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God damn it!

Shit! I'm gonna be loose enough.

Jimmy, you know.

Oh, shit.

How about this?

Other way?

Other way. Hey!

Jimmy!

Jimmy! Jimmy!

Hey! Come on. Hey!

This way.

This.

Yep. That's it.

What's this?

Yeah. Look, look.

Yeah.

Come on.

Open it.

Well, ain't nothing in there.

Open it there.

I thought you said treasure. See?

Why don't you go ahead and keep this him?

Then we're going to see in a little while.

What do you call it? Nothing.

12 years old.

When I left Mississippi.

I left cause all that death, suffering.

I left.

But not before I kept my promise.

Followed the path.

Followed his every direction.

Now cause treasure 14 stolen gold pieces.

So these coins.

Had to bloom.

The blooms is what they is like.

Pirate treasure.

Okay. These doubloon.

They're worth real money, Julius.

All right, so you said it was 14, and I see two.

You know, since you

see, like, pretty things,

you know, jewelry, that little comb you like.

I know I say you hunted so silk dresses

cos you ain't spent this money on a prisoner,

celebrating,

I was crazy about that one.

But I wasn't crazy enough to spend all that money on gifts.

Then she got cancer,

and the insurance pills show.

And that's when I started cashing in the coins.

But, you know, I knew that wasn't what Cordell wanted,

but he's been dead for, like, a hundred years.

Well, could you want

me spend that money to save our people?

I like black people.

Okay.

You were, like, ten years old.

Not seven going on eight years old.

How was I supposed to be responsible for that?

Well, I spent most of my life trying to figure that out.

Then, since you come along,

that doing thing in the world for that one

burden.

And I failed to anchor.

This is my last chance to do what I promised

with these two.

So what's this?

What. This open in due time.

Little bird.

In due time.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

And where are you going with that.

Knockout drops. To.

Get him up.

I got that.

Yeah.

Come on, help me there.

Good thing.

Yeah.

Good, good.

That kind of juice.

That's right.

Come on.

Yeah. Tell us what.

I can't play coy.

Easy.

You know the way you make it through this night.

You can give me back.

Watch my back.

You better come dancing, boy.

Better tell the man we want to hear you call.

Highly flammable.

Right.

Better watch.

Tell me one more thing to set.

Are you from

the start?

Don't want to kill again.

I love to the cops.

Calm down.

Catch!

Help me!

All right. Hey!

What you doing?

I was just thinking that this.

This sofa ain't no place for a young girl to be.

Sleep all night.

I bet you ain't like it that much when you first come here.

You realize change is dead.

It ain't like my ass that much either.

That's not true.

At least not no more,

You said that boy I used to work with.

Reggie won't come by him.

Reggie. Dogs. Yeah. Tell him. Come on.

You sure?

Yeah.

I remember him even giving him down home.

All right.

Give me.

What you're doing.

I'm gonna need you to help. Yep. All right.

All right.

Come on.

Hey. Because of all the change in.

Shit.

Where do you get all this?

No. Back.

Boy, I lost my marbles.

I used to cash my retirement checks, and when I use, I put in here.

How much is it?

Oh, no. Hold on.

You know, while since I've been in it.

That's all I have to say.

Or 40, 50.

40, 50, 1000.

Yeah.

You owe me all that.

You scared the money.

My daddy was killed over some money he owed.

My mama used to do stuff for money.

Oh, I get scared, too, but you got to carry on.

Plus, you need a good night's sleep on a good bed.

And you need some new clothes and some spending money.

That's money for me to make.

You should keep your own money.

What I need with money when I got gold.

You can't pay your bills with them old coins.

Oh, shoot that show what you know.

Well, you still got to get it out.

This ugly ass. Ugly ass. Okay.

What are you talking about?

This genuine imported alligator from Florida.

Louisiana, where they wrote him exotic ass alligators.

Mishear the real shit.

See you there.

It it don't come no better than this, if you will, is still trouble

waiting to happen.

What would you want me to do with it?

And this account is to be in her name.

No, ma'am.

No. He wants his account so he can have.

Which, a debit card. See?

And you want this checking account separate from the one you already have.

Whatever you think's best, you want online access as well.

Yeah, I just want open a new checking account from, from my closing money.

