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[delilah] previously on delilah...

What do they make anyway? At osbourne?

Radios for the military.

Whoever makes this go away makes partner.

You had an affair with leah?

I wouldn't call it an affair.

Were you romantically involved with fred?

Girl, he is 55 and white.

It's really happening. You versus tamara.

I know that you're upset about what happened.

I can't do this right now.

So, I'll check back in a month?

Sounds great.

Dion is your son. Doesn't that do anything to you?

I'm not in a place where I can take him back, d.

Your brother asked if dion could stay with me and frances.

But I am not going to let that brother of mine,

leave yet another indelible mark on that little boy's soul.

Welcome to the office!

Gary shea was concerned about a radio they manufactured.

If there is any evidence of any wrong doing or any irregularity in here,

we need to find it.

I have got something to show you.

Uh, it's nate.

Take a look at that. "equipment malfunction."

does he have a copy of this report?

Seems like you gotta talk to nate.

Going home this week, huh?

Uh, not for good, but yeah.

Just a little visit to figure out how we're gonna accommodate my new...

-...Lifestyle. -I saw that on the schedule.

We're gonna deep clean your room while you're gone.

-It'll be good as new. -Thank you.

This is the first time you've been home since you got back stateside, is it?

It's going on five months.

Gonna be good to see that house.

Yes, sir.

Discharge meeting isn't until tomorrow.

I know when the meeting is. We need to talk.

Hey, jack, can you give us some space?

Oh, yeah. I was done, anyhow. [chuckles]

miss connolly. Excuse me.

You got something to say?

I probably shouldn't have told--

damn right you shouldn't have.

You scared that son of yours half out of his mind.

You know, I keep thinking that christine is the bad news in this story,

but maybe you two found each other.

'cause I have never met two people

more willing to bat a child around like a wiffle ball than you two.

Is this what you came here to do? To browbeat me like a hostile witness?

No. But the next time you have a issue with me, little brother,

be a man and address it yourself.

Don't send your old attack dog, 'cau he doesn't mean anything to me.

I kicked him and sent him home.

-Yeah. Pop said you was pretty heated. -I was.

I am.

I'm sorry.

Is that what you came to hear?

Hmm. That was barely an apology.

[sighs] look, it was a stupid idea.

I was mad. I'm sorry.

What do you want?

I need your help.

With what?

After your accident, did they give you

a ground accident report explaining what happened?

Yeah, but...

I actually contributed to it. But not too much. I don't think.

-How so? -I don't remember what happened, but...

One minute I was riding along, next thing I know, I woke up in the hospital bed.

But, yeah, the investigation board sent one.

Well, do you happen to have it here?

Uh, yeah.

I never opened it up, but it's here. Why do you need it?

-Here it is. -Niagara falls.

Uh, yeah, that's...

You don't want to know.

-It's a christine thing? -Yeah. Kinda.

-Is it okay if I open it? -Uh, yeah.

I don't want to see it though.

I don't need to go there.

Just started sleeping through the night, you know.

Where you going?

Going to get some fresh coffee.

Getting bitch slapped by you wasn't enough to wake me up I guess.

"other."

"equipment malfunction."

why would they be different?

Hmm.

Son of a bitch.

[theme music playing]

here's the thing. There are two completely different

accounts of what happened in these reports.

One has a detailed description of an ambush,

the other just says "equipment malfunction."

-and the same date? -Yes.

And all signed by the same man.

Staff sergeant rick pattengale.

I'll see if I can find him.

[delilah] demetria, can you see if the name is on any other reports as well?

-[cell phone ringing] -I'm already looking.

-Gonna take this. -Mm-hm.

-Has it been a month already? -[jamal] no.

But a buddy of mine gave me his courtside seats tickets to the hornets game tonight.

And casey said you're a fan. So, you wanna go?

Oh, I wish I could say yes to that.

But I can't tonight. I'm so sorry.

Hey, no apologies necessary.

You said how busy you are up front.

It was nice to hear your voice anyway.

