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- Hola! - Hola!

It's so beautiful!

I hope Daddy comes out.

We all out here vacationing.

Vince is here for his birthday.

-Really? - Yeah, and Logan.

- But this a family trip. - Yeah, it's a family trip.

I can't believe Tamar invited her husband to Mexico.

I told y'all he was coming.

- No, no, no, no, no. - I did.

I think he sees us. Secret.

Why they here? This is our vacation.

And they're invading my space?

I'm shocked as (bleep).

My dad brought his wife to Mexico.

Am I angry? Absolutely. So, I'm out of here.

Okay, I invited Dad and his wife to dinner.

Hey, Dad!

- Hey. - How are you?

I think we should clear the air.

Trina got married, "Daddy, you can come,

but you can't bring your wife."

Miss Wanda said, "Go, get married with your daughter."

Daddy, do you know that makes it worse?

Miss Wanda, we owe you an apology.

- Really, y'all. - We thought it was 'cause of you.

Dad didn't come to my wedding and walk me down the aisle

because he made a choice not to.

You just gotta choose your kids!

-Tamar-- - Over whatever!

I mean, I was a little taken aback when Toni had said

she had invited Dad's wife to come.

♪ We are the Braxtons and you'll see ♪

♪ We are not like an ordinary family ♪

♪ Toni, Traci, Towanda, Trina, Tamar, and Miss E ♪

♪ Will teach you a thing or two ♪

♪ On "Braxton Family Values." ♪

Last night got pretty intense.

This morning, I'm feeling...

a little congested, to be honest.

So, Toni, before you walked up,

Tamar was asking us about last night.

I was glad Daddy came.

I was glad I invited he and his wife.

I'm glad we all agreed, and I'm glad we talked.

Well, what had made you invite her, though?

'Cause we've never sat down and talked

to both of them eve.

And Daddy said how he really felt,

we know what really happened and we see...

Okay, we talk to Miss Wanda.

We found out it wasn't all her.

According to him last night,

she wasn't even gonna go in the first place.

It was like, "I'm making this choice based on the fact

that you're not gonna tell me what to do."

It was something that he did on his own recognizance,

and it had absolutely nothing to do with her.

I felt that devastation for me,

and I felt the devastation for Trina.

So, it was like a double...

- Entendre. - Yeah, a double enten-- a double entendre, darling.

Last night, I really felt like she got gut punched.

I felt like she absolutely had no idea.

- She got thrown under the bus. - She got blindsided.

-That's what went on. - She was blindsided.

And I have to be honest, she's not my favorite person

in the world, don't misunderstand me,

but at that moment, I felt like she was gut punched.

She was completely shocked when Toni made the statement,

"Hey, we thought that Daddy wasn't coming

because you didn't want him to come."

She was shocked. We seen her face!

- I seen it, too, Traci. - She dropped.

Daddy was playing bowling ball with her

and threw her under the bus so many times.

It's so much easier to blame the other person

and not blame your loved one.

It's so easy to do that because history has shown in the past

that it's always been the woman whispering in the man's ear.

But in this case, it was my father

making his own choices.

We're women, we're always so quick to blame each other.

I ain't blaming her.

She has her role in there, but Dad was a man,

and he kind of upset her.

But the whole point of the matter is,

what I'm saying, you cannot underestimate

the power of a woman's mind.

And I'm telling you,

when she get him alone, baby, it ain't just,

"Oh, yeah, go ahead on.

Get your life with your ex-wife and your family."

Ain't no woman in America gon' ever be comfortable with that.

But listen, there's also that manipulative man

who has power that's the best, like, pillow talk, baby.

I think it was ready unfair for Daddy to let us all

blame Miss Wanda for him not coming to our wedding,

but, you know, this might be a little shade,

and I'm sorry, but at the end of the day,

as a woman, why wouldn't you even say, "You know what?

You need to be there for your daughter"?

I also can't forget... who...

the woman is, it's the same woman.

No, not dismissing that. I am not dismissing that.

This has nothing to do with her.

- The whole situation last night... -It do.

...absolutely had nothing to do with Dad's wife.

