>> reporter: bonnie said bill told her he was separated from his wife and going through a divorce. >> and i took his word. i never again bothered him about it. >> reporter: he affectionately called her his gorda, his chubby lady. and during their three years together bill lavished bonnie with attention. spa days, vacations. >> bonnie, come and feel the dolphin. >> reporter: and even breast implants. >> i wasn't that big. i was maybe a small "b." and he goes, go do them. we'll pay for them. >> reporter: and then she says, a 5 carat diamond ring. >> it meant love, it meant friendship. it meant a future together. >> reporter: bonnie denies calling frances out of the blue. she says frances had known about the relationship for years and that the two women even spoke by phone about the financial arrangements of a divorce. >> who was going to keep what. and she was just going on and on about the properties and about money, about the company.