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There you go, sweetheart.

Two eggs over an easy side of bacon. What would I do without you?

You're so welcome.

I was talking to my eggs.

No.

I'm just kidding, sweetie.

I haven't seen you here in a while, Peyton.

What are you doing?

Yeah, I know. It's been a while.

It's been kind of hard, you know, coming here without her. This was our spot.

So, you know, I miss her. I wish she was still here.

I know.

Thank you, boy.

Who are you talking about, son?

Your mom?

My grandmother.

We all end up alone.

At least somebody loved you.

How's it going?

How are you doing in testing?

Second out of the whole class.

Second? Yes. Out of the whole class? Yes, out of the whole class. My gosh.

Second place?

Second out of the whole class, yes. You.

Oh, my gosh.

What do you want to do?

I want to celebrate.

Yeah? Yeah.

Okay. Let's go out. How about that place my friend Vanessa mentioned there?

Soleil Mignon is supposed to be amazing.

And champagne.

I want champagne.

My job ended today.

Yeah.

Well, um, you know, um, these things happen, and,

you know, when they say, oh, you did a great job, but we didn't have enough

on the budget, they actually mean it.

And what that means is I'm not worth more than 13 bucks an hour. Oh, God,

Peyton, no. Shannon. Hey, hey, hey, no.

That is not what they mean.

I know you hate hearing this, but I can take care of things right now. I can

cover things here, and you can... Oh, I appreciate that, but I'm, you know,

I'll figure something out.

We'll be all right.

Second place, you're so smart.

You

really

are a lonely one, aren't you?

And you're not?

No.

I'm an old man, son.

Old men eat at diners.

You're the lonely bastard.

Now, I just got a lot to think about. That's all, man.

I got a lot of time.

Gregory Devereaux.

Peyton.

Peyton who?

Peyton Poitier.

Any relation?

To Sidney? I wish, man.

Come over here. Come on, sit over here. Join me.

Well,

I... I guess your grandmother raised you well.

I don't know if she'd be too happy right now.

That depends on what you did.

Can't be worse than anything I've done.

You like bourbon?

I'm probably more of a scotch guy myself.

I bet you you need a drink.

I got a bottle of 30 -year -old with our names on it.

Right now?

we'll go to my place we'll be watching in the heat of the night come on i don't

act like you got anywhere to be come on i mean i probably should get home to my

fiancee come on

I can get my own door, God damn it.

Move. Go on.

What the shit is that?

Wake

yourself

at home. I got to go to the bathroom.

All right.

I'm just trying to help you out, man.

Wait, is this another fucking thing?

Get out of here. Get the fuck out of here. I'm just trying to help you out of

here. Get the fuck out of here.

Who are you?

I'm Peyton, ma 'am. I just gave him a ride home from the diner.

You drove him home from the diner?

Yes. And he left you?

Yes, ma 'am.

Give me a hug.

Come by and see me tomorrow.

Come by and see me tomorrow.

See yourself out.

Hi. Hey, have a seat.

Yes, have a seat.

Four nurses.

My father has managed to kick out four nurses.

The last one didn't even get through the front gate.

But you, you got through the front gate.

So I'm not in trouble.

It's Peyton, right?

Yeah, yes, ma 'am.

I would like for you to be my father's caretaker.

Oh, I'm not a trained nurse, ma 'am.

You don't need training to clean up a little piss.

Well, I'm not a trained pisser, cleaner, ripper.

For $5 ,000 a month?

My father really needs someone, and it's clear that he has taken a liking to

you.

Yeah, so this lady comes down the stairs, and she's like, you know, who

What are you doing here?

And I just told her, hey, I'm bringing him home.

A lady?

Who? Well, it was his daughter. It turned out it was his daughter.

And I met with her for a meeting, and she ended up offering me a job to work.

For her father.

Okay. Doing what?

Well, she wants me to be like caretaking almost, basically.

You know, they fired a bunch of nurses and they couldn't keep anybody in.

If I could keep him company and spend some time with him because he likes me.

So, you know, I'm probably going to take the job.

I think that it is great that you have your own opportunity, Satan, but this

seems a little shady.