Well, you have nearly $4,000 in your savings account already, Mr.

Gray.

I appreciate you, Miss Brooks.

And I understand you.

So you think Robin here

is trying to get at my savings account by having me open a checking account

with a few dollars so she can come in through the back door.

But there's one thing wrong with your suspicion.

Help me with this number.

This here is near about $40,000.

You would think that of bird here want to rob me?

But don't you think she would've just run off with all this cash?

Ain't no way I could prove she done it. See,

I think we understand each other now.

Yes, we do, Mr. Gray.

Good.

Now, we put most of this and money in that checking account we talking about.

And I'm going to take the rest and, take care of some pertinent business

that I got on my mind.

Well, you have to do this here.

I could do it.

All right.

Thank you.

Here you go. For you.

Oh thank you.

So once you move that old couch I'll show you.

That was that that was that would that would be a big help.

Thank you.

What.

Step over there now.

Wait wait wait. What.

What are you doing?

Wait.

I'm not gonna.

Y'all still here?

Get out of here.

This is the first real bad I ever had.

Oh, it ain't really be real me.

But it got three real strong slats in it, so it won't hurt you back when you sleep.

But I never have a real beef.

Not even your mom's house.

Oh, just a sleeping bag.

Well, you like it,

It is beautiful.

Oh, like the desert.

Oh, yes. Yes. It's nice. Right? Got no sale.

You got any sacks over here?

Oh, I got a couple of my outfit and the clothes that, that.

I went through it. Oh.

What brought this about?

Nothin in particular do that. Oh, I don't.

And then the

preacher comes out and said, well, this church for whites only.

I told him, I want to come in.

I just stop because your house of God was so beautiful.

How many you told me raised that story a long time ago.

I was I was just starting to lose my mind

for real round here.

So, Robin

here tell me that you been working with Reggie a lot.

Oh well, he told me work when he could.

I was always grateful for it. Every bit helps.

You know, I'm in school trying to be.

I'm taking classes when I can.

Yeah, at the Art Institute.

Oh, so you you artist game design, video games.

Oh, ain't nothing wrong with being a calm tonight, you know?

Hey, but that's not. That's not what he wants to do.

What is it you want to do?

He just said it.

No, he just said, well, he was in school studying to do.

What did you really want?

Do you like what you see yourself in 1020?

That's not really a fair question.

I don't make it no less important.

Okay, well, if it was so important, how come you.

You ain't never asked me? Nothing like that.

This isn't good.

Anybody know that?

You going to be whatever it is you choose to be?

Yeah, man.

Ain't got the luxury of choosing like that. He.

He got to get out there and make some of himself and

and do what needs to be done in his world.

Maybe in your world, but but in this one, women are carrying

just as much of a load.

They're on a fortune 500 companies getting getting elected into office,

locking down the Nobel Peace Prize, but editing genomes and shit.

They may even make it to Mars one day.

Well ask me.

I'll still be here on Earth trying to figure it out, but I'm working on it, Mr.

gray.

And as for carpentry, I like it.

But you gotta be good with people to do it.

Reggie had a way with people.

One last time.

You seen Reggie?

We had just finished that job at niece's.

Oh, he was on that job with you.

Just me and him.

Do you seem worried, bothered by anything? No.

Same old Reggie.

Yeah.

He pay you for doing the job?

Well, are you going to go and ask him something like that?

Actually, sir, no, he didn't, but.

But I figured that I know what happened.

He probably didn't have a chance to do it.

See how much you owe you for that job.

No no no no no no Mr. Gray. I mean

that's not what I'm here.

Did I say the wrong thing?

It feels like I said the wrong thing.

Oh, well, no, there's no such thing as wrong.

I figure, well, is there a right way to talk about somebody being murdered?

No, I guess not.

Why don't you take the money?

Because what I said, I came back

because I liked the man.

Who's that?

Oh, just cause

I don't make it.

You ever worry about losing a woman?

Your family.

And it's a money the same.

I don't know who else to say to him.

It's about,

Nina and me.

See, Nina.

Nina, this boy friend went to prison for killing somebody.

He didn't got out. And,

they've been talking to each other and told her to leave him alone.

Gene, listen.

