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[dramatic music]

- God, please forgive me for my sins.

- Yeah, girl, you know, I really enjoyed last night

with you and Frank.

After all these years, y'all still act like newlyweds.

- See, I told Frank you must have been tired

'cause I couldn't find you anywhere.

I walked all over the club looking for you.

I figured you must have went home early,

'cause I know you don't play about missing service.

- Well, I had me a little private service last night.

Just me and the pastor.

And we went to my favorite little Jamaican spot.

[Sharlotte laughs]

- The Lord is gonna strike you down

for messing with that woman's husband.

- Hmm. Well, we all gotta die some kind of way, right?

- Hmm, I don't know how these men keep getting caught up

in Sharlotte's web.

- Girl, you know, you know how I do. Don't play.

- [LeAnn] Anyway, I sent Frank to the store right quick

to pick up a few things.

I know you're getting dressed, so I'm not gonna hold you.

I'm gonna let you go, okay?

- All right. Yeah, I got to finish up Louise's hair.

But before I let you go,

you know I'm wearing the same dress

I wore at the club, right?

- Girl. I know you lying.

- No, ma'am. And as a matter of fact,

I think I look better in it today than I did last night.

- Let's see. Uh-uh.

On that note, I'm gonna let you go,

and I'm gonna see you in a few, okay?

- All right, bye.

Crazy stuff.

- Auntie, I thought you and Ms. LeAnn were good friends.

- Oh, we are.

I just went out to celebrate with them last night

for their 20th year wedding anniversary.

Can you believe that?

You know, I love LeAnn like a sister.

- Well, I saw you kissing her husband, Mr. Frank,

in the backyard.

And two nights ago, I saw you kissing the pastor

in the laundry room, of all places.

- Girl, what?

You, you so lucky.

I can't wait till you older

so I could cuss your grown ass out.

And I better not ever catch you watching me...

[doorbell rings]

Hold that thought.

See who's at the door.

Everybody knows, church service on Sundays.

What in the world?

[Sharlotte sighs]

- Hey. - Frank.

Thank you.

- Okay.

Here.

Yeah. - Thank you. Oh my God.

- Yeah.

Can't stay long. Just had to stop by and see you.

You know, I've been thinking about you all night.

- You've been thinking about me?

- Yeah. You know I love to see you in that dress.

- Do you? Do you now?

- Yes. [Sharlotte laughs]

- Well, baby, I put it on just for you.

- Yeah? - 'Cause you're the real MVP.

[they laugh]

But thank you. Love you.

And I'll see you and LeAnn at church.

But I'll see you tonight at my favorite Jamaican spot.

Okay, baby? - Yeah. Can't wait.

- Bye.

[Sharlotte chuckles]

You see that, Louise?

At the end of the day, this is what it's all about.

It's about survival

and getting what you want and deserve.

- I just feel like if a person is your friend,

you should be loyal to them no matter what.

- Friend?

[Sharlotte sighs]

Listen to me, Louise. And you listen to me good.

Ain't no friends.

No homegirls. No family.

No nothing else but getting to the bag.

You know what? You can't depend on me forever.

You gotta learn how to secure your own bag

and do that by any means necessary, Lou.

You hear me?

- I'll just go to college, get me a nice good job,

and make some real good money.

- Look, I'm not knocking college because knowledge is power.

But you wanna know what the real power is, baby girl?

Look, I'mma just say it like it is.

As long as you got what's between your legs,

You should never be broke.

That's your real power.

- Auntie, I just feel like the more time I spend with you,

the more likely I get to look like you

and less like my mama.

- Now, I done already told you a thousand times,

Charlene does not deserve the title of mother.

[Sharlotte sighs]

She had one child. One child.

And she chose drugs

and chasing after your no-good ass daddy over you.

- I wonder why she never came to see me.

- Baby, she's a crackhead.

If I didn't take you from her,

there's no telling where you would be right now.

She had you living in filth, baby.

I'm talking about roaches crawling everywhere.

- Ew. - Yeah.

- Think I understand now.

Yep. I want to be just like you when I grow up.

- Like your auntie, huh?

[doorbell ringing]

Oh, that's probably Frank again.

Come on, baby, hurry up.

- Literally right behind you. - Already running late.

Frank, what you got for me now, baby?

[gunshot fires]

[dramatic music]

[pensive music]

- Thank you for calling Dr. Truman's office.

How can I help you?

- [Sy] Yo, Lou.

I've been waiting here 20 minutes, waiting on you.

- I'm getting that information for you now.

I'll call you back with it shortly.

- [Sy] Well, hurry up. And make sure you get my...

- Okay, great. Thanks. Have a great day.

- [Chase] I can't believe you're still chasing

after this chick after months of rejection.

Like, who in the hell falls in love with a Louise? Thelma?

- I know, man, but

there's just something about her, you know?

I mean, she's definitely beautiful,

but she makes me feel like,

like a kid with a high school crush, you know?

- [Chase] One of these days,

man, you'll actually listen to me.

- Hold on, hold on. - You're just so...

- Oh, those guys are back in the corner.

The ones I told you are always out here singing.

Look, I'm gonna go catch them, but I got CJ's Chicken.

I'm gonna try it one more time, all right? Wish me luck.

- [Chase] You know what? Good luck.

- Appreciate it.

♪ Ooh yeah ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Pulled up me and my boys ♪

♪ Headed to the party in the backyard ♪

♪ Got the beer on ice in the back of my Dodge ♪

♪ The party don't start until I put it in park ♪

♪ Pull out a full deck of cards and the fam goes, yeah ♪

♪ Lose a game of Spades, buddy give up that chair ♪

♪ If some people showed up that we didn't invite here ♪

♪ We probably wouldn't even care, it's just some ♪

♪ Beer sipping and some greasy chicken ♪

♪ Barbecue on the grill till the food gets done ♪

♪ Bikinis missing ♪

♪ The party don't stop until we see the next sun ♪

- Yo, I love you guys. You guys are incredible.

If I ever make it, I ever win the lottery or anything,

I'm definitely gonna put you guys on.

- Say that. - Hey, all right, man.

I'm gonna hold you to it. - You should.

- Still trying to snag Louise, I see.

- Man, if this fried chicken don't do it,

I don't know what will.

[they laugh]

CJ's right here.

- That's it. - Yeah.

- Hey, you guys keep doing your thing.

I love you guys. I'll see you guys soon, all right?

- Appreciate it. - Appreciate you.

- Appreciate you, man. All right.

- Louise.

Louise.

Ms. Monroe.

Are you okay?

- I'm sorry, Ms. Truman.

I was just trying to organize some of these files.

It was getting a little messy up here.

- And what were you doing?

- I was just, you know,

just trying to straighten everything out. That's all.

- You don't need to apologize. You're doing just fine.

- Thank you.

- Dr. Truman and I are going to lunch.

Do you want anything?

- I'm actually okay right now. Thank you so much for asking.

- All right.

If you change your mind, you just give me a call.

- Okay.

Hey, back to make another payment already?

- Yeah. I did come to make another payment,

but I also thought you might be hungry,

so I brought you some lunch.

- You bought lunch?

- Yeah. There's this... For me?

- Yeah. There's this real cool soul food spot

on the south side, CJ's.

I don't know if you've heard of it.

They have the best chicken.

And on Thursdays, they have these specials,

these chicken biscuit specials.

So good.

- Specials? You mean like buy one, get one free?

- Do you not like chicken?

- I don't like specials.

I'm more of a caviar kind of girl.

Sorry.

Is that gonna be cash or card?

- Cash.

- Okay. I need all my ladies on the Blast

to listen up right now.

I am so confused by what just happened.

So this guy just came into my job,

and mind you, he's been coming in here for months.

And every time he comes in here, he asks me out.

And every time it's been a polite, no thank you.

But this time, he took it upon himself to bring me lunch.

Now, I know, it sounds like a kind gesture at first,

but he came up in here with a two for one chicken special.

Do I look like a chicken specials kind of girl?

Absolutely not. I don't even think he spent $20.

And I hope he's watching this.

Sir, if you want to impress me,

send me $100 and I'll buy my own lunch.

Ladies, chime in in the comments down below.

[pensive music]

- Goddamn, Lou, where you been?

- Oh, I had a wonderful day. Thank you so much for asking.

- You think I give a damn about your day?

I've been sitting here waiting on this all day.

Damn, Lou, this all you give me?

You know, if you weren't posting every five minutes,

you could actually give me what the hell

I'm looking for, Lou.

- You know, my Aunt Sharlotte said if a man is-

- I don't care about nothing your auntie

got to say about nobody.

Hell, I can't take you seriously

if you taking advice from that lady.

- Okay, well maybe you should just-

- Shh.

Yes. Mrs. Gilbert, this is Chad Boatwright

of Liberty Partners Bank.

How are you doing today?

- I'm fine, thanks for asking.

- Yes, yes. The reason for my phone call

is because I'm a "Security Specialist"

here at Liberty Partners Bank.

