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00:009-1-1-2-Required Police Fire Ambulance
00:15I'm really scared
00:16Stay in the house, keep the doors locked
00:20We're going to send police out there
00:22I opened the door and was met with this super cute guy
00:28And that's when the Jace show began
00:32He made me feel beautiful, desired
00:42He's sexy, muscles, like woohoo
00:46A man
00:47I was hooked, man
00:51Best kiss ever, sexy
00:55Oh, I'm in so much trouble
00:58I had some doubts
01:10Are you really into older women?
01:14One name just kept popping up
01:15Jason Porter, Jason Porter
01:17He was a thief
01:18He committed fraud
01:19He was a criminal
01:21This guy is a scammer
01:23And I am literally next on the list
01:27He's a menace
01:28And he needs to be punished
01:30He manages to manipulate the police
01:34He can manipulate absolutely everything
01:37Who the fuck is Jason Porter?
01:40You're comfy, it's not pulling anywhere
01:50No, can you hear me?
01:51Yes, let's do a test
01:53Tell me what you have for breakfast
01:55I didn't eat any breakfast
01:57Because I was too nervous
01:59Should I change my shoes?
02:00Are you going to see my feet?
02:02Oh my goodness
02:03It's like Cinderella
02:07Back in 2018
02:12I wasn't even really looking to date
02:14I was quite happy
02:15I was in my working out routine
02:17I had lots of friends
02:19I was very much focused on me
02:21And I just wasn't looking
02:24Hi
02:25Hey, it's Heather Robett
02:26I help downsize to the part of a condo
02:29Condo
02:29Condo
02:30Condo
02:30Condo
02:31Condo
02:31Condo
02:31Condo
02:32I love it, love it, love it
02:33As a real estate agent
02:34It's really important to know
02:35All the different areas of the city
02:37The lawyer that buyers are using
02:39Is a Toronto one
02:40And you haven't paid them anything
02:41Over the span of my career
02:44I've been very successful
02:45In getting my clients what they want
02:47And how about you?
02:48Like, what do you want?
02:50In terms of work or personal?
02:53Personal?
02:53Personal?
02:57Well
02:58Back in 2018
03:03I had just renovated the condo
03:06The company I had hired
03:08To do the cabinetry
03:10Sent over their new service guy
03:14I was a little taken aback
03:22When I opened my door
03:24And was met with this super cute guy
03:29Oh, I'm sure there's many a woman
03:34Who has a fantasy of getting it on
03:37With the handyman
03:38But that never crossed my mind
03:41He had that beautiful Mediterranean skin
03:47That was kind of olive-y
03:48And just a really cute smile
03:51And he has this little gap between his teeth
03:54But I also noticed he had a super cute butt
03:59Like, it looked really good in those jeans
04:01I'll never forget this
04:06He took off his watch with this precision like a surgeon would
04:09But I also looked at the watch
04:11Which was a blue-faced boulevard
04:14With this really ratty leather band
04:17And I felt like the face of the watch and the band didn't quite match
04:22But I was like, whatever, he's cute
04:25He explained to me that he was actually a software engineer
04:30He was tired of the corporate world
04:34And was trying something new
04:36He'd always liked working with his hands
04:38And I was like, okay, that's cool
04:41You're handy
04:41We just got so lost in talking
04:45And maybe kind of flirting
04:47That he wasn't totally paying attention
04:51To what he was doing
04:53Because when he left
04:54I noticed that the towel bar
04:55Was off a little bit
04:58Thanks, I feel like a bit of a boob, but
05:10Okay
05:11Oh my god, I hate talking about myself
05:15Just do me well when you're editing
05:17What was I looking for in a man?