Like, out of the blue, at least.

Look, look, I know that you don't want to use my family's connections, but

are other jobs out there.

I'm not being offered other jobs, Shannon.

It's a good opportunity, and it's my money.

It'll be my money.

Okay, so you are going to be a nurse now.

I don't think I'm going to be nobody's nurse.

Wait.

Barbara Devereaux?

Barbara Devereaux from fucking Devereaux Capital?

Peyton.

Peyton.

Hey. What?

You didn't tell me it was Barbara Devereaux.

I told you I had something good happening. Something good going on.

Okay, well, yeah.

What are you going to do, Janetta? I don't know.

I mean, how do you feel?

I mean, I feel like I've been broke my whole life. I got like a thousand

to my name right now. And like, no, this is not a good time.

I'm about to move to New York in a month.

I'm not, I can't raise no fucking kid.

I just remember all the things that my grandmother had to go through because my

father wasn't around because he wasn't ready to have a child.

And I don't want that for myself.

So what, you do that to me?

Please, I'm just asking you to be realistic about this. That's all.

I'm just asking you to be realistic.

I'll figure it out.

We'll break it over.

Yes, hi.

Gregory, how are you? This is Peyton.

Peyton Poitier from the diner.

Your daughter Barbara, she hired me to come work with you.

Work with who?

You, sir.

Hello?

Hello? Yeah.

I thought we were going to watch In the Heat of the Night.

You don't want to anymore?

You know

what

they call me, right?

They call me Mr.

Tid.

What?

You want some Pibb?

No. Uh, no. Mr.

Tibbs. Mr. T?

Mr. Tibbs. No, Mr. Tibbs.

So you do want some Pibb?

No, they call me Mr.

Tibbs from the fucking movie, man. They call me Mr.

Tibbs.

You know, you do look like your daddy.

What do they call your dad?

You love her?

I said do you love her?

Of course.

Of course?

You ain't God Almighty.

Knower of all things.

You never know what's going on inside a person.

Yeah. You're right. You don't.

Checkmate.

What?

I'll set him up again.

Again? You wanna do it again?

What is that?

Oh, those are bell peppers.

I don't eat that.

No? Okay.

Well, I'll take them off for you. I'll scrape them off for you.

I don't need that either.

Spinach? Okay, you don't need the spinach? No.

Okay. Well, get rid of that spinach.

All

right.

Here's the omelet for you.

I'm not hungry anymore.

It's an egg. Then you eat it, goddammit!

I told you I'm not hungry. What the fuck?

All right, Gregory, how are you feeling?

Okay. I just wanted to go over some blood work with you.

I'll see you next week.

All right. Thank you.

See you.

Hey.

How'd it go?

Good.

Let's go eat.

Yeah, all right. Yeah.

The doctor didn't say anything that you need to know, okay?

Damn it. That cough doesn't sound good.

Hey, Frederick, you're so rich.

Why don't you eat at this diner?

Why do you always eat here?

My grandmother used to bring me here after service.

She passed?

Yeah, two years ago.

Mom, Dad?

No, I didn't know my father at all growing up. He wasn't around.

And my mother died of breast cancer when I was six.

My grandmother, that's who raised me.

That's who taught me, you know, to be a man.

She taught me to do good.

She sounds like my kind of lady.

I spent like every last dime I had burying her.

It was like all I could do.

Kind of been climbing out of debt ever since.

Well, I eat here because the gravy's thick

and the waitresses call you by your first name.

That's where it's at.

Took me 80 years to realize it, but that's where it's at.

Drink some water. Drink some water.

I'm keeping the baby.

I've decided.

Janetta.

You can't decide that on your own. I have family. I can.

And look, I'm not trying to mess up anything.

We got going. What the fuck are you talking about? First of all, do not

me. Second, I did not come here.

for your permission.

I just wanted to come and let you know what I have to say and that I apologize

for missing your statement.

Okay, listen, I respect you, Jeanette, and I respect your body, but do I not

have a say in any of this? Yeah, you got a say.

Do you just expect me to, you know, fucking throw my whole life away

right now because, you know, you're deciding to have a baby?

I'm going to go.

