[Male Singer] ♪ MTV ♪
[Travis] Tonight we're in Santa Rosa, California,
with Jake and his girlfriend, Sarah,
who've been in a relationship for two years.
-I love you. -I love you too.
[Travis] Even though they lived together with Sarah's daughter,
Jake still hasn't met Sarah's family or friends.
And he wants to know why.
I heard her call me a roommate on the phone.
Oh, boy.
I don't know, maybe there's another person or something.
[Travis] Jake's in love and wants to propose,
but he needs answers.
We're here to get them for him.
We found this website that pretty much gives, like,
the girlfriend experience.
Her picture was on there.
-She still has a profile. -Yeah.
I saw what looked like to be a letter addressed to Sarah.
It said something along the lines like,
"Love you", and some hearts drawn on it.
We have just wild leads--
Everything is crazy right now.
He found a letter with hearts with the words "I love you."
[Jake] Are you for real?
[sobbing]
Oh, [bleep].
[Travis] This is MTV's Help! I'm in a secret relationship.
♪ Zoom, zoom ♪
♪ What it is, what you wanna do ♪
♪ If we already did it done, did it 'round ♪
This is a first for me, Santa Rosa, California.
You've never been in the Bay Area?
Well, I've been to San Fran before,
but not Santa Rosa specifically.
Okay, so Santa Rosa.
I mean, we're kind of in wine country.
I have heard that,
which means at the end of all this,
I see a very tall glass of wine in my future,
but that means we have to start with his investigation.
Well, funny enough,
that is how the couple who were helping actually met.
So Jake and Sarah met two years ago at a bar here in Santa Rosa.
Now Jake moved in with Sarah and her young daughter.
He's really stepped up and, you know, look,
they've been dating for two years.
They've been living together for one, everything seems great.
But there is a big problem.
He feels like he's being hidden.
-Oh, you got us some wine? -Yes.
Can you hold these for me, please?
Come in here, it's cold outside.
Wait, come here.
[laughing]
Don't spill.
My relationship with Sarah has been the relationship
I've been looking forward to my entire life.
I really appreciate everything that you do for me all the time.
[Jake] I just adore her.
She's sweet, she's super caring.
She's just a very loving person
and I don't have the words to describe how much love
I have for this girl.
It couldn't have been easy going from being single
to having like a whole family.
I feel more like happy than I've ever felt.
Sweet, thank you.
-I love you. -I love you too.
When we got together, Sarah was a single mom.
And I had always wanted kids,
I just didn't find the right person.
-Oh. -You know what would be great?
If we owned a farm like this one day.
Yeah, as long as you do the big muscle work stuff.
And I can do this.
Fast forward a year into our relationship.
Let's go Luna.
I suggested that we should move in together
and establish a family dynamic.
And it's been great.
I really want to bring the baby here.
We should bring her here for her birthday.
She would love it.
I love my life with Sarah and I cannot see myself
being with anybody else from this point on.
-Bye, I'll see you later. -Where you going?
I'm going to rehearsal, I have dress rehearsal tonight.
[Jake] We've been together for two years now.
But Sarah won't let me meet anybody in her family.
Do you mind if I come?
That's really sweet of you, but you already know you can't.
[Jake] Sarah will not post me on social media
or let me go to her dance performances.
It's a big group of women dancing in heels,
it's going to make them feel uncomfortable
if there's just one random guy
sitting there watching them dance.
Alright.
I would love to marry this woman,
but I can't continue this relationship
if she keeps on hiding me like this.
Now, Jake is at home, he has the house to himself
while Sarah is out with their little one.
So, we have this small window to really dive in.
-Let's go meet him. -Alright.
[music]
♪ Yo, this is the moment I know they waitin' on it ♪
-You ready? -Let's do it.
-Hello. -Hey.
-[Rahne] Jake? -Yeah.
-How you doing? I'm Rahne. -Nice to meet you, Rahne.
-Travis. -Nice to meet you, Travis.
-You want to come in? -[Travis] Yes, please.
-We'd love to. -I'm going to take my coat off.
[Rahne] This is so cute.
-Nice and cozy. -Yeah.