05:24I didn't really know
05:26I had been so focused on my career
05:30My number one focus was to be as successful as possible
05:33And when I got to it at about 40 years old
05:41I was like, I think I would like to maybe share my life with somebody
05:46I weighed almost 300 pounds
05:51And I had gastric bypass surgery
05:55I lost 80 pounds
05:56And that was when I was like, I'm ready
06:00I'm ready to put myself out there and start dating
06:03And I went on Bumble
06:05I'm swiping, there's so many faces
06:12And all of a sudden I see
06:14There was a really handsome one named Jace
06:16And then right away
06:19It was just banter that stood out from the rest
06:24He's energetic, he's fun, he's hilarious, he's sexy
06:32Muscles
06:34Like, woohoo, a man
06:36I didn't know if I really wanted to go out with him
06:45It was one of my girlfriends slash spiritual coach
06:48That encouraged me to give him a chance
06:51And go on a date with him
06:52So the first time I met Heather
06:54Was probably 13 or 14 years ago
06:56She was a real estate agent
06:58And came to show the apartment that I was living in at the time
07:02And Heather had been single for a while
07:04Kind of like me right now
07:05She was like a born-again virgin
07:07So when she met Jace, I was like, good
07:09I was like, go for it
07:10Like, get laid, have fun
07:11Like, I really didn't think it was going to go beyond that
07:14Two and a half weeks later
07:28We finally went out
07:29And he showed up on a motorcycle
07:32I was like, that's really hot
07:34We have a first date
07:40The waitress comes up
07:42And she's like, holy shit
07:44I'm like, I know
07:45I don't know what he's doing here with me
07:47He's so fucking hot
07:48Jace told me he had been born in Italy
07:52He told me that he was plucked from his graduating class
07:57At University of Waterloo
07:58And they flew him on a private plane
08:00For an interview
08:02And handed him a job offer
08:04He told me that he was a very successful software engineer
08:10That he owned his own company
08:11And lived in China for a couple years
08:15Japan for a year
08:16And he said he also did six months in India
08:19He shared with me that he had a three-year-old son
08:23And that he was in this ongoing family court battle
08:28When this guy's got a son
08:31You think, okay, he's a good guy
08:33I actually loved that he was being so open and vulnerable
08:38I thought it was a great first date
08:41And I remember walking back to my place after dinner
08:46And next thing I know, he's dropped his backpack
08:50He's dropped his motorcycle helmet
08:51And he literally pushes me up against the wall
08:56And starts kissing me
08:57Like, I've never been kissed like that before
09:00He pushed me up against the wall
09:03Grabs my face
09:04You know, that sexy thing
09:05Where they grab the back of your neck
09:06Best kiss ever
09:09Best first kiss ever
09:10Sexy
09:11Any insecurity, he kissed right out of me
09:13He was like, you look just as good
09:16If not better than your picture
09:17Don't like a skinny girl
09:19I like a real woman
09:21Okay, maybe I'm this guy's type
09:23That kiss left me breathless
09:27Weak in the knees
09:28A flutter in my heart
09:30He totally had already won Heather over with this story
09:39That he used to be super successful
09:41And he was doing kitchen renovations
09:44Because he wanted to work with his hands
09:45Like, okay
09:46How do you go from making $300,000 a year
09:49To making, like, $30,000?
09:52Mmm, it was a little suspect from day one
09:54I would joke to my girlfriends
09:55Like, you don't need to go online dating
09:57Just renovate your house
09:58The next day, he texted
10:01Said he had a great date
10:02Can't wait to see you again
10:04And we made plans to see each other the following week
10:07I woke up not seeing straight
10:10I was hooked, man
10:12Back in 2017
10:29My marriage had been over for a while
10:31I signed up for a couple of websites
10:34And I met Jace
10:36Thank you
10:37My name is Judy Wells
10:39I met Jace on a dating app
10:42He was charming
10:44Easy to talk to
10:45Very smooth in his approach
10:49He presented himself as a gentleman
10:51His profile was interesting enough for me to want to meet him
10:55And he was younger
10:57So I had some doubts
10:59Are you really into people that are older?
11:03Well, he was extremely complimentary
11:05To the point where, at times, he was too complimentary
11:08He told me that his ex-wife was actually five years older than I was
11:15And he showed me their marriage certificate
11:17I said, okay, well, I guess you are okay with an age difference
11:23If somebody is a little too effusive in their compliments
11:26I wonder why
11:27I had not dated in over 30 years
11:32And I was nervous about getting into a relationship with someone
11:37He showed me a bank account with over half a million dollars in it
11:40Every time I had a question about anything, he showed me paperwork
11:44I felt bad asking him because he seemed so very fond of me
11:53The night after our first date, he ends up coming over
11:57And we start making out
11:59You're flirting, flirting, flirting
12:02You have a few drinks
12:03And now I'm kind of thinking
12:06I don't think I want this date to end
12:09He opened a bottle of wine he brought
12:11And then next thing I know, clothes are coming off
12:14He gets undressed
12:16Wow, gorgeous
12:18And he carries me from the living room to the bedroom
12:21Throws me on the bed
12:22And we're doing it
12:25And he made me feel incredible
12:30We went for round two in the kitchen
12:33Twice in one night
12:34I'm now laying there going
12:36Oh my God, that's the hottest guy I've ever been with
12:38And he went to the washroom
12:40And he's like, oh Jesus
12:43And it's every girl's worst nightmare
12:47Let's just say
12:49It was the worst timing to possibly get your period
12:53It was a horrible
12:55I wanted to die
12:57I wanted to die
12:59He was like, don't worry about it
13:01It's fine
13:02He was actually very understanding and lovely
13:05Which made me go, oh my God
13:08This is such a nice guy
13:09All the women out there
13:10Isn't that a fucking nightmare?
13:12Yeah
13:12Fucking nightmare
13:13Yeah
13:14Yeah
13:15Yeah
13:16That was
13:17Date two
13:19I did not see Jace for a date number three
13:22I think I was too mortified
13:25But
13:26He always stayed in contact
13:29Within weeks
13:37He was telling me how
13:39I'm the love of his life
13:41And I'm going to be an amazing stepmom
13:43And he's waited his whole life to meet me
13:45I mean, who doesn't want to hear that?
13:48I'm 46 years old
13:50Having had my heart broken a couple times
13:52It's almost like you get addicted to that
13:56It's when they talk about love bombing
13:58That's your brain is
14:00You're not seeing straight
14:03Almost like cartoons
14:05Almost like cartoons when the two little, let's say, like, cartoon dogs kiss
14:08And you see, like, the swirl of hearts above their head
14:11Like, that's what I felt my life was like for the first few months
14:18I would be lying there staring at him going, oh my God
14:21Like, I'd want to poke him
14:22I'm like, is this guy real?
