[pedro speaking]
he doesn't want to talk. He doesn't want to work on anything right now.
He doesn't want to see me at all.
I will be crying at his door at night
and begging for relationship.
You're going to end up driving him away.
[pedro speaking]
you never technically speaking leave a marriage with nothing.
He's entitled to certain things
regardless of your immigration status.
[in spanish]
it's now or never. It's your family or me.
[pedro speaking]
I didn't expect for you to say that you want a divorce from me.
So there's nothing more we need to discuss.
I trusted my husband
[crying] because he told me that he would not leave me.
He told me that!
[pensive music playing]
[car beeping]
[sighs]
[chantel] wow, this is different. You never really come in here.
[pedro speaking]
is this like, your first step in the divorce?
So, what can I say?
-I'll give you what you want. -[pedro] okay.
-Bottom line. -Okay.
Do you want me to help you move your things?
You have some more things in here.
I feel like pedro's abandoning me. He's deserting me.
Some little lingerie I bought for you. You can take that.
He's got a beautiful wife, a beautiful home, picket fence, everything.
And he's throwing it all away for what?
You can grab this bag.
I can't stop him.
I can prolong it, but why?
I have to ask. Where... Where are you going?
[pedro speaking]
so, are you gonna be paying for this out of your own pocket?
I'm not saying you can't. I just need to know like, the logistics
'cause we never sat down and had a formal conversation about this.
How are the bills gonna get paid? 50/50?
50/50. Until when?
And when is that?
Alright. Perfect.
My perception of what he's capable of has changed.
I mean, he clearly doesn't care about my well-being.
He has shown me that he could care less.
I really can't believe this.
[chantel] I care about you.
I get so frustrated that I'm hurt
and sometimes I just want to hurt...
I want to hurt you back because I feel hurt by you.
I feel hurt by you.
It's not. It's not reasonable.
[pedro] and that's it.
[somber music playing]
[pensive music playing]
I never thought that my husband would actually leave me this way.
[car blinker clicking]
I don't know what to do. I don't know what to do.
I'm going to my mom's house. Everybody's gonna be there.
I... I couldn't believe that he didn't love me. That's all.
I've been back from the dr for a few weeks
and I haven't really talked to my family at all.
I told my mom about the separation,
but besides that, I haven't told them anything.
I felt like I was protecting pedro...
-What's going on, chantel? -Hey, girl.
...By not sharing these things with them.
But now...
I feel like, "what's the point?"
I feel... I feel hopeless.
So, I'm glad that I'm able to confide in my family.
Pedro told me he wanted a divorce.
[karen] wow.
[chantel] and then, he just woke me up and there was a truck outside
and he said he's moving in to his apartment.
-[winter] what? That's so cruel. -[karen] that's cruel. Yeah.
-[winter] that's crazy. -[river] that's [bleep] up.
I'm so confused. I feel very betrayed.
He wanted the separation. I didn't want it.
I proceeded to cry outside of his bedroom door,
knock on the door and like, ask him for answers and beg him to talk to me.
-He'd open the door and just look at me and then close it. -[karen] mmm.
Everything that I say to him at this point, he'll turn it back on me
to make it seem like, I'm irrational and that I'm, um...
There's something wrong with me
or why am I asking him these questions.
So he's a little bully.
[chantel] he stopped coming home at night.
He's always out at the bar drinking or at the office,
but I don't... I don't... [groans]
I mean, these are just different things that have been happening.
Not to mention, he's not having sex with me any more
for about a year now.
-He took out $5,000 out of the joint account. -[karen] mmm.
I didn't know what it was for.
I thought maybe he was buying jet skis or having fun.
But I believe now that it was his down payment for the apartment.
I didn't feel comfortable to ask him about that money
because I thought I was gonna push him away even more.
Like... Like for everything that you're describing, it is like, emotional abuse.
[karen] it's a shame that people can do that to--
-and no consequence. -[karen] yeah, no consequences.
What it seems like is that he is trying to purposefully hurt my daughter
and um, I tell you, I don't like it.
We thought he was here for good intentions.
He's not here for good intentions.
He's here for his own agenda.
[karen] I agree with you wholeheartedly.
To go from closing on a house
to suddenly wanting a divorce,
is really I would just say bizarre and questionable.
Yes. Mmm-hmm.
I know that there is ups and downs
and there's a lot of forgiveness that comes with marriage
and that you go through hard times.
-Yes, things get ugly. -Well...
Things get really ugly in marriage,
but if you love one another, you're supposed to choose one another.
Somebody, uh, wants to walk out your life, let them walk. You know what I'm saying?
I always had my doubts about pedro, you know, from the beginning.