And I'm seeing you have a $5,000 transaction,

and I just want to verify that we're doing that.

And you're sending it off to Hillary Antiques

in Beverly Hills?

- Oh, no, no, no. I haven't authorized anything.

- Oh, no.

Well, we're gonna have to immediately secure this situation

and put a stop on that transaction immediately.

So...

Can I get the last four digits of your social?

- Yes. Let me get my purse.

- Yes, ma'am. Take your time.

See, I put on that white voice.

- [Mrs. Gilbert] You still there, Mr. Boatwright?

- Yes, ma'am, I am.

Only thing I need from you, Mrs. Gilbert,

is your last four digits of your social.

Your four digit pin.

Now, I can see it here,

but just want to make sure it's you, Mrs. Gilbert.

- I understand. Thank you so much.

The social is 5499 and the pin is my birth year, 1941.

And would you believe my husband and I

was born on the same day and year?

He's been gone for two years now.

- Oh, I'm so sorry for your loss.

I'm gonna place you on a brief hold

and I'll be right back with you, Mrs. Gilbert, okay?

- Thank you.

- Mom, who are you talking to?

- They're trying to take 5,000 from my account,

and they caught it.

I don't know why you don't think I'm capable

of handling my affairs.

I can take care of myself.

- All right, Mrs. Gilbert.

Everything's been taken care of. You have a wonderful day.

- Thank you. - Uh-huh. And we're done.

And just like that, money in the bank.

- I'm calling the bank now.

- [bank] Your available balance is $5.03.

- Yes, that's how you get real money.

Now, unless you about to give me

some much needed mouth service,

you can get your goof ass up.

- Come on, baby. Don't be like that.

Why you gotta spoil the moment?

Baby, you know I love you, right?

[Sy scoffs]

and I couldn't imagine...

- No.

Now just know, Lou.

Hell no.

Marry you?

Woman, you must be crazy as hell.

You know, you want to do something constructive, Lou?

How about you clean this house up for me?

Pick them papers up off the floor.

The hell wrong with you, woman?

Proposing to me.

I guess you want to stand up and piss too.

You know, this world will flip upside down.

Not me though. I ain't going for that.

Nope, nope, nope.

I don't know what the hell wrong with you, though.

Crazy. - Oh, so you think I'm a fool?

- You really want me to answer that for you?

- You've been nickel and diming me

$400 and $500 here and there.

Meanwhile, your ass got over $300,000

in an offshore account.

- Just give me a minute, Lou. I can explain all this, okay?

- Oh, you're gonna need to. Where's the money?

Because who're you spending it with?

You damn sure ain't spending it with me.

- I'm saving it for us, Lou.

- So you do think I'm stupid.

- I mean, shit.

- You know what? I'm done.

I'm not doing this with you anymore.

Find somebody else to bring you profiles

because I'm, I'm over your lies and your bullshit.

- All right, come on, babe.

Come on, babe.

All right.

All right.

All right. You wanna leave? Fine.

Get your ass up outta here.

And when you leave, make sure you leave my goddamn keys too.

And don't bring your country ass back.

You think I give a fuck?

- Bet.

- Lou, you think I give a damn about all this?

I don't care.

How many women wanna be with me, hmm?

I guess the $2,000 purses,

the shoes don't mean a thing to you, huh?

How many times I've taken your ass to Jamaican on Wye, Lou?

- That shit don't matter.

- How many times, huh?

- Shit does not matter.

- You know what? I know what this about.

Yeah. Yeah, I seen your little post on Blast Up

going viral or whatever.

But I'm gonna tell you like this, Lou.

You leave, I ain't taking your ass back.

You can leave that shit.

- Fuck you.

- Louise.

Goddamn!

You'll be back.

Yeah, you'll be back.

- I can't believe you're still tripping off

of this chick, man, in that Blast Off post, man.

Like, what the hell?

- Man, it's not just the post. It's the comments.

Did you see them girls? They're killing me.

- Man, I was thinking the woman would be on your side, B,

but they're praising her.

- Right. - It's crazy.

[Chase laughs]

- But I mean, she kept your face out of it, right?

She ain't leak your name or anything.

So bro, you're good.

Let it go.

Man, forget about her

and that cheap ass dinner that you bought her, man.

- Hey, don't you diss CJ's.

- What you get? The two for two special?

- Can you get a ball in the hole?

- Hey, guys.

- Hey, babe. - Hey, baby.

- Want a shot? - How was your day?

- Good. You out late tonight?

- Nope. I was hanging out with Kaitlyn.

- Oh, you was hanging out with Kaitlyn?

Oh, that reminds me, babe.

I'm gonna need you to find some less expensive friends

because you're going to max out our last credit card.

- Okay.

Hey, Syd. - Hey.

What's up, B? - What up?

- How're the stock's coming?

- Pretty good. Got a few hoods this week. Nothing major.

Pretty soon I might have to get back in that hooptie

and become Atlanta's best Uber driver.

- We're not doing that. Be patient.

My baby here's a good teacher.

- Oh, well, you already know.

- Yeah.

- You want a shot?

- Yes, sir.

- So, B, I don't mean to pry up in your personal space, but...

- Then don't do it.

- It's fine. It's fine.

You know she's gonna say it anyway.

I'm cool though.

I'm over that girl and that stupid ass post.

- Finally. - Oh, hold on.

No way. No way.

- Oh, he found a discount on turkeys.

- Leave him alone.

- Good one.

- Oh my God.

- What happened?

- Buy low, sell high. That's the motto, right?

- Yes. - Yeah, that's the motto.

- Cool.

Because you know, I just made a million fucking dollars!

- Oh shit.

- Nah. - Holy cow.

- Nah, B.

- Oh, thank you God. - Bro, that's legit.

That's legit. - Oh my God. Oh my God.

- Oh my goodness.

- This man. This man. - Oh my goodness.

- Yo, it's still going up.

- Baby. - Hold on, hold on.

Let me, let me say something. Let me say something.

- Oh my goodness. - Look.

This to new beginnings for us, for the company.

We're only going up from here.

Let's go. - Let's go!

- Let's go. - Let's go, baby.

- We're in the money.

- Louise, Louise, Louise.

[Sy chuckles]

- Is there something I can help you with?

- Goddamn, Lou. Ain't you looking good?

Sexy as a motherfucker.

Huh. I got you something, baby.

Take that. You know I know what you like

and how you like it.

- Is there something I can help you with, sir?

- Okay.

Lou, how the fuck long are you gonna keep this shit up?

Okay, how long?

Look, I came all the way down here for you, Lou.

I miss you, babe.

Hell, even Atlanta traffic couldn't stop me.

- Okay, so what happened to all those women

you said wanted to be with you so bad?

- I say stupid shit from time to time, Lou, when I'm mad.

You know that. All right.

Baby, look, I miss you.

Please, can you, can you come by the apartment tonight?

Please?

- I'll think about it.

- Lou, look at me.

I got something for you. For real.

Come and take these damn flowers, girl,

from my home to follow.

- All right, maybe I'll pull up around 7:00 or 8:00.

- Mm, that's what I'm talking about.

Good. Hey, hey, hey.

You know what we do with that?

I'll see you tonight, baby.

[Sy blows a kiss]

Mm. Got you.

Damn, girl. You look good.

[phone buzzes]

- Thank you for calling Dr. Truman's office.

How can I help you?

- [Deanna] Hey, Louise. It's Deanna.

- Oh, hey, Deanna. How are you?

- [Deanna] I'm good.

I need you to do me a huge favor, if you don't mind.

- Sure. What do you need?

- [Deanna] I left a brown box on my desk.

Will you put it in my dad's office?

My mom is about to swing by

and it's a small gift that I got

for her best friend, Bria Dennis.

They're having a private celebration.

I mean, I love my parents and all,

but I'm not trying to be hanging out with them over there.

- I totally understand.

I think I've seen her before.

Is it their anniversary or something?

- [Deanna] No, no, no.

You remember the guy that always comes into the office

making the $20 payments on his bill?

I think his name is, like, Bryson?

- Bryson St. James?

- [Deanna] Yeah, yeah. The Uber driver.

Well, it turns out he's rich, girl. Well, rich now.

They're celebrating a huge stock trade he just made.

- Really?

[pensive music]

- What's up, guys? - What's up, man?

- What's going on? - Just finishing this set.

- What we doing?

- Out here doing what we do best. You know us.

- Okay. What are you guys doing Saturday?

- Probably singing here or over at CJ's Plaza.

- What do you guys say about coming to play at my party?

I got a party we're doing Saturday, one o'clock.

- Man, I don't know, man. We gotta be out here, man.

We gotta be out here singing.

This is, this is what bringing in the money.

This is how we pay our bills.

- I get it. A lot's changed since I saw you guys last.

All right. Just know that I got you.

Get some new clothes. Sound check's at 12:00, okay?

- Wow.

- Man, I appreciate that, man.

- Thank you, man. - See you later.