14:23I remember he took a selfie of us at the first concert we saw
14:29The Bruno Mars concert
14:30And it's a great shot
14:31I look in love
14:33I look effervescent
14:35I look happy
14:36And he looks good, too
14:39Italian pasta life hack
14:45You need to fill this thing up with six cups of water
14:47It was probably a month and a half
14:50Into the relationship
14:52He said, I need to look for an apartment
14:54He said, do you think I could stay with you?
14:57And I said, okay
14:58You can stay here while you look for an apartment
15:00Two cups of water
15:02You know, he was really nice to have around
15:05I was like, okay, I hope you don't find that apartment too quick
15:08Because I'm kind of enjoying having you here
15:10Even the simple things in life became fun
15:13What are you doing, babe?
15:19Because I wasn't doing it just for me
15:21Or I wasn't doing it alone
15:23All of a sudden, now it's the two of us doing it
15:25My birthday was coming up
15:27He knew I liked the ballet
15:28He bought me ballet tickets
15:30I bought him a motorcycle
15:33I remember the first time I ever went on the motorcycle with him
15:38I was equal parts terrified and equal parts excited
15:42We are going to pick up my Kawasaki Ninja 200 motorcycle
15:47Kawasaki Ninja
15:49It's cherry red
15:49A few months later, I got my own motorcycle
15:52We would go for these amazing motorcycle rides
16:00He said, I love you first
16:15I'm pretty sure I said it quite loud during sex
16:20I was like, oh my God, I love you
16:22And then he said, you love me, don't you?
16:25And I said, I do
16:27And he did a big fist pump
16:29Like, yeah, I got you now
16:30Pretty early on in our relationship
16:41He met my mom and dad
16:43Cheers
16:44And Jace wowed my parents with stories of his family
16:51His background stories of his grandfathers from Italy
16:56Were just mesmerizing
16:59He said that his two grandfathers were in World War II
17:06Fighting for the Allies
17:08I just thought this was fabulous
17:10When he started meeting my friends and family
17:12Everybody loved him
17:13They just thought he was a great guy
17:15Like, this guy, like, who is he?
17:16Where did he come from?
17:21Jace said he had spent some time in China
17:23Like, actually living there for two or three years
17:26And I've spent a lot of time in China
17:28I asked him, oh, so like, do you speak any Mandarin?
17:32Like, you were there for so long
17:34And he's just like, oh, I didn't need to
17:35I was just working all the time
17:37And I'm like, mm, okay
17:38And then I'm like, oh, have you traveled around China?
17:41Like, it's amazing
17:42There's so much to see, you know
17:44He said, no, I do nothing
17:46Like, I just went to work and back home every single day
17:49I'm like, for two years?
17:52I could see he was kind of getting a little bit upset about it
17:55So I was like, okay
17:56I was just, I think I remember being like, okay
17:59Like, that sounds a little bit weird
18:00But he made her feel like a queen
18:03He made her feel super loved
18:04So I was like, okay, I'm going to support this
18:06Okay, so Christmas tree shopping
18:11Ooh, look at all the trees
18:13We have Baxter in the back
18:16Wearing his little vest
18:19Say hi, Baxie
18:20Every now and then I think I'd catch myself going
18:23Ooh, this seems to be happening so quickly
18:24Like, is it too good to be true?
18:27Which one, babe?
18:28That brown one, right there
18:29And he would just
18:31No
18:32It's right
18:34I waited my whole life to meet you, Heather
18:36My man
18:39Timber
18:40Yeah, you're doing all the hard work
18:43Not straight?
18:46Uh, like straight as in
18:47Like, in the middle of the car straight?
18:49Yeah
18:49Because it's not quite in the middle of the car
18:51He sort of made his way into the family
18:55He called me
18:57Ma
18:58He definitely took to my mom
19:00And my mom took to him
19:01It got to the point sometimes
19:03He'd be like, let's FaceTime your mom
19:04I'm like, oh my God
19:05Why?
19:07For my birthday
19:08He made a video for me
19:11Happy 65th birthday to my favorite mother-in-law
19:16You know, he was flirty
19:18And I was having a good time
19:20He told me his mother died in a car crash
19:24Picking up his brother
19:25I felt terrible for him
19:28Like, I had to comfort him
19:32My mom
19:32Genuinely
19:34Cared for him
19:36She really
19:38Felt bad for Jace
19:40That his mom had passed away
19:41And she
19:42Wanted to love him
19:44Like one of her own
19:45I'm gonna sneak up on my dad
19:50Who's got his big earmuffs on
19:52For when he's on the tractor
19:54It's Ernie the farmer
19:55What?
19:56It's Ernie the farmer
19:57Ernie the farmer
19:58My first encounter with Jace
20:00I did not have a strong feeling of
20:03Liking him
20:04Oh, there's Jace
20:07I sensed that there was something
20:10False about him
20:12On an emotional level
20:17I think he was a blank
20:18I had some suspicions about him
20:20But I couldn't tell Heather
20:21She was starry-eyed
20:22They were living in some sort of
20:24La-la land
20:25So I kept quiet with my doubts
20:28And my suspicions about him
20:29Is she pretty?
