03x02 - Bad at Being Good

[bunniefuu]

'Previously on Love After Lockup...'

I've been incarcerated
for 12 years for armed robbery.

I have never met Quaylon
outside of prison.

He ain't never been a father.

He ain't never been
in no real relationship.

SHAVEL: I guess they biggest
concern is the fact

that when I was younger,
we gave this man $15,000.

We got used, but I trust Quaylon.

QUAYLON:

QUAYLON: I told my mama
I was gonna come out there

with her to Texas.

There's felonies.
There's like 30 of them.

People can change.

I want to marry Kristianna
on the day she gets out.

I'm gonna turn the truck
into a wedding chapel.

I think it's a little crazy
because they've had visitations,

but they've never actually spent
time together in the free world.

- She doesn't know I'm doing this.
- What if she says no?

I'm BLEEP.

JESSICA: I met Maurice
on a dating website.

We got married
while he was in prison.

We both come from
two different worlds.

You really don't know this guy.

You may have been used
this whole time.

JESSICA: My sister, she cut me off.

She thought that I was a bad
role model to be around my niece.

That's her. I think she saw me.

I'm gonna show everyone
standing by Maurice

is the right decision.

SHAWN: Destinie and I have
never met in person

cos she said she gained weight and
didn't want me to see her like that.

The cost of a bail bond is 10%
of the bail amount, $5,000.

She's a flight risk.
If she does miss court,

the court will put you
on the hook for $50,000.

This guy's gonna die.

Scott is my boyfriend.

SHARON: Have you ever visited her
in prison?

SCOTT: No.

I moved to Mississippi from New York
just to be with Lindsey.

In the last few years,

Scott has sent me around $15,000
to $20,000.

- How old is she?
- 27.

I'm 51.
- Ah!

SCOTT: No-one in my family knows
about my relationship with Lindsey.

CLANGING

'Today is release day,

'and I'm picking Lindsey up
at the airport.

'This will literally be
the first time

'I see Lindsey face-to-face
in person.'

This is probably one
of my favourite outfits

that... that we got Lindsey,
kind of stylish and neat...

..and hopefully she'll pick this
to change into.

When I see Lindsey
walk off that plane,

I'm sure my eyes are gonna,
you know, "Pow!"

Obviously, it's been close
to two years.

You know, every king
needs his queen.

LINDSEY: I have so many things
that I'm looking forward to

when I'm being released.

First off, just seeing Scott
and my daughter

and being able to hold them

and do things with them
is super exciting.

I feel like me and Scott
have a connection

that is gonna overcome age.

SCOTT: Lindsey and I have
discussed marriage many times.

She had sent me this picture,

and it's a picture of
a wedding-type engagement ring,

and she wrote, "Hint, hint."

So my plan is to get married
as soon as I can.

LINDSEY: I'm coming out.

I want extra clothes
and jewellery,

things to kind of
make me feel normal.

SCOTT: Designer panties.

I'm sure Lindsey is gonna look...
really sexy in these.

Lindsey had to have the most
expensive BLEEP phone...

$1,200 or so.

Everything, including the phone
and her clothes

and all of her make-up,

we're looking at probably around
$2,500 of...

you know, expenses
that she's going to need

for the halfway house, so...

One of the things
I'm concerned about is

Lindsey has been in the SHU,

which is the Secure Housing Unit.

She's very limited
on phone calls,

so we were only able
to speak for 15 minutes.

She gave me her itinerary,

and she's taking a flight
from California to Atlanta

and then to Columbus, Mississippi,

where I'll be waiting
to pick her up.

It's my hope that that is still
what...

..what's going on
and that everything's on schedule.

'I don't think Lindsey
is a troublemaker.'

I think trouble finds Lindsey

because she's a very beautiful,
pretty, white, young girl,

but I'm pretty confident
that she does not want

to go back to prison
and will follow the rules

that she needs to follow
to stay out of prison.

LINDSEY: 'I am usually in trouble
while I've been locked up.'

