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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. >> as don tells it, women found his role as an ascendant artist quite appealing. never mind he was a married father of four. >> and that kind of ...

Todd took her credit cards and maxed them all out and bought a plane and just put her in debt for, like, $45,000. >> whoa. >> i was, like, "whoa". im all, "arent you freaking out?" and she said, "yeah, but we -- hell take care of it." >> which 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. >> so...

Fourteen years this went on. rachel wanted to get married and have kids. >> and i havent asked her to marry me yet. and -- >> did you wanna have kids? >> i did. i did. i did, but i just wasnt there yet, you know what im saying? >> well. its an old story, isnt it? tim was blindsided by what happened next. rachel met another man, someone who was everything tim was not. todd winkler. focused, disciplined. a former f-16 fighter pilot, who was on track to be a corporate leader. tim scrambled. >> and ...

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. >> ...

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." >> what was it like to hear that? >> it was a huge relief. >> relief? >> yeah. >> because you were in love with her. >> i was already in love with her at the time, but i couldnt tell her. i didnt feel that i should tell her. you know, ...

Her husband, the ex-fighter pilot and pharmaceutical executive. her lover, the handyman, former marine and firearms expert, and her first boyfriend, the would-be impressionist painter. his name is tim cherington, and she, the woman at the center of all that happened was rachel, rachel hatfield. >> so rachel. tell me about her. >> oh, [beep]. im sorry. were starting, huh? >> well. just -- whatever. >> hmm -- start again. >> whatd that do to you when i said that? >> my heart just went, "boom." >> ...

>> but, though many are called, few are chosen. tims artistic hopes were disappointed. >> it wasnt happening. it wasnt happening. >> so he and rachel lowered their sights and hustled up any work-like murals that might help cover the rent. >> we were, you know, doing murals, and thats all the income we had. >> murals doesnt pay all that well. >> no, it doesnt pay much at all. >> she was under-girding and supporting, loving, and directing tim. >> don hatfield thought his daughter would outgrow tim...

Who loved for admiring men. her father, the prominent artist. her husband the ex fighter pilot in pharmaceutical executive. her lover, a handyman, former marine and firearms experts, and her first boyfriend, the would-be impressionist painter, his name is tim carrington. and she the woman at the center of all that happened was rachel rachel hatfield. so rachel. tell me about her. >> [bleep] -- im sorry. were starting, right? >> just whatever. >> start again. oh, yeah. >> what did that do to you ...

>> 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. >> as donatells it, women found his role as an ascendant artist quite appealing, never mind he was a married father of four. >> and that kind of thing destroyed this - literally, destro...

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." >> what was it like to hear that? >> it was a huge relief. >> relief? >> yeah. >> because? >> i was already in love with her at the time. i couldnt tell her. i didnt feel that i should tell her. you know, i wo...