20:30Say hi
20:30Merry Christmas
20:32Girl
20:32Come on T
20:33She's got a winter coat
20:34Come on
20:35In the first
20:40Year of our relationship
20:42It was so much fun
20:44My second birthday with him
20:46At midnight
20:47He was like
20:48Check your email
20:49And I opened my email
20:51And there were
20:52Electronic plane tickets
20:53For us to go to Rome
20:55Oh my god
21:07The tickets to Italy
21:08Unfortunately
21:12Heather's poor trip to Italy
21:13Didn't happen
21:15His excuse was
21:16There was a conflict
21:17With the date
21:18For his custody hearing
21:20With his son
21:21That was constantly
21:21Getting moved
21:22And shuffled
21:23While I was
21:25Pissed off
21:28And upset
21:29That our trip
21:30Was getting postponed
21:31I would never do anything
21:33To jeopardize him
21:35Not being the dad
21:37That he
21:37Wanted to be
21:39COVID hits
21:47The whole world shuts down
21:49And then he moved in
21:51Officially
21:52We're locked down
21:55And we're in the condo
21:56Which was
21:57Just over a thousand
21:58Square feet
21:59Why are you home
22:02So early?
22:04During COVID
22:04He said he quit his job
22:07At the kitchen cabinet company
22:08Sales came to a halt
22:10And so he took
22:11A moonlighting job
22:12Renovating a nightclub
22:14In Mississauga
22:15Where he got paid cash
22:16One of my biggest
22:19Pet peeves
22:19With Jace
22:20Was
22:21His
22:22Sleeping habits
22:23He would stay up
22:25Really late
22:25And then
22:26Every afternoon
22:27He would take a nap
22:28And it was
22:29So annoying
22:30What you watching?
22:34Are you asking me
22:35Is this an honor?
22:37I had set up
22:38My yoga mat
22:39Behind the dining room table
22:40Because I was doing
22:41Virtual classes now
22:43Why don't you tell
22:44The people
22:44What you said to me
22:45I would take
22:46From here
22:48To half
22:49Of the dining table
22:50And that could be
22:50My work
22:52Workout space
22:53I lived in a
22:55Very small condo
22:56I was definitely
22:57Feeling the walls
22:57Closing in
22:58I want a bit of space
23:00And this house
23:02Came up for lease
23:03In Aurora
23:03If you'd asked me
23:05If I thought
23:06I could
23:07Live anywhere
23:08Other than
23:09Central Toronto
23:10I probably would have
23:11Said no way
23:12And now
23:13For the sake
23:14Of our relationship
23:14I feel like
23:15It's time
23:17To compromise
23:18And
23:19Yes
23:20We probably
23:21Are going to move
23:22Outside of the city
23:24Moving to Aurora
23:26For sure
23:28Felt out of place
23:29Because
23:30Heather was a city girl
23:31But I guess
23:32That's a sacrifice
23:32She said
23:33She was making
23:33For him
23:34To be close
23:34To his son
23:35I felt like
23:47This was the start
23:48Of us moving forward
23:49Together as a family
23:51I remember
23:53Jace pointing out
23:54What an amazing setting
23:55This would make
23:56For a backyard wedding
23:56And we talked about
23:58That maybe next summer
24:00Whoa
24:03One drop
24:06We had
24:07This really cute
24:09Bedroom right next
24:10To our bedroom
24:11For his son
24:11With a captain's bed
24:13And armoire
24:14And we put up
24:15These shelves
24:16And I had collected
24:17Books and clothes
24:18And toys
24:19And games
24:20And I was totally
24:22Set to be a stepmom
24:23Or bonus mom
24:24As they call them
24:25Due to COVID
24:34The whole real estate market
24:35I kind of shifted a little
24:37And to be honest
24:38I was kind of bored of it
24:40You know
24:40I've always been
24:41A little entrepreneurial
24:42Looking for the next thing
24:43Jace told me
24:44One day
24:45That the person
24:45Whom he used to work for
24:47At the kitchen company
24:47Was selling
24:49His furniture
24:51And decor
24:51Business
24:52I was elated
24:53I thought
24:54This is amazing
24:54We can build
24:56A business together
24:56You have all this
24:58Kind of decor
24:59I have the big
25:02L
25:03Shaped sectional
25:05And he told me
25:06What the offer was
25:08And I was like
25:08Well that's a no brainer
25:09I was like
25:09Let's do it
25:10But when push came to shove
25:12To actually pay for it
25:13He didn't have
25:15Any money to contribute
25:17But these are what
25:18Make our memories babe
25:19When we're old
25:20I can remember the time
25:22During COVID
25:23When you
25:23I'm old
25:24Well I'm older than you
25:25Well I'm old
25:26Because you're already old
25:29The world was opening up
25:37From COVID
25:38And we weren't really
25:41Doing much
25:42I even asked him
25:44At one point
25:44I'm like
25:45When do you want to start