You know, I could...

Uh, can you give me a couple of days?

I could find a babysitter.

We can do dinner, Friday night. How does that sound?

Hey, if that works for you, yes.

Haymakers at 8:00. I'll buy.

8:15, I've got muay thai till 07:45.

You don't want me coming over unshowered.

Oh, you are doing pizza, muay thai. You're a man of many talents, huh?

I just try to stay interesting.

Listen, far be it from me

to ask a modern woman to be old-fashioned.

-But I am buying. -Oh, I really didn't want to buy.

I just figured I picked the restaurant, it's kinda expensive so...

Okay. All right, we'll talk soon.

Hmm.

Yeah, osbourne can send it.

But let me know when fedex confirms delivery.

-Sure. Will do. -[sighs]

[cell phone ringing]

I was just thinking about you.

What time do you get off today?

-I already did. -[laughs]

I was actually asking a question here.

-When are you gonna be home? -Well, let me see, mr. Serious, uh...

I should be able to get out of here at 5:00. What are you thinking?

Is that a real 5:00?

Yeah, 5:00. What's going on?

See you then.

Is this one of those elaborate time-sensitive gourmet dinners of yours?

-Because if it is... -Good bye.

Good bye.

[scoffs]

so these were all signed by the same guy, rick pattengale.

And we have not yet found sergent pattengale.

He was honorably discharged from the military

and then he just disappeared about a month ago.

-Put mace on that. -Already did.

But we came up with these.

These are copies of the reports sent to six soldiers in this pile

that also don't quite match up.

-And how did you get a hold of these? -I called 100 people

and 6 of them said they'd send them right over.

Sergent pattengale has been busy.

He's also been kinda lazy.

-How so? -There's all these phrases

repeated in all the reports. You can see.

-Like here. -Here.

"we gave them what mres we had and moved on."

um, "saw many palm civets."

-what are those? -A kind of lemur looking thing.

-They're cute. -It's like he adds this stuff in to make it seem more real.

But it's always the exact same stuff.

See what I don't understand is I can see why osbourne would doctor reports

that incriminate them.

But why would someone from the army do it?

In the meantime, do you want me to serve fred osbourne a depo notice?

No, but good job.

-I assume these are copies. -Yes, ma'am.

When do you want me to serve fred osbourne with a depo notice?

After I show these to tamara.

I think once tamara sees that nate is involved,

then she's gonna do the right thing.

I at least have to give her the chance to do the right thing.

Is this how she lost the case with jane doe and the cops in the car?

Giving everybody a chance.

[music playing faintly]

-[knock on door] -[music plays louder]

-[man] yeah. -[woman] is that another present?

-[man] you expecting someone? -[woman laughing]

-hey. -Hey.

-Come in. -Uh, yeah.

[gasps] delilah.

I'm so glad you're here.

I was just thinking "I hope she's over whatever

she was under last night, because I need my girl.

Sorry for interrupting. I didn't--

resign yourself to interrupting forever, because we

are on an eternal date as of two minutes ago.

-[shrieking] dreams come true. -Oh!

-Congratulations, casey. -Thank you.

D, will you be my maid of honor?

-Of course! -[shrieks]

[tamara] oh!

[tamara sighing wistfully]

he really didn't tell you to come?

I'm here about the case actually.

[tamara] of course you are.

[delilah] but it can wait, until tomorrow, or you know, whenever.

Have fun.

-Celebrate! -[casey] I'll call jamal.

[casey] tell him the good news.

It really can wait.

We both know that it can't, so, what's up?

I think this case involves nate.

Nate?

-Like, seriously? -[delilah] I think so.

Okay, well...

-Well, walk me through it. -It just very much looks that way.

[casey] of course, she said "yes".

God hasn't made the woman who could say no to that ring.

Look, let's just talk tomorrow,

-I'm gonna-- -no, no, no, nope. Wait.

So, you're saying that

nate being paralyzed just so happens to be the result of what

-crazy leah davis's case is about? -Yes.

