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- Previously on "Teen Mom: The Next Chapter"...
- I don't know about the details,
but apparently you found something going
on with Bar and another woman.
- I feel so disrespected that I might as well be single.
- I got sentenced to 24 months of probation.
- That means divorce is, like...
- I think it's being highly considered.
- When and how would you know that you're ready
for another child?
- If Zach showed up in different ways career-wise.
- Financially, I don't think I am ready
to bring life into the world. - I respect that.
I just want you to hurry up.
- Still on probation for the DUI.
Having that record, trying to do anything,
I know it's just gonna stop me.
- Dad wants to go into detox.
I will not allow my kid to be exposed
to the same trauma or pain that we were exposed to.
- Once he gets through the detox, he's gonna
have to go to--to-- - A long-term.
- A long-term rehab facility. - Mm-hmm.
If you stick to this...
[clears throat] and you follow through
with your recovery, you'll be able to find
healing and building a relationship
with your grandchildren.
- Since she got back, she hasn't, like, done the things
that she used to do.
She would always call me to check up on the kids.
- The person who I was to the person
who I am today is different.
- I can feel the gambling addict coming back in me.
- Of course. I wish she lived with me, [bleep].
- Yeah.
- What's hindering you from spending more time with her?
- I've been on the [bleep] roller coaster of life, bro.
Like, I work. I don't work.
- But that's what they want, consistency.
- Devoin helps me when he can. He'll pick the kids up.
Hi, mamas.
We're finally at a place where we're co-parenting.
- Me and Amber are engaged now. - Wow.
- I would like to go to some cross-country stuff
and watch you, if it's okay.
- You know, at some point, you and I have
to have a good conversation.
- It was kind of rushed how she just got engaged
and then popped back in.
I don't want to be one big happy family.
[upbeat music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- ♪♪ Time just to let go ♪♪
♪♪ But, damn, this is closer than you think ♪♪
♪♪ You can find a better way, oh, oh ♪♪
- Should we check the bread? It's puffed up.
- Well, it's just dough.
What is this?
- Cranberry juice.
- Girl, why you drinking out that glass?
- I don't know.
- You better get you a kid's cup, boo.
It's been nine months since Bar cheated on me.
He's still in California, and Holly and I are making
the best life for ourselves here.
But I'm finally ready to let this relationship go.
[cell phone ringing]
Hey, sis. - Hey.
- You'll never guess what I'm doing
at this very freaking moment.
Filing for divorce.
- Are you serious? - Mm-hmm.
- He has to be in California for at least another year.
My life is not running back and forth behind somebody.
Like, I have a very structured schedule,
but we're filing for a joint divorce.
- We've talked about it. We seem to agree on it.
And so I'm anticipating his signature very much so, yes.
You know it's just some [bleep] you can't forget.
I feel like Bar was cheating.
Now, Bar will say it wasn't cheating
because it was never physical, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
I don't believe none of that [bleep].
It's always gonna come back up. It's always gonna be a problem.
'm always gonna make it a problem, most definitely.
I'm not getting over that [bleep].
So I'm not spending another year, another summer
hoping and wishing and praying on a star
that people are holding up their end of the bargain.
I think we both know it's just time.
- Let it go.
[upbeat music]
[all cheering]
- Blow it out, go.
- Ace turned three, and he is growing up way too fast for me.
He's having so many conversations,
and before I know it, he will be in preschool.
Thank you for coming. - Of course,
- It's hard for me to believe that I will no longer
have a baby in my house.
- ♪♪ Look at me ♪♪
And I do it up good.
- What are you doing, kid? Can I sit here?
- Sit in the chair.
I just want to know what vacation you're on.
- I'm on--you know, I'm on semi-retired mode.
- Ace and Zach went to go run some errands.
We need to get him new stuff because his stuff is too small.
But I want a new little friend. - Ah.
- But I feel like with all the conversation for Zach,
he's like, you may be ready, but I'm not ready.
- When did it flip?
- I'm back on the kid thing.
- I just don't want to be pregnant right now.
I really don't.
I told him that you want another baby.
- I thought you would kind of be more so on board with it.
- I'm thinking, and I'm like, if we're gonna do it,
it needs to happen now.
I think once the reality set in of,
like, what another one really would bring financially--
- Yeah, I understand the dilemma that you're in
because you would like to continue living
the lifestyle that you do,
and you guys live an expensive lifestyle.
- Yeah, we do.
- And in order to do that, you have to have consistency
and, you know, good income coming in.