25:45Talking about rebooking Italy
25:46Couldn't get an answer
25:48He became completely
25:50Non-committal
25:50To anything to do
25:52With our life
25:54Together
25:55We had some people
26:00Over for dinner once
26:02Our neighbors
26:03At the farm
26:04Jace became very withdrawn
26:06Wouldn't talk to them
26:07He really ignored us
26:09He was very quiet
26:11Almost judgmental
26:12His insecurities came up
26:15Because our friends
26:17They have a lot of money
26:21I think he became envious of them
26:23I think he became jealous of them
26:25He saw a life that
26:28Had been denied him
26:30He didn't have anything
26:33I've had in his life
26:34And I think that drove him
26:36To be
26:37Angry
26:38Almost as if he was trying
26:42To assert himself
26:43That
26:43I'm just as good as you are
26:45I can respond to you
26:47In a way that will make you
26:48Listen to me
26:49I was at the farm
27:04And in my closet
27:06I had a drawer
27:08And it had the jewelry I wore
27:11Kind of every day
27:13And I discovered
27:14That all my little jewelry bags
27:16Were empty
27:17I was shocked
27:21I was just so upset
27:23We had a little safe
27:25Somewhere in the farm
27:26It was never locked
27:28So
27:29And then it were ring bags
27:30And she went to one of the ring bags
27:32Opened it up
27:33And there was no ring
27:34I lost my watch
27:39It was a Cartier
27:41So it was very unique
27:43And it was valued
27:44At $31,000 back then
27:46Losing my two wedding bands
27:50Were like losing
27:51Part of my marriage
27:53Part of the memories
27:55I asked Jace
27:58If he had seen it
27:59Because he was spending
28:01A lot of time
28:02At the farm
28:03Jace and I tore the farm
28:07Apart
28:07And we looked under
28:09The bed
28:10We looked under
28:11The sofa
28:12We looked in
28:12All the cushions
28:13Like this ring was
28:14Gone
28:15Jace helped me look
28:21For my watch
28:22We tore
28:22My whole place apart
28:24You know
28:27Just thought
28:28Okay well maybe
28:29It'll still turn up somewhere
28:30Although I couldn't
28:32Imagine where
28:32I had this very sick feeling
28:37That the cleaning lady
28:39Had stolen it
28:40And I approached her
28:42Would you happen to know
28:44Where some of my jewelry went
28:46Did you see it
28:47And she said
28:49Jace took it
28:51And I said
28:52He couldn't
28:53He wouldn't
28:53And she got so angry
28:56With me
28:56She quit
28:57Selena take one marker
29:00I met Don
29:02During COVID
29:04I was just coming out
29:06Of a really bad separation
29:07And was ready
29:08To put myself out there
29:09And when I started
29:10Talking to Don
29:11Right away
29:14He made me feel
29:15Beautiful
29:16Desired
29:17And he told me
29:19Everything I wanted to hear
29:20We met at this
29:21Little restaurant
29:23He greeted me
29:24With a nice hug
29:25He pulled out
29:26The chair for me
29:27And he'd tell me
29:28Wow
29:29Like your eyes
29:30Are like
29:31Mesmerizing
29:33Like I just can't
29:34Stop looking at your eyes
29:35I'm on Facebook
29:39The first name
29:41That came up
29:42As Jace Peretti
29:43I thought
29:44Oh my god
29:44I know Jace Peretti
29:45He told me
29:46He had a dog
29:47Named Baxter
29:48He told me
29:50That he was still
29:52Living in the condo
29:54With his ex
29:56But that
29:57She had moved out
29:58Already
29:59And then we just
30:00Started texting again
30:01And
30:02It turned into
30:04Enough already
30:06Let's just do this
30:07He walked me back
30:08To my car
30:09And then
30:10He actually
30:11Lifted me up
30:12And then he kissed me
30:13And it wasn't
30:15Like a crazy
30:16Wild
30:17It was just a really
30:18Slow
30:21Sensual
30:22Caring kiss
30:24And I remember thinking
30:26I must have left
30:27An impact on him
30:29And so on the way home
30:30I called
30:31A friend of mine
30:32And she's like
30:33How'd it go
30:33And I'm like
30:34Oh
30:34I'm like in so much trouble
30:36I have some rugs left
30:39The Lindsay swivel
30:42That couch is sold
30:43I have these ottomans
30:45The business was actually
30:47Starting to
30:47Pick up a bit
30:48But I noticed that
30:50Even though
30:51There was money coming in
30:53As much money was coming in
30:54Was quickly going out
30:55I found
30:57All these weird
30:58Graphics receipts
31:00You know
31:01Groceries
31:01Fast food
31:02Gas
31:02Gas
31:03Gas
31:03Like
31:03He was just spending
31:04All of the money
31:06On living
31:08When I confronted him
31:16By that point in time
31:18I was beyond frustrated
31:20We were fighting on a weekly basis