What are the odds of that, d? Seriously.

When the c-15 is the most commonly used radio in the army,

very high.

So, you're convinced that there's some way these radios are blowing things up.

Gary shea was.

And the accident reports that the army sent to osbourne and nate

are completely different.

The one that the army sent osbourne

says "equipment malfunction."

the one they sent nate,

-whole different story. -Huh.

And there are six different reports in here

saying the same thing.

Just read it. Please.

I will. I promise.

Because if what you say is true,

you already know.

[delilah] I already know what?

D.

There are partnerships.

-And there are partnerships. -Hmm.

And if

osbourne is to blame for what happened to nate, I'll just...

I'll just tell win that we gotta drop them. Done.

-Thank you. -But

-we're not there yet. -I understand.

[tamara laughs]

-and, congratulations! -Aah!

-[both laugh softly] -and to you too.

Because you're gonna have a front row, all expense paid trip

to the wedding of the century.

-Where's it gonna be? -[tamara] oh, I don't know. Some place fabulous.

Yeah, um...

I'll call you in the morning. I'm...

-Not gonna get to these tonight. -I didn't think you would.

-Bye. -Buh-bye.

[tamara sighs wistfully]

oh!

-Hello. -She couldn't stay?

No. You know the kids.

Yeah.

Okay.

What's happening right now? Uh-uh. Nope. [laughs]

what?

This body's got a lot of living to do before you start wrecking it with babies.

-Is that right? -That is so right.

Wait. Oh, my god.

[laughing] you are so bad.

[tamara laughing]

what do they do at that school you go to? It's like they

dip you in mud with one of those big claws that

they grab toys with at the arcade.

Do I have to go to dad's tomorrow?

Why would you not?

I have class with miss b.

-Can't dad take you? -He can.

I don't like practicing at his place. His neighbors complain.

Well, if it's okay with him,

but ask.

What're you thinking about?

You are divorced?

That's correct.

-Is mommy and daddy divorced? -No!

Why would you say that?

They live in different places.

Well, they are not divorced.

Kye said

everybody gets divorced.

Well is kye the one that got you in all this mud?

Don't listen to kye.

Kye does not know what he's talking about.

Okay?

You're done.

[slow music playing]

[dramatic music playing]

[tamara] so, I read the report, d.

[delilah] and you see what I mean?

First of all, I just wanna cry.

Whatever they did to nate...

And second, I can see that these versions don't agree.

So are you gonna talk to win?

Well, first I'm gonna go to osbourne today

and ask fred point blank about the these damn radios.

But you read the reports?

Before I tell win lockley jr.

To tell win lockley sr.

To walk away from a client this big, I need to see for myself that these radios

even do what you think that they can do.

I hear what you're saying.

Just do me favor, wait on that depo notice until I talk to fred?

If he feels threatened, he's not going to talk. Not even to me.

-Okay. But then it's going out. -Understood.

Hey, uh, tell nate that I said hi.

How do you know where I am?

Find my friends.

[tamara laughs]

what're you doing there anyway, talking about the case?

No. We have what's called a safe planning discharge meeting.

We've gotta meet with this case worker to talk about how we'll eventually

bring nate back home.

-I am not optimistic. -Christine?

Tell nate that I pray for him every night,

and, uh, I'll give you a call after I talk to fred, okay?

-Bye. -All right.

[man] how else are you going to pay for it?

Well, there are low interest loans vets can apply for.

-And ada grants. -How fast do you think that's gonna happen?

Take the money.

-Delilah. -Take the money for what?

The remodeling that has to take place before he moves back into the house.

Hey. I'm gonna grab some papers and I'll meet you right back here.

[delilah] okay.

-Nate tells me you and he had a talk yesterday? -Hmm.

Settle some things?

I think he learned something.

Where's christine?

I'll give her another call.

Frances is okay with you paying for the remodel?

That's nice of her.

It was her idea.

She's not who you think she is.

Neither am I.

It's today, chris. You know that.

