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standing there behind a bush, like you re invisible. i just remember the first words coming out of my mouth were, do you know we can see you? reporter: furious, aerial said she ran across the street yelling. go away. get away from us. leave her alone. reporter: police arrested leon for assault. but that was very short-lived because he was out i want to say within the next day. reporter: two weeks later, leon and meghan appeared in court. the judge granted that protective order. he then ordered leon to be arrested again, on the spot. this time for stalking. as officers read leon his rights, meghan was surprised to see a familiar face in the gallery. i noticed valerie was sitting in the stands, which i thought was odd. reporter: valerie mcdaniel, a successful veterinarian in town, recently divorced from her husband of 19 years, mack. meghan met valerie, mack, and their daughter when their marriage was falling apart. she would come over and have martinis. and she wou
to see what it is that they want, also to discuss payment. reporter: when leon showed up, he wasn t alone. we followed leon to the table where we sat down. and we were introduced to valerie. reporter: that s right, valerie mcdaniel, leon s new girlfriend, the woman who bonded him out of jail. here was valerie meeting two supposed hit men. hey, valerie. nice to meet you. nice to meet you. reporter: when the conversation started, leon didn t sound like someone trying to hire a hitman. he said he d be happy if meghan just went back to pittsburgh. i want her just to leave. yeah. i don t want her hurt. reporter: but, as they ate their pasta leon s tone hardened. make it very clear to her that if she doesn t leave this time, there s gonna be some severe consequences. reporter: during the conversation, leon said he wanted adam to try another tactic, plant some drugs on meghan. she gets pulled over, she has a little cocaine. she s not a credible witness anymore. r
you know, she could try to be as inconspicuous as possible. reporter: meghan and aerial checked the officer s i.d.s once by one. then investigators shared the tip they got from the bail bondsman, michael kubosh. they think that my ex-boyfriend may have hired somebody to have me hurt. and that i, need to be surrounded by people 24 hours a day and not be left alone. reporter: normally i would say that must have been shocking. were you all that surprised that i wasn t. reporter: the police suggested meghan go back to pittsburgh for a while. so she bought a ticket and flew home. meanwhile at the harris county d.a. special crimes bureau. investigators jimmy turpin and mike mauldin started looking into leon. were you surprised to see a doctor involved in this?
fight like hell. reporter: what did she say? she did not understand what was happening. she just seemed off. terribly, terribly sad. reporter: at home alone, valerie recorded an audio diary on her ipad. hey, it s valerie. reporter: she recounted how, back when her marriage to mack was crumbling, she ran into her neighbor s son, leon. i was completely turned off immediately by his attitude, because you could tell he knew how beautiful he was. reporter: but over time, valerie, like meghan before her, thought she saw something in him. and as with meghan, leon captured their budding romance in selfies. i got through that exterior and realized he was a a nice person. and i was lonely. and uh, he kept me company. i fell deeply in love with leon. reporter: but valerie said she never intended to have her