In seven months,
I got eight incident reports

for fights and things

because I'm really bad
at being good.

I am on my way to see Brenda, and...
which is Lindsey's mom,

and Mylie Grace,
which is Lindsey's daughter.

Brenda is actually
Lindsey's grandmother,

but she considers her her mom

because she is the one
who raised her

from about six months old, so...

I actually have a great relationship
with them.

I've known them and seen them
since I've been down here,

and Mylie Grace,
I've really enjoyed

taking her shopping
to get clothes for school.

Absolutely not.

She actually invited me
to her mother's home

for Thanksgiving dinner.

Right there, I kind of knew...

Lindsey is not sending
any Joe Schmoe

home to her mother and daughter

if... if she didn't have
a good feeling about it.

Doesn't matter where you find...
where you find your soul mate.

It could be anywhere.

So we just happened to meet
in a little different way.

Hey. How you doing?

This is the crazy one
getting married.

- John.
- Congratulations, John.

My name is Sal.
I'll be your driver for the day.

JOHN: This is pretty k*ller.
I love it.

Uh, here's the plan.
- OK.

- We got to throw this...
this stuff in the truck.

Then Lahoma is going
to follow me.

You follow her.

We got to get to the park
and beat feet over to the prison.

We have no time, zero time,
out of time, got to roll.

Kristianna gets out of prison
somewhere between 7:30 and 8:00.

I got the directions
plugged in here.

- Oh, cool.
- We're looking pretty good.

Kristianna has no idea
what I'm up to,

but the plan is, I'm gonna take
the truck to the park.

Then I'm gonna take the limo
over to the prison,

and then I'm gonna propose
when she gets out,

take her back over to the park
in the limo, get married,

and get the hell out of Dodge.

We will only have about


she gets out the front door
to the time

we have to be on the road
to get to the halfway house.

So you picked your spot
out and everything.

Oh, yeah, absolutely.

All right.


- Yep.
- Not much.

When you try to rush things,
things go a little crazy.

So... take a deep breath.

You've never seen
this little setup, huh?

- No, I haven't.
- No.

- Looks pretty cool.
- Yeah, he kind of came up with it.

JOHN: 'I want to marry Kristianna
on the day she gets out

'to make it as special for her
as possible,

'but I'm feeling extremely nervous.'

Watch that first step.

Me and Kristianna have kissed
on visits before,

but it'll be the first time

we've ever been able
to touch each other without...

someone saying, "Hey!"

"Too close, too close."

Why are you putting curtains
on the side?

I don't want the cops
to see me getting lucky.

Oh. This is after-party.

- That's my after-party.
- OK.

- TMI.
- I don't wanna know.

My past choice in women
has not been great.

'I was married four times.

'One of my marriages
ended real quick.'

I married that person twice.

'My other relationships,

'very short-lived,
but I do love Kristianna.'

When you know, you just know.

So I really need to make
something work.

John, you wanna start
heading over there

so this way,
she don't walk out to nobody?

- We're gonna roll.
- All right, buddy.

Let's get going. Good luck, dude.

There is always the possibility
that she will say no.

c*ck CROWS

SHE SIGHS

The most important thing
when I see him for the first time,

I just want him to think...
I look pretty, so...

'This morning, I'm in California
to go pick up Maurice from prison.'

I have, like... less than an hour,
like, 45 minutes to go.

Seeing Maurice for the first time
in the outside world

is gonna be so different.

I woke up every hour,
looking at the clock like,

"Is it time to go?
Is it time to go?"

It's crazy cos we've been
married for four years,

but it's always been in prison.

It was love at first sight
the first time

I visited him,
and then three months later,

we were engaged, and six months
later, we were married.

But the last two years,
he actually got in trouble.

They said that he was trying
to bring drugs into the facility,

and he got his visits taken away.

So we actually haven't seen
each other in two years in person.

So when I usually go to visit
Maurice, I'm in, like,

sweats or a long dress
that covers everything.