You might wanna take a beat before you turn that house

into something that you can't sell.

She said she thought it was tomorrow.

-Mm hmm. -Delilah, don't say nothing.

Nobody knows what really goes on between two people.

Remember, we're here to support your brother.

-Okay, is this everybody? -[both] yep.

-This is us for today. -[woman] perfect. Right this way, then.

-I still think-- -I would really appreciate if you would stop

emceeing this whole thing like you're the wise, old patriarch.

I was just gonna say that I'm very grateful that you are here.

[cell phone ringing]

leah.

Is everything okay?

Um, I, uh, I just got a letter from osbourne legal department saying that

if I don't bring them my laptop

and my phone, they're gonna see that I'm charged with theft.

[scoffs] they can't do that, can they?

The laptop is mine. The phone is mine.

The files are theirs.

Just bring 'em both by the office.

Let harper clone them and then you can hand 'em over if you feel that's necessary.

I personally think that they are bluffing.

Um, okay.

Is that a problem?

Yeah, uh...

No. No, I can do that.

-Are... [clears throat] we're ready to get started. -I'll be right there.

Why is that a problem, leah?

No, no, it's fine. I can do that.

Okay, is there something you're not telling me?

-Is that what's happening again? -I, um...

I said I can do it.

I said I'll bring them in.

Okay.

Great. Bye.

[mysterious music playing]

[sighs]

so.

The next thing is meeting at the house to determine what kind of work needs to be done.

That's the next step, right?

Now, regardless of how you ultimately decide how to pay for the work, nate,

you're gonna wanna get in there and determine the scope of it.

That's all this is. It's just a basic ada assessment.

So, will four o'clock tomorrow still work?

I'll check my calendar.

And will it work for your wife?

-Yeah, four o'clock is fine. -Okay.

-I can do four o'clock. -Um, I'm not free until after 4:30.

You don't have to come.

I don't want you bringing your negativity and suspicion into the house, around christine.

-Right when I'm trying to make things better. -I would never do that.

D!

I'm not trying to fight.

But you've been doing it the whole meeting.

I've been sitting here, listening.

Yeah. Like this.

And every time I say christine's name, you give a look like, "where is she?"

she screwed up.

-People make mistakes. -Yeah, once.

Twice.

-Ten times in a row. Nathan, that's not a mistake. -That's enough now.

You don't tell me what's enough.

Believe it or not, this is normal.

Nobody is like my sister.

So, I don't see how this is normal.

I think you can consider your sister warned about her non-verbal cues

and how they affect you.

-[man] or can he not? -[laughs sarcastically]

okay.

I'll manage my looks.

[woman] so, 4:30 tomorrow, right?

I can make four work.

-4:30 is fine. -I can make four work.

Perfect.

Do you mind if I speak to you for a second?

Alone?

-This is about the money, not you. Yeah. -Talk about anything you want.

-Thanks for all your help. -Oh, my pleasure.

[woman] you all right, miss connolly?

I'm fine. Thanks.

[instrumental music playing]

[tamara] opposing counsel tipped me off that they have evidence that someone in the

army is removing references to c-15 malfunctions in accident reports.

-What kind of evidence? -I just need to know if it's true.

Is there an active cover-up that I need to know about, fred?

I don't pretend to know everything that the us army does.

And if leah davis wants to sue the army for something,

she's welcome to do it.

She can use the money I'd love to give her

to pay for a lawyer.

But the fact remains there's no way

the c-15 ever did anything

but let soldiers talk to each other.

So if this case goes to court,

I can put you on the stand and you would testify to that,

under oath?

-Karen. -[karen] yes, sir?

Is raquel williams in today?

[karen] yes, sir. She's in her office now.

Have her meet us in the warehouse.

[karen] uh, right away, sir.

Who is raquel williams?

Gary shea's boss,

before he died of a radical misconception.

She can walk you through

what the c-15 can and cannot do,

then we won't have to talk about this again.

We're probably gonna talk about it.

I'm a christian.

My yes means yes, my no means no.