- It had everything to do-- - A little bit her.

What I'm saying is open up the gap of communication

of how we're gonna deal with dealing with Daddy...

- And his wife. - ...and know that this is an issue.

I don't know anything about my sisters and Miss Wanda.

But I'm going to respect Miss Wanda

because that's who my father married.

I think that we only blamed her.

That's what I'm saying. I only blamed her until last night.

I was like, "My daddy's a man like every other man, huh?"

- Dang. - Exactly.

My dad is a man.

Nobody is absolving her of her part at all.

But it's both of them. It takes two to tango.

- It takes two to play tennis. - And that's the bottom line.

No, neither one of y'alls off the hook for, you know,

the things that has transpired

and for the absence that we all have felt.

I think last night, I was faced with the truth.

- That? - That we are not

Dad's number one priority.

Yesterday was devastating for me

because I'm like, "Well, hot damn,

I didn't know that."

Last night I got the truth and I got the honesty out,

and the truth wasn't easy to hear,

- but it was the truth. - Necessary.

But he's my dad. I love him.

All I want to do is just enjoy the time that we have with him

because time is a very, very, very short thing.

Now that I've slept on the information about Daddy

choosing not to come to my wedding

because it was his choice and not his wife's,

I feel like I now have all the answers

that I was looking for so many years ago.

Now I have closure about the situation.

I've cried about it, and it was 14 years ago,

and now I can sleep soundly every night.

I feel very blessed and fortunate we have each other.

We might fuss. We may fight.

But that's our family. That's really how I feel.

Our parents are getting older,

and I feel like we gotta start forgiving,

and in some cases, even forgiving Miss Wanda.

It's important.

It means getting to spend more time with my dad,

and I'm feeling very fortunate that we're all here.

No one's six feet under. So, does it really matter?

It hurts, yes, but does it really matter?

So, you know... today's Vince's birthday.

So, we're gonna have, like, a little cocktail party.

I flew some people in.

Because the sisters talking about family, you know, like,

we are Vince's family

as much as he works on everybody's nerves.

That's family, you know?

He only has one sister and, you know,

two brothers left.

He doesn't have any parents, and so, you know, it's--

birthdays and things like that that are celebratory

about life is real important, you know, to him,

- and so... - So, Daddy's coming?

I don't know. I have to invite him.

- Is his wife coming? - ♪ No, no, no, no, no... ♪

You're not invit-- we're gonna do that again?

"Dad, you can come, but you can't bring your wife?"

Well, I don't know about that.

I ain't re-- (bleep) it, I ain't ready!

I'm just gonna be a honey. I ain't ready.

I'm sorry. Sorry, not really.

But I ain't ready, oka?

So, you gotta bring your ass by yourself, I'm sorry.

- Well, that's honest. - I mean, I'm sorry, hell.

Tamar is meeting with Daddy, and Toni is actually

laying by the pool, isn't that something?

But the rest of us

are indeed going out to do something fun

to get our minds off of last night.

- Hola! - Hola!

- Hola, hola! - Thank you!

- How are you, ladies? - Great, how are you?

- We're ready to zip line! - Yeah.

- Let's do this. - All right, let's do this.

Vamanos! Vamanos!

Today we are going zip lining at the Canopy River,

and I am so excited because I always wanted to do this.

Vamanos.

So, hang on. I'll help you with this. What is your name?

- Trina. - Trina, my name is Omar, okay, you met me before.

I'm gonna help you with the gear now, okay?

- Mm-hmm. - Just like this, just so you'll look cool, okay?

- Okay. These are clean, right? Mm-hmm. - Yeah.

Okay, amiga, you're just gonna slide your right foot through the loop.

You can lean on my shoulder if you need to.

There you go, please pull it up to your waist.

He has to touch really closely around my pocketbook,

and I'm just like, "Wait, now, you know, you a little cute,

and it's been a long time since..."

Please let me know if it's too tight.

Doesn't have to be, but snug is right.

Trina is definitely crushing on this zip line instructor.

'Cause he is cute. He is a cute, young boy.

He's not my taste. He's Trina's taste. We know why.