- So he's just kind of like--
- Where's his head at in terms of these other projects
or avenues to launch a career?
I know he was talking about the EM--
- But he can't do a lot of things because of his record.
- You know, you got to teach him,
if he can't go in the front door, you go around the back.
- How was it when you and Mom were, like, around my age
and you guys were married by then and already had kids
and, like, building a business? - You know what?
The reason we started ImageQuest--
your mom's sister told us about this business...
- Mm-hmm.
- Because she was working at a law firm.
But she saw the kind of money that was going
through their copy center.
They had an in-house copy center.
- Okay. - Okay?
So, when the opportunity for this business came up, I said,
will this be a good opportunity?
- When people ask me, what do your parents do, or, like,
what is ImageQuest... - Yeah.
- My answer is, like, an upscale version of a Kinko's.
- That's the way I say it, too. - Okay, good.
- Okay. I mean, I'm definitely ready to go about my business.
And, you know, toes in the sand, cocktail in my hand,
you know, different parts of the world.
You know, at one point, I thought
you and Kyle could take it over, but, you know,
you got Nails by Ryder.
You've got your social media program.
- We just started the podcast. - Yeah, you've got the podcast.
You couldn't handle anything more on your plate.
I'd love for Kyle to be able to do it,
but me and Kyle just can't mesh business-wise.
- Mm-hmm, I think Kyle is better with Mom's side.
- Maybe Zach would be interested in it.
- I think that you should mention it
and see what he says.
I mean, I think it's a great opportunity.
- Are we getting together for dinner tomorrow?
- Yeah, we have a family dinner.
- All right, maybe I'll talk to him then.
- I know he wants something. I know he needs something.
I want it to work.
I want him to feel good about, you know, what he's doing
and feel good about himself. - Yeah.
[steady music]
♪♪ ♪♪
[cell phone chimes]
♪♪ ♪♪
- ♪♪ Bittersweet, the feelings ♪♪
♪♪ Desperately on my knees I pray ♪♪
♪♪ This bittersweet game you play ♪♪
♪♪ ♪♪
- I have some news to tell you guys.
- What?
- Devoin is moving to Michigan.
Yeah, he got a job opportunity.
- What kind of job? - Mm-mm-mm, some job.
He's leaving next week. - Wow.
- I want to be supportive, but then I'm also,
like, angry at the same time.
- You have every right to feel how you feel.
- So it's like I have mixed emotions.
- How's Nova? Did you tell her?
- Not yet. - Okay.
- To me, I think he's running away from whatever problems
he has here, whether that's him gambling,
him being around certain people.
- Look, he's got a job opportunity.
- You always on they side, girl.
- It's hard, Brittany. It's hard.
- Well, he still has a gambling addiction, and he went online--
- And that makes it even harder.
- He said that he relapsed. - Wait, what?
- Yeah, he relapsed.
He, like, posted something, like, I'm ashamed to say
that I relapsed.
[tense music]
So I don't know if this is the reason why he's, like, leaving,
because he has nothing here.
I don't--I don't know. - That's crazy.
- Leaving Nova, it's pretty sad.
- Nova is gonna be 13.
And then Stella is gonna be seven.
- Nova and Stella are gonna be like,
what did I do wrong that my father
couldn't get it together?
Then they're gonna have, like, blame on themselves.
- That's when you tell them, girl, ain't nothing about you.
That's his kid.
And he kind of, like, took on the role for Stella, too.
- Before he leaves, if you can meet up to talk with him...
[somber music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- Hope the best for him, but he will
be missing some vital moments in Nova's life.
- I know.
- And for that, I hope that check
was worth it... - Mm-hmm.
- Because that's something you can never get back.
♪♪ ♪♪
- ♪♪ 'Cause it feels, it feels like family ♪♪
♪♪ ♪♪
- So my dad got out of rehab about two months ago,
and he's doing really good.
We are working on building our trust
and building a better relationship
before he can see the girls.
So, while the girls are at school today,
he's gonna come over and help me with some yard work.
And I haven't done anything like this with my dad
since I was a child.
- How are the girls doing? - They're doing great.
They're in school. This is their last year of 8th grade.
- Last year of junior high, going to high school.
- Junior high, middle school.
And you know how fast it's--
Like, I think of middle school, I feel like they
just started sixth grade.
It goes by way too fast. It really does.
- And I'm just so sorry for being messed up on them things
for so long. - I know.
- I wasn't around because I was ashamed of the way I was.