And I am always under oath

in a court that matters a lot more than the one you make your living in.

That's for sure.

Ms. Roberts.

Raquel williams.

[tamara] nice to meet you.

Fred said you need a little crash course in objective reality.

Sounds like fred.

[raquel] okay.

These are g-10s.

Remotely detonated ground-to-air missiles

made by wellington.

The same ones gary shea thought could be detonated

if they're within the range of a c-15.

What are they doing here?

[raquel] I'll get to that in two minutes.

This is an osbourne c-15.

It's a frequency-hopping radio.

When you turn it on with this switch here...

[switch clicks]

...It starts cycling through a pre-determined set of frequencies.

It takes 30 seconds to get through one cycle, then it starts again.

So the enemy can't listen in.

Right. To listen in or jam it,

you'd have to know the sequence.

Okay. I'm gonna set a timer for 30 seconds

starting now.

And turn this on.

So it's... It's doing its thing?

That's correct.

And that's live ammunition?

Yeah.

[digital beeping]

[raquel] you know why I'm not worried?

Because to detonate a wellington g-10,

you have to transmit a three-digit code

in three different frequencies.

Each number with its own frequency.

I also know that the sequence in the c-15

does not include the sequences required

to detonate one of these g-10s.

Five, four,

three, two,

-one. -[device beeps]

[sighs]

satisfied?

[win] whatever they've got left.

Fred, you don't have to tell me twice.

I hear you loud and clear.

Wait, she just walked in, actually.

We have a problem.

I'm sorry, win. I told her you were on a call.

-She never listens. -You're right, we do.

Sit down.

If you'll excuse us.

What were you doing out there?

I need to know for a fact

that these radios he makes are harmless.

And then he trotted out this...

This show pony to convince me.

Turns out, gary shea's concerns

were sane enough. They did tests on missiles

-to prove him wrong. -And they proved he was wrong.

This is the first I'm hearing of these tests.

I need to call hr.

I need to talk to wellington.

It's my job to prove

that this wasn't why leah got fired.

But it's starting to look to me

like it was.

Fred told me you saw this radio operating

with live ammunition.

He said it was live, she said it was live. How do I know it was live?

[chuckles softly] tamara.

-This friend of yours. -What friend?

-Leah davis. -She's not my friend.

But she's crazy, right?

A loser. A hot mess. A liar.

-You told me. -All these things are true,

-yeah. -Okay.

Fred osbourne just took the time

to walk you through how the claims she's made

are spurious, and you questioned his integrity.

-Is that he told you? -You just did it again.

The point is, tam,

you got one person you know is a liar, saying one thing,

and another person you think is a liar, saying another.

I think they both are liars.

And I could care less,

except for the fact that I have to win this case.

Do you want me to replace you?

-No. -We can put lacey on this,

just like you asked me to way back when.

-No. -"no." that's right.

Who sent those?

Me.

Jane ann told me you just got engaged.

She'd thought it'd be remiss of us not to congratulate you.

I've been meaning to deliver them.

Oh.

If you make partner

and you get married in the same year...

I'm just saying, from the point of view of an old man like me,

-that's a good year. -I hear you.

I want you to send fred an email

thanking him for his time

and make it perfectly clear that you get it now.

Get what?

That what he told you is the truth.

Fine.

Jane ann...

Can you call quail and get me a tee time tomorrow?

Their website's acting up again.

[phone ringing]

connolly law office.

No, ms. Benson, ms. Connolly is not in yet.

Yes, I'll let her know you called. Thank you.

Did you draft that depo notice yet?

I'll do it as soon as ms. Connolly instructs me to do so.

You can count on it.

[demetria] obioha?

I'm working on the md files like you asked.

-Is there anything else-- -that's a nigerian name, right?

-Yes. -My father's people are from west virginia,

but before that, sierra leone.

My mother's people from cuba, by way of cameroon.

-We are all african. -Well...

We're not all from charlotte.

It means helper, right?

[harper] mmm.