31:27About the family court
31:29And how long it was taking
31:30And I mean it was three years now
31:32That we'd been together
31:33And I hadn't met a son
31:35He would snap at me
31:37And say like
31:38You think you're frustrated
31:39I'm frustrated
31:39You know
31:40I just
31:40I try to make everyone happy
31:42I try to make you happy
31:43I try to be a great dad
31:44And of course
31:46Then I'd feel bad
31:46And be like
31:47You're right
31:47You're right
31:48You know
31:48I know
31:48I'm sorry
31:49I just
31:49I want to be part of it
31:51Sorry for caring
31:52You know
31:52He kept telling Heather
31:55I can't trust you around my son
31:57I don't know what you're going to say
31:58You could say the wrong thing
31:59And then it's going to
32:00Screw up my court case
32:01And I'm never going to
32:02See my kid again
32:03And I'm like
32:03Come on
32:04Like that's crazy
32:05He was starting to pick on me more
32:14We were fighting
32:16More and more
32:17This one time
32:19He opened the door
32:20And pushed me outside
32:21I'm on the porch
32:23With no shoes
32:24No coat
32:25It's freezing cold
32:26And he's laughing
32:27Saying have you learned your lesson
32:28Have you learned your lesson
32:29You're such a hothead
32:30You need to
32:31Cool down
32:32I've sent Heather outside
32:34Because she's being hotheaded
32:35And what do you do to somebody
32:38Who's hotheaded
32:39Well
32:39You cool them off a bit
32:40I don't understand why
32:43Our life feels like
32:45We're not going forward
32:46I don't understand
32:47Why
32:47I haven't met your son
32:49And it's been
32:50Over three years
32:51Something was starting
32:53To not feel right about it
32:55Like it just
32:55Wasn't making
32:57Sense
32:59Let's say I was lying
33:06In the bed
33:07Or lying on the couch
33:08He would sit down on me
33:10Right on my
33:10Diaphragm
33:12It's so red
33:13It's like a
33:15It's like a tomato
33:16Okay now you're in my room
33:17Then he would
33:17Tickle me
33:18With these like
33:19Fingers that hurt
33:21The whole while
33:23He's videoing it
33:24I've never heard that
33:26That's a really odd pitch
33:28And I'd be like
33:29I can't breathe
33:29I can't breathe
33:30And he'd be laughing at me
33:32Because I'd be turning
33:32Bright red
33:33Well he'd start to
33:35Tickle her
33:38But then it turned into
33:39Something more
33:40Like almost
33:41Putting pressure on
33:42Like squeezing her
33:43Or trying to cause her
33:44Some pain
33:45I thought she was
33:46Going to suffocate
33:48And
33:49I kept saying
33:51Stop it
33:52You're gonna kill her
33:53Stop
33:54COVID-19
33:55Stop
33:56COVID-19
33:57Your face is so red
34:00Why's your face so red
34:02Honey
34:02One of the things
34:04That happened
34:05That
34:05Was
34:07Very alarming to me
34:09Jace
34:10Told me that his brother
34:12Had been killed
34:12In a car accident
34:13I was
34:15Speechless
34:16Because
34:16My brother was killed
34:18By a drunk driver
34:18And Jace knew that
34:19And I let him know
34:21That I was
34:23Sort of in disbelief
34:24That this tragedy
34:26Had just happened
34:27And he was
34:28So casual about it
34:30He seemed to be working
34:34More and more
34:35Our sex life
34:37Had gone from
34:38Hot and heavy
34:39To basically
34:40Non-existent
34:41We went backwards
34:43So instead of
34:44Getting all this
34:45Constant love
34:47And constant communication
34:48And constant attention
34:49It just started to
34:51Get less and less
34:52And less
34:53To the point where
34:54It would be
34:54Days on end
34:55That I wouldn't
34:56Hear from him
34:57And
34:58I confronted him
35:01Are you seeing someone
35:02Have you met someone
35:03He looked at me with
35:04Like
35:05No
35:06How dare you say that
35:07I'm like
35:08Well I don't know
35:08Where have you been
35:09And I think he even said
35:11At one point like
35:12You don't believe me
35:13Do you want to smell my dick
35:14And I was like
35:14No I don't want to smell your dick
35:16Like
35:16You're so cruel
35:17He just had this way
35:22Of making me
35:22Confused
35:23If I
35:24Did try to
35:26Vocalize
35:27How I was really feeling
35:28It would
35:29Be like
35:30Talking in a circle
35:31To the point where
35:32I just
35:32Kind of felt like
35:33I was going crazy
35:34Or making a big deal
35:36Out of nothing
35:37I remember
35:41One night
35:42I was talking to a girlfriend
35:43I was confiding in her
35:45What was going on
35:46And she was like
35:47It sounds like
35:48He's gaslighting you
35:50And I
35:51I was like
35:52Gaslighting?