The hardest part has been forgiving myself.
- Mm-hmm.
- You realize that once you get off of it...
- Mm-hmm. - It seems like everything...
- Mm-hmm. - Is lit up.
You know what I'm saying? - Yeah.
When you're actively in addiction,
you don't realize how big of a toll it takes on you.
How was the facility that you went to?
Did you have, like, meaningful moments?
- It was great. It was really helpful for me in there
to listen to the other people, what they went through.
And, I mean, I still go to groups and therapy.
- You're doing great, and I'm proud of you.
And I think that we'll continue to build on that
and, when the girls feel comfortable,
start building a relationship with them, too.
- Right.
If you think that I'm in the place
to where I can develop a relationship with them,
allow them to.
Don't you push it on them.
- I will definitely talk to them.
I just wanted to establish some kind of relationship
with you myself first.
- That's my number one-- is to be around you all
and be with my grandkids and y'all to trust me.
- ♪♪ Every no is a yes ♪♪
♪♪ To a future yes you seek ♪♪
- This is pretty freaking amazing, by the way.
- Mm-hmm.
- I'm more than happy. - I love you.
And I know that you envision, you know, a family together.
I want kids, and that's something that I would love
to experience with you.
- I'm really gonna marry you. Holy crap.
[laughs]
- ♪♪ I don't know why I don't know ♪♪
- What are you doing? Just put the whole piece on it.
And then you can use the other cheese
because we like this cheese, too.
- So what do you think about Leah saying she doesn't want
to spend time with her mom?
- If she don't want to talk to her mom, she don't have to.
I'm not gonna push her into something anymore,
you know, kind of, like--but if her mom's coming in and out,
then it's like, it's kind of awkward.
It's like, okay, are you in, or are you out?
Are you in, or are you out?
- It's almost like a tease in a way, but--
- It's in and out.
How can you get acclimated and feel comfortable if,
boom, it's just changing all the time?
- It's like an uncertainty, like come and go,
but yet you don't know how to feel.
You don't know what to expect.
- So it affects her in many different ways, you know?
- What do you think we can do going forward
to protect Leah and her heart and her emotions
and feelings and--
- Amber is wanting to try to spend more time with Leah.
But at this point, I can't push no more.
- Going forward, I'm gonna continue to be there for Leah.
- I think that's gonna be the best thing we can do right now
and support her with her decision
that she chooses to do.
[serious music]
I feel like there's another conversation that has to happen
between me and Amber solo. - Yeah.
- I can take what Leah says and just kind of make it
not sound so edgy, but... - Yeah.
- If she feels like I'm coming at her or she feels--
she'll instantly go on the defensive, like,
and that's the problem with having a conversation with her.
♪♪ ♪♪
- ♪♪ I'm fine, yeah ♪♪
♪♪ ♪♪
[line trilling]
- Hello? - Hey, what's up?
- What's going on? - Nothing much.
I got your text message.
Do you want to meet me at the coffee shop
to talk about you leaving and Nova and all that stuff?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. When you free?
- Today. Meet me, like, in a half hour, if you can.
- All right, that work. - All right, bye.
- All right, bae, I'll see you soon. Bye.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Hey. - What's up?
- Nothing much. What have you been up to?
- Packing. - Yeah.
What are you gonna be doing? - Working at GM at the plant.
I'm gonna start on the assembly line.
- Do you see yourself, like, staying at that job?
What if you don't like it? What happens then?
- I like what they're offering to pay.
For me, that's the most deciding factor.
I'll do a lot of [bleep] for the right amount.
I want to expand myself.
I want to put my foot on the ground and go forward.
Like, I really been staying stagnant since I been here.
And I fell right back into that rabbit hole,
and I'm pulling myself out before I get deeper.
I just got to get away from what I know,
because what I know don't work for me.
I want to lifetime ban myself from the casino.
I couldn't shake it.
- But do you think that's gonna change up there?
Like, you not gambling up there, I feel like--
- That's what I'm really looking for, self-discipline.
- But you can't find that by just moving somewhere else.
That takes actual work. - I mean, true.
- But I know exactly where to find all the distractions here.
I know every loophole out here.
- I'm supporting you, and I want you
to do what you have to do to be the man that you need to be.
But at the same time, I'm, like, I'm angry at you
because you're leaving your daughter.
You're leaving me to handle parenting by myself.
I've been doing it pretty much by myself
for the last 12 years.
But to know that you're actually, like,
leaving leaving, it's like, what the [bleep]?