- Thank you. - All right. See you.

- Hey there. How are you?

- Can I get the remainder of my bill?

I just want to pay it in full.

- So no hello, what's up? No jokes? Nothing?

- Just the bill.

- Okay. I'll give you the bill on one condition.

- What?

- You allow me to take you to dinner.

- You want to take me out?

- Yeah.

I mean, I would have asked you before,

but you haven't been around to ask, so.

- Really?

- Yeah.

I mean, there's this little place not too far from here.

You know, we can go grab dinner

and maybe I can afford to do a little…

- Oh, we don't do specials though, remember?

All right, look.

If we're going to go out on this date thing,

I don't want to see any more posts

about me on Blast Up, okay?

- You won't. I promise.

And I'm sorry about that. I apologize.

- It's cool.

I can't make it today, but let me make it up to you.

I'm actually having people in my house

on Saturday for a party.

Why don't you come by and let me show you off?

- Okay. That sounds good. Take my number.

Okay. It's 404-

- Okay. - 333-5555.

- Okay. And I'm sending you the address now.

- Okay. Perfect.

All right. Let me get your balance.

- Okay.

- Okay. It looks like $4,977.66.

- Here you go. - Card? Okay.

All right. You're all set.

- Appreciate it. And you know what?

Here. Why don't you go to lunch on me?

[Louise chuckles]

- Draya. Girl, what you doing?

- [Draya] Girl, I just finished my last client's hair

for the day. I'm so tired, my feet are swollen.

And girl, I think my back's...

- Girl, get you some Epsom salt, soak them feet,

and listen up.

- [Draya] Girl, what have you done now?

And have you seen your post on Blast Up about Bryson?

It's viral.

- Girl, how about he just came in here

and invited me to a house party?

It's coming up this weekend.

- [Draya] Wait, wait, wait. And you're going out with him?

- Yeah, of course I am.

Apparently, Mr. Chicken Specials

hit the jackpot in some stocks.

- [Draya] Girl, shut up.

- Would I lie to you?

- [Draya] Is grass green?

- Anyway, I put out on my Aunt Sharlotte.

He came in, he invited me out, and I'm going.

- [Draya] So why would you go out with him

if you don't mean it, Lou?

- [Draya] Girl, you know how I am about my coins.

And plus, he's rich now, so it's different.

- [Draya] Okay. Well, ask him, can I come?

And of course, I wanna bring Cedric.

- Girl.

Bye.

Charlene, what, what are you doing here?

- I'm still your mama, Louise.

I gave birth to you, not Sharlotte.

- What do you want?

- I came to see my baby.

- Well, you're about 25 years too late.

Aunt Sharlotte is the only mother I care to know.

Why don't you find some crack to smoke

with some men to chase?

- You really believe the lies she told you?

I couldn't get off drugs

because I didn't have you in my life, Lou.

- Yeah, right. That doesn't even make any sense.

- You've been around this woman all this time

and you still don't know who you're dealing with.

Sharlotte don't give a damn about you and nobody else.

- Before I even knew how to pronounce my name,

Aunt Sharlotte opened up a bank account for me

when I was three years old.

She's the one who made sure I had everything I needed,

not you.

- Sharlotte set me up to lose you.

She wanted that check I was getting.

Next thing I know, she had my husband,

the houses that I owned, and you too, Lou.

- Okay, well, if you love me so much,

then why didn't you come sooner?

- Sharlotte gave me crack cocaine and kept feeding it to me.

I tried everything I could to get off, but I couldn't.

See, Sharlotte took control and took everything.

Every time I tried to see you,

she would say I was a bad influence.

And it hurt.

I became so weak and depressed

that drugs was the only thing I had left.

All I ever wanted was you.

But I get it if you don't want me back into your life.

But I just wanted you to know the, the real truth.

That it wasn't me.

Sharlotte got everybody thinking that I'm crazy.

No, I ain't crazy.

Sharlotte will destroy you if you ever cross her.

She'll turn your world inside out, upside down.

[Charlene laughs]

Don't get caught into Sharlotte's web.

- Oh, excuse me. I'm sorry.

Louise, have you seen that brown box

that Deanna left for me?

- Oh, yeah. It's over on my desk.

I can go grab it for you.

This lady just came in looking for the-

- No the hell I wasn't. I came here-

- You want me to call the police?

- Louise. Absolutely not.

You see. She needs help.

- Thank you, ma'am. Thank you.

- Do you have any family here?

Is there someone I can call for you?

- I have a daughter.

- Oh, do you know her number?

- Oh, she knows where I am.

But as far as I'm concerned,

I know I got in her heart a long time ago.

But in actuality, she was the only reason

that I was holding on.

But after today, I'm gonna let her go

so that I can be at peace.

- Oh, you poor thing.

I want to help you. Come with me, please.

- Ms. Kaitlyn, can I talk to you in private

for a minute, please?

- As soon as I get her situated, then I'll be right back.

Ma'am, come with me. - Thank you.

- Have you eaten today?

- No. No, ma'am.

[pensive music]

- All right. I think Bryson have about everything.

But it feels like something is missing.

- Yeah. - Yeah.

- Something is missing.

- What?

- That crazy girl that Bryson about it isn't here.

- Oh my goodness. Babe.

- Look, I'm hoping she don't show up too.

All right, because... Baby.

Listen, I think Bryson knows exactly what he's doing, okay.

And I am very proud of both of you guys.

You both deserve this.

- I'm still concerned though.

- Concerned about what?

- Bryson. Babe, he's spending way too much money.

I mean, look, first a car and now this house.

- Chase. I don't think you should be that upset

about the way that Bryson is spending his money.

I mean, he did earn it. - Babe.

- Let him spend his money the way he wants to.

- I know it's his money.

But you know how important it is

to put something aside for a rainy day.

- I do not.

- Of course not.

Well, did you know that he even hired a country group

out here to perform tonight?

- Babe, it is not that big of a deal.

- Of course you would say that, babe.

You spend money like there's no tomorrow.

- Chase.

- Just saying no, look,

well, he also flew out a manager which I don't know about

to possibly manage them.

And you know what?

I'm sorry, but this is just too much, too fast.

- For who? For you?

- What's up, guys? Having fun?

- Bryson. Hey, how are you?

- Hey. - Congratulations.

- Thank you.

- Chase. Behave. Please.

- What's that about?

- Nothing, man. She just cracking, bro.

Man, look.

B, you really outdid yourself this time, bro.

- Appreciate it.

This is it, man. From now on, nothing but the best.

- The best. Yeah, man.

That's kind of what I wanted to talk to you about.

- Okay. What's up?

- Man, I love you.

But B, you're running through way too much money.

- Chase. You're overstepping.

- Look, all I'm saying is this, all right.

In this business, things get a little slow.

All right, one moment, you're Jordan Belfort.

Next moment, you're MC Hammer.

Just saying.

- So I get it.

You feel some kind of way now

because you taught me how to trade,

and in eight weeks I've made more money

than you've made since you started.

About right?

- Nah, bro. Not even close.

Man, I've been down with you since grade school.

Matter of fact, man, I'm happy you've finally got all this.

So instead of bragging, why don't you thank me?

Because if it wasn't for me,

you'd still be picking up strangers

in that raggedy ass hooptie.

- Chase, you'd better figure out how to act right

because adding isn't the only thing I know how to do.

I can subtract myself from any situation, so excuse me.

Wow. - Hey.

- You look amazing.

- Thank you so much.

You look pretty nice yourself.

- Thank you. Appreciate it.

- You know, this is really, really nice.

And you know, the timing is perfect, because I am starving.

- You want to get some food?

- Of course. - Come on.

- Let's do it.

- Let me get you together, baby.

- No, you look good too. - Thank you.

Let me see.

- Babe, look, look. I knew it. I knew it.

The only reason why she's here

is because she probably found out through Kaitlyn

that Bryson's rich now.

- Damn it, Chase. What is your problem?

You act like you're obsessed with him and Louise.

Baby, are you jealous?

Or is it the fact that he's no longer hanging out

with you anymore?

What's your problem?

- Listen. A couple of months ago,

she made a post about him on the wire, okay.

It blew up and went viral.

- So what?

- Now, all of a sudden, that's his girlfriend.

Look, I'm telling you, he found out about the money.

Now, I'm just hoping I'm wrong, but I know I'm not.

- Baby, calm down. Okay.

It's okay. It's okay.

Let's go party. Let's go party.

Come on. Come.

- Good. This was worth the money.

Mr. Luke Washington. Thank you so much for coming.

- No problem.

- Hey guys, come here.

This right here is the country group

I was telling you about. It's Outta Ink.

This is Mario.

- Nice to meet you. - Likewise.

- And this is Rashaad. - Pleasure to meet you.

- You as well.

- We are really excited about you wanting to manage us.

- I'm excited too,

but it all depends on how you perform here today.

- You're right about that. But we won't disappoint.

- Good. Good. Well, I'll be sitting right over there.