-Have a seat, guys. -Thank you.
-Nice to have you here. -Thanks for having us.
-Yeah, of course. -I'm excited to be here.
So why don't you walk Rahne and I through
how you and Sarah originally met
and just kind of take us back to the beginning?
We met in a bar which you know is kind of an interesting spot
to meet someone that you want to see a future with.
-I feel like it's old school. -Yeah.
It's like, you know,
it's like how people used to meet before social media.
Yeah, that's kind of what I figured,
and I was like, "You know what? I got to shoot my shot here."
So, I kind of just like gave her a look.
And I like, smirked at her a little.
And she's like, "What are you looking at?"
And I was like, "I'm looking at you."
I was like, "I think you're really pretty."
I feel like I'm right there.
[chuckles]
[Jake] And we just got to chatting
and like we kind of just hit it off.
We ended up going on the dance floor
and like we ended up kissing that night.
-Oh, oh. Okay. -[Jake] Yeah.
I asked her, I was like,
"Hey, I got to take you out on a date
"I can't just meet you in this bar
and then we just go our separate ways."
Like, I'm going to need a date.
So we ended up going on our first date,
and the date went really well.
And we just got to know each other a little more
and she informed me that she had a child.
Her name's Zara.
And I was like, okay.
You know, I've never talked to anybody with a kid
so it was kind of new for me.
But I was like, "Well, this girl
seems really delightful to talk to."
So, you know what?
I didn't have a second thought about it.
I was like, "Oh, that's cool."
-You know? -Alright.
And I want to have kids someday
so I was just like, "Interesting, okay."
Like, I could really see myself
like entering this girl's life, you know?
So we just started hanging out more and more
and like the next three weeks
we're practically like inseparable.
And how far into the relationship
were you guys hanging out did you determine
that you wanted to be her boyfriend?
It was pretty quick. It was like a month.
-A month? -[Jake] Yeah, it was a month.
I was like, I don't want anybody else to, you know, swoop her up.
She is probably the most caring person I've ever met
and she puts other people before herself.
She's just a sweetheart, man.
So, about a year in, I just asked her, I was like,
"Hey, I think we should move in together.
"I mean, things are going great.
"I love your daughter, you know, and I love you,
and I think we should take this to the next level."
So we found this place together.
So, that's like you truly have like a family here.
-Yeah. -[Rahne] How does that feel?
Oh, it feels great.
I mean, I've always wanted this.
You know, I've always kind of wanted to settle down
and like start a family and live the American dream,
you know?
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Livin' every minute like yeah ♪
I know that you said it feels like
you're living the American dream.
But obviously, Rahne and I are here.
-There's some questions. -So it's not perfect.
Yeah.
So, why don't you kind of walks of through
why you decided to reach out to us
in the first place?
We're getting closer to marriage
and I don't want to ask this girl to marry me
if there's some suspicious activity going on.
I mean, I've never met her family.
She's met my family, and my family loves her.
So, it's like, why can't I meet yours?
I mean, they live in Napa.
Now, Napa's not far away from Santa Rosa.
-No, it's about an hour-- -[Rahne] It's pretty close.
So, for two years you have never had an interaction?
Nope.
Have you heard her on the phone talking with them?
Like, do you have an idea
of how close she and her family are?
She talks to them ever so often.
Not all the time,
but she's definitely in contact with them.
Now, what are the excuses here?
She's just like, "I'm not ready for you to meet my family yet."
And I'm like, "Okay, is there ever gonna be a right time?
Because we're pretty deep in this at this point, you know?"
-So... -Okay.
Now, what else have you noticed?
I'm not on any pictures in her social media.
-Okay. -Okay.
[Jake] Like, she's a professional dancer.
She's like, I like to focus on business
to like promote herself.
And I'm like, "Okay, I get that, you know?"
But like, we live together.
I'm a part of your daughter's life.
You can at least post me on social media.
Like, it's not like the biggest deal,
but it is a bit of a red flag.
[Travis] Is there anything else that you've noticed
that has raised some concern?
Sarah, she's a dance instructor.
