her home in missouri. >> i remember him saying rebecca's gone. and i said, what do you mean? i just talked to her last night. >> reporter: in that phone call, rebecca told her sister about what happened to max. it was the same story she told police. >> she said she was in the bathroom and she heard a loud noise, a loud crash, and when she came out, max was there on the floor, and the chandelier was close to him. and he was unconscious. >> how did she describe jonah during those days? >> that he was upset and it broke her heart to see him upset. >> reporter: they met when rebecca worked for an eye doctor, and jonah was a patient. >> he came in for an appointment and started talking and the next thing you know they're going out? >> apparently, yes. >> you are making an expression that makes me think that you thought that was about particularly good idea. >> i never approved of the relationship, if that's what you're asking me. >> because? >> first of all, he is almost