Good luck.

- All right. - Thank you.

- Put on a show, guys.

- Could I have everyone's attention, please?

Everyone's attention right quick.

We just want to go ahead and thank everyone

for celebrating with us tonight.

Thanks to my brother, Bryson, and that genius brain of his,

Bryson's taking our company to a whole 'nother level.

So we wanted to go ahead and spend this moment

with the ones we love and cherish the most.

So everyone, cheers to new beginnings.

[guests applauding]

- Thank you, Chase. Thank you.

Thanks to everybody for coming out today.

[guests applauding]

So I'm going to introduce you to this group.

When I met them, I told them if I ever made it,

I was gonna put them on.

So this is the first step in that direction.

Let me introduce Outta Ink.

[upbeat country music]

♪ Long day on the job, yeah, I've been working hard ♪

♪ It's time to punch the time card ♪

♪ Stop by the shop, grab a couple of tops ♪

♪ It's time to turn it up, but now ♪

♪ Gotta call up the cruise or they could call up a few ♪

♪ We about to do what we do ♪

♪ It's gonna be lit like a fuse ♪

♪ So tell the neighbors the news ♪

♪ To bring the ballers and booze ♪

♪ Then we meet up at the spot, yeah ♪

♪ And we put on something that bops, yeah ♪

♪ Gonna have a good time in this box, yeah ♪

♪ And we ain't watching no clock ♪

♪ We be head bobbing and feet stomping and hand clapping ♪

♪ You'd swear it was church ♪

♪ We be beer spilling and it's giving the good feeling ♪

♪ Like a preacher giving the word ♪

♪ We be getting down with the hope down and sound ♪

♪ They got the boots to the ground ♪

♪ We keep the drinks coming ♪

♪ And air drumming and fist bumping ♪

♪ Baby, you'll be, yeah baby ♪

♪ Cold one in my hand, yeah ♪

[phone buzzing]

- See your phone keeps blowing up.

You need some privacy? I can take a walk.

- It's, it's just my friend Draya.

She's being nosy, trying to see where I'm at.

- Should have invited her.

A friend of yours is a friend of mine.

- Yeah, but I don't share.

- Oh, that's good to know.

- She's blowing me up. It might be important.

Let me go take this, okay? - All right.

- Draya, what is going on? Why are you blowing up my phone?

I am trying to enjoy myself here.

- I know. I'm sorry.

I had to call. Do you know that Sy has been arrested?

- Wait, what? What? Who told you that?

- Girl, they had him all over Newsbreak.

And he finally called me when he couldn't reach you.

- Oh my God. This is not good.

Okay, what did he say? What'd he say?

- He said you need to come down there, ASAP.

I already text you the address.

And they won't give him bond

because he's on probation still.

- Okay. I mean, I don't know what to do

except maybe call him a lawyer.

- Girl, he said you need to bring him $3,000

to put on his books.

- $3,000?

Girl, I do not have $3,000 right now.

If I give him that, I will be broke.

Like, I can't, I can't do it.

Well, look, Cedric and I have been planning for this trip

and we don't have anything to spare.

As a matter of fact, girl,

I should be on the beach right now.

- Girl, I know you not about to put on no bikini.

- I'm very confident.

Instead of bashing me,

you need to worry about how you're gonna get Sy that $3,000.

Bye.

- I know she did not just have one.

Shit.

- Hey. Everything all right?

- Yeah, I, I kind of got a family emergency.

I, I really kind of need to go.

- Okay. I'm not trying to pry, but anything I can do?

- I got a family member that needs, like, $5,000

like, yesterday and I, I just gotta go figure it out.

- Do you, you have that Ching-Ching yet?

- Yeah. Why?

- What's your handle?

- It's Lou97. Why? What's up?

- Because...

I just sent it.

- Wow. I, I can't accept this from you.

- Of course you can. - No, I'm gonna send it back.

- I'm not gonna accept it, all right?

You needed it and I can't let my lady need anything, can I?

- Your lady?

- That's what I said, isn't it?

- You sure?

- I am. In sickness and in health.

- Oh, my bad.

I'm sorry. I ain't mean to interrupt y'all.

- It's cool. Lou's got a family emergency,

so she's getting out of here,

but I just want to walk her out.

- I'm real sorry to hear that. Hope everything's okay.

- Yeah, it will be. I just gotta go take care of it.

I'll get that back to you.

- No, don't worry about it. It's a gift.

- Hello?

- [Sy] I've been calling you for over an hour.

- Hey, it's my Aunt Sharlotte. I need to take this.

I promise I'll get that back to you, ASAP.

- Let me know when you get home, and be safe.

- Okay.

Hello?

Hello? - Hello. Hello.

Damn, Lou, what the hell you got going on?

- I was trying to answer you back.

Anyways, I'm on my way to you now.

I got the money that you asked for.

And trust me, it was like taking candy from a baby.

- B, what's that? What's going on?

- Oh, she just had a family emergency and needed some money,

so I blessed her with five stacks.

- Five stacks?

Look, what you doing giving a bro out five stacks, man.

Come on. - Come on.

I thought we went through this, man.

Mind your business. It's my money, all right?

Why are you treating her like she's a stranger anyway?

We're an official couple now.

- A couple? - Yep.

- Okay. All right, B.

Look, when this blows up in your face,

and I know it will,

don't try to say I ain't try to help you.

I mean, were you even listening

to that phone call conversation?

- Why are you listening to her phone conversations?

- I couldn't help but listen to it.

Look, if that was her aunt who really picked up the phone,

she got a voice like Barry White.

- So now I have no doubt in my mind,

you're just jealous of me now.

Just jealous. Jealous of this big house.

You're jealous I have a better car than you.

You're jealous I'm making more money than you.

Just admit it.

- You sound like a straight up goofy right now.

- Well, you know what? There's a talent agent outside

who has something I actually want to hear.

So for the last time today, Chase,

get the fuck out of my face.

- So how you holding up in here, Sy?

- The fuck you want me to say, Lou?

I'm on vacation?

How you think I'm doing?

- I put the $3,000 on your books like you asked.

- Good.

- But what do you need so much money for?

It's not like you can go anywhere.

- Oh, you got jokes.

Okay.

I'm gonna see how fun it is if I, I tell them something

to, you know, get me up out of here.

You know, I got some information

I'm sure they'd love to hear about.

- I think it's time for me to go.

- Sit your ass down, Lou.

This shit ain't over till I say it's over.

If I ask your ass to jump, bitch, ask me how high.

- What else do you want, Sy?

- That's what I like.

Look, I'm gonna need you to keep plenty of money

on my books.

Make sure my books stay fat.

Now, unless you want to sit here

and tell me how much you miss me and love me and shit,

you're free to go.

- I don't have that kind of money

to put on your books every week.

- What is it that your favorite auntie used to say?

Where there's a will, there's a way.

Bitch, make a way.

Or you can start picturing yourself

in one of these jumpsuits.

I mean, personally,

I think the color orange look good on you, Lou.

My little accomplice.

Oh yeah.

You see a private number call your phone, bitch, pick it up.

♪ All I need in this life ♪

♪ Just me and my girlfriend ♪

♪ Down right to the bloody end ♪

♪ Just me and my girlfriend ♪

[Sy laughs]

[upbeat music]

♪ Diamond in my eyes ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Oh, I'm just a simple girl with simple wings ♪

♪ You walked into my life, you made me so complete ♪

♪ Don't need your fancy cars ♪

♪ Your house on the hills or your diamond rings ♪

♪ I look into your eyes and feel the joys that you bring ♪

♪ Never gonna let you go ♪

♪ Never gonna let you get away ♪

♪ And if it's possible to love you forever and a day ♪

♪ Gonna be right here for you ♪

♪ Stand here by your side ♪

♪ Shoulder to shoulder, you're my soldier ♪

- B, for the past two weekends,

you missed both mandatory meetings.

All right, where's your head at, man?

They were mandatory.

- Mandatory for who?

Last time I checked,

I'm the one keeping the company afloat.

When's the last time you made any money?

Plus my investment in Outta Ink's about to blow up.

Did you see? Top 100 in the Billboard chart.

- Yes. I heard. I saw it. I get it.

- Oh, you heard? You heard?

Because every time I put a post up

or share a tour date, you don't react.

No posts, no shares, no nothing.

Still drinking that Haterade, huh?

- Man, here you go again coming over to my spot

with that ego trip.

You know what? For what it's worth, congratulations.

- Well, just remember, I tried to put you on too,

but no, you didn't want to.

Now they're about to go on tour,

so I figured perfect time for me to propose to Louise.

- Propose? You...

Hell no, man. What are you doing?

You can't get married right now.

Look, she's suspect, all right.

Honestly, I don't think you're ready.

- What has she done for you to disrespect her so much?

You can't name one thing she's done to you.

- Let's see. The $5,000 gift. The expensive dinners.

Man, you just bought her a car.

- And I just bought her a house too.

Cleared with the realtor yesterday.