She does heels dancing,
which is like provocative hip hop dancing.
-[Travis] Okay. -Wearing heels.
-Like... -Complicated.
I know, I'm like, how do you even do that?
So, her social media is filled with her dancing videos.
And I've seen her dance at the house,
but I've never seen her dance in like a professional setting.
And that is such a big portion of her life.
Oh, okay, let's dive into that.
Now, has she offered for you to come?
No.
And I've definitely asked her.
So what does she say when you're like,
"Hey, babe, would love to see you perform?"
Her excuse is she just won't feel as comfortable
as like how she usually feels.
And it might throw her off her game or whatever.
She also does bridal makeup
and she has gigs on the weekends.
-So it's like-- -Weddings, bridal showers.
Exactly. So there are times where she's like,
"Oh, I'm gonna be done by this time."
But she doesn't come home at the time.
There are times where it's been like three hours.
I'm like, "What?"
That's a long time.
And when she gets home, what's that conversation like?
What does she say?
She's just like, kind of just like brushing it off.
You know, like, "Oh, sometimes like it takes longer."
So I'm like, "All right."
It's just a little, you know, strange.
So, is there anything else?
There was one time where I heard her call me
a roommate on the phone.
Oh, boy.
[Travis] Did you ask her like, what's up with that?
-No, I didn't. -Why not?
-I'm not going to grill her. -[Travis] Yeah.
You know, because like, I'm not going to be controlling.
-Sure. -I probably should have, but.
I mean, what do you think could be going on?
I'm thinking maybe it's because I come from
more of a traditional family.
You know, my parents have been married for 30 years.
So, I don't know what the situation is
with her family.
But there's a dynamic between me and my family
that maybe bothers her.
Maybe her family's not like that.
Maybe she's... I don't know,
embarrassed about how her family is.
-Okay. -Yeah.
Is there anything else?
[bleep], I don't know.
Maybe there's another person or something, you know?
So, maybe there's somebody else.
Yeah, maybe there's a lingering fling.
-Who knows? -Yeah.
Yeah.
Would this be a deal breaker for you?
Like, if you found out that she was entertaining someone else,
like, what does that look like?
-Oh, I would get. -Oh, okay.
Yeah, I would be over it.
-[Travis] So it's gone. -Yeah.
Now, we do need a place to start.
-Who should we talk to? -Carlos.
Carlos. Now, who's Carlos?
-[Jake] That's my best friend. -[Travis] OK.
[Rahne] OK, is there anyone else?
There is a mutual friend that we share.
-Her name's Sarahi. -[Travis] Sarahi.
-[Jake] Yes. -[Rahne] Sarahi.
I was friends with her prior to meeting Sarah.
And I kind of introduced them, and they became friends as well.
OK.
If you could send us their contact,
as well as Sarah's social media profile,
that would be awesome.
And we're going to get to work, man.
And hopefully, we'll be back soon with the truth.
Yeah, thanks for coming, guys.
It was nice to meet you, man.
-It was a pleasure. -Great to meet you.
-Appreciate it. -Yeah.
-Thank you. -Of course.
-All right, after you. -[Travis] Oh.
[Rahne] And of course, it's raining.
[sighs]
Oh, okay.
He's, one, an extremely nice guy.
-Very nice. -Right?
[Travis] Very laid back, super chill.
But he has concerns, he needs answers.
Now, he did say that his family is a little traditional.
Yeah.
Is there something that Sarah feels like,
you know, they won't accept about her family?
Is she afraid to bring Jake into that?
Right.
Or is it like her calling him her roommate,
her not allowing him to come to any of her dance performances,
her showing up later than she says she is
after doing bridal makeup?
Like, is there someone else on the side?
Now, I want to do, you know,
a little social media investigating right now.
So let's look at Sarah's profile.
Okay.
So this is her dancing page.
And we do have a lot of her dancing.
But like, look, there's no sign of him anywhere.
All right. Now, look at this.
Oh, look at her dancing.
-Come on, legs. -[Travis] Oh, damn.
[Rahne] Oh, whoa. It's sexy.
She got knee pads on and everything.
So it seems like this is something that she's very,
very passionate about, right?
