>> somebody that was a friend with michael sheffield. >> ellen's son. >> ellen's son. >> the man's namerick a 26-year-old motorcycle technician. he and michael had gone to high school together and were close friends. >> he had been living with me in my house with my son for months. they lived there rent free. >> out of the goodness of your heart. >> because he was michael's friend, yeah. he was a good kid. they needed this break. >> not only was he michael sheffield's good friend, patrick wassal ellen's employee at the r and s kau scacchi dealership where she was a service manager. >> my boss was giving me a lot of heat about patrick's productivity and his comebacks. so he told me in december that i needed to let him go, but he wanted to wait until after christmas. i kept him much longer than i would have because he was a friend. >> the first week of january, 2010, ellen fired patrick. she could not have known just how life altering that decision would b. >> what did he say? >> didn't say much. just loaded up his stuff and left. >> of course ellen didn't know that patrick knew the secre