morris told the judge that she wanted to have social contact with mr. smootgued if brooke was so afraid of smoot, why would she want to keep seeing him? after all, phone records showed she was she the one who called him that day. >> she continued to treat shawn as a friend. as someone that she would do activities with. >> reporter: did you worry that that could be confusing to the jury? >> absolutely. and i think that's the underlying question anytime that we're talkin' about domestic violence. why does anyone go back? >> reporter: the prosecutors hoped any doubt the jury may have regarding smoot's guilt would be wiped away when they called their key witness to the stand. was working for smoot when brooke was murdered, says her impression of the nice, outgoing man who hired her didn't last. why did it change? >> he was cold. he got angry -- easily. not satisfied, really, ever. it almost seemed like he enjoyed getting somebody -- riled up. >> reporter: in court, she testified about what happened the monday following brooke's murder. >> now on that day did mr.