-Good morning. -Good morning.

[demetria] can I serve that depo notice?

I want to see if fred osbourne

can lead us to rick pattingale.

Mace he is nowhere to be found.

Give me two minutes.

[tamara] I haven't called you back.

Yeah, I noticed.

I don't know what to say, d.

Fred has his tech ninja school me

on these radios. It's a whole situation, I'll tell you about.

You read those reports. They're covering something up, you know it.

[tamara] d, the army might be doing something.

Let's go after them together somehow, but this case

is about why leah davis got fired.

And that's all it's about.

-The c-15-- -enjoy your partnership.

[sighs]

demetria.

-Boss lady. -Serve it.

Yes, ma'am.

You got that?

[playing violin]

again.

Slower.

[playing slower]

[stuttering] what...

What are you trying to say?

I've only played four notes.

You can tell a story in one note if...

You know what it is you're trying to say.

Now, again.

Slower.

Say something.

[playing slower]

there are violinists in the third grade

who can play those four notes

with such confounding, raw emotion

that they can move a statue to tears.

No, no. Not you.

A statue.

You can't cry.

We're just getting started.

I just don't know what you want.

I want you...

To try and show me your soul.

Playing the way that you're playing right now,

playing the way that you are approaching

playing right now...

It wouldn't get you into the pit

of a public high school musical.

-Are you serious about the violin or not? -I am.

Are you serious

about music or not?

[woman] and so, you're gonna need a ramp at the entrance,

and in the bathroom,

a grab-bar and a shower seat.

And in the rear bedroom, ugh, you're gonna either have to

redo the whole doorway

or we could just take the door off the hinges.

I don't mind taking the door off-hinges and living with that for a while.

Whatever works.

[wes] if a contractor's gonna be here,

you two have them do the work.

Yeah, let's just redo the door frame.

Now, I don't want to spend your money, chief, but what about the stairs?

[wes] just get it all done.

Hey, chris, would you be okay with putting the chairlift on the stairs?

Christine?

Whatever you need, just do it.

Whatever everyone needs, yeah.

[nate] we can wait a while on dion's door.

I'm sorry, I can't do this.

We don't have to do the chairlift.

It's not about the chairlift! I just... I just can't do this!

What's the matter, baby?

[christine] just don't.

I don't like the...

I don't like the idea

of your father spending all this money, because what if... [inhales]

"what if" what?

-I don't know. Just, what if-- -"what if" what, christine?

Delilah. Stay out of it.

It's just a lot of money.

They're working it out.

I think seeing nate in the house like that,

I think it just hit her.

Has she mentioned andre yet?

Delilah, those two people are trying like hell

to crawl their way back to each other right now.

Without mentioning andre?

-Who the hell is andre? -Andre is the truth!

Sorry, I got--

I gotta go.

[sighing]

[sighs]

[sighs] oh.

[ringing tone]

[voicemail beep]

hey, leah, it's tamara. We need to talk.

Call me back. Please.

What about this?

[both] no.

Ugh. Yeah. You're right.

Are you gonna marry this guy?

Marry him? No, it's just a date.

Yeah, you know mom's never getting married again.

Says who?

You did. When you and dad split up.

-Oh. -Is that not true?

Well, if I said it, I said it.

Um, and this is definitely just a date, so...

[cell phone ringing]

it's aunty harper.

Ugh, I need new clothes.

Here, baby.

Did leah drop off the laptop and the computer?

Did that happen?

Uh, no. Do you want me to go pick it up?

No. No, I'll do it in the morning.

Do we still have the external hard drive at the office?

-That one that-- -yes.

In my bottom-right drawer.

I can drop it off on my way home.

Oh, thank you. And if you'll do that,

can you also print out the outline for leah's depo prep?

I would love to give her that, too.

Someone, who shall remain nameless,

broke my printer today.

[harper] done and done.

-[delilah] what? -Nothing.

Um...

Demetria.

I just wish she'd mind her own business.

I don't ask her why she's so weird.