I don't think it's fair.
- If you was to have to pick up and move somewhere else,
what was I to do? - But I didn't.
- But I'm saying, if you did, though, I would not be sitting
here saying, that's not fair.
You're doing what's best for you, what works for you.
- What's your game plan when it comes
to, like, bonding with Nova when you're states away?
Like, what does that look like for you?
- I just got to stay on top of communicating with her.
It's communication.
- If you don't-- She's growing.
She's becoming such a different person.
So, when you come back, she may be somebody
that doesn't even want to tolerate you.
- That's not happening.
- That's up to you, like, to keep that relationship going.
- At the end of the day, she's gonna be at the age
where she needs to talk about things.
Gonna start dating eventually,
[bleep] like that, all of that [bleep], you know?
And I definitely don't want to be outside of that box.
You know? - You're her dad.
You need to be there to show her things that I can't.
- Exactly.
- And I don't know how that looks like
with you being far away, because that happened to me.
You know, like, we moved to Florida.
My dad stayed behind, and I didn't have that.
And, yeah, there was phone calls.
There was text messages here and there, but it wasn't--
- Not the same... - It's not the same.
- Especially when you're used to it growing up.
- It's not the same.
I think I should have the initial conversation with her,
and then maybe you can say what you have to say to her.
- Definitely.
- Tomorrow you can have that conversation with her.
- That's cool.
- I'm just concerned about Nova's well-being and Stella
and now all the things that I have to do to overcompensate
for him not being here and try to fulfill those voids
as much as possible.
[dramatic music]
- ♪♪ This thing we call life ♪♪
♪♪ Show me there's more to... ♪♪
- What are you gonna get, babe? - I got to try it.
I'm over here about to miss out.
- I just can't believe that I have a seven-year-old
and a three-year-old-- I feel old.
- I'm really scared for when he goes to school.
I can't believe he's going to school.
- Those are expensive, too.
- Yeah, so how are you gonna put kids in private school,
continue your travel lifestyle?
I just want to know how this is gonna work.
- I make more money.
We make more money. - What?
- We.
- Okay, I'm gonna share one thing with you.
I want to exit out of what I'm doing.
- Are you retiring?
- I'd love to find somebody who could actively do what I do
with sales, who could take it either where I am
and improve it or at least maintain it.
I'd love to find that. - ImageQuest.
- And you can come do what I do, man.
I'm done.
- Zach, are you willing to jump in a little bit?
- If I can't do it, it makes sense for you to do it.
- If you will do it, you can come do it.
I mean, look, it's an opportunity.
The thing is, you got to be willing to participate
and give up time and energy and hours
because you can't just walk in
and say, okay, I know what to do.
- I'm really trying to practice stepping back and releasing,
but I just want to know, if he decides to do this--
- Then he needs to be there shadowing me each
and every day I'm there. - Okay.
- If I'm there, he needs to be there.
- I want you to think about it.
But at the end of the day, like, ImageQuest has fed
all of us at this table.
And I think that that is a beautiful thing.
So, for you to even present it to him and to us,
like this is something that you're
willing to step away from and you can step in,
I think that that-- I'm gonna say thank you.
- I appreciate the offer, and, you know--
- Well, think about it.
- No, I just want to give it some serious thought.
- Yeah.
♪♪ ♪♪
[upbeat pop music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- I signed the divorce paperwork,
and I'm sending it to Bar.
I hope he'll sign it soon so that we can both move on.
♪♪ ♪♪
- So what's going on with you and Bar?
You gave him the paperwork. - Mm-hmm.
- Now what's the process now? Did he sign them?
What's the tea?
- I mean, all I can do is hope that he turns it in.
I mean, the ball's in his court.
- We gonna watch, but I ain't holding my breath.
- I mean, he has to have some responsibility.
This is his divorce.
- Yeah, and when you need a good babysitter,
call him because he's excellent at that.
- Yeah, he gonna take care of his kid,
and I'm gonna let him, you know?
We talked about Holly spending some of her summer down there.
- As long as there is some accountability,
that's all I'm saying.
- I told him, I said, this is just a formality because,
honestly, if you call me and you're like,
hey, can I have my daughter this weekend,
you're more than welcome to have her.
I'm not gonna be like, no, it's my weekend.
- I know how it be-- once a dude is not attached
to the mama no more, he ain't really
interested like he was in the kids, but time will tell.
- I mean, I'm just gonna do my own thing.
I haven't been single in the summer in 10 years.