- Lord Jesus have mercy, Old Testament.

- Oh wait, wait. It gets better.

I put everything in her name

so she didn't feel any kind of way.

Because I want her to know I love her for real.

[Chase laughs]

- Look, man, I hope you got a prenup too,

'cause you might need that.

[Chase sighs]

Okay. All right. Time out.

B, I'm sorry. All right. I might be overstepping.

- You think?

Look, I don't want one more negative thing about her

coming out of your mouth.

Keep her name out of your mouth.

- And why's that?

You don't want to know the truth about her?

Man, I tried to tell you the same thing

when we were in college.

- Hey, man. Y'all need to chill out.

This has already gone way too far.

- Bro, what was her name in college?

It was Kyrie. Kya.

- It's none of my business,

but I'm pretty sure it was Kimberly Rogers.

[Chase laughs]

- Yeah. - Right?

- Kimmy Roge.

- What about Kimberly Rogers?

- Man, you must have amnesia now.

Well, you have no common sense when it come to women.

- This is coming from the man

whose wife keeps his bank account drained, right?

Who's always complaining about being in debt.

Don't compare what you have at home

to what me and Lou have, all right?

- Well, since you know everything, playboy, answer this.

What you gonna do when that bitch clean you out?

[dramatic music]

- Oh, hey, yo, hey. Get off him. Get off.

Break it up.

Get off. Get off. Come on.

- What the hell?

Bryson, what the hell is wrong with you?

Baby, are you okay?

- Chase, are you okay? - Bleeding.

- Bryson, what the hell, man? Are you serious?

- Man, get the hell out of my house!

- Get out. - Look, it wasn't my fault.

I told you to stop calling her a bitch.

- Fuck. Bryson, get out.

I don't give a damn whose fault it is. Get out.

Get out!

Now.

You can never come back here again.

Oh my goodness, baby. Are you okay?

- I'm good.

Man, I can't believe this. - He could never...

Look at me. He can never step foot in this house again.

Do you hear me?

- Bria, it's okay.

- It's not okay. You're bleeding.

I'm calling the police.

- No, no, no, no.

Bria, no. Stop.

- Bria, look. We've always had our differences over time,

but they always smooth out.

Just give it a few days,

and everything will be back to normal.

Trust me. - No, not this time.

Not this time. You know what?

And if you agree with Bryson, maybe you need to go with him.

- Bria, you need to calm down.

- I meant what I said, okay.

And it's done.

Look at your face.

Oh my God.

- There you go, babe.

- Thank you.

- You've been pretty quiet these last few days.

Is everything okay?

- Yeah. Everything's fine.

Just had a lot on my mind.

- Well, I'm glad to see that the swelling's going down

on your wrist.

- Yeah. You know how rough we get when we play ball.

Sydney clipped me by accident. Happens all the time.

- Ooh. I got a surprise for you.

Give me a sec. Let me go grab it, okay?

- Okay.

Speaking of surprises,

when are we gonna go look at your new house?

- [Louise] Huh?

- I said, speaking of surprises,

when are we gonna go look at your new house?

- Did you say my new house?

- Yeah. Did I not mention that before?

- No.

That's crazy. Wow.

- Why don't we toast to the new house?

- Okay. To our new house.

- [Bryson] To our new house.

- What did I do to deserve you?

- All you had to do was say hello.

[Louise chuckles]

- Something in the glass.

Seriously?

Wait, are you for real?

- Yeah.

- Oh my God. This is beautiful.

Yes, yes, yes, yes, of course.

- You gotta let me ask you first.

- Okay, okay, okay, okay.

- Louise Monroe, I love you with every ounce of my being.

And I would be honored if you will be my wife.

Will you marry me?

- Yes, I will.

In sickness and in health.

[they kiss]

It's so beautiful.

Thank you.

- Hold up.

I'm so sorry. I gotta take this, okay?

- Okay. - Be right back.

[phone buzzing]

- [jail] This call is from an inmate.

To accept the call and all charges, please press...

- [Sy] Where you been?

I ain't seen you. And I mean, I know you miss me.

- I do. I've just, I've just been really, really busy.

You know, I had to take an extra job

to be able to send you that extra money every week.

I really kind of can't talk right now. Can you call me...

- [Sy] Well, hold the fuck up. Who do you think I am?

The customer service rep at AT&T?

Lou, there's four phone booths in here. 322 other inmates.

So when I call, you better make time.

- I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

Is everything okay?

- [Sy] Yeah. I was gonna surprise you,

but I just want to let you know that a little loophole

in the law gonna have me home in a few weeks.

I'm gonna be coming to see you soon.

My lawyer got all the charges dropped.

So it's gonna be me and you, Lou.

Baby, you stood by my side through this whole thing

and I promise you I'm gonna come home and make,

make an honest woman out of you,

and put the ring on that finger for real, for real.

- Hey, how's the future Mrs. St. James feeling?

- Hey, can you hear me? - Who the fuck is that?

- Can you hear me?

- [Sy] I hear you. Where? Who the fuck is that?

- I love you. I don't know if you can hear me,

but I'm gonna hang up right now, okay?

- I hear you. - I love you.

- [Sy] The fuck is...

- The connection was terrible.

- Who was that?

- That was my Aunt Sharlotte.

You know I had share the good news with her.

She's gonna love this ring.

- I hope she does.

- Alexa, turn on "Diamond in my Eye."

[they chuckle]

It's so beautiful. You did good.

- I was thinking too.

Maybe we should call a realtor,

get my house on the market, and then we can move on in.

- You mean shack up?

That's never really been my thing.

I think maybe we should pump the brakes on that one.

- That's fine. No problem.

You live in your house, I'll live in mine.

And when we're married, we can rent it, sell it, whatever.

Just, I got all the bills, okay? I got you.

- Babe, that's a lot. I mean, I can pitch in.

- Don't worry about it.

Actually, tomorrow, why don't we make it really official?

We'll stop by the new house, your new house,

and bring some stuff, and then we can go to the bank.

- Okay. - Add you to my accounts,

and then you can just make sure the bills get paid.

- Seriously? - Of course.

- Okay. That sounds great.

[Louise chuckles]

- Mrs. St. James.

- That's my name.

Wow, that's crazy.

- Hi, I'm Alexis. How can I help y'all today?

- Yeah, I just, I wanted to speak to someone

about adding my fiancee to my personal account.

- Okay. Well, first, congratulations on your engagement.

- Thank you. - Thank you.

- I can assist you with that.

I just need your social security card and your ID.

And I need to make a copy, please.

- There you go. - Thank you.

All right. I'll be right back with this.

- Thank you. - You're welcome.

- What do you want to do for lunch, babe?

- Excuse me. - Yeah. How can I help you?

- Hi. Yeah, I've been waiting for a little minute now

and I'm kind of in a rush.

Is there any way you can assist me?

- Absolutely. I have a client right now in my office,

but once I'm done with Mr. St. James,

I can certainly help you. Okay?

- Nice.

- All right.

Here you go.

- Thank you. - You're welcome.

- And now I'm going to want her to have full access

to my accounts. No restrictions, okay?

Because she's going to be in charge of the finances

for our new company, St. James Investments.

- Really? - Yeah, we're a team, right?

- Yeah.

[dramatic music]

- What was that guy's name

that Cassie was dating before she met Puff?

- Cassie, the singer? - Mm-hmm.

Ryan Leslie. That man loved Cassie.

He, like, loved her, loved her.

He wrote her biggest single.

You remember that song?

♪ It's me and you now ♪

- Girl, what does it have to do with me?

- Look, this has everything to do with you.

You willing to fumble a good man

that gives you the world for a man that,

what, treats you like Cinderella before the glass slipper?

- Okay, so you're saying that it's Cassie's fault

that Diddy beat her ass?

- I'm not saying that.

But in my opinion,

if she would just take some accountability

for the situation she put herself in,

and if she would've stayed with Ryan,

she wouldn't have to "kill."

- Girl, you think you got it all figured out.

You don't know shit.

- Louise, you literally sold all this man's money

and you got him paying all the bills.

- All I'm gonna say is,

my Aunt Sharlotte told me years ago

that I need to secure my own bag.

And that's exactly what I did.

Now, I didn't get 30 million like Cassie did,

but I got more than enough.

And I'm gonna milk this for everything that it's worth.

So if he decides he want to kick my ass, then so be it.

But I'm gonna keep this money though.

And I'm gonna drink to that.

- You so lame for what you doing, Lou.

- You sound like you jealous.

- Now I know you drunk and delusional.

- Girl, you wish you was me.

You wish you had my life. You wish you had my cars.

And you probably wish you had this house too.

Oh, and I know you wish you had my man.

But baby, you could never.

- I don't know, baby.

I'm very happy with my own life and my own man.

He loves me unconditionally.

We love and respect each other.

And we don't have to run game on nobody,

or live a double life.

And we damn sure don't keep no secrets.

[Louise scoffs]

- Secrets. Girl, everybody got secrets, Draya.

