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Now I really need a drink.

Ella, oldie locks is at the

Door.

I'll be right there!

Where you going?

Not mon chair-ie!

It's so comfortable.

I just love the feel of

Something lived in!

[ crying ]

[ voice breaking ] I can't

Believe you're moving.

Well, don't expect a

Forwarding address.

I can't imagine someone else

Living in this house.

It's funny how life can change

In the blink of an eye.

[ laughing ]

Hey, look, I-if your head

Starts spinning, I'm not

Stopping it.

Ella, get out here before she

Starts spitting up on stuff!

Who?

[ laughs ]

[ gasps ]

Wow! Claretha.

Well, honey, that hair is...

Wow!

They say blondes have more

Fun, so [chuckles] Why not give

It a go?

[ laughs ]

Well, you should give it a stop.

Curtis, okay, baby.

Is everything all right?

Oh, fine, great, wonderful.

Never better!

[ laughs ]

What in the world?

Don't...

Is that -- that's my beer!

That's my last beer, ella!

[ clears throat ]

Ahh!

Uh, excuse me, miss alpaca,

That's my last beer.

That's it.

It's done.

It's funny how life can change

In the blink of an eye.

[ gasps ]

I'm gonna miss you so much!

I ain't gonna miss you at

All.

Baa!

Ella, if she pulls out a

Knife, I promise you I'm gonna

Taser her.

Curtis, I have never seen her

Act like this before.

This is totally out of control.

What do you think is wrong?

I think the ugly finally

Caught up with her brain.

Come on, ella!

You know she's the one that

Flew over the cuckoo's nest.

Curtis, please.

I have had enough of you

Talking about my best friend.

She's a -- she's a good person.

Baby, snap out of it!

Oh!

Come on, now!

Remember, she hugged me, okay?

I feel violated.

You're right -- stop, stop.

I just better go find out what's

Going on with her.

Hey, hey, look, if you need

My help, the safe word is...

Aardvark.

Ella!

Oh, you have such a wonderful

Marriage.

I don't know what I was thinking

All those years.

Curtis is so funny.

[ laughs ]

Aardvark, aardvark, aardvark,

Aardvark, aardvark!

Aardvark?!

Get on!

What you gonna do with it?

Curtis --

Go on with it!

What's going on?

Well, claretha, honey, we're

Just a little concerned, honey,

About how you've been acting.

I'm not concerned.

I'm scared for my life.

You're taking this all wrong,

Curtis.

Ella, I...

Unh-unh, baby. Don't do it.

It's a setup.

Claretha, what's wrong?

Everything changed in a day.

I realized how much I'd been

Taking for granted --

How blue the sky, the birds

Chirping, how important it is to

Have good friends like you and

Curtis.

Honey, you're scaring me.

What is going on?

What is it?

Uh...

Ella, I have leukemia.

[ doorbell rings ]

Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh!

That's grandma!

Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh!

Okay. Come on.

Let's see who it is at the door.

Oh, are you ready to see who it

Is?

Let's go!

[ gasps ] Ooh!

Hey, miranda!

Oh, he is beautiful!

He looks just like me.

Calvin.

He was just about to go down

For his nap.

Come on. Go to your daddy.

Look at him. [ laughs ]

There you go. Aw!

I got him.

[ laughs ]

Where's tony?

You know he's at work, as

Usual.

You know your cousin.

Oh, I am so excited that my

Good girlfriend from college

And my cousin got married.

So, when are the babies coming?

When are you having babies?

Ooh! Something smells good.

You are just in time.

Calvin is cooking dinner

Tonight.

Wait. That calvin?

[ laughs ]

That calvin.

But don't worry, don't worry.

He lost a bet, so he had to

Take cooking classes from a

Personal chef.

Okay.

You want some wine?

Wait. I-I got it, I got it.

Hi.

Oh, you ain't bring me wine.

I'm brandon.

Brandon's my gym buddy and

Cooking instructor.

Vanessa...

You're wearing meshun de lu.

[ chuckles ]

It's my favorite perfume.

It smells great on you.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

[ laughs ]

I love a man who knows a fine

Fragrance.

Ahem. Excuse me.

[ laughs ]

So, what's for dinner?

Oh, we're -- we're having a

Grilled catfish -- a grilled sea

Catfish with, uh --

Sea bass, calvin.

Oh. W-w-with -- with

Poached asparagus and soy sauce.

Tarragon sauce.

This sounds like something

We'll regret, but --

[ laughs ] It's ok.

So, baby, is it ready yet?

Yeah, it's ready.

Brandon, it is ready, right?

It's just about ready, yeah.

We're almost there.

