 So there definitely was a rocky relationship there, but then we all have rocky relationships, so it doesn't necessarily mean we go on to kill the person or hit them with a car. But then when she described the events of the night around the time that the alleged event happened, she recalled what happened and she told the story in this nightline interview in the present tense. Now, when you and I talk about things that have happened in the past, we tend to use the past tense, and Carol uses past tense to talk about lots of things.