Don't ever think that a man is only with you.

You're not different.

You damn sure ain't special.

I bet you Cedric didn't tell you that he was in my bed.

Did he?

Yeah, that's what I thought.

- You slept with Cedric, Lou?

- Y'all went out together.

- You supposed to be my girl.

He was off limits and you know that.

- Girl, you kept talking about all the money he was spending,

and how he laid down in the bedroom.

So shit, I figured, why not?

Anyway, you know when it comes to these coins,

it's all about me, baby.

Ain't no love in this.

You know that's how I am, friend.

Like I said, y'all weren't together.

I didn't do anything wrong.

- You know what's so sad about all this?

Is you're not even sorry.

- Nope.

- You don't have no loyalty,

no morals to nothing and nobody.

You so miserable and fucked up in the head,

you don't even know it.

- Whatever. [phone buzzing]

- Oh.

Oh, Sharlotte. Hmm.

Hey, Aunt Sharlotte. I was just talking about you.

Yeah, I was just sharing some of your words of wisdom.

Well, I mean, she needed to hear it.

[Louise laughs]

[Louise screams]

Bitch, let me go!

Ow!

Let me go, bitch!

Bitch, let me-

- That was a really good movie. I liked that.

- I mean, it was cool. It was a little predictable.

I'd give it about a 6 out of 10.

- I enjoyed it. I didn't know you didn't like predictable.

- Anyway.

- Oh, hate to be the bearer of bad news,

but I gotta catch a flight.

I got a lot of stuff to do.

You sure you don't want to come with me?

I really don't want to leave you.

- I can't, babe,

but I'll be thinking about you every second,

while you're gone.

[they kiss]

- All right. You know I'm gonna FaceTime

and call and text you every chance I get.

- I know.

- I'm sure Draya and Aunt Sharlotte

can keep you busy though.

I really like Draya. She's a really genuine person.

I'm glad you spend a lot of time with her.

- Yeah.

- Oh, has Luke reached out about Outta Ink?

Signed any paperwork or anything?

- Yeah, he did send some documents over,

and I took care of them,

so you don't have to worry about anything.

- All right. Awesome.

- All right. I'm gonna go sit in the driveway

and book this flight.

- Babe, if you would have booked it in advance,

you would have saved so much money.

- Happens, right?

Come on, babe. You sure you don't want to come with me?

You can go pack a bag real quick.

- Babe, you know I'm supposed to do some stuff

with Aunt Sharlotte.

- Okay.

Fine. But you know I'm gonna miss you, right?

- I'm gonna miss you more.

- No.

[they kiss]

- Give me another one.

Another one.

- I'm gonna miss you. I love you.

- I love you too, baby.

- I'll see you soon. - Okay.

Have a safe flight, okay?

- Okay. I'll let you know when I get there.

- Okay.

[Sy clears throat]

What the hell are you doing here?

How did you even get in here?

- Hey to you too.

And baby, you looking fine as hell.

- SyDon, you cannot be here right now.

- Go fuck that sucker. He's gone.

Now look, I've been gone way too long.

And I'm about to explode, Lou.

So babe, I'm gonna need something that's good pussy,

you understand, hmm?

- [Olivia] Hello?

May I please speak to Mr. Bryson St. James?

- Speaking. Who's this?

- [Olivia] This is Olivia from Liberty National Bank.

I was calling in reference to your mortgage.

- What about my mortgage?

- [Olivia] Your mortgage payment has declined

due to insufficient funds in your account.

It will automatically go into a default status

unless you can make a payment over the phone today.

- Wait, I think you must have my account mixed up

with somebody else's.

There's definitely money in that account.

Louise must have forgot to make the payment.

Can you take it out of 3462?

- [Olivia] Mr. St. James, I would love to.

Unfortunately, we had to close that account.

Everything presented kept bouncing back.

There is also a negative balance of $74,964.02.

- Negative? No, no.

All right. I'll be down there in 20 minutes.

- Mm.

[Sy chuckles]

- Mm, yeah. That's what I'm telling you.

I've been waiting on you, girl.

- [Bryson] Lou, what the fuck are you doing?

- Oh, shit.

Bryson. - Who the fuck is this?

- It's not what it looks like.

- It's not what it looks like? What, you jump on top of him?

And what's going on with my bank accounts?

- Bryson. Bryson. It's, it's not what you think.

- It's exactly what I think. I know what you laughing for.

You been in my house. Get out of my house.

- Who the fuck you think you talking to?

- You.

- Say one more word, I'm gonna knock your ass out.

- No!

No, stop, please.

Y'all stop.

Stop.

[Louise hyperventilates]

Stop.

Bryson.

Stop, you're gonna kill him!

- [Operator] 911, what's your emergency?

- I want you to come to 2871 Bellevue Court.

Please, they're fighting. Bryson, you're gonna kill him.

- [Operator] Ma'am, officers are in the area.

I'm going to stay on the line with you until they arrive.

- Bryson, stop!

- Stop Bryson! You're gonna kill him!

Bryson, stop!

- [Sy] Get the fuck off me! Get the fuck off me!

[all shouting]

- Get up. Get up.

Get up right now.

All right. All right. Calm down. Calm down. Calm down.

Okay, I'm gonna need one person to speak at a time.

What happened here? - What are you doing?

What are you doing?

- Hey, sir, do you need a minute?

- No, I don't need no minute. I'm fine.

- I was just outside in the driveway

and I came back in and this fool was in my house.

I want to press charges.

I'm gonna kill you, man. You're a dead man.

- Hey.

- What's y'all names? What's your names?

- Excuse me. I'm Captain Rogers.

This is Officer Woods.

- Okay. Officers. I'm sorry.

Captain. Sir, whatever.

I'm gonna need y'all to arrest this man.

He just made a threat on my life.

And if you don't arrest him,

I'm going to need both y'all badge numbers.

- Sir, why were you in his home?

- Say something.

- It's my home and I invited him.

- Lou. This is our house.

- That's bullshit.

- Sir, what is your name?

- Bryson St. James.

- [officer Woods] Mr. St. James, do you live here?

- No. But I pay for the mortgage.

I pay for the car outside.

I pay for the clothes she wears.

I pay the insurance. This is my fiancee, not his.

- That's a lie.

- Lou. Lou.

- How can we fix anything

when you act like you don't trust me?

Officers, you have a job to do.

So do it.

- [Sy] You heard the lady.

- Mr. St. James, sir, put your hands behind your back.

- Bye.

- Hey! Hey!

- Put your hands up right now before I shoot you!

I don't want to, but I will.

- All right.

- You're under arrest. Let's go this way.

- Lou. Lou!

- Lou, my ass. Get your ass out.

Give me something to wipe my fucking face, Lou.

Give me someone to wipe my face!

- Look, man. You get one phone call, all right?

Doesn't look like the judge can see you right now though.

- Fuck. Is there anything you can do?

I really gotta get out of here today.

I have a huge meeting tomorrow I can't miss.

And I gotta check my finances.

I think she cleaned me out.

Fuck, this is a nightmare.

- Look, man. Dude, my hands are tied.

There's nothing I can do for you, all right?

I'm not gonna risk my job just to let you go, okay?

But you're gonna have to wait for a judge.

They'll be here soon.

- I don't even have anybody I can call anymore.

I cut ties with everyone who didn't like her.

Friends. Family.

My parents passed away in college.

Gave that girl everything, man.

This is what happened.

I'm gonna lose everything.

[somber music]

- Fuck, man.

It's rough. It really is.

I feel for you and everything.

But I mean, even as a captain,

there's only so much I can do, man.

All right.

Look, I'll cut you a break on the stalking charges, okay?

Everything else, the battery assault,

the terroristic threats, those are pretty serious, okay?

So sit tight, man. Process you in the system.

- Captain, is there any way you could just do me a favor?

I left my car with the keys in it at her house

and I don't trust her with it.

Can you please grab it and take it to 2316 Miriam Lane?

Please. It'll be safe there.

- Yeah, sure. Whatever, man.

- Thank you. - Good luck.

- Oh, I do have one person I might be able to call.

You told me I get a phone call, right?

I don't know if he's gonna help me, but it's worth a shot.

- All right, man. Make it quick.

- Thank you.

Pick up the phone.

[phone buzzing]

- Hello, this is Luke Washington.

- Mr. Washington? This is Bryson St. James. How are you?

- What do you want?

- I kind of need a favor if, if you can help me.

- A favor? You made one payment of $5,000 into Outta Ink.

And then you breached every other agreement in the contract,

and now you need a favor?

- Luke. Mr. Washington, I need you to listen to me.

Look, my fiancee, my ex-fiancee did all of this

without my knowledge or consent.

I really don't know the scope of everything

that's happening, but I just need to know

if there's any ROI available on my investment.

- No, there's no ROI.

You defaulted, so the contract is null and void.

Now, they've seemed to do very well without your investment.

