i >> just got a text message from a dear friend of pravin. i went to pravin's the cetacean.at, bad. >> someone told lovely about's show. >> when i was listening to her, i'm like, boy, there is another mother that's asking the same questions that i have? >> the two women started talking on the phone every day. >> i just felt an automatic connection with her, and i thought, i can tell her anything. >> lovely confided in monica how hurt she was by all the talk of pravin drinking. >> she was completely shattered. she just said, this isn't my kid. something is wrong. >> pravin's cousin actually had already given lovely his version of events. was pravin drinking that? night >> he was. >> was he drinking to? much >> no. >> and one of those reports of pravin's rowdy behavior. >> that's kind of how pravin is in general. >> friends and family have posted videos of his boisterous behavior. >> if you didn't know him -- >> yeah, he's kind of energetic. you know what i mean? >> but it was hard for lovely not to wonder if ashley was just telling her what she wanted to hear. until monica in

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