The Scapegoat | EP 2 | The Confidante

I'm Andrea Gunning, and this is Betrayal, season six, episode two, The Scapegoat.

[gentle music] In our last episode, we introduced you to Carl Bryan.

Yeah, I'm a nerd.

[laughs] I'm such a nerd.

He's a queer man from Kenosha, Wisconsin, with a big laugh and a big heart.

His first relationship was rocky.

Alcohol became an everyday struggle for his boyfriend, Adam Mejia.

Like many people who love addicts, Carl didn't know how to handle it.

I had a nervous breakdown on the carpet.

Like, I laid on the floor just ha- having a breakdown, because he was completely wasted.

Their life together quickly fell apart.

And I said, "This is it.

There's no saving this relationship."

But just after the breakup, Adam got into a serious drunk driving accident.

He was sentenced to 15 months behind bars.

While he sat in jail, he spoke to Carl on the phone.

He said it quite frequently that, like, yeah, he was upset that I didn't call an Uber.

Carl replayed that night in his head, wishing he could have stopped Adam from getting in that car.

It was just, like, immense guilt, immense guilt that I was feeling.

I should have called an Uber.

Carl thought maybe if he had called an Uber, Adam wouldn't have gotten his fourth DUI.

He wouldn't have caused a major accident.

He wouldn't have gone to prison.

Along with the guilt, Carl had another feeling: anxiety.

Was Adam stewing behind bars over what happened, blaming Carl for it all? And what would happen when Adam got out?