So I think I

gonna just just pack her and the kids up and move on down to Texas.

You know, we got people down there and,

plus.

Plus if he leave Atlanta to violate his parole. So.

You still with me?

Take your time.

Come back.

I was just talking,

About what? He wants to take me to a movie,

but I told him I had to check in with you first.

Why you gonna ask to me?

What you want to know?

I like the boy and. All right.

Little pointy.

But he really did appreciate you offering to pay him for.

For Reggie.

Like I said, I like the boy.

Yeah.

Well, you asked him all those questions about Reggie

and that's the real reason you want him stepping back.

The boyfriend of Reggie's.

He know people we all know.

I mean, can I ask him a couple of questions? It's not about him.

I'm worried about you.

No, don't worry about me.

And you get to be a certain age.

You ain't scared no more. Yeah.

Laughing. I love the time.

What have you waste?

What little time you have left looking for answers?

Ain't even a.

So how is your sleeping?

Well,

not much really.

You know, memories turn into dreams, and then

just can't cut them off.

That happens to some patients.

And I'm very sorry. Don't be sorry about.

You know, I'm lucky to have my man back at all.

How long one will have.

Your vitality is amazing, Mr.

Gray.

It takes to the treatment. Like,

like a fire to dry grass.

And your mind.

Your mind is completely alive.

More so than. Than anyone that I've ever seen.

But you also know that a fire like that

can only leave scorched earth.

So I can't tell you for how long that it will last.

But I can tell you that it will be the brightest light in the heavens.

The man will help raise me.

Was name coy?

He said.

Sin is a long road

that run from downtown Hill

to uptown heaven.

And your sins determine

where you stand on that road.

But ain't no person all good or all bad.

So God and the devil.

Yeah.

Cause dog stole some

from white man

when they caught him.

They lynched him.

And brought him up.

He had a noose around his neck, standing and burning, cursing.

When the white man got close to him.

He kicked that barrel over, hung himself

and set him off.

That.

And he

did pass that strength on to you?

Actually something. See?

Yes of course.

Tommy.

Could it be

at once I got old and decrepit.

I got so scared of what I knew.

I just forgot it.

All I can tell you is that if I knew

all that you do.

Damn.

If I wouldn't run like hell.

Thank you for signing the paper.

Thank you.

Hey. Hey.

So what's the word?

Everything's smooth.

And the fat baby's a way.

You sure you have all this?

You're doing junior. All morning.

I thought you'd be going down some.

I ain't got no time to be down.

Too much left to do.

It's all right. I'm looking forward to this.

I ain't seen this man over 20 years.

Look how clean I got. This one.

Be careful now.

You really never show since you one of these.

Not a one. Why.

Since you was one of the most beautiful,

pure souls I have ever known.

She's also a woman of great appetites.

She knew about that treasure.

Wouldn't have been no stuffing that one.

Oh, so you're saying she would have stolen.

Oh, no.

She wouldn't spend it all on herself.

She spread it around.

Friends, family,

lovers.

Wait, you mean like boyfriends?

You know, always have to be me.

What? It was like that.

And you just accepted it?

Accepted her.

So what about you?

Do you have any appetites?

Slipped up one time.

This friend is his name. Lolly?

Oh, like a revenge thing.

Unexpected thing

since she was out of town for the weekend.

Lolly asked because she cooked dinner for me.

Took me to her place.

Only happened to once.

But I hated myself for it.

Since you took one sniff of me, she knew.

Kick me out.

Later she come looking for me.

Said she'd die if we couldn't be together.

I never looked at another woman again.

Ever.

Said she'd do the same for you.

Wow. So.

Yeah. Why are you whispering?

Don't make me want to whisper.

Follow me.

Why should I love my old friend?

Tell me, how are you?

So I, How are you, my friend?

Oh, God is good. I don't really.

And who is this?

This is Robyn.

She'd been helping me out like my antiques. Yes.

This marble bust of the great Roman emperor Hadrian.

He wrote a poem a long time ago, right before he died.

My father knew it well.

Dear fleeting sweetie and little friend.

My body's comrade and his ghost.

What region now must be that goal?

Little numb and naked soul.

Unable as a world to just.

Wow. That's it.

Look around. Please.

Ask me anything you'd like. Thank you.