-What did she do now? -Nothing.

Just... She's just... [sighs in exasperation]

okay. I'll talk to her.

Don't say I said anything.

No, of course not. I'll see you Monday.

Bye.

What about-- [door closes]

-how was class? -[boy] it was fine, mom.

Why don't you just go like that?

Yeah, you're pretty.

[sighing]

well. [exhales]

you guys, we need to get you, bath,

dinner for everybody, and I gotta still get ready.

So, let's go.

[song playing]

♪ yeah ♪

♪ the sun beat down through her window pane ♪

♪ and she rolled out of her bed ♪

♪ maybe get a good job ♪

♪ but then who knows ♪

♪ don't wanna break down and sell her soul ♪

♪ that day she changed her philosophy ♪

♪ she can't talk to her mama, mama ♪

♪ can't talk to her about the truth ♪

♪ she stepped off so she could breathe♪

♪ she was brave and new and strong and free ♪

-[jamal] hey. -Hi.

-I was about to get worried. -[chuckles] no,

it was just me. I had trouble getting out the door, so...

Well, it was worth the wait.

You wanna go for a little walk?

There's a sweet little park right over here.

-Oh, what happened? -Oh, nothing.

We just lost our table.

-Ugh. I'm sorry. -Oh, don't be.

I got food to go.

You know that whole

first date sitting and staring at each other thing?

-[laughs] -it's way too much.

Shall we?

Yeah, I, uh, need to get my steps in anyway.

-Good. Me, too. -[both chuckle]

so we moved to the states from santo domingo

-when I was ten. -Mmm.

First new york, then dc, then here.

Why charlotte?

My mother heard there was work.

And space to live. Bigger apartments.

Seems like a very brave lady.

Trekking across the world like that.

Mmm-hmm.

Anything for sueno americano.

[chuckles]

um, how did you meet casey?

-So my mother worked two jobs. -Mmm.

Sometimes three.

And when she was gone for long stretches,

she left me with the neighbor lady, mrs. Landon.

-Casey's mom? -Casey's aunt.

Mmm.

He was only a few years older than me

-but she watched him, too. -Mmm.

And, everyday, when he got home from football practice,

we'd watch fresh prince of bel-air,

and casey helped me learn english.

-Hmm. Really? -Uh-huh.

-Interesting. -What about you and tamara?

We met in middle school.

She wanted, and I only found this out later,

she wanted to kiss dominic baker.

Ah. Already a classic tamara story.

Oh, yeah, I...

She found a barely age-appropriate one-act play adaptation

of their eyes were watching god.

She convinced our english teacher to let her put up a show

and cast dominic as tea cake.

-Just so she could kiss him? -Right.

-[chuckles] of course. -[delilah laughs]

-well, could he act? -He was fine.

-Tamara, five minutes in, -uh-huh.

She forgets her lines.

She says, "wait right here, tea cake."

and she runs off.

Like ten minutes later,

the english teacher has us all go look for her.

Mmm-hmm.

And I found her on the floor

of the ladies faculty bathroom, crying her eyes out.

We've been best friends ever since.

Did she at least get to kiss him?

No.

He wouldn't do it in rehearsal

and he never got to it in the play.

Why wouldn't he do it in rehearsal?

Why do you think?

[chuckling] oh.

Now I feel bad for tamara.

Oh, we both know tam is doing okay.

[cell phone ringing] um.

Um. [clears throat]

I have to take this. I'm sorry.

It's okay.

[delilah] leah? Hey, what's up?

[leah] d, I'm freaking out.

I just got home and my front door was open.

Someone was in my apartment.

What? Someone broke in?

[leah] yeah, it looks like it, yeah.

-Is anything missing? -[leah] I don't know.

[leah] just hang on.

Wait a minute. D, I think they're still here!

Leah, listen to me. Go outside and call the police.

Get out of the house right now.

[leah] okay.

And stay on the phone with me.

[leah] stop! [screams] get your hands off of me! Get your hands off of me!

Leah.

Leah!