>> reporter: jeremiah matthews has been in and out of jail for 12 years for burglary. >> i just get scared that they're going to forget. i know my daughter forgets me. she told me that this is the last time, dad. she's like, i love you but you keep breaking promises, getting in trouble. she was 7 when she told me this. and i don't want to disappoint. >> i've said some very mean things to him. >> you've said mean things to him? what kind of things have you said? >> like i'm not going to trust you no more because you promised you'd be there for me the rest of your life action then you go back to jail. >> what did he say when you said that? please gain that trust back, as make everything different. >> do you believe him? >> eh -- >> you want to? >> yeah, i want to. >> but it's hard to? >> he's lied to me. >> what you want to do when you look your child in the eyes -- >> reporter: arkinia's dad is well. be. >> reporter: he wound up killing a man in a bar fight. though they talk a lot on the phone he's still anxious about meeting her face-to-face. >> what are you feeling? >> anticipation. i'm s