- You ready to have a hot-girl summer.
- I mean, lukewarm, [bleep].
- A old-lady hot-girl summer, 'cause you ain't even
hot girl no more--you medium.
- I know. - [laughs]
[upbeat music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- Hello. - Hi.
One, two, three.
I wanted to ask you guys a question.
I talked to my dad, and he's really
doing great after he went to detox and then
the long-term recovery.
He still goes to his meetings and seems
like he's following through.
He's sticking to it.
Addie, do you remember Granddad?
- Mm-mm. - How old do you think she was?
- She was a baby. She was very young, yeah.
- I only remember a little bit from when I was little.
- I wanted to come see if you guys were
open to getting to know him more
and kind of having a visit with him.
- Possibly.
I mean, there's pros and cons.
It's like, what if he leaves?
But then also, what if he stays clean?
I think we need to meet him first.
- Are you open to getting to know him?
- Yeah. - Yeah?
And it's okay to be uncomfortable at first.
- Or scared or nervous. It's just a natural thing.
- It's a completely new person that for 11 years of life,
and you never known until now.
- Yeah, I'd like to know what he'd say about you
when you were younger.
- Well, he remembers me up until I was, like, five or six.
- Mom, how do you feel, like, about,
like, getting to know him since you've never known him?
- How would you guys feel if you hadn't really
had a relationship with your dad
since you were five years old and he's coming
back into your life at 32?
I feel excited but still nervous but just cautious.
I would say cautious.
I think that we can start with a visit,
maybe paint a little bit... - Mm-hmm.
- And see how it goes.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- That's really all we can do.
- ♪♪ I can't seem to shake your shadow ♪♪
♪♪ It's always... ♪♪
- Call Gary Messer. [line trilling]
- Hey. - Hey.
I thought about extending the offer--
visiting with the girls.
We're getting river rock around my landscape.
Maybe you guys can paint it together,
just spend some quality time and see how it goes.
Would you like that? - Yeah.
- We should be available tomorrow evening.
- Sounds good to me.
- All right, let's rock and roll.
I'm picking up Addie. I'll talk to you later.
- Okay, babe, I love you. - All right, love you.
- Bye-bye. - All right, later.
[upbeat music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- I'm going to call Gary, because, I mean,
I think he had said something like he wanted to talk,
but I don't really know what we need
to talk about, to be honest.
I just want to figure out what we're doing about me seeing
Leah because, I don't know, it seems like it's
a lot of, like, deflection.
Every time I ask to do something,
it's like, we're gonna deflect and say,
go back to the schedule.
It always seems like when it comes to Leah,
it's like, keep me, like, at arm's length or [bleep] more.
Back in the day when I used to pick her up
from school and stuff like that,
they're the ones who stopped me from going and picking her up.
They're the ones who said, Christina's got it,
Christina's got it.
And I've been here over six months,
and she has not been here one time.
So I just want them to be more open.
I want Gary to be a little bit more honest
about why I'm being pushed out of Leah's life so much.
But I think he's at the point now where he thinks,
like, oh, Leah's 15, and...
- What do you think? - It's her decision.
No, the [bleep] it's not.
- I think, from my perspective, you know, you have
done everything that you can.
You're doing all the right things.
- So I just want to know what we
need to talk about here because I don't know what's going on.
I don't know the issue. I don't know the reason.
If anything, I need to let him know either I'm gonna start
seeing my daughter, or...
what do you want?
[tense music]
- ♪♪ Adrenaline rushing up my spine, yo ♪♪
♪♪ When they sound the alarm, I-I-I-I turn on ♪♪
- Since I sent Bar my signed copy of the divorce papers,
I'm ready to start my single life.
So Holly is staying with the babysitter, and me and my mom
are going out.
- ♪♪ I turn on ♪♪
- I'm happy you're moving on.
- It's gonna be a change, but I think
it's a change I'm ready for. - Mm-hmm.
Can I just speak candidly?
- I mean, when do you not?
- I don't think he's willing to give up what little piece
of control he think he has. - I think he will.
- I think the season of scrubs is over.
- Closing a chapter. - Yeah, a total new chapter.
Where are we going tonight, though?
Because I'm excited for wherever we going.
I done got all dressed up. - We're going to Chippendales.
- We used to be a mess back in the day with the strippers.
- Mm-mm. Mom, I'm gonna tell you something right now.
Tonight... - What?
- There's a few rules.
I think you should keep your hands to yourself.