How, how's it been?

My sons are in college, and we'll be taking over the store one day.

Thank you. Father.

My father died

3rd August ago.

It's, such a good man.

Yeah, he was.

One of the rarest pieces I have.

It was done centuries ago in Central Africa.

For years,

experts refused to believe that Africans had the craft to create such perfection.

But obviously, they were very wrong.

Obviously.

Say, you still using that tea room back there?

Absolutely.

Come on.

Thank you.

Yeah.

Robin was asking how we actually met.

I was 14 when I saw this black man walk through the store.

I lingered just to make sure he wouldn't take anything.

I was I was young and stupid.

Tell me.

You ask about the Celtic circlet hammered from silver.

I believe we were selling it for $700 at that time.

I wanted to get something pretty for Sasha.

She'd been sick for a long time about it.

And Jabbar, his daddy, asked me how much money I had.

I told him $87.

He said he'd take that. Us down payment

and I could pay him the rest when I come back in a month later.

Wow. Put it in a pretty box.

No. Since it was so heavy.

When Mr.

Gray left, I asked

my father why he trusted a black man that he had never met before.

He told me, you cannot tell a man from his color,

his clothes, nor his nationality north of God.

You can only know a man from what he has in his heart.

At far. He's a good man.

I came by every month till I paid him back.

What are you doing here today, my old friend?

Just saying hello.

Show him the corner.

You're looking to sell this today?

No, no, no. We just want price right now.

Give me one.

You know,

Mr. Ptolemy bought these coins in from time to time.

That's why we got this index.

Let's see.

Saint gardens.

Double eagle, 1932.

Good condition. You're looking at 50,000.

Wave 50,000 for these.

For each one. Yes.

That is a general estimate.

Like my father always told Ptolemy.

There are better dealers for these type of artifacts.

More profit.

But then again, tell Ptolemy never trusted them.

Ain't nothing change.

Appreciate your help.

Yes, sir.

What are you looking at?

Oh, I'm reading this book about astronomy.

They're plugged in.

Did you know that the sun takes up more space than a million Earths?

Damn. That's big. Right?

And in the old days, people used to think that the sun was God.

She probably still is. You.

Watch over that burn

about everything I ever knew.

All at once.

You sound like a lot of work.

So listen.

But I ain't got but a few more days to get my affairs in order.

You don't know?

In on body

thinking,

how it's going to go back to the way it was.

And I'd made my peace with it.

Neither you.

What you think?

And I'm, My father used

to treat every night with dogs.

And then one Saturday,

he just didn't come home.

Me and my mama buried him.

And then she got on the pipe.

And I tried to help her.

As she would promise me.

Almost every day that she would get clean.

And then one Thursday morning, I woke up

and she was dead.

This.

Devil told me.

That I would go back to the way I was.

Not that you say.

It could be worse.

If I ain't took his medicine, we wouldn't be talking right now.

I just don't understand me.

Okay,

then make me understand.

I was.

I was.

I'm not.

But who this year raised his hand here.

He wanted me to use.

In my heart.

I wish that I didn't, but I hoped that she would pass.

Just so that I can get out of that house.

So. I know why you should be calling devil.

No. No, child.

You are not the devil.

What I mean is,

you're the first person I was ever close to.

You don't want to die.

I just don't want you to go away.

I want you to go away.

I get it.

Me. Come with you.

Mr. gray.

Yes. My name is Darren Andrews.

I work for the city, making sure that our elder

residents are safe and capable of self maintenance.

Do you mind if I come in and ask you a few questions?

Yeah, sure.

Come on.

Just make.

So why are you here?

Your niece has made a claim

that Miss Robyn Barnett has been mistreating and abusing you.

And your home.

That you've been abusing me, bird.

No, ma'am, I have not.

Well, do you see this, Mr.

Gray?

Your niece and her son

claim that Mr.

Barnett has stolen your money and is allowing you to live in squalor.

There might be some deaths here and there, but I wouldn't call it squalor.

Hey, hey.

I don't remember giving you permission

to be rummaging through my house.

I just showed you a piece of fruit.

Mr. gray. What was it?

Navel orange, with a hint of green at brown

with a stem. Was.

What do you make of the claim about this young woman taking your money?

