A Toxic Love Story

"I don't think Jason's gonna be attracted to me anymore." 486 00:31:25,425 --> 00:31:27,343 So to show support for Angie, 487 00:31:27,427 --> 00:31:30,430 I cut my hair short and put it on Facebook, 488 00:31:30,513 --> 00:31:34,142 and I posted a hashtag "Angie Warrior" on it. 489 00:31:35,518 --> 00:31:39,188 There was one particular doctor appointment 490 00:31:39,272 --> 00:31:40,982 that Angela was going to, 491 00:31:41,065 --> 00:31:44,527 and so I said, "I'm going. I'm absolutely going." 492 00:31:44,611 --> 00:31:46,905 I took the time off. I drove her there. 493 00:31:50,116 --> 00:31:52,869 When we got into the doctor's office, 494 00:31:52,952 --> 00:31:54,871 she was adamant, "No, no, no." 495 00:31:54,954 --> 00:31:56,873 She would not let me go in. 496 00:31:57,498 --> 00:31:59,959 And I thought it was so weird and awkward, 497 00:32:00,043 --> 00:32:02,253 and then I started looking around. 498 00:32:03,129 --> 00:32:06,674 Something was wrong, and I couldn't pinpoint what it was. 499 00:32:06,758 --> 00:32:09,344 I asked the receptionist, you know, 500 00:32:09,427 --> 00:32:12,597 "What kind of, uh… 501 00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:15,391 you know, cancer treatment center is this?" 502 00:32:16,142 --> 00:32:18,811 That's when I discovered that she was there 503 00:32:18,895 --> 00:32:22,857 to have a mole that she had on her ankle removed. 504 00:32:23,733 --> 00:32:25,151 I confronted Angela. 505 00:32:25,234 --> 00:32:26,611 She said, "That's part of it." 506 00:32:26,694 --> 00:32:29,072 "I need to get the cancerous mole removed as well." 507 00:32:29,155 --> 00:32:33,242 That came across as really, really weird to me. 508 00:32:36,704 --> 00:32:40,124 Angela was very upset because she was losing her hair. 509 00:32:40,208 --> 00:32:42,835 She had her hat on, of course, and we'd be talking, 510 00:32:42,919 --> 00:32:44,253 and I'd see her go like that. 511 00:32:45,672 --> 00:32:47,423 At first, I thought she was concerned 512 00:32:47,507 --> 00:32:50,385 because she didn't want us to see she was balding. 513 00:32:52,011 --> 00:32:54,931 But I'm realizing she's pushing her hair up. 514 00:32:57,558 --> 00:33:01,521 I didn't want to call her out on that and be the asshole, 515 00:33:01,604 --> 00:33:05,984 but I just had a strong inkling that she was lying. 516 00:33:06,651 --> 00:33:09,070 I'm thinking, "This bitch has more hair than I do." 517 00:33:10,905 --> 00:33:15,952 Angela had text messaged me her first-person perspective 518 00:33:16,035 --> 00:33:18,579 from sitting in the chair receiving her chemotherapy. 519 00:33:19,247 --> 00:33:21,958 And I thought, "Angela's not in this picture." 520 00:33:22,041 --> 00:33:23,668 "Is this real?" 521 00:33:24,919 --> 00:33:27,213 I did this online search. 522 00:33:28,172 --> 00:33:33,094 {\an8}I had to go through pages upon pages upon pages. 523 00:33:35,096 --> 00:33:39,851 I decided to call UCI where she said that she was receiving her chemotherapy. 524 00:33:39,934 --> 00:33:40,768 "Hi, my name's Mary." 525 00:33:40,852 --> 00:33:41,769 "My friend Angie there, 526 00:33:41,853 --> 00:33:43,855 I'm supposed to be picking her up to take her home." 527 00:33:43,938 --> 00:33:45,273 "She's there getting chemo." 528 00:33:45,356 --> 00:33:48,443 "I have no idea how to find her, and I can't get a hold of her right now." 529 00:33:48,526 --> 00:33:49,485 "Can you help me?" 530 00:33:49,569 --> 00:33:50,903 They said, "I am so sorry, 531 00:33:50,987 --> 00:33:53,865 but as far as we know, she's not a patient here." 532 00:33:53,948 --> 00:33:57,744 She specifically was going there. 533 00:33:57,827 --> 00:34:01,247 She'd sent me pictures from getting chemo there. 534 00:34:02,123 --> 00:34:04,167 As I was just about to quit, 535 00:34:04,250 --> 00:34:05,960 that very last page, 536 00:34:06,502 --> 00:34:09,505 I found that exact photograph. 537 00:34:13,676 --> 00:34:15,511 Oh my God, what? 538 00:34:16,679 --> 00:34:22,018 It was taken by a guy that <i>was</i> going through a battle with cancer. 539 00:34:22,685 --> 00:34:27,482 Oh, my heart sunk, you know, all the way to the bottom of my feet. 540 00:34:28,524 --> 00:34:32,278 Then I thought, "How do I get this person out of my house?" 541 00:34:32,820 --> 00:34:34,614 When I talked to Jason, 542 00:34:34,697 --> 00:34:38,868 he asked me if I would come over and help pack her shit. 543 00:34:41,037 --> 00:34:44,082 I realized the journal that I got her, 544 00:34:44,165 --> 00:34:48,211 it had notes scribbled on it for her medical treatment, 545 00:34:48,294 --> 00:34:52,924 but also it had, like, hearts and scribbling about Jason. 546 00:34:53,007 --> 00:34:56,427 How bad he would feel when she died, 547 00:34:56,511 --> 00:34:59,555 and she wanted him to go on with his li