- Okay. You don't trust me?
- Absolutely not.
[bleep] be passed down.
Trifling needs to be passed down.
- You checking me on your behavior?
- Uh-huh. [laughter]
- ♪♪ Started at the bottom, now we flying high ♪♪
♪♪ Throw your hands up, now we gonna touch the sky ♪♪
- Make some noise for the men of Chippendales.
- ♪♪ We probably never thought we'd be where we got to now ♪♪
♪♪ Nah, never thought we'd make it through the rain ♪♪
♪♪ But ain't no gain unless there's pain ♪♪
- [screams]
- Who's ready to play with these men?
- Oh, what the [bleep]? Oh, [bleep].
It feels really weird to be single,
but this is, like, a real single,
like, a real "do me" single.
If nice men want to come and take me out and treat me nice,
I'm receptive to that.
Show us what you got. Hit it.
[upbeat music]
- Oh, my God!
- I feel like I've been locked away
in a [bleep] cage for too long.
- Show us your most creative way
to put this Chippendale condom onto Jesus.
- She got kids!
She got kids!
- ♪♪ I'm the hottest [...] in town ♪♪
♪♪ We the hottest [...] in town, yeah ♪♪
- ♪♪ She got it big-time swagging and big-time go ♪♪
♪♪ You got to pick the right path and spin the row ♪♪
♪♪ Too fly for a tussle, got to flex a little muscle ♪♪
♪♪ Pick your hustle up, baby... ♪♪
- I love it. Ooh, hold up.
- Wait, why you ain't serve me first?
- Ladies, let me know how it is.
- Thank you.
- You can tell me if it don't taste good.
- He DoorDashed. That's DoorDash right there.
- So my dad had an interesting proposal for Zach.
- What's the proposal? Catch us up.
- He's retiring. He wants to give up ImageQuest.
But he's also like, I want to make sure
I'm giving to somebody that wants to work it.
Wants somebody to carry out the family business,
the legacy, so...
- Have you thought about it, like, what you want to do?
- I've had a lot of thought.
I thought about it last night, and let's get the ball rolling.
- Well, I'm proud of you, and I'm happy that this is--
- Don't be proud of me.
Be proud of your parents, God damn it.
- I am proud of you. And that's okay to say.
Like, you have to also acknowledge yourself in it.
And I feel like you've been under a lot of pressure
as a husband and a dad and a man.
So it is a big decision.
I'm happy you're making it,
and I'm happy that's the one you're making.
Now go call my dad. [laughter]
- Now we talking. Now we talking.
- ♪♪ I got big, big dreams ♪♪
[line trilling]
- What's cracking? - Nothing much.
What's going on? - Not a lot, man.
Just sitting here putting in a little bit of work.
- Well, speaking of, that's what I was calling you about.
I wanted to, you know, pick your brain a little bit more
about the opportunity you presented the other day.
- And I've been thinking about it also
in terms of some things I want to make sure
you understand if you want to take this venture on.
The only way this is gonna work with me stepping out
is if you take this on as your primary source of income.
Whatever else you do is secondary.
- Yeah. I mean, I'm ready to make a sacrifice.
Whatever I can do to provide for my family at this point
is what I'm willing to do.
So I feel like, I don't know, it's just
a good opportunity for me.
I've been struggling trying to figure it out
within the last couple years.
- Let me teach you what I know.
- Okay.
- Once you get what I know, take what you want to try,
what you want to experiment with,
and apply it to the business. - Okay.
- Once I see that you're committed to the business,
I'm gonna really let you go free because I'm
trying to step back. - Yeah.
- Now, I can still come in and help.
I'm gonna expect you to perform well.
- Yeah. I'm accepting the offer.
I'm trying to take it over.
I'm just trying to figure out when I can come down there
and start.
- Let's meet down there tomorrow.
- All right, what time? - I'll be there at 6:30.
- Goddamn. All right, I'll be there at 6:00.
[laughter]
He hit me off the back. [bleep].
- All right, cool.
All right, I'll see you there tomorrow.
[line beeps]
- What are you doing? - I was talking to your dad.
- You didn't hear me calling you?
- Oh, no. What happened?
- Nothing. Me and Ryder were trying to find you.
- I accepted the offer. - Wow.
It's a great opportunity.
I just want you to take it seriously.
- I would like you to sit back and just, you know, trust me.
I got it.
- Well, I'm happy for you. I'm excited.
I've watched my dad build this business
and my mom build this business since I was a kid.