Look, Peyton, if you want to be in this child's life, you have that right.

But we both know what you're going to do.

So here's your permission.

But what's going on with you? Clearly there's something going on.

I fucked up.

And I got my ex pregnant.

Oh, here we are.

I don't know what to do, man.

You know, things are just turning around for me, Gregory. If Shannon found out

about this now, we'd be done for good.

Well, she's going to find out as soon as that child support kicks in.

Well, that's the one good thing is that Janetta, she's not tripping.

But Shannon...

It's a whole other conversation.

You're not going to raise your own child?

I mean, Janetta has... Look, I'm not asking you about fucking Janetta. I'm

asking you, are you going to abandon your own baby?

Abandon my own baby?

I mean, are you telling me that your own child is not as

important as some rich girl's pussy?

Don't talk about her. Here we go again. Another young black man making babies he

won't breed.

Fucking around.

Don't own up. Won't be a man.

Fuck you. Fuck me. Fuck me.

Hey, hey, hey. You okay?

Oh, my God.

Hey.

Come on. You got to get up.

Sorry.

Okay. All right. Here, lie down.

Lie down, lie down.

You should lay back a little more.

Just a little more.

Give me the elbow.

Give me the elbow.

Barbara.

I still remember.

She scored three times.

She's always been a badass, huh?

I don't know.

I wasn't around much.

You're a busy man.

Give me a drink.

Would you like to be

alone for this?

No, no, no.

You can stay.

Well, the test results from the biopsy came back and the cancer had

further than we anticipated.

You have... maybe five months.

Miss Barbara, he's your father. I mean, do you not want to be there? Do you not

want to take some time off work? I mean... Yes, I know he's my father, but

you to take care of him so that I don't have to.

Do you need more money, Peyton?

Because that's no problem.

He's very fond of you, okay?

He doesn't have a lot of time.

So...

Okay. Oh, baby, look at our little girl.

Oh, she's so beautiful.

Get a little closer.

There you go.

I can't believe it.

They look great to me.

Let's get Shannon's clothes now, okay?

Okay.

Wonderful. Wonderful.

Okay. You guys

look great.

Oh, thank you. She looks great.

Oh, no.

You clean up well.

Oh, thank you, ma 'am.

Yeah, you girls go ahead.

We can get the dishes, right?

Absolutely. Okay.

All right, all right.

All right.

I wash, you dry, or how do you want to do this? You pass them, I dump them.

Okay. Sounds good.

Let me tell you something, Peyton.

Something that you need to get used to.

You gotta do the dishes while she's showing off the jewelry that you bought

Okay? Just remember that. I don't know if they're just showing off jewelry back

there. They're probably deciding our fate, you know?

This is not some stupid infatuation.

I'm not childish enough to throw my life away on something like that.

I'm not saying that, but... But what? This is another pet project of mine?

You don't think so?

That is so classic of you.

Some men rise above their upbringing, and some don't.

He hasn't.

And what he's done, he'll probably do it again.

Well, all I'm trying to say is,

Oh, no, no, we got this, we got this.

That regardless what reservations I had about you, I'm glad you're part of the

family.

And if you guys ever need anything, don't be afraid to ask.

Well, I appreciate that. I appreciate that very much. Okay. And I want you to

know that I'm going to work very hard to give Shannon the life she deserves.

I promise you that.

Yeah, but we'll help.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

You're just going to stand there or you're going to sit down and eat?

Good night, Dad.

Oh, wait.

Wait.

I'm going to be dead by June.

Can't you just sit down and fucking eat with me?

There's onions in this.

So what? I don't eat those.

I don't want you just sitting here watching me. If you weren't going to

why didn't you sit down?

Because you told me to.

You don't do what I, you don't listen to me.

You're a dying old man.

You're barely in my fucking life.

I think you'd be happy if I were gone for good.

Now you want me in your fucking life?

Well, right.

You have never been there for me.

And it looks so good.

Yeah? Yeah.

And you look so good.

Yeah.

Yeah? I think I might be proud of it.

Okay. Well, I'm right behind you.

Hello?

Hi. Yeah.

Really? Really? Right now?

Okay.

I could be there in about 20 minutes.