This is just in case the monkeys jump on you, okay, later.

- Are there monkeys? - We are the monkeys.

- Okay. - We are the monkeys today, okay?

- Okay. - That's for you.

Wait a minute, I look like I got camel hoof now.

- Really, Traci? - What is that? Oh.

- He said, "What is that?" - He said, "Oh."

-How does that feel? - Good.

Good? Okay, ladies, let's do it.

Everybody know I can't have anything real tight

when you sit and rub.

Maybe I'll have a good time up in the air zip lining.

- I am so excited about doing this. -I know.

- Gonna be super fun. - Yes, it is.

Oh, my goodness. We're gonna do it!

Okay, this is really about to happen?

I'm really gonna do this, I'm really gonna be

above the trees on some wire that might snap?

I'm like, "Wait, wait, wait, wait.

How much does this little wire hold?"

Okay, okay, okay. I need a Valium.

I wish the other girls were here to do it with us.

Yeah, but we know Toni wasn't gonna do it.

- Yeah. - And Tamar, she's planning Vince's birthday party.

- Mm. - So, that might be why she wasn't able to come.

I'll be honest, I'm feeling some sort of way a little bit about that.

Is Wanda invited to the gathering?

I don't feel like my dad has to come with a package deal!

That's a simple yes or no.

This was supposed to be the Braxton vacation,

and not the Herbert vacation.

I think it's extremely selfish of Tamar

to invite Vince here for a birthday party

because that's not what we're here for.

Are you going to go to Vince's birthday party?

I wish the other girls were here to do it with us.

Yeah, but we know Toni wasn't gonna do it.

- Yeah. - And Tamar, she's planning Vince's birthday party.

- Mm. - So, that might be why she wasn't able to come.

I'll be honest, I'm feeling some sort of way

- a little bit about that. -Mm-hmm.

- This was supposed to be a sisters trip. - Sisters trip, yeah.

How it turn into Tamar, Vincent, and Logan family holiday?

If I knew it was gonna be a family trip,

- I would've brought my kids. -

You know, it does make me frustrated

that Tamar made this her family vacation

without checking with everyone since, you know,

I would have loved to have brought Braxton

and Brooke here, you know?

Especially because I'm going through this divorce

and a custody battle, it just would have been great

to have my kids here.

Oh.

-They call me Speedy Gonzalez. - Ooh.

One of the fastest zip lines, okay, in Puerto Vallarta.

Grab the handle. Sit down. Lean back.

- Are you ready? -Yeah!

Enjoy it. See you tomorrow.

Whoo-hoo!

Look at that. That's beautiful.

As I'm grabbing onto the little bars

and I'm shooting through the air,

I really feel like a superhero, I do.

- Speedy Gonzalez, hon. -Speedy Gonzalez.

- Launch. - Whoo!

Whoo!

Oh, it's beautiful.

I'm just like, "Oh, my goodness.

Look at the trees. Look at the different colors.

Look at the water. Look how high I am.

Hope I don't fall."

Oh, (bleep) thingy. Oh, the pod--

Speedy Gonzalez!

It's like almost having, like, sex in the air.

Oh, my God.

Coming in hot! Coming in-- oh!

Help me, help me.

Oh, my God!

"Help me, help me, help me."

-It's the stopping. - Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.

I had to put my eyes closed.

I thought I was gonna have a heart at--

I was going into cardiac arrest.

Why is your heart going so fast?

- Wow. - I've never been up that height before.

- That was so much fun. - I had a blast.

When Traci said, "Help me!"

Help me! Help me!

- Help me! - Right.

I'm gonna get you a cocktail, Trina.

- Okay. - And Traci one.

'Cause my heart is palpitating. Whoo.

- Palpitating. - Hey, look, it's doing everything.

It's double dutching, palpitating, "papitating"...

- Traci, hush. - ...Pepto-Bismol. It's doing everything.

Papa.

Hey, baby.

So, I'm gonna talk to my dad one-on-one

and ask him politely

that he not bring Miss Wanda for Vince's birthday

based upon what happened yesterday.

But I'm not really sure how he's gonna take it.