And yet, for some reason,
she will not allow Jake to see any of this.
Is it because it's a little bit more
risqué in nature?
Or is it because there's someone else who could be there
at those performances cheering her on and not her man?
Essentially, is Jake just delusional about all of this?
Is Jake just a babysitter?
I was at their house and saw a letter
from a state penitentiary to Sarah.
Does Sarah have a jailhouse boyfriend?
Why would we get a letter from jail?
Like, that's weird.
The reason why I have been hiding you is because...
Oh, my God.
Damn.
[sobs]
♪ Stylin', stylin' Everything designer ♪
♪ Drippin' head to toe in my Gucci, Fendi, Prada ♪
[Rahne] We're in Santa Rosa, California,
trying to help Jake find out why his girlfriend, Sarah,
is hiding him.
To get this investigation rolling,
we reached out to their mutual friend,
Sarahi, who said she's happy to meet if we swing by her work.
So we're headed there now.
♪ I got that real money... ♪
-Hello? -Hi, over here.
[Rahne] Hi. Are you Sarahi?
-Yeah, I'm Sarahi. -Nice to meet you.
-I'm Rahne. -Nice to meet you, Rahne.
-It's a pleasure. -I'm Travis.
Nice to meet you, Travis.
What you got going on here?
Oh, the rain came,
so I'm just cleaning up a little bit, you know?
[Rahne] Got it.
So this isn't a winery, this is all lavender.
-All lavender. -That's awesome.
[Rahne] Fascinating. Okay.
So, we're working on a show
with Jake and your friend, Sarah.
He was explaining how, you know,
you two have been friends for a really long time.
He introduced you to Sarah,
and you and Sarah have actually gotten really close.
[Sarahi] Yeah.
I want to say he introduced us about,
like, a year ago or so.
Him and I were friends from, like, a friend group
that would go party together.
So, like, that's how we all met.
And, yeah, we got really close.
Now, did Jake tell you what show we were working on?
Honestly, he just said somebody was going to reach out.
[Travis] Okay.
Well, Rahne and I help people
who feel like they're being hidden in their relationships.
Okay.
Jake contacted us because he does have
some concerns about their relationship.
He hasn't met anyone in Sarah's family.
-Oh, okay, yeah. -I mean, it is a bit odd.
[Sarahi] Yeah. No, definitely.
I mean...okay,
so I didn't know that this was going to be a thing or anything,
but when I did first meet her,
she seemed really familiar,
just, like, off of looking at her.
And I was like, "Oh, okay, I'm just going to meet her, say hi."
-Like, that's cool. -Mm-hmm.
But I couldn't stop thinking about the fact
that I swear I have seen her somewhere.
So I thought back,
and I actually helped a friend find a date to a wedding.
So we were on the internet just, like, looking stuff up,
and we found this website
that pretty much gives, like, the girlfriend experience.
And, like, her picture, I'm pretty sure, was on there.
So after I met her for the first time,
I went back on the website, and that's where I, like,
saw her picture and profile again.
-If you guys want to see, like-- -[Rahne] Would absolutely love.
That was the next question.
Let's see.
All right.
Here's...that for you.
"Luxury companionship."
[Rahne] Wow.
[Travis] "So much more than just arm candy."
[Rahne] Okay.
Now, do you know if she eventually went out
with your friend?
I just saw her on the page.
I know he went with, like, a different girl.
-But she still has a profile. -Yeah.
-That's, like, the current-- -[Rahne] Still to present day.
Yeah, yeah.
And so you never asked Sarah about this?
No, I didn't feel a need to.
What about telling Jake?
No, I didn't want to kind of say anything.
-It's uncomfortable. -Yeah.
Yeah, it's very uncomfortable.
I mean, if he doesn't know,
and he's obviously came to you guys for a reason.
I mean, I don't think he would be happy about it.
-Yeah. -[sighs]
Well, you were unbelievably helpful.
We really, really appreciate you being so open to talk with us.
-It was so nice to meet you. -Nice meeting you.
-It's a pleasure to meet you. -Nice meeting you.
-All right, Sarahi. -Bye.
