. >> the guy was aaron candelario and before long -- >> i was in love. s. >> you know, we had such a connection. >> no kidding. both jehovah's witnesses, both home schooled by their mothers. or at least aaron was home schooled until his parents' marriage broke up. >> we were so drawn to each other, that two people were so driven, and so optimistic, and just wanted to do big things in life. >> so after high school, they got engaged, and full of excitement, planned a wedding. then one night shannon's mother, pam, sent the girls off to bible study and told their father, jerry, they needed to talk. >> she looked up and says, i don't want to be married to you anymore. i don't want to be here. >> everything was fine, fine, fine, then -- >> we seemed to be getting along. everything was fine. she said, this is it, i'm done. >> what did that feel like? >> it was a crush. you were crushed. >> now these two had one more thing in common, both products of broken homes. the wedding day approached, just a few days to go when shannon's mother, pam, and aaron's dad, ralph