You live with somebody, Darwin.

I'm asking the questions, Mr. Gray. Right.

You licensed by the city?

I asked you that question.

Because if you do live with somebody.

And my niece said that somebody was stealing your money,

how would I know if that was true or not?

Why would she lie?

Why would I lie for that matter?

Why would Robin lie?

Your niece is just trying to safeguard your money and your property.

Oh, and if you deem me incompetent, then my niece is

the one who will end up with my property and my money.

Ain't that right?

Do you mind if I take a look around your apartment, sir?

Oh, be my guest. Robert.

Getting the grant to.

What's your name, sir?

Regent.

But my name? Ptolemy.

That means king. Regent means king. It does.

So. Regent.

You and your partner head this.

Y'all's neighborhood. This. Y'all's beat.

Yes. It is.

Work on it.

13th precinct.

You know anything about a killing happened up around my circle?

Yeah. It was killed about two weeks ago.

Well young man was my great nephew Reggie Lloyd.

Sorry to hear that.

How's the investigation coming.

It's above our pay grade.

Detectives are working the case, sir.

They don't tell us anything unless there's somebody

to be brought in for questioning.

Does anybody have been brought in?

Have you had this house cleaned recently?

Has your house been cleaned recently?

I'll be filing a report with social services.

They'll drop by from time to time to check on you and.

And Miss Barnett.

Doesn't matter. Why do you. Darwin.

Let's go.

Y'all have a good day. Now.

Thank.

For coming.

Oh, thank you, sir.

You know, you got the good you want to be at any modern day cotton fields.

I hear you.

Might have been easier down home than up here.

How drunk? Got shot walking to his car last night.

Just walking.

Now he's dead as a doornail.

Wait just a minute.

That would arrest all the time.

You looking good, Mr. Robert.

Got them boys James.

Nice double dash.

I'll go get,

Mama.

Bye, Niecy.

I know what's in niece's heart,

but Niecy would take everything I got and turn around.

Thanks. She doing right by me.

Did you ever think that way about me?

Oh, that thought never crossed my mind.

Not even when I took the call.

Young girls see something that beautiful and don't want to touch it.

That'd be a crime.

Yeah, but I didn't just touch it.

I put it in my pockets.

Robin, you ain't got a crooked bone in your body.

How do you know?

I just know.

All your life, you want it so hard.

You worried you're going to take something? Made yours?

And, Niecy, she don't even know to worry because she just wants so bad.

Some black folk and some white folk

to want things so bad they just can't help to sell.

But that don't make them bad people.

So what?

I make them then? I'm trapped.

They caught in the quicksand, and we need to help them out.

So we're supposed to love

these motherfuckers even when they don't deserve it?

Oh, no. No, I ain't say all that.

Okay, so if I told you that was my shit.

Really? Like what?

Like he gave Haley money to give to Reggie and Roger for the work they done.

But Haley never gave it to Reggie.

So Hillis. Though Reg is money.

Yeah.

You see that?

Artie?

Artie.

Tasha.

What are you doing in the damn street?

I was in the middle of the street.

Come on. Yo, mama. Yo, she.

So y'all staying here just to see you happy again?

Oh, I'm bringing them in the house with you.

I'm still on the stand.

Oh, I got to talk to you.

Yeah.

What is you.

Hell is all the noise.

Well.

Oh, well, is you going to let me?

I thought social services took.

No, I hear you, Niecy.

Tell her to let me hear you. Papa.

Come on, come on.

How did you see?

That a new outfit you got?

You know, we should tell the social services about that.

Maybe I should have cut your shit off when I had the chance.

Did you know them chillun was out there playing in the street?

Haley, where are the kids? Outside. Alone.

I told them to stay on the street.

Go get your uncle some ice water.

How come you got Reggie's kids over here?

You seem different. Why?

You got bridges? Chillin.

Nina wanted to get her mind together.

She asked me to take them. She.

She sent them over here to stay with us.

I'm. What she paying you for? That?

That you saved up a little bit of money.

She only gave me enough to feed them.

Please call you when Reggie got killed.

They call Nina.

She was so scared.

She asked me to go with what they j.

That somebody has shot him in the head.

What you got to say?

Boy and boy.

Isn't it.