[Sarahi] Bye, have a good one.
-Okay, it's still raining. -And it's still raining.
-Shall we do it? -[Travis] Let's do it.
[Rahne] All right.
Well, first things first, that ain't great.
She's offering the, quote, unquote,
-"girlfriend experience." -Girlfriend experience.
I don't think Jake is going to be thrilled about that.
Uh, if, yeah,
your girlfriend is available to be everyone's girlfriend...
-Uh. -[Travis] ...for a fee,
like, there's other lines of work
that are not necessarily legal.
Right.
That could be misconstrued with.
It also speaks to one of his major deal-breakers, right?
Like, would he consider that her essentially cheating on him?
[Travis] It's day two, and this investigation
is off to a hot start.
Yesterday, we learned that Sarah has an online profile
selling men the girlfriend experience.
And today we have a second witness to speak to,
one of Jake's friends, Carlos.
He got back to us and told us to come meet him
at the brewery where he works.
-Hello. -[Travis] Good morning.
Good morning.
How you doing?
Uh, I mean, look, I went on that site.
-[Rahne] Yeah. -Her profile is still up.
Sure.
So my thought is, like, does Jake know about it?
I--hard to tell.
I mean, I have to assume that even if he did know about it,
he probably wouldn't lead with it.
Yeah.
It's tough to tell complete strangers that.
But the good news is, is that Carlos sent us the address.
So I think we should go and head over there now.
All right.
♪ I'm in the mood ♪
♪ Can't catch me I'm gone with the wind ♪
♪ Breakin' the rules ♪
♪ I'm not one to follow the trend ♪
♪ I'm standing here ready to go ♪
♪ If it's heavy, I carry the load ♪
♪ Try to find me, I'm already gone ♪
♪ [indistinct] I'm ready to blow! ♪
♪ Whoo! Adrenaline pumpin' Told you I'm comin' ♪
-Hello, guys. -Excuse me.
-Hey. -We're looking for Carlos.
-I am him. -[Rahne] That's you.
-Yes, it is. -[Rahne] All right.
-How are you guys? -Good, I'm Rahne.
-Nice to meet you. -Carlos. Nice to meet you.
-[Rahne] We texted you. -Yes.
-And you are friends with Jake. -I am, that is my boy.
-Awesome. -[chuckles]
So how do you know Jake?
Uh, we originally started working together,
and then we became friends from there.
We just hang out all the time, go out, have fun.
And that's basically how we know each other.
How long have you known him?
It's been about five years since we met.
Okay. So, pretty significant.
-Yeah. -That's awesome.
Has he told you that he's doing a show?
Uh, he's mentioned something about it.
-Not too much, but... -[Travis] Cool.
That was all I know.
We sat with him yesterday, and, um, you know,
a big focus was, uh, his relationship with Sarah.
Have you met Sarah?
Yeah, I've met Sarah a few times.
What are, like, what are your opinions on her and--
She's a nice girl, she's cool to hang out with.
They seem like to be a good match for each other.
They have a lot of fun. So as far as from the outside,
they seem to be good together.
Now, has he, you know, confided in you about any issues
they might be having?
Um, he's mentioned that
sometimes he feels hidden, maybe.
Yeah, so, I mean, that is why we're here, actually.
Because Jake does feel hidden in their relationship.
Now, have you sensed anything from Sarah
that might be kind of off, that might have given you pause?
Um, I mean, I guess there is something
that could have something to do with it.
[Rahne] All right, we're all ears.
Um, maybe something I was not supposed to see.
What'd you see?
Well, I was at their house one time.
We were all, you know, having a fun time,
you know, just making dinner and what's not.
Uh, went into the bathroom and saw on the floor
what looked like to be a letter addressed
from a state penitentiary to Sarah.
Like a jail--like a jail letter?
[Carlos] Yeah.
When I picked it up, on the back,
it said something along the lines like, "Love you",
and some hearts were drawn on it.
Okay, so are you thinking that this is something
that's romantic in nature?
Could be that she's seeing somebody in jail, yeah.
Did it seem like she was trying to kind of hide it?