- How are you? - Getting better each day.

And you're getting pretty each day.

- Oh, why, thank you. - You are.

Well, Daddy, it was important for me to have my own

separate conversation with you because I felt like

I wanted you to be very clear on my position

- and where I'm coming from. - Okay.

That... my emotional outburst

was not a result of me thinking

you are a bad father.

It was just because I was stunned.

When I heard that some of the choices

that were being made

- wasn't because... - Miss Wanda.

...Miss Wanda, I don't know how this may sound to you.

I almost wish it was Miss Wanda's fault.

Because that would make it easier to swallow.

Right or wrong, I took a stand.

I'm not holding you hostage to your past.

I wanna move forward with our relationship now.

I love you. I respect you, you know?

Whatever mistakes you made, you know, along the way, I forgive you for them.

I can only love you, and I can only love Mommy

and be here for y'all forever for whatever you need.

What you need to hear, your parents love you.

- I know. - Your parents love you to death, Tamar.

And there you have it, and speaking of love,

you know, it's Vince's birthday.

I'm gonna have a birthday dinner for Vince.

It would not be complete if you were in town

and you didn't come to his party.

Since it is Vincent's birthday

and you're gonna be celebrating...

Your mother's not in town.

Wanda's here with m.

Is she invited to the gathering?

See, Daddy, here's the thing.

That's a simple yes or no.

It's not simple. And I wish it was.

If I tell you yes...

I don't know if I mean that.

And it's not that I have anything against,

you know, Miss Wanda.

- I'm just not ready. - So, where does that leave me?

I just want you to understand.

- I am not ready, Dad. - You're telling me you can't

give people a ray of hope?

I'm not gonna sit here and act like

I am comfortable with something when I'm not and say,

"Oh, yeah, it's okay, just come on, everybody.

Let's be a happy family," when it's not like that.

It's not like that, Dad.

- I wish it was. I want it to be. - No, I'm just saying to you--

But I cannot be,

and what you're asking me to be is fake.

I cannot and will not.

It's not that I can't be around my dad's wife,

it's not like that, it's just that it's tense.

And everybody is tense, you know?

And I don't feel like my dad has to come with a package deal!

I don't feel that way.

You know what our problem is?

We talk at each other. We don't talk to each other.

You know, I found out things about your life.

Had no idea until you really sat down

and really talked and did this.

- Listen? - And listened

without making a comment about it.

And that's all. That's all, it's listening.

That's your wife.

And I know you guys have been together a long time.

But you have to give us...

time to be comfortable with it.

I ain't comfortable with it right now.

- I'm not saying that I don't-- oh, my God. - It's been 16 years.

You can't put time on hurt.

When you hurt somebody, they're hurting until the day they're not hurt no more.

If that was the case, Mommy would not be hurt still!

Sixteen years this has happened, and guess what?

It hasn't gotten any further yet.

We're not where we were 16 years ago.

Are we? Nope.

Not. We're not where we were five years ago.

We're this close, but I'm just asking you

to hold on and hold on to your faith

that we will get there, 'cause why?

I want to get there.

And I want to get there, too, Tamar.

I don't have another 16 years.

We're gonna get there.

I just don't know if I'm ready, Daddy.

- It's a lot, you know? - Okay.

Okay, well, just say that, no,

you're not comfortable with her being there right now.

I would rather for Tamar to be honest and say,

"I would rather for her not to come,

or to be at certain functions."

I don't care if Tamar hangs out with Miss Wanda.

But, you know, I just want them to just

embrace one another, recognize that everybody

has something to offer to everyone.

The whole thing and Miss Wanda and I's relationship,

it was never done to hurt y'all.

And I don't want Wanda to come in

to take the place of your mother,

and she don't want to do that.

All she wants to do is number one,

to see me happy, and then a second thing,

my relationship with y'all to be a good one.

We can always agree

that there's hope for the future.

And I'm here for the future. And I love you.

And I'm so glad you're here, Daddy.

I'm glad to be her.

Where do we go now?

Let's just have a peaceful family night

with your kids and me, your son-in-law,

and a few surprises.