I don't know what happened in your situation,

but I hope you get your act together

and start to stand in your word in the future.

- Hello?

- Take care.

- Hey, Louise. It's Luke.

I just spoke to Bryson,

and he pretended like he didn't know what was going on.

So I was just calling to thank you,

and ask if you wanted to go out sometime.

- All right, man. Good to see you

finally coming out of here.

So I was able to hold your car for the last six months,

so you're good on that.

But I'm gonna need you to stay away from Ms. Monroe.

I know you want to confront her and everything like that,

but that no contact order is still in place.

So if you go back to the house,

I'm gonna have to arrest you.

I don't want to, but I will if I have to.

- Thank you for everything. - Yeah. Take care.

- All right. There you go.

- Thank you. - You're welcome.

Have a good day. - All right. You too.

- Louise.

Why did you do this to me?

Look at me.

I gave you everything and I gave up everybody for you.

Why did you do this to me?

[somber music]

Louise.

- Isn't there a no contact order in place?

- That's it?

After everything we've been through, that's all I get?

It's all right

'cause karma's a bitch and she never loses an address.

Remember that.

- Hi. Yes, is this Bounty Hunter's Towing?

Yes, this is Louise Monroe.

I'm calling you because about two months ago,

you guys called inquiring about a green Ford F-150 truck.

Yes.

Well, it's currently parked at Liberty Partners Bank,

the downtown branch.

If you hurry, you can catch it right now.

All right. Thank you.

- Mr. St. James, how can I help you?

- Wow. I'm surprised you remember me.

- I do.

Are you opening another account today?

- No. No.

I really want to get my money back.

My fiancee took all the money out of my account,

and I want her prosecuted,

and I want that money put back into my account.

- Well, I clearly remember a couple of months ago

you came in and you authorized her on your account, so…

- No, no. You're not understanding me.

She took it out of my account though.

She had access, but not to take it out.

- Mr. St. James, please lower your voice.

I will have to call security.

- You're not listening!

- I, I heard you. I did hear you.

- Is there someone else I could talk to, please?

Anybody above you?

- I am the manager.

There isn't anything else that can be done

unless you want to make payment arrangements.

Sorry.

- No, my car. That's my car!

That's my car. Don't take my car, that's all I have left!

♪ The sunshine's gone ♪

♪ And there's nothing but cloud cover ♪

♪ I've never felt so alone ♪

- Hey, Draya, baby. What's going on?

It's been a minute.

- Hey, Sy. I'm surprised to hear from you.

- Well, you know, my lawyer

finally got all them charges dropped against me.

So I'm home now. So I want to invite you and see you though.

- [Draya] You couldn't invite me to come near Louise.

- Wait.

Well, what, what's going on?

- [Draya] Cedric and I are no longer together

and I don't wanna be anywhere near Louise.

- Whoa, whoa.

Wait, what, what, what the hell is going on?

You know, I noticed I ain't seen you around.

You know, we got a nice little crib

out here in Bellevue too.

- [Draya] Sy, Louise was sleeping with Cedric.

- You say what?

Wait, wait.

Nah, that's a new low even for her.

When the hell this happen?

- I went over to her new spot to do her hair

and she was drunk and bragging about it.

And this happened when you was locked up.

And I confronted Cedric and he didn't even deny it.

- Well, you know I do got a tit for tat mentality,

so you ever want me to come through and eat them groceries,

you let me know.

- No, no, no, no. I'm, I'm good.

I know what I deserve

and Cedric's been begging for me back, but I'm good on that.

That's dead.

I'm just taking it one day at a time.

- Look, it's an open invitation, baby girl.

- [Draya] You take care of yourself

and stay out of trouble, friend.

- Yeah, I'll do that.

Fucking bitch.

[Bryson sobs]

[Bryson knocks on door]

- Thought I told you to stay the hell away from me.

Now, unless you want to do another six months,

get the hell off my property.

- Chase, I don't have anything.

I have nowhere to stay. Please.

Can I just crash for a few nights?

Anything. Please.

- You know what the sad thing is?

I said I loved you like a brother.

We are brothers.

But see, Bria's my woman. She comes first.

She's not gonna let you back in this house.

- She's still mad at me?

All right. Can I just, can I just borrow a couple dollars,

so I can stay at a hotel or something, please?

Please. Anything.

- What happened to your money, Bryson?

- Louise.

Louise.

- I knew it. I knew it.

And I tried to tell you you were overspending.

- I know I fucked up, man. I'm sorry.

- All this could have been avoided, man,

if you just listened, Bryson.

- I know, man.

I'm so sorry. I fucked up.

- I'm glad you really like it, girl.

- Thank you. And thank you for coming last minute.

- Yeah, of course. You know it's only a 20-minute hairstyle,

so just let me know if you want me to do it again.

And thank you for the sweater.

- Thank you. Babe, do you like my...

Oh, hell no.

What the hell are you doing here, Bryson?

- I'm sorry, Bria. Bria.

- Leave. - Bria.

- Leave now before I call the police.

- Bria, I have nothing. I lost everything.

- That's not my problem.

My husband's nose was almost broken.

- I'm so sorry.

- His vision will be impaired

for the rest of his life, Bryson.

And you think sorry can fix that?

- I'm so sorry.

- You made your bed and now you lie in it.

- Everybody, just calm down.

Come on, man. - Come where?

If he comes in, I'm leaving.

- Hey, Bryson. - And if I leave,

I am not coming back, Chase.

- Bryson, just come with me.

- Yeah, take his ass with you. - I don't know all the details,

but look, if it's about Louise, I know you need help.

- Hold on.

I'm going. I promise, Bria.

Please, I hope one day you'll let me make it up to you.

- Like I said, you made your bed

and now you have to lie in it, Bryson.

- I'm just, I just hope that you forgive me.

- You sound stupid. - I'm sorry.

- It's okay. Come on. - I'm so sorry, Chase.

- Bryson, just come with me.

I know anyone in that woman's path needs help.

- Thank you.

Thank you.

- Listen.

I know it's not much, but it's home.

After I found out Louise was sleeping with Cedric,

I lost everything and I had to start over.

- I'm so sorry.

- No, Bryson, it's okay.

- Guess I'm starting over too.

I don't have anything.

- It's okay. We can go get your clothes

and you can stay here.

It's okay. I don't have a problem with that.

- I don't have anything. Just what I'm wearing.

- I, I have a friend that owns a clothing line.

Boss Up Clothing. Just look it up on your phone.

- Thank you. Really appreciate it.

Can I use your phone? My service is still off.

- Yeah, of course.

You know what? I'll add you to my plan.

And you can just add whatever you want to the cart,

and use my credit card, okay.

- Really? - Yeah.

- Why are you helping me, Draya?

- Bryson, I know what it's like to lose everything.

And in spite of what Louise did,

I know there's love still there.

Accompanied by hurt and emptiness.

I just wish someone would take care of me.

- Thank you.

♪ Every little breeze seem to whisper ♪

♪ Louise ♪

- Hey.

Which thing? Silver or gold?

- You look good for once.

Going somewhere?

- I was just gonna go do a little shopping.

- Were you going with your friend, Draya?

- Yeah, I think so.

Why you ask?

- No real reason.

Just haven't seen her in a while, that's all.

- You know, she's got the salon

and she's got her travel clients that she goes to see,

so she's, like, super busy all the time.

So it's hard to get up with her sometimes, you know?

- Mm-hmm. Okay.

Oh, I forgot to mention, I'll be going to Jamaica soon.

See one of my frat brothers.

Best friend passed away, so.

- Oh, man. I'm so sorry to hear that.

Who, who was it?

- You remember my friend, Tony Sims?

He married the girl from the, you know,

when he met her on Blast Up.

- Oh, damn. I'm so sorry.

Do you want me to grab anything for you while I'm out,

or did you want me to come with you?

- No, I'm good.

I'm good. No, I'm good. - You sure?

- Thank you.

- Okay. - Look.

I just want to do a little soul search while I'm gone.

And I promise you, baby, when I get back,

you're gonna see a whole different side.

Okay.

Give me some.

[they kiss]

♪ Every little breeze seem to whisper ♪

- I'll finish getting dressed.

♪ Louise ♪

hey, everything's set up.

Yeah. You know how long I've been waiting for this day?

Yeah, since I was 15 years old.

You know that.

And let me tell you something.

It was worth the wait.

All right.

[Sy chuckles]

♪ London Bridge is falling down ♪

♪ Falling down ♪

- Charlene?

- Hey, is that you?

- Yeah, it's me.

- How did you find me, child?

- Well, I spoke to Ms. Kaitlyn

and I know her and her husband have put you up here.

Are you okay?

- Don't matter much. Doctors say my time is about up.

This could be my last day.

[somber music]

- Do, do you need anything?

You need some, you need some water or anything?

- No. No.

Sharlotte gave me some about 30 minutes ago.

Her and her boyfriend's been visiting pretty regular.

[Charlene laughs]

I guess she's waiting on me to die

so she can collect the insurance money.