So I think it's gonna be
a real treat for Maurice

to see me in a really short dress
and, like, have my boobs out.

'Me and Maurice have had
conjugal visits.'

Our sex life was great.

'I called him the Energizer Bunny!'
SHE CHUCKLES

He can go for hours.

I don't think we're gonna make it
to the hotel when he gets out.

Like, it's been two years
since we've had sex.

ENGINE STARTS

But I am kind of worried that me
and Maurice's relationship

may be different when he comes home
because it's not just us

sitting across from each other
in a visiting room.

We're gonna be doing things
together, living together.

Whew.

Hi. I'm picking up my husband.

It's seven o'clock,

and I think he said he should be
getting out by, like, 7:45.

Come on.

Typical prison.
They're taking their time.

My heart is beating so fast.

The last four years of me
being with Maurice

while he was in prison
has been a crazy road...

..writing letters every day,

phone calls, having to put money
on the phone,

and drive 11 hours to go visit him.

I know that I've been the only woman
since we got married and everything,

but he was talking to another girl

before he actually asked me
to marry him.

And she was sending him
a lot of money,

and they never met in person...

But I'm starting to have
a few doubts, like...

you have to be married
to get conjugal visits,

so maybe Maurice has been using me

for these last four and half years
for sex.

What if he comes out
and he's a completely different man

and he doesn't wanna be with me?

Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

I'm nervous as BLEEP.

Oh, my God.
Is that him in there?

If everything goes well,
we'll get married.

Unbelievable!

We never got married.

She could be a guy for all you know.

Without Mom's approval,
I don't know how this will work.

He said he talked to you about it.
- No, no.

I'm shocked. Like, "Wow."

I will take my son
and walk right out of there.

'I don't know if Quaylon
lied to me or his mother.'

CLANGING

DOORBELL RINGS

Oh, let me get the door.

Hey, guys. Hi, Sissy.

- Hey, Mom.
- Hey.

- Yeah.
Yes, you're going.

You'll see me in two days.
In a minute.

- Give her kisses.
- Mwah.

You know where she going?

I definitely would say I have
struggled when it comes to men

just because
in my past relationships,

they, like... they used me.

What made me really fall
in love with Quaylon was when he...

he sent my daughter a birthday card,

..so it was like, "Here it is.

"This man just sends her
a birthday card,"

and my daughter is...

She's... She's...
She's a part of my life.

We're, like, a package deal.

She calls Quaylon her dad.

Mwah. Love you. Ya-ya got it.
Ya-ya got your phone, too, babe.

- OK. Take her to the car.

- Who, me?
- Get it warmed up.

I need to talk to Shavel
before she goes.

- All righty. Bye. Love you guys.
- I'll be out there.

DOOR CLOSES

This is it.

And you've been waiting on this
moment for two and a half years.

- Mm-hm.
- How you feel?

I don't know.
I feel all type of emotions inside.

Is there a little part of you
that's scared?

Yep.

You know, I know you, um...
you've invested a lot in this.

You know, you have.
You've invested a lot, and...

I just really don't want you
to be disappointed.

Right.

But then I know I have raised you
with morals...

- Mm-hm.
- And you have values.

And you have a relationship
with God.

And from now on, you're gonna have
to depend on those things...

..because this man's been
in jail for 12 years.

SHAVEL: I believe in Quaylon.

It's been two and a half years,
so it's just so many emotions.

I can't wait to see him,
but I have to pick up his mom

before I head to him to get him,
and I'm kind of nervous.

I'm like, "Damn.
Is she even gonna like me?"

I got my mom name right here.

This is also...
It's a "Q" with a ace.

That's for my mom.

Got to get Mom's approval.

You know, without Mom's approval,
I don't know how this will work.

Everything he's told you,
now you have to hope and pray

that he's gonna be who he say
he's gonna be.

- Mm.
- For you and for Mi'elah.

Because he's coming in
as a father figure for her.

