By all outward appearances, Bob and Audrey had a happy, healthy marriage, but an act of infidelity would undermine everything.
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WE HAD THE KIND OF
MARRIAGE PEOPLE WOULD LOOK
AT AND GO, OKAY, I WANT A
MARRIAGE LIKE THAT WHEN I
GROW UP.
WE LOVED DOING LIFE
TOGETHER.
WE LOVED OUR CHILDREN.
WE LOVED EVERYTHING THAT WE
DID.
WE WERE LEADERS OF THE
CHURCH.
Reporter: BOB AND
AUDREY MET IN BIBLE
COLLEGE.
WE WOULD TALK ABOUT
EVERYTHING, ALL THE TIME,
JUST SHARING OUR LIVES AND
DREAMS AND HOPES TOGETHER.
I WAS COMPLETELY ENTHRALLED
BY HER.
I FELT SO SAFE WITH BOB
BECAUSE HE LOVED GOD.
I FELT LIKE I COULD BE WITH
HIM FOREVER.
Reporter: THEY MARRIED,
STARTED A FAMILY, AND DOVE
INTO MINISTRY WORK.
THEY HAD BIG DREAMS FOR THE
FUTURE.
WITH OUR DESIRE TO BE
WORLD CHANGE.
(LUNCH RECESS TAKEN.),
WORLD -- CHANGERS, WHAT YOU
HAVE TO DO IS WORK.
I HAD NO CLUE HOW HARD IT
WOULD BE.
HE COULD EASILY CONFRONT
ME IF SOMETHING WAS WRONG.
SO I MADE A VOW IN MY HEART,
I AM GOING TO DO EVERYTHING
POSSIBLE SO HE WOULD NEVER
YELL AT ME AGAIN.
I BECAME THE ULTIMATE
PERFORMER AND PLEASER.
Reporter: THE HARD WORK
OF MINISTRY TOOK A TOLL ON
AUDREY, WHO WAS AFRAID TO
SPEAK UP.
THE BUSYNESS GOT SO
TIRING AND EXHAUSTING.
I REMEMBER STUFFING DOWN
THOSE FEELINGS BECAUSE I
KNEW BOB LOVED THE CHURCH.
SO I COULD NEVER TELL HIM
HOW I FELT.
Reporter: THIS
CONTINUED FOR YEARS.
AND THEN A FAMILY FRIEND
FROM CHURCH BEGAN SPENDING
MORE TIME WITH THE
WISENERS.
SH HE WAS EXTREMELY
ENERGETIC.
HE WAS YOUNG.
HE REMINDED ME OF BEING A
KID AGAIN.
HE DIDN'T HAVE A FAMILY,
SO IT WAS NATURAL AT THE
BEGINNING, THAT WE WOULD
INVITE HIM TO FAMILY
HOLIDAYS AND SO FORTH.
Reporter: BUT THIS NEW
FAMILY FRIEND BEGAN GIVING
ATTENTION TO AUDREY.
HE WOULD OVERLY FLIRT
WITH ME.
YOU'RE SO BEAUTIFUL.
I WANT TO FIND SOMEBODY WHO
COULD BE AS BEAUTIFUL AS
YOU.
Reporter: OVER TIME,
THEIR RELATIONSHIP GREW
CLOSER.
I KNEW SOMETHING THAT
CHANGED IN MY HEART.
WHEN I KNEW HE WAS COMING
OVER, AND I WANTED TO LOOK
REALLY GOOD WHEN HE GOT
THERE.
I FELT LIKE I WAS IN
CONTROL.
I FELT I COULD HAVE A
RELATIONSHIP WITH A YOUNG
GUY IN A CHURCH AND JUST
HELP HIM OUT.
AND I HAD NO REASON, YOU
KNOW, TO DOUBT HER LOVE FOR
ME.
I MEAN, WE WERE STILL
EXTREMELY INTIMATE WITH EACH
OTHER, WITH EACH OTHER, SO I
THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS
FINE.
Reporter: BUT AUDREY'S
DESIRE FOR THE OTHER MAN
GREW STRONGER.
OUR SHOULDERS WERE BUMP
OR HIS HAND WOULD TOUCH
MINE, AND I NOTICED THAT
REACTION, OH, THAT FELT GOOD
HE TOUCHED ME.
I REALLY TOLD MYSELF, I CAN
HAVE IT ALL.
