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Hey! See who just landed in America!

Yes o! I finished with the immigration port of entry

(Voice from the PAS) Oh! I hope they didn't give you too much problem?

Oh no no. You know...

they simply stamped my erm... passport

...they put all the dates and our arrival there.

Um, okay. So what's next now?

Waiting to board the flight that will take me to you. Just an hour flight.

Oh great!

Alright. Let me quickly get to preparing...

...your Pounded yam with a super delicious vegetable soup.

What pounded yam and vegetable soup?

Look, you're the first meal I want to devour on arrival.

Forget pounded yam. (Chuckles) Are you talking about food?

Tara, you know I've missed you. I've missed you so much.

Three years is no jokes.

Three good years, and I haven't seen my wife!

But we video call all the time.

It's not the same. Sure you know that.

I can't touch you, I can't hold you.

It, it makes it even worse.

I know.

It's like placing a plate of food before a hungry man and telling him not to touch it.

Spot on! You get it.

I missed you too. (Sigh)

Your face looks so chubby, what are you eating?

It seems like you've added a little weight.

It's peace of mind and all the junk foods.

Glad you're here now, you'll soon add weight too.

Hurry and catch your flight,

I need to call the person who'd pick you up at the airport.

The person who'd pick me up? How?

A Taxi or Uber.

An Uber? I want you to come pick me.

See, see Tara; I can't wait any longer.

I need to see you. I can't, I can't wait for another minute.

Please. Okay, I'll see you in a little bit.

Okay.

I love you. I love you too. Muah.

I'll see you. (Phone disconnects)

(Exhales)

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(Door unlocks, honks)

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(Door shuts)

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(Door opens & shuts) (Voice from the radio): The National weather service...

...in Indiana has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Marion county,

Vigo, Johnson, Hamilton and Hendricks county.

The National weather service meteorologist detected a line

...of severe thunderstorm capable of producing quarter size hails,

...and damaging wind...

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♪ (Transition sound)

(Engine revs)

(Door unlocks & shuts)

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(Door unlocks, ignition starts & door shuts)

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♪ (Transition sound)

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Tara... Tara!

I need an explanation. What's going on here?

Let's go inside.

Tara! There's a storm coming.

They say it's going to be really bad. So let's go inside.

(Heel clicks)

(Door creaks open & close)

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(Heels click)

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John, you're still here? Yeah, I'm still around.

I need some materials to finish up with the windows,

but I think it should pretty be strong enough to hold tonight.

(Sigh) Then tomorrow I'll be back to finish it off.

That's great, thank you.

Um, Darling, this is John.

John is the maintenance guy,

...he comes around here to fix stuff around the house.

And John, this is Micheal. Micheal is my husband.

He just arrived from Nigeria.

Wow!

It's so good that you arrived before the child arrives.

Welcome to America.

(Chuckles) He must be very tired, you know.

He just got back from a very long flight.

Like fifteen hours.

I saw you packed outside there,

I don't think it's safe at this time to park there,

...because the storm is coming.

(Puffs) You're probably right.

I should go move the car to the garage.

Oh! I can help you with that.

I can help you with that before I leave. (Chortle) That's so nice of you.

(keys rattle) Thank you.

Um... Micheal, make yourself comfortable.

(Footsteps)

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(Door creaks open & close)

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(Sighs)

(Bag slides & drops)

(Huffs)

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(Exhales)

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(Door creaks open & close)

(Key rattles) (Strides)

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John. John: Oh!

John: I've moved the car to the garage and I'll be taking my leave now.

Thank you. Not a problem.

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(Tools jiggle)

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Good bye.

Good bye.

And please be safe out there, okay. John: I will.

(Door opens & shuts)

(Keys rattle)

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You must be hungry.

Let me quickly finish up with the cooking.

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(Sighs)

(Container shifts)

(Footsteps)

(Footsteps)

(Refrigerator shuts)

(Footsteps)

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(Water sloshes)

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(Knob turns)

I know you must be very tired.

(Object sounds)

I remember the first time I came to the US.

I had like three (Plates clatter) ...stopovers.

One time I missed my flight,

(Chuckles) I was so (Clatter) ...confused,

...and tired and lost.

(Metal sounds) I tried to ask this woman for directions,

(Lid opens)

And guess what she said.