So just promise me, promise me

that there's nothing
that you've invested so much in him

that if you see flags

and if you see signs
that you won't walk away.

Mama, I promise you.

I'm gonna take it one day at a time.

I have mixed emotions with Shavel's
relationship about Quaylon

because of the type of person
Shavel is.

You know, she loves hard,
and she loves fast.

'I would say the jury is still out
because he has to show me.'

I feel like he has to prove it
to me, too.

Quaylon is either a lesson
or a blessing,

and I hope he's the blessing.

I hope so, too.

'This is a prepaid call from...'

DESTINIE: 'Destinie.'

'Hello?'
- Hello?

- 'Hey.'
- Hey.

I have good news.

So I went to the bail bondsman,

and after going over
your extensive rap sheet,

you are able to bond out,
and your release date

is for sure 100% tomorrow.

So...

Destinie and I
have never met in person.

We met through
a prison-pen-pal site,

and I believe she's the one.

So with this bond, you know
that $5,000 is not refundable,

but... and also, if you take off
and run on me or whatever

or don't go to court,
I'm out 50 G's.

You know, I'm the one that has to...
to pay that if you don't go.

I believe you.

Destinie is definitely gorgeous,

and I know that she's gonna
be even more beautiful

when I actually meet her.

I believe you, and I believe in you.

I love you, too.

DESTINIE: OK. Bye.

So far, I've had to pull out
of my 401k

and my savings
to help Destinie out.

I hope that I'm not making
a huge mistake.

Oh, hey.
- Oh, there he is.

Hey, Gracie.

Kelly and I ended our relationship
around eight years ago.

We have six kids,
and they all live with her.

They don't know that, you know,
I'm dating somebody.

I'm just trying to wait
till the right time to tell them.

So you guys find everything?
- Yeah.

Is there anything that
you're gonna try on or...

Well, I wanted to try
on a couple of these.

Destinie's gonna have to meet Kelly
in order to meet my kids,

and so that's gonna be
the first major hurdle

that we're gonna have to face

because I think Kelly is gonna
be very jealous of Destinie.

So, haven't seen you in a while.
How have things been?

Well, remember...

..that girl Destinie
I was telling you I was talking to?

A little bit.

Well... she's getting
out of prison here soon.

I know that Shawn's been talking
to a woman in prison for a while.

I honestly do not think
this woman is real,

and if she is,
I think she's playing games.

She's gonna be coming up by me.

Coming out here where?
Like, does she have family?

Who's she staying with?
She's gonna stay with me.

She's gonna move in with me.

Unbelievable!
Are you serious?

You're gonna bring somebody
around our kids

who's been in prison for drugs?

- She's not using them now.
- How do you know?

Most people when they get out,
they start using again.

- What makes you think she won't?
- People change.

People are in jail all the time.
People get out.

- I don't think anybody changes.
I'm not buying that.

She could be a guy for all you know.
- I don't think so.

Oh, my God. You don't even know...
Oh, wow.

Have you been spending money on her?
- A little bit, yeah.

Ballpark, what are we talking?

It's... a few thousand.

A few thousand?

Instead of stuff that could be
spent on your kids,

you spent a few thousand
dollars on her?

She's going after you
for your money.

That's what this whole thing's
about.

No, it's not. Don't prejudge.
Don't prejudge anything.

See, you're putting her down,
and it's not fair

because you don't even know her.

I love her.
Hopefully if everything goes well,

then, you know, we get married
and.. go from there.

Since when was it that serious?

I thought it was just talking.
- It wasn't planned on.

It wasn't that serious
at the time.

It just kind of got serious.

We were together for most
of the last 22 years...

..but we never got married.

...was nothing basically
to you then.

It's not that you didn't matter.
It's just people...

Not enough to marry.
I wasn't good enough to marry,

but good enough to have your kids.
That's what you're telling me?

She's not gonna come around my kids
without me meeting this person

and me being OK with it.