That's it.

I don't know where my sisters are. They were invited.

I'm a little disappointed that I didn't see my sisters.

I know it was probably tense

and want to know why I brought Miss Wanda down.

Don't get me wrong. That's your wife.

It was supposed to have been a family trip.

- ♪ Hey, guys ♪ - Hey, Trin.

- Hi. - Hi.

Trina and I are meeting up to have some drinks and relax

before we head back home tomorrow,

and I wanna find out what she's thinking

about this birthday party tonight.

The zip lining was a lot of fun.

It was a little bit of hiking.

- It was so much fun. - It was.

And the instructor was so cute.

- It's the harnesses. - It was nice.

I mean, he was Trina's type.

And, you know, I'm not trying to be like Stella

and get my groove back 'cause, you know,

I've never, you know, delved into it like that.

But, you know, he was dateable.

I don't think that Mexico is a good place

or the forum to have a conversation,

but we have to have a conversation

about how this was supposed to be the Braxton vacation

and not the Herbert vacation.

Yeah, I mean, because, I mean, I didn't know

it was gonna be that kind of family vacation.

My-- I mean, I would've brought my sons.

And now she's having a birthday party for Vince.

- I don't think that's cool. - Yes.

I think it's extremely selfish of Tamar

to invite her husband Vince here for a birthday party

because that's not what we're here for.

Are you going to go to Vince's birthday party?

No, probably not.

Let's do dinner or something later.

Oh, dinner's fun.

Puerto Vallarta was absolutely beautiful,

but I feel like we need to do

a do over with just the sisters,

not Mommy, not Daddy, and definitely not his wife,

not Tamar's family, but if we're going to do that,

let's bring everybody's families.

The big night is finally here,

my birthday party for Vincent V. Herbert.

I even have, like, a few surprises

in store for his birthday.

I just hope tonight goes well.

-Oh, this is gorg. -This is really beautiful.

- Well, hello, birthday boy! -Well, hello!

Hi, TC. Mwah!

Our friends really wanted to be part of his birthday,

so I decided I would invite Vince's family out.

Most of them couldn't come, but Diandre,

my friend from New York-- he's Vince's friend, too, now--

and Troy, just, you know, some of our really,

really close friends came just to,

you know, celebrate his birthday.

The only person I really needed here was you.

- Well, I'll always be here. - That was a cheap kiss.

- I didn't want you to mess up, you know. - The cheek was fine.

Every number is a big number for Vince.

Vince was not really supposed to be here.

He almost died a couple years ago.

So, we make a big deal out of each other's birthdays

because, you know, the rug was almost snatched from both of us.

Thank you guys for coming.

Your wife put all this together.

She's an amazing woman.

Should we start off the night by some shots?

Yeah, let's do it!

I don't know where my sisters are. They were invited.

I thought that we were all gonna have dinner--

a family dinner together and, like...

I'm a little disappointed that I didn't see my sisters,

but tonight does not belong to them.

Tonight belongs to my man.

So, cheers again!

- All right, cheers. - Yeah, cheers to--

- What are we cheersing to? -It's a new year.

I feel a completely new, different vibe

and a new, different spirit.

All that stuff I stood for last year,

I'm not standing for this year.

If there ain't nothing good to say

don't say nothing at all 'cause I'm gonna say

something back to you, and matter of fact,

keep it to yourself, we don't even wanna hear it.

Vincent V. Herbert is really speaking the word right now,

and at this point, all that matters

is that he's having a good time

and I am here for my man.

Happy bir--

♪ Happy birthday to you... ♪

Oh, that's for later.

Happy birthday to my best friend

and cheers to...

not having Trump be President of Mexico.

Amen!

- Happy birthday, friend! -Vince, I have some special guests for you.

- Oh! - Aw!

It's Dad and Cutie!

I am the best wife in the world.

You are.

This is super perfect-- Daddy is late

because he's brought Vince's big birthday surprise.

It's his brother Cutie who came all the way to Mexico

from New Jersey just to celebrate Vince's birthday.

God, won't he do it?