THIS RELATIONSHIP WON'T
AFFECT THE REST OF MY LIFE.
I BEGAN TO NOTICE MYSELF
LYING SO I COULD BE ALONE
WITH HIM.
SO I JUST DOVE IN, AND I'M
JUST GOING TO DO THIS.
THAT'S WHEN OUR RELATIONSHIP
BECAME SEXUAL.
Reporter: THE AFFAIR
CONTINUED FOR THREE WEEKS.
I JUST LIED TO THE PEOPLE
I LOVE THE MOST IN ORDER TO
GET AWAY WITH THIS GUY AND
BE INAPPROPRIATE AND HAVE AN
AFFAIR.
THIS IS NOT ME.
Reporter: AUDREY
REALIZED SHE COULDN'T
CONTINUE LIVING THE DOUBLE
LIFE AND ENDED THE AFFAIR.
NOW SHE HAD TO TELL HER
HUSBAND OF 17 YEARS WHAT SHE
HAD DONE.
I WAS SCARED OUT OF MY
MIND.
IF IT CAME DOWN TO A CHOICE
WHO I WOULD CHOOSE, THERE
WAS NEVER A QUESTION IN MY
MIND I WANTED MY HUSBAND AND
MY KIDS.
I HAVEN'T CONFRONTED HIM IN
17 YEARS IN LITTLE THINGS,
AND THEN I'M GOING TO TELL
HIM THE MOST BETRAYING
THING.
I WHISPERED IN HIS EAR AND
SAID I SAW SOMETHING
EXTREMELY INAPPROPRIATE.
I SAW EXTREME RAGE AND
HATRED COME INTO HIS EYES.
THIS WASN'T JUST A LITTLE
MISTAKE.
IT WASN'T AN OOPS OR A
HICCUP.
I WANTED TO PUNCH HOLES IN
THE WALLS, SLAM DOORS,
EXPRESS ANGER AND RAGE.
I FELT SO MUCH SHAME AND
DEREGRET.
ALL I WANTED TO DO IS GET
HER FIXED.
SHE IS THE PROBLEM.
SHE HAD THE AFFAIR.
EVERY HAPPY MEMORY OF 17
YEARS OF MARRIAGE WAS GONE.
MY HEAD WAS SCREAMING WITH
WORDS, SHE DOESN'T LOVE
YOU.
SHE HAS NEVER LOVED YOU.
YOUR MARRIAGE HAS BEEN A
FARCE.
Reporter: BOB CALLED A
MARRIAGE COUNSELLOR WHO HAD
BEEN A GUEST ON THEIR
TELEVISION PROGRAM.
THE COUPLE FLEW TO PHOENIX
THE NEXT DAY.
HE STARTS WITH ME AND
RIPS ME UP ONE SIDE AND THE
OTHER.
HE SAID THIS TO ME, BOB,
YOU'RE LAZY.
I'VE GOT A DAILY CHRISTIAN
TELEVISION SHOW, I'M A
FATHER, I'M A PASTOR, AND
YOU CALL ME SPIRITUALLY
LAZY.
AND HE SAID, AUDREY,
ANYONE WHO DOES WHAT YOU DID
DOES NOT RESPECT THEIR
HUSBAND.
I WANT YOU TO GET ALONE WITH
GOD AND ASK HIM THE MOMENT
YOU STARTED DISRESPECTING
YOUR HUSBAND.
HE SAID, BOB, WHAT IS
DONE IS DONE.
WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS
WHETHER OR NOT YOU WILL
BECOME THE MAN OF GOD THAT
YOU NEED TO BE TO KEEP YOUR
FAMILY TOGETHER.
BEFORE YOU GO TO BED, YOU
WILL GET DOWN ON YOUR KNEES
AND YOU WILL PRAY WITH EACH
OTHER.
I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST
TIME WE HAD PRAYED WITH EACH
OTHER.
THE ONLY WORDS WE COULD GET
OUT WERE, GOD, WE NEED YOU.
AND WE CRIED AND WE CRIED.
EVERY PART OF OUR
RELATIONSHIP HAD TO COME TO
A NEW LEVEL OF
TRANSPARENCY.
ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS NO
ROOM FOR ANY BIG SECRETS.
Reporter: BUT ONE BIG
SECRET WAS YET TO BE
REVEALED.
A FEW MONTHS LATER, THEY
RECEIVED NEWS FROM THE
DOCTOR, AUDREY WAS
PREGNANT.