- Sharlotte's been coming to visit you?

You said she has a boyfriend? Are you sure?

I've never known Aunt Sharlotte to have boyfriends.

She's usually just with a bunch of different men.

- Sounds about right.

But this one's different.

She's been gone with that boy

since he was about 15 years old.

And she was in her mid 30s.

She took his virginity.

And after that, they was always sticking around.

She taught him how to get money

out them rich folks account.

He not too long got out of jail for fraud.

But even in jail,

he was able to somehow send Sharlotte

$2,000 and $3,000 a week.

- Mama, do you know his name? What's his name?

Was it Sy? Do you remember his name? Can you say his name?

- I, I can't think of it right now.

It's on the tip of my tongue.

- Did she, did she call him Sy or SyDon or?

- That's it. - SyDon Murray?

- That's it. Yes.

When he was here last, he dropped his bracelet.

Can you give it back to Sharlotte so she can give it to him?

They're getting ready to go to her little Jamaica spot.

It's a house that you owned since you were a baby.

It's still in your name.

Louise, I have a confession.

Something I always wanted you to know.

When you were 12, I tried to kill Sharlotte.

It was on a Sunday.

And I knew she'd be getting ready for church.

So I waited for her outside.

I walked up on the porch.

I didn't even knock.

And when the door…

[gunshot fires]

[Charlene sobs]

My intention was never to hurt you, Louise.

It's just Sharlotte had taken everything that meant

anything to me.

Sharlotte, so low down she even changed your name.

- Changed my name?

What was my name?

- It's London.

That property is in London Monroe's name.

But she changed your name to Louise

because her name is also Louise.

- It's okay, mom.

- Sharlotte Louise Davis.

That's her name.

- Oh my God.

- And she, she changed your name

because she didn't want you to find that property.

See, that was the one thing she always wanted,

but couldn't control.

[Charlene coughs]

- It's, it's okay, mom.

It's okay. Listen, I'm here now.

I'm here. You have me.

Okay, I know you've been fighting for me your whole life.

You have me now.

- It's, it's too late for all of that, baby.

- No, no, no, no.

- I, I love you.

- I love you too, Mama.

- I am so sorry.

- No, no. It's okay. It's okay.

[Charlene coughs]

- Just hold on. Hold on.

Just hold on.

Jake, hey.

Hey, it's Louise.

- [Jake] Oh, hi, Louise. What can I do for you today?

- Hey I, I need a boatload of herbs.

I need you to,

I need you to send over also the, the A&D packet.

You got a pen. I, I got an address.

I can give you the address, where to send it to.

- [Jake] Okay. That total comes to $278.56.

You want me to charge the card that you have on file?

- Yes, please.

- [Jake] I'm sorry, Louise. That payment did not go through.

- There's gotta be a mistake.

Something's gotta be wrong with your machine.

Front it again. There's plenty of money in that account.

Please.

- [Jake] Hold on just a second.

I just did a one other test running my card

and it went through.

Hold on.

It's clear.

And I'm running yours again and it's declined.

Do you have another method of payment?

- I'll call you back. I'll call you back.

[somber music]

I'm so sorry. I'm sorry for yelling.

I'm sorry. But I'm here now.

Mom, please. Please, I'm here now.

I'm going to take care of you.

Mom, please. Mama.

Mom, I'm here now.

Mom, I'm so sorry for yelling.

Please, Mama.

[Louise sobs]

Mama, I love you.

I'm so sorry.

- I'm sorry, Ms. Monroe,

but we've done an extensive investigation

and it shows that all of the transfers

come from your computer.

All of the transactions have the same IP address,

even the passwords that we have.

Then according to the latest technology, huh,

everything shows it's coming from your computer.

Unfortunately in this case,

the FDSE, they do not cover losses like this.

- Okay, but I did not do this.

I did not authorize any of these transactions.

My money had to be transferred somewhere.

Where the hell did my money go?

- Ms. Monroe, please lower your voice.

- I will not. I deserve to know where my money went.

- Sharlotte Louise Raye-Murray.

- What did you say?

- The money is in an offshore account.

Sharlotte has been the authorized user on this account.

It's been this way since you were a little kid in pull-ups.

I'm sorry, but you're going to have to speak to her.

And her new husband, Mr. SyDon Murray.

Yeah, he is so nice.

- Before I even knew how to pronounce my name,

Aunt Sharlotte opened up a bank account

for me when I was three years old.

She's the one who made sure I had everything I needed.

I gotta go.

- Have a good day.

- Oh my God, Bryson. You look really good.

I've been meaning to call you to apologize.

I just didn't know how to reach you.

- Louise, you got about five seconds

to step away from my husband. - Your what?

- And four of them are already gone.

Yeah. You guys are broken up, remember?

You weren't even a couple.

Sound familiar? You know what?

I didn't agree with you then, but now I see your point.

- I upgraded. So excuse us.

[pensive music]

- [Louise] Oh my God. I remember this house.

- [Charlene] Come here, London.

♪ London Bridge is falling down ♪

♪ Falling down ♪

♪ Falling down ♪

♪ London Bridge is falling down ♪

♪ London Bridge is falling down ♪

♪ Falling down ♪

- [Louise] Charlene.

Mom, I remember.

I remember how we used to sing "London Bridge" together.

You did love me.

- Finally. - Yeah.

- I got my house, my man, and my money.

- Damn right.

- That I always wanted and most importantly deserved.

- That's right.

- I think I've waited long enough, don't you?

You don't even know.

If Louise ever had to find out

that I kept her away from Charlene,

we would've never got away with this.

- I'll drink to that.

[glasses clink]

You know, sleeping with her was hard.

But I understand why you put us together.

I do.

Now, I know I was 15.

But when two people love each other the way we did,

even back then, it shouldn't be illegal, baby.

I love you, Mrs. Murray.

- So my whole life was a lie?

My mother was right?

- No, baby.

Louise, let me explain. - Shh.

- Please, let me explain.

- Do not interrupt me,

because I'm only gonna say this shit one time.

- Lou.

You need to put that goddamn gun down

and stop pointing it at my wife.

[gunshot fires]

- Sy. No, no, no.

No, baby, no.

Sy.

Please wake up.

Louise.

I'm sorry. I'll give you money.

I'm sorry I hurt you, baby.

But I'll do, I'll do anything, please.

[gunshot fires]

- I'm sorry. I don't think we've met before.

My name is London.

[somber music]

God, please forgive me for my sins.

[Louise clicks fingers]

And just like that.

I'm clean again.

- Hello?

- [Operator] 911. What's your emergency?

- I'm at 8512 Jamaica Lane.

Me and my husband were both shot.

I think he's still alive, please.

[upbeat country music]

♪ Long day on the job, yeah, I've been working hard ♪

♪ It's time to punch the time card ♪

♪ Stop by the shop, grab a couple of tops ♪

♪ It's time to turn it up, but now ♪

♪ Gotta call up the cruise or they could call up a few ♪

♪ We about to do what we do ♪

♪ It's gonna be lit like a fuse ♪

♪ So tell the neighbors the news ♪

♪ The bring the ballers and booze ♪

♪ Then we meet up at the spot, yeah ♪

♪ And we put on something that bops, yeah ♪

♪ Gonna have a good time in this box, yeah ♪

♪ And we ain't watching no clock ♪

♪ We be head bobbing and feet stomping and hand clapping ♪

♪ You'd swear it was church ♪

♪ We be beer spilling and it's giving the good feeling ♪

♪ Like a preacher giving the word ♪

♪ We be getting down with the hope down and sound ♪

♪ They got the boots to the ground ♪

♪ We keep the drinks coming ♪

♪ And air drumming and fist bumping ♪

♪ Baby, you'll be, yeah baby ♪

♪ Cold one in my hand, yeah I came with a plan ♪

♪ To get drunk and do my dance ♪

♪ Throw a couple of cans to a couple of friends ♪

♪ Yeah, I know that I'm the man ♪

♪ Now that we got a chance to put the boots with the pants ♪

♪ We ♪

♪ Fill my cup once again to fill it up like we're staying ♪

♪ On Friday night with her ♪

♪ And some put 'em up in the sky, yeah ♪

♪ And play that song that we like, yeah ♪

♪ Diamond in my eyes ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ I'm just a simple girl with simple wings ♪

♪ You walked into my life, you made me so complete ♪

♪ Don't need your fancy cars ♪

♪ Your house on the hills or your diamond rings ♪

♪ I look into your eyes and feel the joys that you bring ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ You're my fantasy, my everything ♪

♪ I love the way you're loving me ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Oh, so happy I wanna find ♪

♪ When I think of the way you make me feel ♪

♪ I just know that I ♪

♪ Never gonna let you go ♪

♪ Never gonna let you get away ♪

♪ And if it's possible to love you forever and a day ♪

♪ I'll be right here for you ♪

♪ Stand here by your side ♪

♪ Shoulder to shoulder, you're my soldier ♪