I don't know if you all knew this,

but when I met Vince...

me and my dad was estranged.

And he said, "Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold up.

I can't date you if your dad is here

and you don't have a relationship with him.

Like, that's a problem."

And I've never told you this, but I really,

truly thank you for standing up and being a real man.

Because he really did help facilitate

the relationship between my dad and I.

So, thank you... for that.

Because I missed my dad, and I love my dad.

Vince and I, we love each other.

And I'm grateful for him, the way he always tried

to bring harmony in the family,

and he loves to see

a family that gets along together.

Honestly, I don't like all this son-in-laws and all of this.

If that's your husband, that's my son, too.

And even if they divorce, guess what?

That don't stop my relationship with my in-laws.

And I appreciate you, and I thank both of y'all

for giving me a grandson, and I just wish you,

Vincent, a happy birthday,

and I pray that you have many more birthdays to come.

-Amen. - Thank you, Pop.

Now is the time for my final surprise of the evening.

Oh, my God, Vince is going to love this.

- Vince, look, that's for you. -Wow.

It's not somebody else's fireworks.

These are yours.

This birthday is amazing. Fireworks is amazing.

I'm the best wife in the world.

You can't out wife me ever. Don't try.

I don't know too many people who get over divorce.

I'm so super worried about my mother's feelings

and my dad's feelings.

He did make a life-altering decision.

How do you think everything went in Mexico?

I don't think it's gonna be a fun conversation.

Every year-- this is a true story.

And I use Gaga for an example.

It was her birthday. We was in London.

and Mr. Charles, she had a cake.

We wished to sell 10 million albums.

And I said, "everybody make a wish, stick your hand

in the cake and eat the cake."

We all have to look in each other's eyes while we do it.

Your wish will come true. I promise.

We've been doing it every single year,

and every single year, it has come to pass.

Am I lying? It's like a vision board.

But in a cake form. Let's come around the cake.

You guys ready? We gotta dig our hands in this cake.

- Take your hands. - Have you never done this?

Everybody dig their hand in the cake.

- Take a bite. - Every year, ready?

Okay, ready?

- One... - Two, three!

There you go! Look at each other in the eyes.

- Oh, my God. - Vincent, look at me, brother.

I don't like this (bleep) cake.

Boy, that was good!

Daddy, this is one of my favoritest places.

- Hey, guys, how are you? Welcome to J. King's. - Hi.

Since we got back from Mexico,

I wanted my dad and I, you know,

we're having some one-on-one time.

I'm still trying to get my bearings straight

from Puerto Viagra.

"Puerto Viagra"?

Puerto Viagra.

You know, I wasn't quite sure if I was going.

I don't understand if you invite me,

that means I can come but with no one else.

Daddy, like I said, don't get me wrong. That's your wife.

It was supposed to have been a family trip.

- Tamar brought her spouse and her child. - I know.

I know it was probably tense and you want to know why

I brought Miss Wanda down there with me.

But you know, I had my foot problem.

I don't want to come alone anymore

because I'm not able to handle it.

And it was a nice place for a vacation,

and I wanted her there with me.

I can't keep not going places because your mama's there.

I didn't know till after your mother left.

I don't know why she left.

I don't like to see her hurting.

And I'm sorry that she's having these feelings

and she can't get past it.

All I want to do is to bring peace.

And perhaps one day--

Lord-- Evelyn and Wanda could sit down

and have a conversation and hash some things out.

But I don't want that.

I don't want to hurt and continue to hurt.

When do we stop the bleeding?

How do we stop the bleeding?

The Bible tell us about forgiveness.

If you want your heavenly father to forgive you,

then you gotta forgive others.

We've been home from Mexico for a few days now,

and honestly, I can't stop thinking

about everything that happened during this trip.

I'm so super worried about my mother's feelings

and my dad's feelings,

what my sisters are feeling, and I just wonder

if this was a step forward in our relationship

and not a step back.

What's going on?

You know, I'm just really thinking about Mexico and, like...

I don't know too many people who get over divorce, a family.

I think that...

I've just been in denial, if I'm honest with myself.