I think Shawn's being catfished

because I think she's honestly
one of those people

that is just using somebody
for money and to get what they want.

She should be walking out the door
any second now.

Kristianna always says,
"I'm not in love with you yet."

I don't know where
she ran off to.

CLANGING

SCOTT: 'Today, Lindsey is getting
out of prison.'

Brenda and Mylie Grace,
Lindsey's mom and daughter,

live about three hours
from where I'm at now.

We've decided to meet halfway

and spend some time with Mylie Grace
on the playground,

and we will cover the logistics
of the remainder of the day.

Hey, guys!

- Hi.
- Hey.

How are you?

Hello!

Mylie Grace!

High five!

So have you talked
to Lindsey yet?

Mm-mm.

Hopefully, one of us
will get that call today so...

I'm really excited to see my mom

because I haven't seen her
in so long.

I only had, like, about half
of my life with her, and...

I think Scott's
a really nice person.

The first time I met him,
he bought me lots of my clothes

for my school and everything,
and I still wear them.

He actually bought me
these clothes,

so he made a very good
first impression.

Lindsey's flight is supposed
to get in at 8:15, 8:30.

From the airport,
we'll head to Tupelo

and meet you guys at the...
halfway house.

SCOTT:
When Lindsey gets off the plane,

she has to go to
the halfway house in Tupelo

for a couple months.

I am a firm believer that Lindsey
will abide by the rules,

and then she'll come home
to the house that I got,

and we can continue to cultivate
our relationship together.

So, you excited?

I'm really excited.

I haven't seen her in over a year,
so... I can't wait.

- You're glad she's coming home?
- Mm-hm.

Mylie's been mine
since Lindsey's been in trouble.

'Lindsey,
she went to school pregnant.'

She finished our local
community college.

She got a degree there, but then
one day, it just went wrong.

She just had another dark side,
another life

that I didn't know anything about,
so...

I got into drug dealing
after I started using meth.

I started to sell drugs
to just pay for my high.

Pretty quickly it grew into,
like, a substantial more amount

than I was even getting
through working a regular job.

So I didn't go back to college
after that summer.

Why am I going to college
to earn a degree

when I'm currently earning
$10,000 on a Friday night?

It just didn't make sense to me

why I should stick on the path
that I was currently on.

Oh, white shoes, white shoes.

BRENDA: Hopefully,
the relationship with Scott

will help keep her on
the straight line because...

SHE EXHALES HEAVILY

..she's missed four years
of her daughter growing up.

Well, I'll give you
a little push, all right?

So, you sit down and let me know
when you're ready.

- You ready?
- Uh-huh.

Get your legs out.

Mylie Grace's father
is in the picture,

I believe,
as much as he wants to be.

Everybody has their own viewpoint
on what's a good parent.

I know what I consider
a good parent.

If you would ask me, my biggest
accomplishment in life was my son.

My son was k*lled
in a car accident back in 2017.

It was a single-car accident.

Connor and his friend
were both k*lled on impact

and died at the scene.

I was crushed. I mean, that was...

I was devastated, that Connor
was my life for 20 years.

Just for you. No-one else.

Like, I won't even do this
for your mother, so...

'I feel this relationship
with Lindsey...'

Oh, man!

..is very much a second chance
for both Lindsey and I

to get our lives back
on track to become a family.

SHE GIGGLES

After Connor's death,

I honestly did not know
how I was gonna get through that

or if I was gonna get through that.

So I do not wanna lose
another person that I love.

MILEY GRACE: Bye. See you tonight.
- Definitely.

Getting excited?

Yeah.

A little nerve-racking,
but I'm holding her together.

You ever been
to this prison before?

I've been up here to visit
a couple of times.

Does she know you're
pulling up with a limo,

or she just knows
you're coming today?

She knows I'm coming,
has no idea about the limo.

So this is all gonna be
a big surprise.

Absolutely.

She doesn't even know
we're getting married, so...

Oh, she don't even know about this?

