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Tim charrington versus todd winkler? "no contest," said her dad, don hatfield. >> the guys an air force academy graduate. hes successful in business. hes a family man. hes -- you know, from the midwest. hes gotta be great. >> good, solid upper-middle class guy? >> up yeah, no. >> and hes got a plane and hes got -- >> planes and boats and -- you know, all over the place. >> what tim, the starving artist could offer, beyond love and loyalty, was a whole lot of nothing. todd, on the other hand. >> ...

Cessnas in garages, piper cubs on the curb. tim charrington versus todd winkler? "no contest, " said her dad, don hatfield. >> the guys an air force academy graduate. hes successful in business. hes a family man. hes -- you know, from the midwest. hes gotta be great. >> good solid upper middle class guy? >> oh, yeah, no. >> and hes got a plane and hes got -- >> planes and boats and -- you know, all over the place. >> what tim, the starving artist could offer, beyond love and loyalty, was a whole...

Rachel hatfield turned her life as if on a dime, left her past behind and embraced an existence that was everything it wasnt with old boyfriend tim. when she married todd winkler, the ex-fighter pilot turned corporate executive, she also married into a very different lifestyle. there were private airplanes, boats, and motorcycles. a big house in a development east of sacramento called an air-park. cessnas in garages, piper cubs on the curb. tim charrington versus todd winkler? "no contest," said...

Rachel wanted to get married and have kids. >> right. havent asked her to marry me yet. >> did you want to have kids? >> i did. i just wasnt there yet, you know what im say sng >> an old story, isnt it? tim was blindsided by what happened next. someone who was everything tim was not. focussed, dish plned, a former pilot on track to be a corporate leader. >> i went and bought a trying propose to her and i did. >> it was too late by then of course. rachel turned him down and announced her engageme...

Hatfield. >> the guys an air force academy graduate. hes successful in business. hes a family man. hes -- you know, from the midwest. hes gotta be great. >> reporter: good, solid upper-middle class guy? >> up yeah, no. >> reporter: and hes got a plane and hes got -- >> planes and boats and -- you know, all over the place. >> what tim, the starving artist could offer, beyond love and loyalty, was a whole lot of nothing. todd, on the other hand. >> we went to orlando with them -- to disney world. ...

Daughters behavior -- just too much like his own once was. and don was a guy whod been carrying his guilt like a cross for years. >> i tried to lead all of my children to the love of jesus christ. there was only one major obstacle to that ever occurring in a way that -- that i would be happy with. and that was my hypocrisy. >> what do you mean? >> huh? >> your hypocrisy? >> my hypocrisy -- chasing women -- >> uh-huh. >> blowing my marriage. >> reporter: as don tells it, women found his role as a...

Tims artistic hopes were disappointing. >> it wasnt happening. >> so they lowered their sites and hustled up any work like murals that might cover the rent. >> we were doing murals and thats all the income we have. >> it doesnt pay eall that well. >> no, not much at all. >> she was loving and directing tim. >> he thought his daughter would outgrow tim, afterall, rachel, unlike tim, buckled down and graduated college. >> finished top of her class and started out 80 k. we want you. no, i want to d...

Maxed them all out and bought a plane and just put her in debt for, like, $45,000. >> reporter: whoa. >> i was, like, "whoa". im all, "arent you freaking out?" and she said, "yeah, but we -- hell take care of it." >> which, when he thought about it, sounded less like complaining than, maybe boasting. tim, after all, could barely qualify for credit at all. eventually, being on the outside looking in was just too hard. >> i couldnt take it no more. its, you know -- it was getting harder and harder...

She said, "have a seat." and i said, "okay." i thought i was in trouble. and she leaned over from her chair and she grabbed my hand and says, "james, i got something i really need to tell you." i thought i was, like, "youre fired." [ laughter ] no, she said, "ive fallen hopelessly in love with you, and i dont know what to do about it." >> reporter: what was it like to hear that? >> it was a huge relief. >> reporter: relief? >> yeah. >> reporter: because you were in love with her. >> i was alread...

We make debts we must pay. rachel hatfield turned her life as if on a dime, left her past behind and embraced an existence that was everything it wasnt with old boyfriend tim. when she married todd winkler, the ex-fighter pilot turned corporate executive, she also married into a very different lifestyle. there were private airplanes, boats, and motorcycles. a big house in a development east of sacramento called an air-park. cessnas in garages, piper cubs on the curb. tim charrington versus todd ...