot of things intertwined. Thank goodness And we did have a joint bank account

But we were able to move things and you know get things back where they needed to go There was still open communication because we had had people donate money toward our newlyweds fund And so we had a joint donate money toward our newlyweds fund. And so we had a joint account that those funds were going into, but he largely had control over it. So I needed some kind of lifeline or connection with him up until I was guaranteed that these people got their refunds. And then once I didn't need him for that anymore, I was never going to contact him again.

The day that I got a notification from the bank saying the final check was, he had been bsing me for weeks. I'd said, hey, can you please send these out? Week goes by, two weeks goes by, there are these excuses. People weren't getting, there was some kind of confusion with the bank.

And finally, I woke up and realized, why wouldn't he lie about this too? I'm dealing with a liar. I contact the bank and within 24 hours, it's done. It's all finished and I just thought, I was still shocked. Oh my gosh, she's still lying to me. Why? And I'm like he's got the money like he's not hurting for money So he just won't control like why is he lying about this and he just you know wanted the lifeline One of the notifications came in that these people got their refund checks

I got a text from him the same moment I wake up I get these notifications and then ding a text coming from him and I'm like oh my gosh here we are and he said I'm really really sorry and that's when I just went. Okay I've lost it. I said for what exactly and I texted him and said is it for this? Is it for this? And I I had some time to realize all the shitty pull. So I gave him a nice little bullet point and I said but no please you clarify and tell me what you did. Well, and he always has to have the upper hand. So he, you know, says my first, my middle, and my last name, like dearest, so and so.

There is much to confess. He said, Brian and Kimmy Powers are not real people. There's way bigger than we expected though. We didn't expect anything that crazy. No. We expected, okay, maybe the guy's cheated. Maybe the guy's married. Maybe, you know, there's a child somewhere like something devastating, but not this sick. Thank God. I mean, I honestly said thank God because like I said when we made the decision we didn't know about Kimi and Brian. All we wanted was more time. The whole Kimi and Brian wasn't even a factor in my doubt. My doubt was around all kinds of other things. And Mama's sitting at the kitchen table and she goes, there is no kidney. I swear to you in that moment I felt like spiders were calling up my back. I'd like chills everywhere.

From that point on, I thought who the hell is dick. Freaking psychopath. My mom called me while I was at home. Here's Sarah's brother Gregory. And told me about Kimmy and Brian. I was speechless. I just I thought how like it doesn't it's crazy. I couldn't even comprehend it because it's something you don't. I mean you hear about stuff like that happening you know on TV and movies you hear about stuff like that happening, you know, on TV and movies, you read about it in the news, but have had it happen to, you know,

not only someone nearby, but someone in your family that was like, it was nuts, and I didn't really know what to say. It was kind of mind blowing, honestly. I didn't really know how to respond. I didn't know what to think. Took me a while to process it for sure. Are you fucking kidding me? Is this fucking real? This happened to my friend?

Could have locked up individual, do you have to be? Next time. I just said, so give me an idea of how much she was talking to you. She goes, well, girl, let me put it this way. It was my birthday and things were going as usual. I found out that the Kimmy lie with me can't cancer with her. Something was wrong is written, recorded, edited, and produced by me, Tiffany Rees. All the music this season is by the band Gladracks, a special thank you to Sarah, her family, and friends for participating in this series. Check out Sarah's personal blog, Space and Purpose, linked in the show notes.

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