I worked in their office when I was Ryder's age.
And now for Zach to have the opportunity
to not only come in and learn the business
but to be able to run it is a huge opportunity.
Not the shoe kick-off.
[laughing] Oh, my God.
My dad's timing of wanting to retire, honestly,
probably couldn't have come at a better time.
I just hope that Zach takes it seriously.
I hope that he takes advantage of this opportunity.
I hope he learns it from front to back
and that this is something that could...
provide stability for us and our family
and could just help him get to the next phase
and chapter of his life.
New job, new baby.
- ♪♪ Your legacy, your legacy ♪♪
- ♪♪ I'll find my way back ♪♪
♪♪ I'll find my way back ♪♪
- Devoin is going to talk to Nova,
and I'm hoping she gets whatever she needs
out of the conversation with him.
Hey.
- ♪♪ I'll find my way back ♪♪
- You heard the news?
What you heard? - That you're moving.
- Yeah, moving to Michigan.
I'll be settled in within the next 30 days.
Got to get you out there for a good week or two...
I promise.
I ain't leaving you behind at all.
Don't ever think that.
Gonna try to have some cool stuff
set up for when you do pop up.
Definitely gonna miss you, though.
- I'm gonna miss you, too.
- But...
phone call away.
Give me a hug.
Give me a greasy chicken hug.
Where my chicken kisses?
Mm, mm, mm.
Love you. - Love you, too.
- I'll be back in a few days to say goodbye, all right?
[serious music]
- ♪♪ This weight on my shoulders ♪♪
♪♪ Is too much to bear ♪♪
♪♪ It feels like we're strangers ♪♪
- You're leaving your daughter.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Yeah, I know.
- But if you got to go, you got to go.
- Mm-hmm.
- All right. - All right, later.
- Bye.
- ♪♪ Where do we go from here? ♪♪
- I'm just sad for the kids,
and I'm heartbroken for Nova.
This year has been rough.
It's such a blur.
It was hard dealing with a lot of different things
and finding out that my mom was going through so much.
And with my mom still needing to work on herself
and now with Devoin leaving, Nova and Stella
don't really have anybody.
You guys are my besties for the resty.
I don't want Nova to be angry. I don't want Nova to be sad.
So I hope him going out there, his life changes,
and he can be the best version of himself for Nova.
- ♪♪ So where do we go? ♪♪
♪♪ Where do we go from here? ♪♪
[somber pop music]
- ♪♪ Who knew ♪♪
♪♪ ♪♪
♪♪ That life would be a journey spent with you? ♪♪
- Everyone pick out a rock to paint for the flower garden.
You got one? - Yep.
- Granddad will be here soon.
The only thing I would keep in mind
is that he is very eager to get to know you guys.
So it might be a lot. Be patient with him, okay?
- Mm-hmm. - Yeah.
- I think he's here.
♪♪ Who knew? ♪♪
- [laughing] Hi. - Hi.
How are you? - Good, how are you?
- Good. - How are y'all?
- Good, how are you? - Good, how are you?
- Good. What are you doing?
- Painting these rocks for my mommy.
- I'm painting a rock, too? - Yeah.
- Girls, it's gonna be great spending time with y'all.
I know y'all don't remember when you was little, do you?
- I have an amazing memory, though.
You do have an amazing memory.
- Do you remember me? - No.
- Huh? [laughing] No.
Ali, how's school? - It's okay.
I don't love school.
- [laughs] Okay.
What about you, Leah? - I like it, kind of.
- What about you, Addie? - I love school.
- You like it?
Well, what's your favorite subject?
- I like science.
- You still wanting to be the marine biologist?
- Yep.
- You're gonna be, not wanting to, right?
- Yeah.
- What about you, Ali? - Band.
- Hey, I was in band, too. I played the snare drums.
- Really? That's pretty cool.
And you still know how to play drums?
- Yeah.
What instrument you like? - Clarinet.
- Clarinet?
Well, girls, I hope we get to spend more time together...
- Me too. - So that you get to know me.
- Yeah.
- I'm a nut, but I'm screwed on the right bolt
because I'll tell you--them prescription drugs
had me all messed up.
You know, I didn't realize it until after I got off of it.
And I can understand why you didn't want the girls around me
because that wasn't me. - Mm-hmm.
I love this. And it means a lot to me.
I love you being a part of our lives
and wanting to get to know us better.
Seeing us all come together and bond, that meant a lot to me.
- Girls, love y'all.
- Love you.