Ladies, uh, dinner'll be

Served shortly.

Okay, at least we have some

More time before we meet our

Maker.

Come on, now, ladies.

Have a little faith.

We're good.

Let us pray.

Let's, uh, really pray.

Baby, we're not sitting down

Yet.

Get your boy.

Is the baby crying?

So-o-o-o, brandon, are you

Married?

No, not yet.

Well, take your time.

Don't rush it.

You know, you really should

Get to know the person first.

He's sleeping.

Exactly, just like you and

Tony did.

No, no. We rushed it.

He asked me to marry him six

Months after we met.

Well, look at you.

Can you blame him?

Once in a lifetime, someone can

Do that to you.

"Once in a lifetime, someone

Can do that to you."

Get your boy!

I don't hear him.

Vanessa, why don't you tell

Me a little bit about yourself?

What do you want to --

Well, I can do that.

[ laughs ]

Vanessa here is married to my

First cousin tony.

Did I mention he was a police

Officer -- a really big police

Officer?

He's sleeping.

And since when is tony a big

Guy?

Since they started looking

At each other like the main

Course.

Get your boy!

Baby, you got some

Superhearing, 'cause I can't

Even hear him.

Leukemia?

Wow.

Where'd you get it from --

Floyd?

Curtis, honey, it's cancer.

Youse a smoker?

It's a cancer of the blood

Cells.

It starts in the bone marrow.

Ooh.

I need to sit down.

Baby, can you please get

Claretha some water?

Baby, I just sat down.

Can you get claretha some

Water?

Does that cure it?

I'll get the water.

I'll get the water.

Okay, baby, what did the

Doctor say?

It's progressed, and we need

To start treatment right away.

Treatment. And what -- and

What is the treatment?

Chemo, and they're gonna

Remove my spleen.

[ groans ]

Um, you want a sandwich,

Claretha?

Uh, yeah.

Baby, go make me and claretha

A sandwich.

Cut my cheese thick, too.

Please.

I'll make the sandwich.

Cinch.

You know, before, all I

Thought about was somebody

Wearing a better wig than me,

And now my life has turned

Upside down.

I am sorry, but we are gonna

Get through this.

How do you know that, ella?!

Because god would not give

Us anything that we cannot

Handle!

But god didn't give you

Leukemia!

Claretha, prayer will get you

Through this, baby.

I don't feel like praying!

I'm mad at myself!

I'm mad at god!

I feel like I got a timer on my

Back, and it's running out!

I should have lived more!

Baby, I know you're scared,

But right now is when you need

To hold onto your faith, baby.

And prayer is not going to hurt

You.

Yeah, well, I don't want to

Talk to him right now.

As a matter of fact, I don't

Want to talk to you about this

Right now either.

Claretha --

Holy roller!

That was really good.

You know, calvin, I have to

Admit, you did a great job.

Always trust the cook.

[ chuckles ]

Well, you do have a face that

A girl can trust.

Well, thank you.

That's -- that's really kind.

[ baby cries ]

Oh. I know that cry.

That's a cry I can't help with.

He's looking for mommy.

Okay.

Now, I'll be right back.

Get your boy.

Well, baby, I can't

Breastfeed.

You got to handle that.

So how did you and calvin

Meet?

Well, we were at the gym.

I killed him at racquetball,

So --

[ laughs ] Stop it.

You know you lost.

Okay, but we had a deal.

I'd help him out with cooking

If he helped me out with

Racquetball, so, you know, here

We are.

Yeah, and miranda doesn't

Know it, but he has a friend

That teaches dancing.

Oh!

Yeah. She's an amazing

Instructor, so, you know --

So I'm gonna surprise miranda

For our anniversary.

Aw, calvin, that's so

Romantic.

Uh, I can't remember the last

Time I went dancing or even had

Some fun.

[ scoffs ] No.

Come on!

Really.

So you're telling me the man

Doesn't take you dancing ever?

He doesn't take me anywhere.

Come on. Let's go dancing.

Let's go.

I can't do that.

[ laughs ] She can't do that.

Well, why not?

You only live once?

Come on. It's just dancing.

Uh, that's not gonna work,

Because me and miranda -- we

Don't have babysitters, so --

Oh, even better.

It'll just be vanessa and I.

Come on. Let's go dancing.

Just one night.

Let's go have some fun.

You deserve it.

Okay. Come on.

All right. Let's go.

All right.

Vanessa --

Just tell miranda I'll be

Back later.

Brandon!

Phew!

He was too sleepy to...Feed.

Where did everybody go?

Uh, vanessa and brandon went

Dancing.

What?!