[Carlos] Yeah, it definitely seemed like it was crumpled up
and maybe pulled out by their dog,
because they have a dog
that gets into the trash all the time,
so maybe that could have happened.
So she was trying to maybe throw it away...
[Carlos] Yeah.
...hide her hand, and then got exposed.
-Yeah. -Did you see a name at all?
Like, a name from--
Oh, I didn't see the name.
No, I was--I saw it,
pretty much threw it away after that,
but then I didn't see it.
Did you bring this to Jake's attention?
-Absolutely not. -[Rahne] Why not?
I did not have enough facts to be able to assume
whether or not she had some sort
of prison boyfriend or something like that, because...
-It's awkward. -[Carlos] Yeah.
Yeah, like, how do you bring that up?
-Yeah. -[Rahne] Well...
Dude, you've been super helpful.
-Truly. -It was great to meet you.
-Yep. -I'll let you get back to work.
-Nice to meet you. -Thank you for your time.
-Awesome, all right. -Nice meeting you guys. Yep.
Hey, so, question of the hour,
does Sarah have a jailhouse boyfriend?
We have just wild leads.
Everything is crazy right now.
[Rahne] Carlos just dropped a bomb.
He believes that Sarah could have a boyfriend
other than Jake.
Question of the hour, does Sarah have a jailhouse boyfriend?
Let's just break down everything that we've found out, right?
Yeah.
[Travis] There is a possibility
that she is on a hire-a-girlfriend
experiential website.
Right.
And now we have a love letter,
seemingly, that someone is sending to Sarah from jail.
We have just wild leads.
Everything is crazy right now.
And I think we need to call Jake.
I feel like we need to update him
on everything that we found out.
I agree.
Hey, Jake.
-This is Travis and Rahne. -Hi.
What's up, dude?
We have some information,
and we'd love to kind of sit down and update you
on everything.
Are you at home right now?
-Okay. -Is Sarah with you?
Do you think we could just head over to the house,
and then you meet us?
Okay, so it sounds like we're going to meet her first
before you get there.
All right, we'll get everything together.
-All right, see you soon. -All right.
Okay, so we're about to roll up on Sarah.
We could catch her severely off guard,
and if that's the case,
I'm afraid that she's going to shut down.
I just hope Jake gets there ASAP.
Yeah.
♪ It's the deadliest game ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh... ♪
♪ It's a deadly game ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh... ♪
♪ It's the deadliest game ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
-You ready? -Yeah.
[knocking on door]
♪ It's the deadliest game ♪
-Hi. -Hi.
-Sarah? -Yes.
-How you doing? -I'm Rahne.
-Hi. -Nice to meet you.
-[Travis] I'm Travis. -Hi, nice to meet you.
We're here with the show that you're working on...
-Oh, okay. -With Jake.
-Okay. -Uh, is it okay if we come in?
-Yeah. Yeah, that's fine. -Thank you.
[Sarah] You guys can go ahead and have a seat.
-[Rahne] Oh, wonderful. -[Sarah] Yeah.
[Travis] ...coat off.
-So, sorry to drop in on you. -No, it's okay.
I was, yeah, I wasn't really prepared,
but it's fine. Don't worry about it.
Yeah, we actually spoke with Jake before.
-Okay. -Before we came.
-Okay. -He's actually on his way over.
Okay.
But we wanted to take the opportunity to talk with you
because we should be honest about what show this really is.
We were contacted by Jake because he feels like
he has been hidden in your two-year relationship.
We know he has never met your family.
We know he has never met your friends.
He is desperately in search of answers as to why
before he can proceed any further with your relationship.
So, we have been in Santa Rosa doing a lot of digging
and we have heard some things
that you should probably speak to.
Okay.
[Travis] Well, one of those things, Sarah,
is, you know, someone has told us
that you are receiving love letters
from somebody in prison.
Okay.
I don't really want to have
that conversation without him here.
It's a very, very complicated situation.
Look, I do want to tell you, when we sat down with Jake,
you know, at the beginning of all of this,
one of his biggest concerns was
if there's somebody else.
[door opening]
Hi. Hi.