No, I haven't asked her yet.

Oh, OK.

Well, let's hope she says yes,
and she's all for it.

Everybody says that.
BOTH CHUCKLE

What'd I do with it?

Just got to pray.

JOHN: 'I can be impulsive
because life is too short.'

I just wanna live life.

I have to get out of my head

and let the Creator do
what he's gonna do.

I don't have any control
from this point on.

Most of my relationships
have not exactly been happy ones,

but I love Kristianna,
and, uh...

I'm definitely ready
to make it official

and take her off
the market permanently

and do this getting-hitched thing
for good this time.

All right.

She should be walking out the door
any second now, I think.

Since me and Kristianna
haven't dated outside of prison,

Kristianna, she always says,
"I love you,

"but I'm not IN love with you yet

"cos we haven't been
together intimately yet."

So I'm just gonna take a shot
in the dark

and see what happens.

I see somebody walking. Oh.

So you don't know what kind of car
she's getting out of?

I have no idea.

She should be out already.

I don't know where she, uh...
where she ran off to.

This is about him coming home
and reconnecting his family.

I will take my son and walk
right out of there, and he will go.

I don't think so.

This could possibly be the last time
you see your daughter.

I honestly do not think Gracie
will want to meet this woman.

GRACIE: What was she in prison for?
- Drugs.

That's... a big thing.

CLANGING

QUAYLON: Cos I went to prison
so young,

I just had turned 17,
I missed out on a lot,

so I'm nervous just because
how long it's been,

but at the same time, I'm anxious.
I'm ready.

I'm motivated.

Man, 12 years is a long time.

I think the hardest thing
about getting out

is gonna be transitioning
back into society.

It's gonna be the hardest.
The whole world done changed.

Social media wasn't big, you know?

I still had flip phones.
You know what I mean?

Man, wasn't no... Facebook,
none of that.

When I got locked up,
I was still on Myspace.

HE CHUCKLES

Oh, my God. Is that him?

'I have never been with Maurice
in the outside world,

'and we just grew up
completely different.'

Oh.

He was a Compton Crip.

That's, like, the g*ng he was in.

When Maurice comes home,

I just hope he can stay
out of trouble.

SHE GASPS, SIGHS

Oh, my God.

Come on, baby. Let's go.

Don't cry. Come on.

- I feel exuber...
What did I say, "Exuberated"?

- Exuberant.
- Exuberant, though,

But I said, "Exuberated."
That's my slang, you feel me?

So exuberant, but I say,
"Exuberated."

BOTH CHUCKLE

I've been waiting for this
for four and a half years,

almost 5 years.
- Almost.

And I'm BLEEP ecstatic
to finally have him home.

M-m-m-m-mwah!

Mwah, mwah, mwah,
mwah, mwah, mwah.

I'll kiss you all day.

I'm free. BLEEP the CO.

Excuse my language. BLEEP all them.

BLEEP my fake-a*s friends
that was inside there, all that.

I'm home with my wife,
a person that really love me,

that was here
for me since day one.

Didn't turn her back on me.

Feel it.
- What?

HE CHUCKLES

I'm just ready to show my family,
you know, the man that I know,

not just, you know,
the man in prison,

and I know that they'll love him
just as much as I do.

You look good, too, babe.
Look at you.

I'm like, "Man, who is
that white lady right there?

"She looks so damn bang.
Oh, is that my wife?

"Damn, uh-mm-mm."

Right now?

What you think?

I want to go have some sex.

That's what I wanna go do.
- Yeah.

Yeah. Ah! I'm home.

I made it.

Damn, like... Quaylon is really
about to come home.

I feel good right now,
but at the same time,

I kind of worry because, I mean,

I'm meeting his mom
for the first time.

It's just been, like,
weighing on me.

Like, what's she gonna think
about me?

You know, is she gonna think
that I am for her son?

I'm picking up Quaylon's mom because
she came all the way from Houston

to see... see her son get released,

and I feel like
it's very important to me

that we get to know each other.