He said the reason why he didn't come

to Trina wedding

was because he felt like he had to put his foot down.

That's the first time I actually heard that,

that was a choice that he made

and not an ultimatum that she gave him.

That's devastating.

You know, I really love my dad,

but I'd be lying if I didn't admit to a little heartbreak.

I mean, I forgive my dad for everything,

but I can still be in shock.

Things had to be said.

Things had to, you know, come to the surface.

And I feel like I better understand

him and his wife's relationship.

Can I ask you one personal question?

And I hope you don't take it the wrong way.

Do you feel like...

all of this stuff that goes on

gets in the way of you and your dad relationship

while he's here on this Earth?

Yeah, it gets in the way,

but he did make a life-altering decision.

That tries to interrupt and become an issue,

- but you gotta control that. - Yeah, but here's the thing.

But he wants us to think and feel highly

of the situation, and that's just never going to happen.

It's never gonna happen because of the way it happened,

and we are all women, and that's our mother.

My dad is a good dad.

He just made a few bad decisions.

I do see a lot of effort that my dad has made

to be more present in me and my sisters' lives now,

and that can go a long way in mending our relationships.

I wasn't ready to celebrate your birthday with just he

and his wife knowing my mom's not gonna be there

because you have to understand, I always have to--

to make sure I'm being respectful.

- 'Cause that's your... Exactly. - 'Cause that's my mama.

And, you know, he didn't bring her, and I get it.

But how amazing was the fireworks, though?

Fireworks were unbelievable.

Like, how did you have time to do that?

In another foreign country?

When you're a good woman like me, you find the time, okay?

All right?

I just wish my sisters would have seen it.

I think they missed out on a magical night with Dad

because the things that he said about you

and how he feels about his family,

it was really beautiful.

- You know what I mean? - Yeah, that was really nice.

And it could have been... helpful.

'Cause the way we left dinner that night,

it felt like everybody was in they feelings.

Yeah, so my leg is sleeping.

So, what needs to happen is I need to get on your back.

- You think you can carry me? - Come on. Yep.

Now, I might be the same weight as you.

Can you carry your weight?

You are not 200 pounds.

- Almost I think. - Okay, get on.

Now that I'm the thick one in the relationship.

You-- ooh, Lord Jesus.

Step on the rocks and get on my back.

Whoo.

Okay, ready?

Oh, don't-- don't go that-- okay.

I'm not going that way. What are you talking about?

You gotta stop trying to control everything.

- I'm not, I'm just saying. - You are so.

You're just such a controller.

-Hello. -Whoo!

Good afternoon, ladies. How we doing today?

- Fantastical. How are you? - What's your name?

- Sadrian. - "Sadrian"?

- Sadrian, mm-hmm. - I would like a really fruity drink, no alcohol.

So, I would like pineapple juice

and, like, pomegranate juice mixed.

I'm gonna drink. Punch sounds good.

- You wanna do the punch? - I'm gonna try the punch.

All right.

This is going to be the first time

Trina and I see Mommy

since she abruptly left Mexico,

and we really wanna see if she's okay

and how she's dealing

with the shock of what happened,

but I don't think it's gonna be

a fun conversation.

That's for sure.

- Trina? I'm ask you a question. - Yes, Towanda?

- Mm-mm. - You wanna wait for your cocktail?

No, ask me the question and I'll tell you if I have to.

How do you think everything went in Mexico?

That made me feel hoodwinked.

Why they have to come? No, they can't come.

That's not her family.

That's enough, for God sakes!

How do you think everything went in Mexico?

That made me feel hoodwinked because it was supposed to be

a sister vacation, a time that we needed together

- to rebond-- - But how did it turn into everything else?

- Everything else-- I don't-- Towanda-- - Who--

- I didn't get that memo. - I don't know. I didn't get that memo.

And I'm gonna tell you, that's not what

- I was there for. - Yeah.

- So, we know Mommy's coming, right? - Mm-hmm.

So, how do you wanna handle talking to Mommy about Daddy?

- Uh... - 'Cause that was a--

that was a sensitive situation, in a way.

- Yeah, you be very careful-- - You know? That's what...