Baby, I think he was flirting

With her.

Really? You think so?

Pastor watkins, you talk with

A lisp!

There's no such book as

Henithith (genesis).T

Get in here.

My goodness! Come on now!

That's enough, claretha!

You done upset ella, okay?!

What, you want to die today?

You can't cuss out the

Gatekeeper!

And you can stop talking,

Too, curtis!

You nothing but a loudmouth,

Empty-souled, big-headed,

Curmudgeonly wombat!

Well, I see you're feeling

Better.

No, I'm not!

But I figure if I'm going out, I

Might as well go out in style.

I got a lot of burdens, and I

Intend to unload all of them.

Well, I know it's the

Leukemia speaking, okay, so I'm

Gonna let it slide.

[ sighs ] And sit down!

We need to talk.

I'll sit down.

Claretha, I know this is hard

For you.

You don't have any idea!

No, I don't, but we don't

Want to lose you.

I know that.

Look, ella cares for you, and I

Care for what she cares about.

For some reason, she loves

Little puppies and stray

Kittens and squirrels...

And you.

Curtis, I'm not in the mood.

Look, you matter to ella,

Okay, so why don't you think

About sticking around a little

Bit longer?

[ voice breaking ] I don't

Know if I'm ready, curtis.

I can't see the future!

All I see is leukemia!

None of us can see the

Future.

But we're here for you.

Thank you, curtis.

Oh, lord.

Now I know I'm gonna die.

[ sighs ]

Ah! Let her sleep.

What time does she come in?

I don't know.

You don't know, calvin?

Baby, I don't know.

[ telephone ringing ]

I'll get it.

Hello?

Oh! Hi, tony.

Uh-huh.

Yeah, um, vanessa is still

Sleeping.

Oh, no, no.

Yeah. Last night, we all went

Out dancing.

Yeah, we're -- we're good.

The baby's good, everybody's

Yeah. Uh-huh.

Uh-oh!

Um, um, um -- I-I have to go,

Tony.

The baby's crying, the baby's

Crying!

[ imitates baby crying ]

Okay. Talk to you later!

[ clears throat ]

Get your boy, calvin.

Is -- is the baby crying?

Brandon!

Oh.

Yo, you got to go, man.

This is not cool.

I'm sorry, calvin.

We got in late.

I -- I just --

He -- he had too much to

Drink.

So you come in here and

Disrespect my house like this?

What's wrong with you?

Let me explain.

Out.

[ sighs ]

I'll call you later.

Brandon, that's not cool,

Man.

Breezy.

Well, I guess I'll let you

Ladies talk.

That's my cousin, and you're

Trifling.

Wait. Slow down before you

Say something you'll regret.

Before I say something that

'll regret? I

You bring another man into my

House, and you have sex with

Him?

What do you expect me to say?

You know what?

You need to get your stuff, and

You need to leave, and you don't

Need to come back.

Okay.

I'll leave.

Oh, and another thing -- you

Have one week to tell tony or I

Will.

You know what?!

You're just like him!

You don't listen!

What?!

We didn't even have sex!

We talked all night, and we

Fell asleep in our clothes.

But you're married!

I'm getting a divorce,

Miranda!

He belittles me!

Nothing I do is ever good

Enough!

And he cheated on me!

I can't allow myself to live

In that anymore!

I'm sorry!

Why didn't you tell me about

This?!

You are my friend!

He's your cousin, and I

Wanted to see the baby!

I'm sorry!

I'm sorry.

Come. Sit.

Sit. I'm sorry.

[ sighs ]

I hate that you're going

Through this, and you can talk

To me about anything.

You are my friend, and I'm

Always gonna be here for you.

Come here. It's okay.

Miranda, can I stay here a

Couple of days and just...

Of course you can.

Of course.

But you can't stay here with

Brandon.

It's gonna be okay.

Oh, I'm sorry, my friend.

I'm sorry.

What are you doing here?

I, uh -- I just came by to

Say that I'm so sorry for

Getting angry with you

Yesterday.

It's okay, it's okay, it's

Okay, it's okay.

Claretha, people beat this all

The time, and I'm not saying

That it won't be easy, honey,

But I will be there right with

You, next to you every step of

The way.

I'm so scared, ella.

"God has not given us the

Spirit of fear," and the

Scripture goes on to say,

"But of a sound mind."

It's not fair!

I did everything right!

I followed all the rules.

I prayed. I forgave.

I don't know if I can handle

This.

What am I supposed to do, ella?

Baby, sometimes when you

Cannot pray, you just need

Somebody to pray for you.

[ sobs ]

Heavenly father, we come to

You right now...