'I'm definitely a little nervous.'

You know, she lives in Houston,

and Quaylon is about to live
with me in Kansas City,

so it's like I'm taking away her...
her child

that's already been taken away
for 12 years.

So I don't know what type of feeling
she's gonna be feeling.

QUAYLON: I'm kind of nervous
about my mama meeting Shavel

because I know my mama, you know,
she...

she really want me in Texas,
you know.

My mom don't want me living
in Kansas once I get out

because she know that, um...

it's a potential that I can fall
back into old patterns.

I grew up around gangbangers,
so I told my mama

I was gonna come out there with her,

but at the same time,
my girl in Kansas.

So definitely hard to make
that decision.

We're gonna have to meet
in the middle somewhere.

- Hi!
- Hi!

It's finally nice to meet you.

- How are you?
- Good. How are you?

- I'm good.

- So beautiful.
- You, too. Look at you!

Let me get your bag for you.

- Thank you, sweetie.
- You're welcome.

- How was your trip?
- It was awesome.

Glad to be here.

So excited, I don't know
how to feel right now.

Whew.

I've waited a long, long time

to see him
and be able to touch him,

and, you know, it's just...

I have no words. I don't...

I don't even want to talk about it
cos I might start crying.

When was the last time you seen him?

Three years ago.

- Oh, wow.
- So... yeah.

So how does being back here
make you feel,

knowing the fact that, you know,
Quaylon is about to be living here?

Uh... he didn't tell me that.

I don't remember him telling me

that he was going to
live here in Kansas City.

I was thinking
he was coming to Houston...

because that's what
we talked about.

He said he talked to you about it...
- No, no, no...

- And he told you...
- No, no.

We just met, and it's already, like,

the tensions is already up
in the air.

'I had no idea
that Quaylon told his mom

'that he was moving to Houston.'

I'm shocked, like,
"Oh, wow, wait a minute."

That was our whole purpose
of moving away from Kansas City.

Oh.

The purpose of moving
was so that when he was released,

he would be in a better environment.

I didn't want him to get out
and reconnect with bad influences

or people that could potentially
lead him back down the wrong trail.

But eventually, you mean,

everybody has to live
their own life.

It's been 12 years
since I've had my son close to me,

and I want him close to me.

It concerns me, the anxiety
and the overwhelmedness

that I know he's gonna feel.

He's been locked up for 12 years,
so you don't know how he gon...

how he gon... what he gonna do.

What if he's, like, you know,
a grown man?

It's common sense...
It's common sense to me.

We agreed together to stay here...

- Exactly, y'all agreed.
- And then move.

But he didn't tell me.

- He told me that he told you.
- No, he didn't.

See, that's... that's...

That's the part that...
- Mm-mm, no, he didn't tell me that.

'I don't know if Quaylon lied
to me or his mother.'

After a year when we was talking,
we made, like, a pact

that we gonna tell each other
everything,

so it's like, well,
that's a smack in the face

because we had that pact.

I just don't want no foolishness.

This is about him coming home
and reconnecting his family.

I will take my son and walk
right out of there.

Do you understand what I'm saying?

What do you mean,
you would take Quaylon?

And walk right out of there.

- No.
- And he will go.

- I don't think so.
- OK.

This could be the last time
you see your daughter.

I've been dating this girl
who's in prison.

She's moving in with me.

I don't want to meet this woman.

It just seems like you're more so
trying to start a new family.

CLANGING

That Destinie I was telling
you I was talking to,

she's gonna stay with me.

She's gonna move in with me.

Unbelievable!

You're gonna bring somebody
around our kids

who's been in prison for drugs.

I love her.

I'm just trying to give you
the courtesy

by telling you this now.

Wow.

Whether you tell Gracie
or I tell Gracie...

KELLY: No, that's...
You can talk to her.

I'm not going to.

This is on you.

This could possibly be the last time
you see your daughter

because I have no idea
how she's gonna react

to this whole thing.