But I really like, gave him a chance to try to like,
"okay, maybe I might have misjudged him."
uh, but you know, pedro showed his hand.
Pedro showed his true colors.
Uh, he's who I thought he was, you know.
And I... I honestly say I wish he wasn't.
What are your next plans? Like, what is your... What are your next steps?
-You need to protect yourself. -[karen] mmm-hmm.
And you need to, uh, do things for the betterment of yourself.
Take a vacation for a couple of days just to unwind and relax.
[chantel] I actually have a vacation planned. Me and destiny are going.
When I come back, I'll figure out what I'm gonna do.
[thomas] right.
Just step back and rest and concentrate on yourself
and get things in line for yourself.
[karen] all the progress that we've made
-embracing pedro has just gone out of the window. -[thomas] yes.
Chantel is the only one that, uh, we care about
-because chantel's our daughter. -That's right.
Chantel needs to protect herself and her interests.
You know, I wouldn't really want to be pedro right now.
You know, foul things have a way of coming full circle.
I'm tired.
[karen] well, we got your back.
-[thomas] right. -[winter] yeah, we got your back.
-We're here for you. -You know we have... We... We always...
-[river] we have your back, chantel. -We have your back.
-You know what I always say. -One for all, all for one.
All for one and one for all.
Chantel, you're the big dog. Alright? This changes nothing.
[nicole in spanish]
[pedro in spanish]
[in english]
[cars honking]
[water splashing]
[pedro speaking]
[tense music playing]
[phone vibrating]
[pedro] hey.
-[in spanish] -[in spanish]
[nicole speaking]
[pedro speaking]
[nicole speaking]
[pedro speaking]
[nicole speaking]
[pedro speaking]
[in english]
[in spanish]
[nicole speaking]
[pedro speaking]
[in english]
[in spanish]
[in english]
[nicole speaking]
yeah.
[in spanish]
[in english]
[nicole speaking]
[in spanish]
[in english]
[upbeat music playing]
[nicole in spanish]
[giggles]
[in spanish]
[maria speaking]
[nicole speaking]
[maria speaking]
[maria gasps]
[nicole speaking]
[alejandro in spanish]
[nicole speaking]
[alejandro speaking]
[maria speaking]
[nicole speaking]
[maria speaking]
[nicole speaking]
[in spanish]
[in english]
[door handle jiggling]
[garage door creaking]
chantel?
[in spanish]
chantel!
Chantel!
Coming up.
Hmm.
It is my time to take care of myself.
[thomas] it seems like...
Now, it could be a marriage scam.
The last couple of days has been...
...The worst time of my life.
He did not give us a fair chance,
he didn't give us any effort,
and he has to move up out the house
'cause he wants to do what he wants to do.
Everything that I have been doing and living for
has been for pedro and our marriage.
I've been blindsided, and the rug
has been ripped out from under me more than once.
It is my time to take care of myself.
I haven't been protected this entire time.
Pedro hasn't been protecting my feelings.
He hasn't been protecting my heart, or our love, or our relationship.
This is the last thing that I can do for me.
And that's what it comes down to.
He wants his independence.
I want this money.
[pedro speaking]
[pedro] she's not here?
The last time I seen pedro was at the, uh, housewarming.
He hasn't called, you know, I haven't reached out to him, either.
But, uh, he just showed up out the blue.
And there... I knew something was wrong
when he just shows up out the blue, because he never really comes down.
[pedro speaking]
[thomas] right, right.
[pedro speaking]
okay?
She's not here, but, uh, when earlier this morning,
I know she wasn't feeling well.
-[pedro] mmm. -And I know karen is not here.
Oh, yeah, they're together.
Yeah, you didn't say, "I'm moving out, and just grab your things and leave."
-is that what happened? -[pedro speaking]
okay.
I don't think it's healthy, but I'm just saying, like...
-[pedro] I haven't... -I... Honestly, I don't want to be involved in this.
-You are distracting me from going to the park... -[pedro] if she did... Yeah.
...You came here, like, kind of ruining my day.
[winter] uh, yeah, well I was talking to my dad.
Some things that are a little concerning,
it makes me a little upset to even just know
that she was crying in your face when you looked at her,
you had no remorse.
-Oh, wow. Yeah. -[winter] things like that, those things
-that have been said to me, yeah. -Yeah.
It makes me sad, and also things that I witnessed myself.
-[pedro] yeah. -Like, you know, just lack of care for my sister.
You're separated.
You want to separate.
You asked me for my daughter's hand in marriage.
I thought it was gonna be for...
You know, you're all gonna grow old together.
After four or five years, you all have grown apart.
It seems like, now, it could be a marriage scam.
Uh, go dad.