Okay, I'll let you start. I'll let you start.

- No, I'll let you start. - Why?

Nope. Because you're the oldest.

- I'm not the oldest of the sisters. - You're oldest of this table.

Every time I bring up Daddy, she gets upset.

She makes that face.

So, I mean, I don't even know

how this conversation's gonna work out because she--

- Why can't you do it? - No.

- Why? - Nope.

Trina, that's not even fair. Hey, Mama!

- Hey, lady. - Hey, you.

Oh, my God, I don't want my back to the fire.

You better be all late, leathered up

- like "Eddie Murphy Raw." - What, you got a hot date

after we leave here or something?

No, girl, all I got is Jesus.

And look at your nails. Look at your nails.

Bling, bling. Bling, bling.

- Claw! -They're great.

You know I have beautiful long nail beds.

I like mine, they're cut low.

Let me see you.

You know, you have, uh...

Everybody can't have my nails.

Somebody have to take care of them after they dead,

for God's sake, not that your nails are bad.

Ooh, I take that back.

I got the worst nail beds.

- Me and Trina was just talking about Mexico. - Oh.

How it was supposed to be a Braxton family vacation,

and it turned to a Herbert family vacation.

Oh.

You talking about your sister

bringing her husband.

- That wasn't cool. - It is what it is.

Let it go!

Stop holding on to grudges, for God's sake.

- Keep it moving. - And keep it moving.

Ain't nobody mad except for them.

- No, 'cause I-- there's no anger. - How about that?

I should go talk to Tamar.

However, let me just tell you something.

Why do it? Nothing's gonna change.

You know what I mean? So, I'm just gonna let it go.

Mommy, have you recuperated?

- From? -Daddy and his wife showing up.

You know, yes, I have.

Yeah.

- What's wrong? - Nothing.

Why you shut dow?

But look, Mommy, we-- I hated the fact that you, um...

I understand that you left Mexico.

Well, it was time to go.

I left Mexico because I did not want to have my vacation

with Michael and his wife.

Why does she feel the need to be there?

That's not her family.

And why is she so readily to just jump wherever I am?

That tells me something is wrong with that picture.

That tells me she's not happy.

That tells me they are miserable.

I pray for them. I pray for Michael.

I pray for his wife because life is too short.

You don't have to be in my face

and in my company.

If it was for the sisters and me

and y'all invited me along with it,

I didn't see why we had all the extra.

Why they have to come? No, they can't come.

This is the Braxtons...

not everybody else that think they are or wanna be.

Everyone who thinks they are or wants to be?

No, that's enough, for God sakes.

They feel left out.

And so they're fighting for a place there,

and they making a mess!

You have to respect this family as a family!

'Cause that would make you tired and say,

- "I can't do this no more." - I can't do it no more.

So, that's why you were like, "I have to go."

I gotta go. I gotta go. I can't do it no more.

Everybody going along with the punches.

Everybody going along with the program.

I'm like, "Come on now, but everybody,

no, I don't wanna hurt that woman's feeling."

Hurt feelings!

Because they don't have any problems hurting yours.

I think that's there's some... residue of hurt

and pain with Mommy and Daddy,

not so much of the anger or the resentment.

Just the hurt and the pain is still there.

Like... I think that's just--

maybe she will never get over it.

So, if anybody brought them in to get my reaction,

I have no reaction.

'Cause I'm not in for a whole lot of foolishness.

Those days are over, gone, kaput.

I'm not sure if this brung up some bad memories

or whatever for Mommy.

I honestly believe that the thing that

would have the most impact on my mom

is if she gained some kind of closure

about the situation, and as long as

there's bad blood

between my mom and my dad's wife,

that's not gonna happen.

At some point, they need to work it out,

and they need to lift the rug and instead of having

that big heap there, sweep it up

and throw it in the garbage.

So, I'm just gonna say this and I'm done with that,

with, you know, whatever happened,

this and that, da-da-da-da-da-da-da.

I don't wanna tak about your fathe.

That's his life, and let him live his life.

And I'm living my life.

But anyway, that's enough for me.

I don't have anything else to say.