I HAD HAD A VASECTOMY, SO
I KNEW IT WASN'T ME.
HE MUST HAVE SEEN THE FEAR
ALL OVER OUR FACES.
BECAUSE HE IMMEDIATELY
FOLLOWED THAT STATEMENT WITH
A QUESTION: DO YOU WANT TO
CONTINUE THE PREGNANCY?
AND I IMMEDIATELY ANSWERED
YES, WITHOUT A DOUBT.
I WAS SCARED OUT OF MY
MIND.
AND YET THAT WAS THE FIRST
MOMENT I FELT STRENGTH FROM
BOB.
BEFORE, EVERYTHING INSIDE
OF ME WANTED TO PUNISH HER.
NOW I RECOGNIZED THAT SHE IS
CARRYING A BABY, AND THAT
SHE NEEDED MY HELP.
THIS BABY IS GOING TO NEED
PARENTS.
I WANT TO BE THAT DAD.
Reporter: BOB AND
AUDREY RESIGNED FROM THEIR
POSITIONS, MOVED TO PHOENIX,
AND TOLD THEIR CHILDREN WHAT
WAS GOING ON.
WE KNEW IT WAS A BIRACIAL
SITUATION AND OUR CHILDREN
NEEDED TO KNOW.
I WAS SO SCARED THAT MY
KIDS WOULD BE MESSED UP.
BECAUSE I'M ONE OF THOSE
MOMS THAT I LOVE MY KIDS
MORE THAN LIFE ITSELF.
THEY WALKED IN SEEING A
MOM AND DAD ON THE FLOOR
CRYING.
I SPOKE TO THEM HOW I LOVED
THEM, AND WE'RE A FAMILY AND
WE BELONG TOGETHER.
AND I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
AND WITH HER IN MY ARMS, I
LOOKED AT THEM AND SAID,
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A BABY
BROTHER.
Reporter: FIVE MONTHS
LATER, BOB AND AUDREY RUSHED
TO THE DELIVERY ROOM.
IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL DAYS OF MY LIFE.
THIS LITTLE BOY WAS NOTHING
BUT A GIFT, AN ABSOLUTE
GIFT.
WHEN OUR SON WAS BORN, I
GAVE HIM MY NAME, ROBERT.
MIDDLE NAME, THEODORE, AND
THEN WISENER, BECAUSE I
DON'T WANT MY SON TO EVERY
QUESTION ONE DAY IN HIS LIFE
WHO'S BOY HE IS.
THEODORE MEANS DIVINE GIFT.
Reporter: 10 YEARS
LATER, BOB AND AUDREY'S
MARRIAGE IS STRONGER THAN
EVER.
OUR RELATIONSHIP BECAME
DYNAMIC, LIKE IT HAD NEVER
BEEN BEFORE.
BECAUSE NOW I'M BEING HONEST
AND HE IS BEING HONEST.
THERE NEEDED TO BE A
TRANSPARENCY, AND A
VULNERABILITY, TO BE WILLING
TO BE KNOWN BY THE OTHER
PERSON.
THIS WAS NEW TERRITORY FOR
US.
IF YOU CAN GET THROUGH
THE FEARS THAT KEEP YOU FROM
COMMUNICATING, AND REALLY
START HAVING A RELATIONSHIP
WITH NO SECRETS, THERE IS
NOTHING MORE FUN THAN THAT.
OUR LITTLE ROBERT IS OUR NUT
CAKE.
HE IS SO MUCH FUN, SO FULL
OF PERSONALITY.
NEVER A DULL MOMENT, AND
THOSE THREE OLDER KIDS LOVE
HIM WITH EVERY PART OF THEIR
BEING.
IF YOU SEE THEM ALL
TOGETHER, THERE IS SO MUCH
LAUGHTER.
FOR THE EXTENT THAT I
HAVE EXPERIENCED HIS LOVE
AND HIS GRACE, I'M THE MOST
THANKFUL PERSON YOU'LL EVER
MEET.
I DON'T GET WHAT I
DESERVE BECAUSE OF WHAT HE
DID.
HE PAID THIS HIGH PRICE, TO
REALLY TAKE MY SIN, AND TO
REALLY TAKE MY SHAME.
AND BECAUSE HE LIVES INSIDE
OF ME, I DON'T GET WHAT I
DESERVE.
I GET WHAT HE DESERVES.
THAT'S AMAZING LOVE.