Okay.

All right. Thank you. Bye.

Who was that?

That was Ms. Devereaux.

She said my direct deposit didn't go through and she wants to give me a

Now?

Yeah. I mean, she was pretty insistent. Yeah.

And I've been waiting on this check.

So you're going to go all the way to her office on a Sunday night?

To her office? Yeah, I am. I mean, I guess I could just wait till tomorrow,

but... No, no, no. You work for them.

I can wait.

All right, I'll be right back.

Hey, come on in. Okay, thank you.

Do you want some wine?

I was drinking a little earlier. I don't know if I should.

Okay, well, indulge me.

Just for a little time.

Okay.

Oh, and here's your check.

This is much more than usual.

I appreciate everything that you've been doing, Phil.

That's a little bit of a bonus.

Well, thank you. I really appreciate that.

That's great.

Do you have anything else that you need to be doing?

Okay, come have a drink with me.

I mean, you're always drinking with Gregory, right?

Well, I think he does most of the heavy lifting for us, you know.

I'm just there to keep him company.

Mm -hmm.

You know, my mom used to tell me that he's very

charming and handsome and funny even.

I mean, I don't see it.

Do you?

I don't know about handsome.

No, but he's a good person.

He's sharp.

What happened to your mother?

I was 19.

I was there for the whole thing. I saw the whole thing.

And then she was gone.

I think I know I'm working for Gregory Company.

Is that why you're so distant?

Because, you know, he reminds you of your mother.

It's a little bit more complicated than that.

We're more like business associates.

We're not nearly as close as you two are.

So I guess that makes me a little jealous.

No, I just think he sees a little bit of himself in me. That's all.

What, charming?

Funny?

Handsome.

I don't think we should.

Are you sure?

Yeah, I don't think this is a good idea.

I don't think we should do that.

That might get kind of complicated.

I think I should go.

I'm in love with someone else, and I think this would be a mistake.

Don't forget your check.

I'm sorry about your friend, Gregory.

There's always something in this life you didn't do.

Always something you didn't do.

I was surprised that Barbara took you to the service.

I was nice of her.

She didn't do it for me.

Why are you guys beefing, man?

Excuse me?

Why do the two of you have a problem? That's none of your business.

Has she ever been married before?

To Barbara?

She's too bitter of a woman.

Where the hell are you going?

I'm off.

And I got a couple errands I gotta run.

You alright?

And she'll let me come by.

No problem.

But, Jeanette, I don't want it to be like this between us.

You've got history.

And I know you can handle everything on your own, but...

I don't want to run away.

So you're not moving to New York?

I thought you might want it.

Peyton. Hey.

How you doing?

Uh, all right.

Yeah, you okay?

Yeah, um, just tired.

Yeah?

Well, I wanted to take you out if we can go out tonight. I wanted to just show

you something. No, I'm just, I had a really long day. I'm just really tired.

Just for a little while. I just wanted to take you somewhere and show you

something.

Come with me, please.

Just come with me, please.

Come on.

You know, my grandmother, she's still a mystery to me.

She'd bring us out here when I was little, and we would just stare out at

light for hours.

And I never knew why.

And when she was dying, I remember her telling me, Peyton, make something of

yourself.

Be somebody.

Get out of here.

And I'm going to miss it here, but not as much if I didn't have you, Shannon.

And I know that.

And I can't wait to marry you, baby.

I have to tell you something.

I know you've been cheating on me, Peyton.

What?

I checked your phone.

You're being genetic again.

Shannon, I haven't... I saw the text, Peyton, and I know that you have. Look

me.

I haven't been seeing Janetta again, okay?

Then why are you still talking to her?

Because she's pregnant.

And it's yours?

How do you know?

What do you mean? I don't know.

That baby could be anybody's.

She doesn't have anything, Peyton.

You are finally making real money.

Wake up. She is using you.

Using me for what?

To support a child that she cannot.

That's fucked up.

No, what's fucked up is that you are just now telling me she's pregnant.

Fine.

You have to get a paternity test.

You don't?

We're done.

My first child is not gonna be somebody else's.

I just want to get out of here.

What I'm gonna ask her for...