-Let's sit down. -What's up, Jake?
[suspenseful music]
[Travis] It's the moment of truth.
Sarah's agreed to finally come clean
and let Jake know why she's been hiding it.
How you doing, buddy?
I just want to get to the bottom of this, so...
[Rahne] Well, you ready to start?
[Sarah] Yeah, yeah.
[Travis] When we sat with Jake, you know,
he told us all about what you do for work
and how you're an incredible dancer.
You've started doing makeup for,
you know, bridal showers and bridal parties.
And he got into the hours that you work.
And to be more specific about some discrepancies in the times
that you say you're going to be at work,
the time that you're going to be coming home.
There are times where I'm just like,
why would you tell me that?
-And you're coming home later. -Yeah.
And I'm like, what's up?
Well, if I'm like in a rehearsal or something
and they're like pushing to keep going
or keep doing it a few more times,
like as someone who's on a team, I can't just like walk out.
And especially at a wedding, if they're like,
"Hey, I need you to touch this up
or I need you to stay a little bit longer."
Like if someone's paying me for a service,
I stay and I do the job until it's finished.
[Rahne] Okay.
I think the concern for us, Sarah,
comes in when we're we talk to someone like Sarahi.
Sarahi is someone
that Jake recommended Rahne and I speak to.
She did find something concerning.
Okay.
[Travis] Before the two of you had actually met
and she kept saying that,
you know, the first night that she met you,
you looked really familiar and she was trying to place it.
She told us that there was a time when she was helping
another friend try and find a date.
That friend was on this website.
Okay.
She came across a page.
This is it, specifically.
[Travis] With your profile.
Essentially selling yourself as this girlfriend experience.
Whoa.
-[Sarah] Yeah. -Wait, let me see this [bleep].
Guys can essentially hire you for public events
to pretend to be a girlfriend.
Are you for real?
That's not me.
I mean, well, okay.
What do you mean?
Wait, is that-- wait, is that her?
I'm pretty sure that's her, right?
Yeah, the pictures are me, but I don't know what that is.
I don't know, but I know--
I mean, I don't even want to look at this.
That's just whack.
So are you, are you saying that you,
you--you do not know anything about this profile?
No, I don't know anything about that.
I can tell you that--
Let me see this.
All of these pictures are from my social media.
Are you saying that somebody took those photos
from your social media?
That's the only explanation I can get.
[Jake] So you know nothing about that?
-[Sarah] No, I-- -Like a hundred percent.
Jake, I promise you, like, hands on a Bible
that I did not do that. And you know me.
If you know one thing, you know
that I would not do something like that.
Well, I think, you know, a big concern of his
for you and for the relationship is could there be someone else?
Um, we talked to your friend Carlos.
Carlos was telling us about a night
that he was actually here.
He used the bathroom
and he found a letter that was addressed to you
with hearts with the words, "I love you."
And it was from a state penitentiary.
He said that it looked like...
Romantic.
Um...
It's not what you guys are thinking that it is.
So why would we get a letter from jail?
Like, that's weird.
It's very complicated.
But I actually can explain.
The reason why I have been hiding you
is because...
-Damn. -Oh my g--
The reason why
I have been hiding you
is because...
I was raised by career criminals.
Damn.
Oh my g--.
That letter was from my dad.
-Your dad? -Yeah, my dad.
Sorry, this is really hard to talk about.
-[Travis] Okay. -Take your time.
Um...
My parents met when my dad
was doing 14 years in prison.
-Okay. -Okay.
My mom was writing letters to the jail and met him.
They ended up falling in love,
they got married while he was in prison.
She waited for him to get out,
and then that's when they had me.
When I was about like 9, 10 years old,
my parents both relapsed.
-Sorry. -[Travis] Are you okay?
It's okay, this is a lot.
Oh, [bleep].
Are you okay?
It was just really hard growing up.
Like having to take care of myself and raise myself
and take care of them all the time.
I know when your parents are high,
like they can't take care of you.
I didn't have like basic necessities.
Um, and I like wasn't enrolled in school.
So, the only way that I could think to get out
of the house more would be to get into school.