SHAWN: When Destinie gets out
of prison tomorrow,

the plan is for her to come
move in with me here in Vegas,

but my daughter does not know
the details of mine

and Destinie's relationship.

I'll be out in the car
waiting for her,

and I'll just...
I'll give you a call.

All right.

I honestly do not think Gracie
will want to meet this woman.

- Thank you, Dad.
- You're welcome.

- I want to talk to you real quick.
- OK.

I don't know what your mom's
told you,

but I've been dating this girl
that I met who's in prison.

- Mm-hm.
- And she's getting out soon.

She's moving in with me.

I...

..don't know what to say.

What was she in prison for?

Drugs.

That's a big thing.

That's not something
to just kind of, like, brush away.

I want you to be happy, obviously.
Like, you're my dad, but...

It just seems like you're kind
of moving it really fast already.

Like, why does she have to move in?

Because she doesn't have
nowhere else to go right now,

and she doesn't have nobody.

We've been talking,
and I feel like I know her,

and I'm gonna take that chance
and see how it goes.

I really, like, it's...

It just seems like you're more so
trying to...

..start a new family.

I'm not trying to start
a new family.

Just because me and your mom
didn't work out

doesn't mean that I don't want you.

Don't even think that, OK? I'm not.

GRACIE: 'I don't know her.'

Don't really know anything
about her, she's in prison.

I don't want to meet this woman

until she, you know,
proves that she wants

to be with my dad for real
and isn't just using him.

JOHN: She should be out already.

I don't know where she, uh...
where she ran off to.

She's got butterflies
just like you right now.

- There's a car.
- There she comes.

- Let's see what's happening.

CAR DOOR CLOSES

KRISTIANNA: Oh!

SHE CHUCKLES

Oh, my God! There's a BLEEP limo!

I just love you.

Go big or go home, baby!

SHE LAUGHS

- Ahh!
- Hi, baby!

Ohh!

You got a BLEEP limo!

Mwah!
SHE LAUGHS

Oh, my gosh.

Are we taking this limo all the way?

Negative.

I've been in and out of prison
for 14 years,

mostly all burglaries
just to get the next fix.

Cocaine and meth and crack
is what my life's been about.

This time will be different
because John isn't an addict.

He's just a different kind of guy,
and, um...

I just never had the love
and the affection that he gives me.

Hold on. I don't want you
to get squished.

All right. Let's go.
- I'm not getting squished.

'I met John through an ad
for pen pals.'

When you're in prison,
it's very important

to have a pen pal because
you just... you feel alone.

I took a chance at love with John

and wanted to trust him
in a different way that...

that I never trusted
anybody else.

He accepts me for who I am.

That's all I've ever wanted
is for somebody

to accept me for who I am.

SHE LAUGHS

This is BLEEP awesome.

Hi!
- Hi. How you doing?

- I'm doing great.

- Good.
- That's Sal.

- Let me take that.

I'll put that in the front seat.
- Thank you.

I first messaged Kristianna
about three months ago,

and I think we were
talking about marriage

maybe about a month
into our phone calls,

but we've only talked about
that maybe once or twice.

One more thing before we go.

We got to have a little chat.
- OK.

You know, it is your first day out.

Big day, lots of fun stuff, so...

..I was wondering if there was
a possibility if you'd marry me.

Oh, my stomach's turning right now.
SHE LAUGHS

'Next on Love After Lockup...'

Quaylon in a relationship,
I don't agree with it.

I did not know that.

I don't know what's going on.

Is that him? Wait a minute.

SCOTT: Is that Lindsey's plane?

I haven't received confirmation
from Lindsey.

I want that true love
with a nice butt.

I'd like your a*s, too,
if you sending me money in jail.

Watch this.

I hope you got a lot of it, Tyrice,
because she's coming for it.

DESTINIE OVER PHONE:

She never hangs up on me.

I'm worried that Destinie
is a catfish.

CLANGING