>> let me guess. your mom didn't approve. >> no, not at all. we had an explosive relationship. >> meaning? >> meaning things got broke. >> reporter: kelly says that relationship became so tempestuous, so difficult that shirlee got involved and actively tried to keep the boyfriend away. >> at one point in time she was thinking about getting a restraining order, mainly for my daughter's sake. she would tell me, "he can't come over." and i would sneak him in. one time she come walkin' around my house with a hammer in her hand and saying, "i want his blood on this hammer." she hated him that bad because of what he had been doing to me. >> reporter: in spite of that, kelly stuck with the man, got pregnant and had a baby with him. >> and it got uglier from there. she actually started the process of getting my house out of my name. >> so that she could keep him out of the house? >> right.