I'm so happy that my dad confronted pedro about
um, possible marriage scam.
[pedro speaking]
[winter] yeah, okay.
-That's what your divorce lawyer just told you. -[pedro] yeah.
I don't care about citizenship.
-Okay, and so that's what you're trying to express... -[pedro] you... You think...
...You're trying to show that through that, uh, through that.
You're trying to show...
[winter] I don't know, I just...
This is just what I notice.
When people say one thing,
it's because they're distracting you from the truth.
So, like, they'll say, "I don't want to come to america, I hate america."
you get what I'm saying? Like...
-I've talked to a lot of men like that... -[pedro] yeah.
...And whenever they say that to me,
that's the first thing, I'm like, "okay, so this guy's a scammer."
no! The fact that he's even mentioning, like,
[mimicking pedro] "well, I could've been a citizen by now if I wanted to,"
that makes me think, "well, you've been thinking about this this whole time,"
and that's just a part of the scam.
I mean, you know what, the truth is,
you don't do it the... Right when you get citizenship, you leave.
You wait.
Okay? That's suspicious.
[pedro speaking]
[winter] okay, okay.
I hope that you guys can have this conversation together.
[pedro] yeah.
Pedro was using the business account
without discussing it with chantel.
There would be $5,000 abruptly gone.
If my husband was taking large amounts of money out of the bank account,
I would be nervous.
And it's time for chantel to start protecting herself.
Yes, and it's about time.
He needs to go on.
Pedro showed up over the house to talk to me,
and, uh, daddy about this.
-Last night. -Y'all didn't tell me that.
Yeah, he showed up at the house.
What was he talking about?
-He rode up on us unannounced, like, you know... -[winter] like, and he...
...9-1-1 call.
[quietly chuckling]
[chuckling]
was I with her when she went and moved her own money?
No! No.
I wasn't with chantel when she went to move her own money.
First thing he said was, "I don't have money to pay for my bills,
my... To get groceries.
I know she took all the money."
what does he mean, took the money?
Because as to my knowledge,
if a bank allows a business owner to move their money...
-[thomas] right. -[karen] ...That is quite all right.
This behavior from chantel is not unexpected.
Maybe it's unexpected from people who think
they can take advantage and pull the wool over her eyes and mistreat her,
but it's not unexpected coming from us.
We don't lay down and be a doormat for nobody,
and we're not afraid of anybody.
It's in a safe place, that's what I know.
Pedro was... Was using the business account
-all the time. -Freely, as well, too.
Without... Without discussing it with chantel,
and she would just look, and there would be $5,000 abruptly gone...
-Right. -[karen] ...With no explanation,
and it was okay.
-[river] terrible. -So, if he feels
the way he does right now, how does he think she felt?
She... Moved the money. It's hers to move.
Okay.
[winter] if my husband was taking large amounts of money
out of the bank account, and not telling me what he's doing with it,
I would be nervous.
-[river] mmm-hmm. -I wouldn't feel safe or secure.
And it's time for chantel to start protecting herself.
Yes, and it's about time.
I'm glad he wants a divorce.
I want him to get the hell on. Like, go on.
He needs to go on.
You've witnessed it.
The una... The irritability for no reason,
-the lack of care for chantel. -[thomas] right.
[winter] like, all these things like that,
and then to say, "oh, yeah, well, I wanna... I wanna separate."
but then you're still being nasty to her.
-I feel like he just wanted to manipulate and abuse her. -[thomas] right.
I mean, she is hurt.
-She is really devastated. -[thomas] yes.
Chantel should be protecting herself right now.
Because at this point in time, pedro has proven me right.
That he was only with chantel for what he could get,
and he bided his time, and when he thought
that he had gotten himself in a better position,
with greener pastures...
...He decided to make his move.
I really believe that.
I really do.
Chantel...
She's a fair person.
When all is said and done,
if they're divorcing, so be it,
-when all is said and done, everything will be fair. -[thomas] yeah.
[pedro speaking]
[phone buzzing]
[pedro speaking]
[antonella on phone] yeah, we found a new house.
[pedro speaking]
[antonella] we put an offer in and we got it.
[pedro speaking]
[antonella] thank you.
[antonella] I know, it sucks.
[pedro speaking]
you see? The day... Money... In that...
[antonella] no, that... That day could've been yours, you know?
[pedro speaking]
[chantel speaking]
[pedro speaking]
it's okay to be angry, disappointed, or upset.
It's just a part of what this is, unfortunately.
[lawyer speaking] okay, let's go.
Pedro has discarded me like trash.
Apparently, that was part of the plan.
I do not want to be financially responsible for pedro in any way.
[pedro speaking]