35:53I don't even know
35:53What that is
35:54And she said
35:55When we get off the phone
35:56Look it up
35:56And I looked it up
35:58And I was like
35:59What the
36:00Oh my god
36:02Like
36:02Yes
36:03I was on
36:12My computer
36:13And I noticed that
36:14The screen
36:15Pops up
36:16Asking me about
36:17My passwords
36:18Jace used to use
36:19My computer
36:20All the time
36:21I was like
36:21Huh
36:21I saw this pattern
36:22With his password
36:23Typed it in
36:24And boom
36:25I get into his Gmail
36:27And all of a sudden
36:30I start seeing
36:31You know
36:32You're matched
36:33You're matched
36:33You're matched
36:34And I see
36:36And I see that
36:36And I see that he's
36:37Talking to like
36:38Not just a couple
36:39Women
36:39But hundreds
36:40Of them
36:41Jace had been
36:44On this dating app
36:45Chatting with some
36:46Of these people
36:47At least a year
36:48And a half
36:49I didn't even know
36:50Half these dating apps
36:51Existed
36:52He was on
36:53Badu
36:54He was on
36:54Zoosk
36:55He was on
36:56Match
36:56He was on
36:57Tinder
36:57He was on
36:58Bumble
36:58He was on
36:59Hinge
36:59All of them
37:01All through our
37:02Entire
37:03Relationship
37:04He seemed
37:09Desperate
37:10If it was a few
37:12Hours that I
37:12Hadn't texted him
37:13He would be like
37:14Where are you
37:16What's going on
37:17And I
37:17I'd never
37:18Remember that
37:19In him
37:20My intuition
37:21Is like
37:21Something
37:25Just doesn't
37:26Feel right to me
37:26After we had
37:28Our first date
37:29He just stopped
37:30Responding
37:31To me
37:31And then months
37:32Later I'd hear
37:33From him
37:33And he'd say
37:34Remember our kiss
37:35I can't stop
37:36Thinking about our kiss
37:37And I was like
37:38Okay buddy
37:39I think it's
37:40Wearing a little thin
37:41He would carry
37:43This backpack
37:44Around like a
37:45Woman with a purse
37:45And I kind of
37:47Teased him about it
37:48I said
37:48What have you
37:48Got in there
37:49You have to
37:52Have it in
37:52Every room with you
37:53And I was
37:54Joking with him
37:54He says
37:55Oh nothing
37:55It's just my
37:56Mail and some
37:56Papers and things
37:57And I thought
37:58Oh that's weird
37:59So one day
38:00I looked in it
38:00And I saw a letter
38:04In it
38:05And it said
38:06Jason Porter
38:06On it
38:07This one name
38:08Just kept popping up
38:10Jason Porter
38:11Jason Porter
38:11Who the fuck
38:12Is Jason Porter
38:13Who's Jason Porter
38:15I don't know
38:16Jason Porter
38:16I know
38:17Jace Peretti
38:17Who the fuck
38:19Is Jason Porter
38:20My heart rate
38:21Is getting high
38:22And I'm getting
38:24Very nervous
38:25Called a friend
38:26Of mine
38:26And I said
38:27Look this name up
38:28He had things
38:30Going back to
38:31When he was
38:3120 years old
38:32He was a criminal
38:33He was a thief
38:35He committed fraud
38:36He was a burglar
38:37I guess I'm his type
38:40Successful
38:42Has a lot of
38:43Tiffany jewelry
38:44And Cartier watches
38:46I see what he's
38:49Writing to these women
38:50You know
38:50His sweet
38:51Pet names
38:52I realize
38:53It's a signature line
38:55That he's using
38:56On every woman
38:57Like
38:57Hey beautiful
38:58My god
38:59You're gorgeous
39:00Now this is a guy
39:01That I am supposed
39:02To meet
39:03In less than
39:0424 hours
39:04And I was
39:06Floored
39:08Christmas time
39:09Messaging women
39:10Saying no
39:11I had a quiet
39:11Holiday
39:12I went to
39:13Visit my
39:13Family in the
39:15Country
39:15Well that's
39:16My family
39:16You're talking
39:17About
39:18Okay well
39:18I'm obviously
39:19Not going to
39:20Go on a date
39:20With him tomorrow
39:21But I'm also
39:22Like
39:23Well this is
39:25A bit of an
39:26Opportunity here
39:26This guy
39:28Is a fucking
39:30Scammer
39:30And I am
39:32Literally
39:32Next on the list
39:34So
39:35Over the next
39:36Few weeks
39:37We're texting
39:38And I'm trying
39:39To understand
39:40Who is this guy
39:41When he started
39:44To tap into
39:45That old
39:46Insecurity
39:47My
39:48Self image
39:49On weight
39:50And all that
39:51Kind of stuff
39:51I thought
39:52It just
39:53Flipped a switch
39:54At me
39:54And I was
39:57Like
39:58You have
40:00Underestimated
40:01Who you're
40:02Fucking with
40:02And I know
40:04More than
40:05You think
40:05I do
40:06Silence
40:10And the
40:14Text
40:14Was
40:17Well
40:17Look at
40:18You