- [grunts]
- It does feel like a healing experience.
See ya.
The biggest fear is of my daughters
building a relationship and loving this person
and seeing them walk away or get hooked on drugs.
However, I know my dad is a great person within.
It's just him finding that person
and my daughters experiencing that.
[upbeat music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- I'm going to call Gary.
[line trilling]
- Hello? - Hey.
- Hey, what's up?
- What's going on? I like the red hat.
Are you okay? - Yeah, I'm good.
- Okay. [chuckles]
So what's going on?
You wanted to talk. - Yes.
No, I mean, it's probably always--
it's always good for us to at least, you know,
communicate and be on the same page with things, so...
- Well, I think we do that on the phone a lot.
- Yeah, no, this isn't like that.
This isn't like that.
This is just us talking in general.
It's not, like, a bad thing. - I just want to know--
I just want to know from you, like,
if there's anything that you guys are worried about.
Like, how can me and you talk about that, too?
And if there's not, then there's not, right?
But if there is, yeah.
- Listen, everything can be talked about.
- No, I know. That's what I mean, though.
I mean, like, to ask, like, specifically,
you know what I mean?
For me to ask you--Like, the questions I'd have specifically
is like, you know, what's the reasons
why Leah is not able to come over here and stay the night?
What's the reasons why I'm not able to go
to her cross country?
What are the reasons why I'm not being told certain things?
So, when it comes to Leah saying certain things,
like, if she doesn't want to do anything,
well, I'm at the point now that it doesn't really matter.
I want to see my daughter.
So this is when I say to you, facts are facts,
and we can't sit here and act like it's Amber, it's Amber,
it's Amber, because the [bleep] if it is me.
I've been doing nothing but trying to get Leah back
in my life while I'm getting pushed out for years
and years and years now.
If I start to see Leah more-- - She's not ready for that.
- Why?
- Amber, you are very hard to get a hold of.
- I have to get a message to reply to.
I've got my phone. I got my phone.
- And there's days that go by where you don't reply to us.
- How is that? That's not even possible.
I'm not gonna reply to Christina
about some bull[bleep].
- She was telling you--
- She wasn't telling me anything.
Where are you?
- You haven't been reaching out and--
- Oh, I haven't been reaching out?
Okay, first of all,
this is what's been going on for years now.
Everybody has an excuse, even after I change.
So what's your excuse now?
- I'm not doing this. - And I'm not doing it, either.
But you have an excuse for everything.
- No, I don't have an excuse.
- You do, but what you don't understand is,
this is my daughter.
This is my daughter.
- And I'm 100%--
Thank you for saying that.
[somber music]
- All right, Amber, I'm getting off here.
- Yeah, I'm getting off here, too, buddy.
What the [bleep]?
That's too much to take.
Gary. [bleep] Gary.
- ♪♪ With open eyes ♪♪
♪♪ We can see it ♪♪
♪♪ With open hearts ♪♪
♪♪ We can feel it ♪♪
♪♪ After the dawn ♪♪
♪♪ There will be light ♪♪
♪♪ With open hearts ♪♪
♪♪ And open eyes ♪♪
♪♪ Follow me the sun ♪♪
♪♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪♪
♪♪ We've only just begun ♪♪
♪♪ Are you ready now, ready now ♪♪
♪♪ Ready now, ready for more? ♪♪
♪♪ This is everything, everything ♪♪
♪♪ Everything we've waited for ♪♪
♪♪ So take my hand, and we'll run into a world ♪♪
♪♪ We've never known ♪♪
♪♪ Are you ready now, ready now, ready to let go ♪♪
♪♪ And dive into the unknown? ♪♪
♪♪ Whoa, oh, oh ♪♪
♪♪ Dive into the unknown ♪♪
♪♪ ♪♪
- I'm glad I'm with somebody who's understanding
and not...
you know? - Yeah.
- Thank you.
[tense music]
♪♪ ♪♪
[crying] My fiancé is missing right now,
and we don't know where he is.
I'm worried.
- On the season finale
of "Teen Mom: The Next Chapter"...
- Mackenzie, will you marry me?
- Me and you are going to see your dad.
- Yay!
- I want to bring Carly over here.
- Adoption equals trauma.
- When I first got into my house,
I see Bar sitting on my couch.
He was pissed.
- Gary 2.0 is missing?
I'm just getting in the car, and I'm gonna go.
- Andrew didn't break me. Matt didn't break me.
Ain't nobody but this man.
- It's okay, babe. - [cries]