There's a paternity test.

Well, we all know the answer to that, don't we?

I love Shannon, Gregory, and we're getting married, all right?

And all I'm asking is for you to be there for me. That's it.

Is your newborn baby going to be there?

Are you going to be there or not?

I'll be God.

Damn, if I show up to that wedding.

You're making a terrible mistake, son.

Gregory, you don't know me.

I know you better than your own father.

He chose not to be in your life.

He chose not to do the right thing.

Don't make the same mistake, son.

You're not my father either.

No, I'm not.

You never had one.

And now neither will your kid.

Hello. This is Barbara.

Sorry I missed your call. I'll be back to you soon.

Oh shit.

I came as fast as I could.

I'm so sorry.

Is he all right?

He'll probably die a lot faster now.

Oh, my God, man. I don't know what I've done. Don't be emotional, Peyton. It's

unattractive. What?

It's my problem.

It's my father. You made that perfectly clear by vanishing in the middle of the

day. We got into an argument. Grumpy, shitty old men give their nurses hell

the time. I pay you to take it.

Was this about the other night, Barbara?

Mm -hmm.

Don't flatter yourself, Peyton.

Well, then what the hell is your problem?

My problem? Yeah. I mean, he's dying in the other room and you're sitting there

talking about him like that. There's no compassion or loyalty or love, anything.

I don't owe him any of that.

But he's your fucking father. He's my fucking father. He's my fucking father.

You spend a few months with him, have a couple of drinks, and now all of a

sudden he's the father of the year?

Well, guess what? He was never there for me.

He knocked up a waitress, bought her a house as far away from everyone as

possible.

I didn't even meet him until I was 19.

And my mother is dying.

In walks this man in a glorious suit who says to me, you're smart. You can be

something. Oh, and by the way, you're my daughter.

I guess he didn't have a son worth saving.

I changed my name to Devereux when my mother died.

So I don't owe him nothing.

Gregory.

You finally made it.

Is it true?

I couldn't reach the albums.

Is it true what Barbara just told me?

Oh, man, can't do nothing anymore.

Did you abandon her?

What? Did you abandon her?

Everything she is is thanks to me.

Oh, you're the same, baby.

Can't keep your dick in your pants. Fuck you and all your moral bullshit,

Gregory, okay?

Listen. No, I'm not some fucking maniac riding around here banging waitresses

and leaving them. I'm just trying to thank you for making the same mistake I

did. No, you're a liar, and you're a hypocrite, and you're a cheat, and

looking for somebody to handle all your old things, and it's not me.

Get out.

I'm done, man.

Get out.

I mean, yeah, you're moving on now. You ain't got the money.

But Peyton, the last thing you need to do is be yelling at some old dying man.

Especially this one who does a lot for you.

I think you should go back.

Janetta.

What is it?

I want a paternity test.

Yeah, I mean, it's not that I don't trust you or anything, but I think

lot of legal liabilities with this and...

It'd be best if we both just knew for sure.

Did she ask you this?

No. She told you to ask me that. No, I'm asking you that. I want to ask you

that.

It seems like it's coming from out of nowhere. That's why I don't...

Fuck you, Peyton.

Janetta.

Janetta. Janetta.

Janetta.

Don't talk to me. I'm trying to talk to you, Janetta. Come on.

Janetta, stop fucking walking away. Don't fucking annoy me. I'm not trying

talk to you. Not anymore.

Oh, really? You don't want to talk to me? No. You don't want to talk to me?

text me every single day asking to come see me and asking me to figure your baby

bump. That's because I want you to be in his life. And I'm trying to give you

the opportunity.

No, you're trapping me.

I'm not trapping. What are you going to say? I'm trying to trap you? You're

trapping me into being a fucking father. You're guilt tripping me into being a

father. I'm not ready to be a father, Janetta. Did I do this shit myself?

Is that what you think?

I don't want to be a father.

Wow.

Well, get the fuck off my car.

Get the fuck off my car.

Get off my car.

You coming at me like I'm some whore.

And you know me longer than that. And your grandma would be so ashamed with

right now.

You don't even fucking care.

You know I hate you.

Get off my nerves.