So, I like begged my mom to sign the paperwork
and I had to attend high school
with no prior education,
which was like the hardest thing I've ever done.
So, you're telling me
you just jumped into high school without
going to school your entire life.
Yeah.
That's probably where, like,
the hiding and the secrets kind of started
because I'm going into a place where I don't know anybody
and I don't know what's going on.
And it's like super embarrassing,
but I also couldn't really ask for help because then
they would know that I hadn't been in school
and I didn't want my parents to get in more trouble
than they already were.
Yeah.
You got used to... keeping secrets.
-Mm-hmm, yeah. -[Rahne] It became normal.
Mm-hmm.
And then my parents were like,
we can't take care of you anymore.
And how old were you around this time?
Um, 13, 14.
Yeah.
So I just ended up moving
from place to place, place to place,
and I was pretty much homeless growing up.
But you, you, you had to grow up really fast
and you had to learn to take care of yourself.
Mm-hmm.
And I don't think any child should have to do that.
Like, I really don't like to see myself as like a victim
because I've worked really, really hard to just be better.
And especially like for my kid,
like I just want her to like grow up
in like a stable house where she's not, like,
worrying about that kind of stuff.
I feel bad for like thinking all these other things.
-No, it's okay. -I--I feel terrible.
No, you don't need to feel bad.
I don't even know what to say.
Like, I'm kind of speechless.
Sarah, what's your relationship like with your parents now?
It's gotten a lot better.
Um, it's been about a year of them being sober.
-Amazing. -Um, yeah.
But at the same time, when you have a family member
or someone you love that struggles with addiction,
there's like a little bit of hesitation.
Well, you know how fast it can get--
how bad it can get and how fast that happens.
Which is why it's--it's scary to bring new people in.
Now, do your parents know that you're in a relationship?
Yeah, yeah, they know.
Okay, so they know, they know, they know about Jake.
[Sarah] Yeah, they know about Jake.
They know.
We know that you do not post Jake at all.
Yeah.
Why don't you post him on social media?
I have all my family on my social media
and I just didn't want them
to talk to him or reach out to him
about anything before I had the opportunity to.
And also just that I-- I've made the mistake
of being really public with people in the past
and it not turning out.
It sounds like obviously you're a very,
very protective person of your peace.
But Jake did tell us about, you know, him over,
overhearing a conversation
that you were having with someone.
Uh-huh.
And you had called Jake your roommate.
My family being very like chaotic and unstable,
my parents were living out of an RV.
So the reason why I said he was my roommate is because I thought
if they knew that it was me and my boyfriend's place
that they might try to stay here.
Oh.
[Travis] Now, Jake has told us
how much he would love to go and watch you dance.
Why not let him come and see a performance?
The main reason is that my close friends that would go
to support me and be at my show would be there.
-And they'd know everything. -Yeah.
-Mm-hmm. -Got it.
Well, I mean, I would-- I would love to meet your family
if you would feel comfortable with that.
[Sarah] Yeah, I already know like they're gonna love you.
Because honestly, like,
you're--you're like the only man
that I've ever met in my entire life
that has made me feel safe and comfortable.
[crying]
-I appreciate you. -[Sarah] Mm-hmm.
[Rahne] Thank you for feeling so,
so comfortable and sharing that in this moment,
in such a setting.
And Jake, you receiving that information so well.
And you just need to be a support system for her.
And you guys need to be a support system for each other.
-And I'm here to do so. -Thank you.
All right, so we're going to get out your hair and let you guys,
you know, do some more talking.
-Nice to meet you. -Great to meet you, man.
-Thanks for coming. -Congratulations.
-Thank you. -Thank you.
Jake, I'm gonna come for you.
So nice to meet you.
I appreciate you guys helping me out.
-Thank you. -Good luck with everything.
All right, see you.
♪ ...to the sad inside ♪
♪ Your fa-ace ♪
♪ My love ♪
♪ You're always the only one ♪
♪ It's looking up now, not taking me down ♪
♪ We're gonna be all right ♪
♪ A break in the clouds, both feet on the ground ♪
♪ We're gonna be all right ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh ♪