40:19I called
40:24My friend
40:24Kristen
40:24And I told
40:27Her
40:27What I
40:27Had just
40:27Discovered
40:28And so
40:31She threw
40:31Some stuff
40:32In a bag
40:32And came
40:33Up to
40:33Aurora
40:33When I
40:37Showed up
40:37Heather
40:38Was a
40:39Woman on
40:40A mission
40:40Just
40:42Reading through
40:43Everything she
40:44Could find
40:44So Kristen
40:49Arrives
40:49And she's
40:50Reading through
40:51These screenshots
40:51And she
40:55Was like
40:56Heather
40:57It's not
40:58Like he's
40:58Cheating on
40:59You
40:59This is
41:00His job
41:01This is
41:02What he
41:02Does
41:03This is
41:04So much
41:04More fucked
41:05Up
41:05Than just
41:06Being cheated
41:06On
41:07This guy
41:07Is a
41:09Predator
41:09And he's
41:11Fully online
41:12Finding his
41:13Next marks
41:14I was
41:15Tearing the
41:17House apart
41:17Trying to
41:17Find stuff
41:18And we
41:19Went into
41:19His son's
41:20Bedroom
41:20And behind
41:22This one
41:22Drawer
41:22I see
41:23His bag
41:24And it's
41:24Just filled
41:25With papers
41:26And documents
41:27And I
41:28Realized what
41:28I'm looking
41:28At is
41:29Family court
41:30Documents
41:31It actually
41:33Has a stamp
41:33That says
41:34Final order
41:35Which made
41:36Me realize
41:37There was
41:38No trial
41:39That had
41:39Started
41:40And been
41:40Postponed
41:41And postponed
41:41And postponed
41:42It was
41:43Done
41:43She had
41:45Decorated
41:46This poor
41:46Kid's room
41:48And he
41:48Was never
41:49Going to
41:49See it
41:50She was
41:50Never
41:50Going to
41:51Meet him
41:51That bed
41:52Was never
41:52Going to
41:53Be slept
41:53In
41:53I went
41:54Down
41:55To his
41:57Workshop
41:57And I
41:58Pulled out
41:58A drawer
41:59There was
42:00A FedEx
42:01Waybill
42:02From our
42:04House in
42:04Aurora
42:05To a
42:05Company
42:06In New
42:06York
42:07For
42:08A Tiffany
42:10Ring
42:10And I'm
42:11Like oh
42:12My god
42:12That's my
42:13Mom's
42:13Ring
42:13She found
42:17Receipts
42:18To pawn
42:18Shops
42:19She found
42:20Missing
42:21Jewelry
42:21She found
42:23Out that
42:23He had
42:23Been in
42:23Jail
42:24Multiple
42:24Times
42:25She found
42:25Out that
42:26He had
42:26A violent
42:27History
42:28It's like
42:30It's like I
42:30Was out of
42:30My body
42:31Like at
42:31This point
42:31I just
42:32I think
42:33Part of me
42:34Almost in
42:34That moment
42:35Just died
42:35Like I
42:37Didn't want
42:37To believe
42:38It
42:38Like I
42:38I didn't
42:42Know what
42:43To do
42:43And
42:45I
42:48I
42:50I really
42:50Didn't
42:51Know what
42:51To do
42:51I
42:53Didn't
42:53Want to
42:53Believe
42:54It
42:54My phone
43:01Rings
43:01And
43:03It's
43:04Jace
43:04And
43:06I'm
43:06Like
43:06Uh
43:06Oh
43:07And I
43:09Did my
43:09Best to
43:10Not let
43:10On
43:11What I
43:12Had
43:12Discovered
43:13And so we
43:15Were chatting
43:15And he
43:16Said I'm
43:17In Toronto
43:17And I
43:18Said something
43:19That maybe
43:19Gave it
43:20Away
43:20But I
43:20Just
43:21Said
43:21You know
43:22I feel
43:23Like I
43:23Don't
43:23Even
43:23Know who
43:24You
43:24Are
43:24Anymore
43:25Jace
43:25It's
43:26Just
43:26You know
43:26I
43:26Went
43:26From
43:26Spending
43:27All my
43:28Time
43:28With you
43:29To just
43:29Being so
43:29Alone
43:30So he
43:32Must have
43:33Known
43:33I was
43:34On to
43:35Him
43:36And I
43:37Was
43:37Kicked
43:37Out of
43:37The
43:37Gmail
43:38Accounts
43:39I'm
43:39Kicked
43:39Out of
43:40The
43:40Dating
43:41App
43:41And then
43:42He
43:42Texts
43:42Me
43:43I'll
43:43Be
43:43Home
43:43In
43:4420
43:44Minutes
43:44At
43:46This
43:47Point
43:47We're
43:49There's
43:49Like
43:49Running
43:49Around
43:50The
43:50House
43:50I
43:50Was
43:50Like
43:50Lock
43:51All
43:51The
43:51Doors
43:51Lock
43:52The
43:52Windows
43:52We
43:53Knew
43:54The
43:5420
43:54Minute
43:54Timer
43:55You
43:55Know
43:55Was
43:55Counting
43:56Down
43:57Like
43:57I
43:58Didn't
43:58Know
43:58What
43:58To
43:58Do
43:58So
43:58We
43:59Hid
43:59In
43:59The
43:59Closet
43:59I'm
44:02Really
44:06Scared
44:06Close
44:08The
44:08Door
44:08Please
44:08Close
44:08That
44:19Your
44:19Phone
44:19At
44:20All
44:20Stay
44:20In
44:20The
44:20House
44:21Keep
44:21The
44:21Doors
44:22Lock
44:22He's
44:23Drunk
44:25Okay
44:25Don't
44:26Look
44:26Oh
44:26My
44:26God
44:26He's
44:27In
44:27The
44:27House
44:27He's
44:27In
44:27The
44:27House
44:49If
44:52You
45:09If
45:10You
45:10You