No, just run. That's what you mean.

Fuck you, Peyton.

I got the test.

Really?

Yeah.

And it was negative.

Yeah? Yeah.

I'm so sorry, baby, because I know I fucked up.

And I love you, Shannon.

Shit.

Piss.

You shouldn't have to do that.

Yeah, well, stop driving every fucking nurse away.

Help me.

Help me. Can't you see I'm dying?

What are you saying?

What are you saying?

Why are you in here?

I didn't realize they have so many problems.

So you're gonna go, right?

It would be the right thing.

Yeah.

I'm sorry.

That's what I wanted to say.

I'm sorry, too.

Well, good.

You should be.

So, yeah.

You're still gonna marry that girl, huh?

It's worth taking a shot.

I met Barbara's mother in a little

diner called The Serving Spoon.

She called me by my first name.

Smiled.

A big smile.

Her name was Diana.

I wonder what she thought about when she was dying.

I wonder if she... If she was afraid.

If she blamed me.

I didn't give her a thing.

Are you afraid to die?

You gotta give to get, Peyton.

You're a good kid.

You might be a good man. I don't know.

It doesn't have to be like this.

You don't have to. to be sorry.

Is it weird to beat yourself?

You guys figure out your shit yet?

Are you coming back?

I'm moving, Barbara. I'm getting married.

I see.

And you came here knowing all that.

Well, it wasn't about that.

About what?

You feel better about yourself?

For letting him fall.

For leaving when he needed you.

Barbara.

He's sorry.

No, he's not.

He's never been sorry for anything his entire life.

But what if he is?

What if for the first time in his life he is sorry?

Wouldn't you love that? Isn't that what you want?

For that old motherfucker to be sorry?

Come in and see him, Barbara.

You know?

Just come in and just see him.

You like seeing me like this, don't you?

It makes you feel good.

seen it before, Gregory?

No.

Of course you have.

He's held it over my head for decades.

Like I killed her mother.

I didn't give her cancer.

I didn't do that.

Just tell her what you want to tell her.

He's not going to say it.

This is the last chance.

He'll die before he does.

You're not going to have another chance.

I wasted my life.

I wasted my life not loving you.

Not being there for you.

And it's my loss.

I lost my whole life.

I'm sorry to you.

I'm sorry to your mother.

Barbara.

I'm dying.

You don't have to forgive me.

I don't forgive myself.

But...

It feels like the real thing, huh? It sure does. It sure does.

Have a drink.

It's going to take them a couple more hours to get ready and we'll head on

I'm actually going to get a cup of coffee. Do you want to join me?

Hello? Hey.

He's gone.

Dad's gone.

Are you with him?

The whole time?

Yep, the whole time.

Well, I'm just glad that I was able to be here to walk him through.

Thank you.

Hey, Peyton, what are you doing here? I need to talk to Shannon, please.

Do you really need to do this now? I need to talk to you.

Okay.

Just give us a sec.

Is everything okay? What's going on?

Gregory passed away.

I want to do right by you.

But I lied about the baby.

It's mine.

And I know it's mine.

And I love you and I want to marry you.

But I also want to be in my child's life.

No.

No? No. You... You have to choose, Peyton.

It is either me and the family we're going to have together or that.

I want a life with you.

That's all I want. I told you, I cannot... I can't have... I can't have a

that is not mine.

No.

And I can't have a child that I'm not there for. No, this is supposed to be

What are you talking about, Peyton?

I didn't have a father.

I can't do that to my kid.

Don't you understand?

I can't abandon my child.

It's not fair.

I didn't have a father, Shannon.

That hurt.

That hurt.

I'm not going to do that. I'm sorry.

Now, one thing to remember, Gregory, to always leave a good tip.

You always say that.

Well, when are you going to start doing it?

Don't you think it's time maybe you get a job?

I'm only five.

That's true. That's true.

All right, well, let's keep going. I got to take you back to see your mama,

okay? Mm -hmm.

All right.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Would you like a refill?

Oh, no, I'm okay. Thank you so much. Thanks, Peyton. We'll see you again

Okay, we'll see you.

Uh -oh.

What color?

Woo!

Blue.