Brian also watched as the show aired. He saw how much fun he had that first day. He saw Candace walk out. He was happy again, That was, until he saw the second episode, where Julie revealed her plan. Happiness turned to deep depression. He was used. At that moment, he understood why she had never answered or returned his calls.
The next week, pictures of Julie appeared in the National Enquirer with another man in Los Angeles. As Brian looked closely, he noticed her engagement ring was missing. She took the money from the show and sold her ring. She got her wish. She was famous.
Brian tried contacting the producers to get Caitlin's number. He didn't know where she lived in Nashville.
He called her. It was refreshing to hear her voice again. He explained the situation to her and proposed to her.
"I'm sorry, Brian. I can't. I loved you so much then, but now those feelings have changed. I would have trusted my life with you then. Now, I can't trust you at all."
The rejection drove Brian over the edge. He went to the medicine cabinet and took out a razor blade. He placed the blade to his wrist.
As he was about to cut himself, he dropped the razor. He dropped to his knees and cried all night long.
About two in the morning, he called Matt. He didn't want to be left alone in his current state of mind. He asked Matt to take him to an asylum to be committed. He knew the longer he was there alone, the more likely he was to follow through with his suicide plan.
For several days, he underwent tests. The doctors wanted to make sure that when he got released that he would not try to kill himself again. The tests were not a hundred percent positive, so they kept him an additional few days.
A few weeks went by, and Brian made progress. He still had his moments, but overall, he was good.
Samantha, however, was regressing. She was on the brink of abandoning hope with Jeremy and moving back to Wisconsin. The only problem with that was it took all of her savings to move her stuff to Texas, and she could not afford to move back. Besides, she had to sell about half of her belongings to pay for the move.
The one thing that brought joy to her life was watching Brian. Sometimes when she was alone, she would pop in the DVD of Heartbreak Hotel and relive the fun she had with him. Other times, she would look at pictures she took of him during his going-away party. She knew she blew her chance with him but still wanted to see him happy.