- My first date with Chad was probably the studio.
That was my routine, I went to my client's house,
then I went at the studio.
Took care of a little business there too
and he was like,
"Hey I'll pick you up to go to the studio today."
and he came to pick me up, I can remember
my daddy was outside and he remembered
and he was like, "Hey!"
'Cause again we haven't seen him since, yeah, high school.
He came in the kitchen and he was like,
"Your dad let me in and I know what you have
"going on with these other dudes, but I like you."
And I was like, "Okay, this is refreshing." You know.
And me and Chad, it just was so easy.
From that day on,
I think we spent maybe 8 months every day together.
So, like I said it was just super easy it just came natural.
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I do remember when Chad proposed to me.
It was before I had my daughter, Christian.
And for me, I was 23, 24.
So, being married and making a promise to God
was like, super scary to me.
So, I do believe I act like I didn't hear him
and kept talking that was easier
and I had to marinate, I had to marinate.
Then, our life just went to
having Christian, him going to jail,
and it's like yeah, I'm going to stick
with him through this, you know, through this.
Help however I can
and we decide then we were gonna get married.
I remember the first time I told Chad I was pregnant.
Actually I realized I was pregnant
Floyd Mayweather was fighting and I was in New York
and him and Floyd Mayweather are good friends
and I was like, "That little dude."
He was like 125.
Then when I saw him fight, I'm like, "Whoa, son."
Never forget that.
And I got sick, I got really sick
and I came back like, maybe two days later
and I went to the doctor and I found out I was pregnant
and he was just like, "Yay."
And I'm like, "No."
You know, 'cause, he had, you know,
he already had kids and I don't have any kids
this is gonna, this is life-changing to me.
So, it wasn't a big ordeal, not with him.
He was happy about it.
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One of my fondest memories of Chad
is him actually saving my life.
During the time 'Sweet James Jones',
that project was coming out and I was pregnant then.
And I was feeling bad, like that week and the week before.
and he was just about to leave to go on tour for the album.
and I was taking a shower and I passed out
and I woke up, I was dressed and then I passed out again
I was on a stretcher, then I woke up again
and I was in the hospital.
Like I said, I had an ectopic pregnancy.
So, I was maybe three to four months old
so literally I was bleeding to death
and I can hear he had called my mom
when we got to the hospital.
My mom voice travels.
And she said, "What's her blood pressure?"
and the nurse took my blood pressure
and she hit the machine and she said, "It's 80 over 60."
So I wasn't supposed to be here.
I passed out again and then I woke up again.
They were wheeling me off and I can hear Chad saying,
"Don't take anything out my wife that you don't need to."
And he saved my life, so that have to be
one of my fondest memories 'cause I was telling,
"Ma, you know I'm gonna be all right." You know,
and luckily he stayed.
Chad made me feel at ease just by being him
and knowing that he was gonna support,
knowing he was gonna be there.
Just wantin' to know what the sex was
just happy about it.
So, I couldn't be too depressed,
but that still, for me, was life-changing.
But he was there the whole time.
He was there when she was delivered.
And actually Christian was the first child he saw delivered.
So, he proved it again.
He was gonna be a great father.
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