I went down to the bank.

I opened up a checking account for you. Boy.

Reggie's wife and kids and a few other folk.

And I made Robin hear the.

Well, would you call that a Signet signatory?

So she going to be writing you a check for $900 once a month?

Robin?

Yeah, that's enough for you to pay a little bills and stuff right here.

Some level for you.

Why don't you just let me write my own checks?

Because you tried to get me dragged out my own house

and locked up in the old folk prison.

Uncle, I was trying to help.

Haley said that you were crazy.

He said you were living in filth. He tell you you stole my money?

I steal from you.

I gave Shirley ring $50.

And I know that because she come by my house and paid it back to me.

You stole half the rest of it.

You calling me a thief to your face? Sit down,

sit down.

Brother, I'm going to call you in about a week.

If you want the money, just say so. Not.

She's not even blood to us.

I just don't think it's right to have some stranger doing our family business.

So I'm a stranger.

I cleaned your house, made your meals.

I do more for you than Haley ever do.

You don't call me a stranger.

Why don't you take these children down to the store and get them some sweet.

Come on.

Come on, let's go.

Don't. Boy.

Well, won't you meet me at your home and let me rap with you?

So, Haley,

you do it.

Yeah,

but I ain't.

I ain't think he's going to know it.

Like I want to owe you money. If I knew you could count.

Hey. Yeah.

Do you really think it's okay to steal from somebody

just because they don't know you doing it?

I mean, yeah.

I mean, what difference make it?

They don't know it then.

You know, I heard.

Jesus Christ.

What? Sorry.

I took the money to get.

I'm sorry about Haley, uncle.

He just never had a man to teach him right from wrong.

I yeah, I could have been that man.

Oh, you had enough on your plate back then?

Still should have been here for the boy.

Should have been here.

Oh, yeah.

Look here.

If, I gave you some money,

you think you could pull together a little gathering,

You know, maybe the folks who was to repay us, get them to come back.

What for?

I just want to say a few words.

Oh, I don't know, uncle.

I don't I don't know who's around.

Who would even want to?

Could you try?

Okay. You.

Cry, Bassam.

You want to go?

So I'm gonna call you.

What's his name?

Forbes.

It's a magazine about millionaires and billionaires.

I know what Forbes is.

I mean, what you doing with it?

There's an article on e-sports.

What's that?

Competitive gaming. You know, video gaming.

I thought you designed game to pay my rent.

But there's more money in playing than designing.

You make money sitting around playing games.

The last League of Legends competition had more viewers than a Super Bowl.

Forbes says that last year, ten gamers

made more than $10 million, mostly in endorsements.

But yes, sir, I have a damn.

He did some.

This year.

You really like him, Yes, sir.

I like how tough she is.

Pretty too.

You know, she'd been hurt by folks both to love her before.

I know,

and get my G.E.D..

You graduate.

Yeah.

All right. Congratulations.

We should go celebrate.

I need to go see Billy first.

I, I promised.

Okay, well, after this.

Anywhere you want to go.

Food.

Ooh! Movie star cards.

Score.

On you.

That's it.

Good, good.

Billy.

Billy!

The great movie.

Just going over here.

Wanted to talk to you.

About what?

Can I buy you a drink?

Niko, can you grab us a couple of beers for back?

Everybody come.

Who dropped you off, man?

Roger, don't you know he's going out with Robin now?

She used to work for Reggie from time to.

It's a good kid. Yeah,

she could do worse.

You know, I,

I talked to the police about raising.

They give a damn about black men getting shot down the streets.

Even if they know that black man didn't

run the streets, not to run the streets to get killed anyway.

Don't I know it? But.

But what Reggie told me before he got killed.

He's thinking he's going to leave town.

So. So I want to know who killed my nephew.

Before.

What would you do if somebody killed

one of your loved ones?

One day.

Reggie told me about some.

About Nina's ex-boyfriend.

One just got out of prison. So he already told you about this thing?

He told me some, but you know, not not not a lot.

He had no name.

Reggie. Reginald said name?

But he did say it.

The cat was sentenced to 20 years and got out in 12.

And just.

What you got to do, Mr.

Griffin?

About to kill me a motherfucker.

Billy. That's what I'm about to do.