"I feel like I've run out of options to even have a normal life. Or even live," said a text message sent from Pugh's phone on June 18.

Emphasis mine.  And this doozy.

"I've ended the program at (Frederick Douglass Academy)," the text message said. "I'll do anything else you want me to do. Please don't allow them to move forward with your interview. This would DESTROY me."

Oh noes, "DESTROYED".  'Cause that is what totally innocent mortgage deadbeats and suspicions of under the influence government vehicle crash history of those with an already reckless deviate lifestyle choice, just seems to happen out of thin air without correlation to mental illness anymore.

He also appears to tell her how the story will play out.

"I don't know that we should do this to boost their ratings and give them more money," according to the text. "Can we please talk? ... I can meet y'all somewhere for dinner. Maybe we can go to church together on Sunday and pray together."