Grandma Barb
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Episode 292
No, he hated school. He was dropped out at ninth grade. You know, he was very, he was always a difficult kid. And always getting in trouble. And he was a very tough kid. And thank God, Brian, my younger son, God bless him, he learned from him what not to do. That's why he turned out to be such a good son.
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Oh, yeah, he has a record. Even when he was 13, always getting in trouble, drugs, problems. I mean, he drug me through hell, wrecked three of my cars.
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But it didn't bother her because she was set as far as her career was concerned. The main goal, and nothing was not going to stand in the way. She's very intelligent. She knows she can do it. She's one of the top 40 in her graduating class.
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You know, nothing was going to get in the way. She's going to achieve her goal and make all her dreams come true.
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Anastasia told me when they got married at the courthouse here in Fort Lauderdale that she wanted to go to school to become a doctor and she wasn't going to work. And I guess Mark was fine with that. He worked at the Fountain Blue. Mark was in love with her. I mean, he was supporting her.
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Once she graduates, you know, he wanted to open a restaurant. He had all these big dreams, you know, like his dream also was to be like a DJ and he liked all this, you know, he loves music.
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Mark was doing okay, just controlling his medication, and he was working at the Renaissance. He was exercising. He was mentally feeling good about himself.
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Episode 292
The downfall started after they got evicted at Los Padres. I found out after they moved in with me that the reason they were evicted was at Los Prados Apartments in December is because she took out some money from the student loan and gambled it so they didn't have enough money for rent.
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Episode 292
So things started going downhill. Of course, I lived across the street. He was really upset that she did that. He was really upset having to move in with me. And he blamed her.
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He was working at Revice, okay, and he got offered a management job there. And I said, that's great, Mark. I mean, they must really like you and have confidence in management. So that month was okay. And then she was supposed to have her graduation party at Revice, and he was going to get a discount there. Oh, okay.
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Episode 292
So anyway, so that was a disappointment. You know, that was a big argument. She was very upset with him with that fact that that didn't work out. So now it hasn't been working since. So the friction, I mean, got worse then because she didn't want to talk to him. She was upset he wasn't going to talk to her.
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He would want to come up and kiss her, hug her, and she would shove him away. Her girlfriends were there, and she completely ignored Mark. She said she didn't like him. They would touch her. And she was disappointed in him. And, you know, Mark felt rejected. I mean, I could see that, that she didn't want him.
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After graduation, she was like, okay, I don't need you anymore attitude. My friends I talked to, they said, she's going to dump him after she dies. doesn't need them anymore. I mean, that was the way his thinking was. But I could tell that they were going further and further apart.
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Episode 292
They would fight a lot. And because, you know, she was a real screamer. She could be a drama queen, and she would provoke him. And then they, you know, get into like a war zone. They were toxic for each other. And Mark said he was feeling like he was being used.
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And I was so embarrassed. But they had such a fight. I mean, she would provoke him because she said they hated each other. And they knew they were getting a divorce. I can tell they both wanted out.
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Anastasia was relieved. Yeah, and she thought, she asked her friend who's a lawyer, it said, because Mark has a bad track record, and that he was going to be in until December 13th. And she was like relieved. She said, well, maybe six months in jail will give him, he'll get straightened out and get his head together. So she was relieved. And I was like, oh, God, no more fighting.
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Episode 292
Anyway, he comes home and of course he's... Even more furious because, you know, he's thinking, you know, she's ruined my life. I have my track record. I'll never get another job. You know, he was really, really depressed. He didn't care about anything.
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A couple of days ago, I said, where are my old knives? And she says, I have them hidden under the bed.
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The night before, Mark was pacing in the room and staring at her while she was sleeping. And she said, that was kind of freaky, and she just turned over.
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You know, because he hasn't been sleeping. And she said, that's kind of strange. He's been staring there watching me sleep. And now I think he must have been planning it.
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So I did notice something strange when she mentioned that, too. He's making me nervous and pacing, walking back and forth, like something's going through his mind.
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And then all of a sudden, Mark opens the door and he says, I killed Anastasia. Like, look what I did. And I was like, Oh, my God. And he says, come here, look. Look, I killed her, and he grabbed her arm and said, see? Like that.
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But, I mean, he just wanted to kind of turn her head this way to see that she was dead.
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He says, I want to call the police. I'm going to jail. Mark said that to you? Yeah, it was like he had a plan. It was like he has no life.
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Yeah, his problems are over. And he was like, I'm proud of it. Look what I did.
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Adrian is in the room, and the first thing I thought about was Adrian. And I... I went in the room, and I got Adrian. I said, Adrian, let's go in the bathroom. And Adrian, like, says, I saw blood. And, oh, God, Adrian.
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You know, the policeman did warn her. I mean, she was very afraid of him, and you know, she should have left him a long time ago.
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You know, somebody helping you pay through college is not worth the trauma or the hell you go through. Okay. I don't know why she was so desperate.