(Lid drops)

She said,

"You have an accent, where are you from?"

I said, "Nigeria".

She said, "Where's Nigeria?"

I said, "Africa."

Tara: And guess what she said!

She said, "Africa is that poor country where people die."

And I was so angry!

Because first of all, Africa is not a country.

It's a Continent.

And...

Second,

You know, I... (Stutters) Why must we be defined by poverty?

I know that people are suffering,

...and, (Stutters) But we don't have to be defined by that.

We're much more than that. ♪ (Transition sound)

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♪ (Transition sound)

Tara: We're a continent filled with resources,

...that was exploited by the so-called Western world

...who are trying to help us.

Micheal: Tara.

But you... you can't blame them though

Micheal: Tara!

Blame our... (Screams) Tara!!!

♪ (Sound effect)

This stops now!

Stop pretending that everything is fine,

...everything is not fine!

See,

I'm going insane, I'm almost losing my sanity.

No just...

Make me understand everything right now.

What is going on? I need an explanation.

About what?

Did you just ask me that?

No... no. Answer me Tara now.

Did you just me about what?

Tara, you're pregnant.

I'm your husband, I've not seen you in the last three years.

And...

Did I... I didn't send you a sperm parcel, right?

No, say something now. Anything!

Anything just to make me understand.

Did somebody...

...pay you to be a s-maybe a surrogate for them?

See...

I will understand you needed the money.

Just go and take a hot shower.

Your food will be ready soon.

F♪ck!

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(Huffs)

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Omotara,

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Omotara you either start talking now,

...or I walk through that door,

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And I'm not coming back.

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You must be really tired. Your food... (Slap)

I'm out of here. Micheal!

Micheal wait! Micheal!

Micheal! (Stomp)

(Stomp)

Wait!

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Tara please tell me, is this some kind of bad dream?

Is this some prank that...

...you're trying to play?

You're playing some pranks to punish me?

Is that what you're doing?

Did I offend you, did I do anything wrong?

Can you just tell me so that I can apologise?

You didn't do anything wrong.

Then what the f♪ck is going on?!

How can you be quiet?!

How can you be like this?

(Huffs)

(Sniffles)

See you have...

...our lives around you

And this!

(Huffs)

(Scoffs)

That was our wedding.

It was the happiest day of my life!

This was when you said the only...

...present you wanted for our honeymoon

...was you going to the beach.

We were so happy.

(Scoffs) This is...

...the day that we sold our car...

...for you to buy your ticket to come to the US.

This... (Frame drops)

This is the day you were traveling.

Remember Tola took this picture for us, right?

So you have our whole lives around you, and this!

This does not even work with the reality of what I'm seeing.

So...(Stutters) How do you explain this?

Please I'm trying to solve this puzzle.

I am trying so hard, can you please help me?!

Please.

Tara, can you please help me?

(Sniffles) Help me put this puzzle together,

I just want to understand what is going on!

Tara please...

(Huffs)

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It's alright.

You can be quiet, I'm outta here. (Sniffles)

(Sniffles)

Micheal...

Don't go.

You don't know anyone here.

You don't have a working phone.

You don't even have money on you.

There's a huge storm coming.

I'm your best bet.

I'd rather bet on that storm outside there, than this one.

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(Door opens and shuts)

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(Phone rings)

Hello Tunde,

Yeah... how are you?

Um, please I just arrived America,

And um... I need a place to stay...

It's actually a long story.

Please can-can I stay at your place?

I am in Indiana, hope it's not too faraway?

Wow!

Three days drive!

Flight... (Hesitates)

Flight may not be feasible for now... because...

Oh! Okay, okay.

Thank you very much... Thank you.

I-I am really very grateful.

I'll explain everything to you when we see, okay?

Um... I'm calling with the WiFi of the house where I'm currently at.

I'll call you back when I get to the airport.

I even heard there's a storm coming, I don't know what they called it.

Hurricane or storm, I don't know what it is.

Um... I-I'll see you soon, I'll call you as soon as I get to the airport.

Thanks friend, thanks so much.

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(Box wheel sounds)

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(Knocks)

(Door opens)

Officer: Are you Mrs Adeyemi?

Yes.

We found his passport, uh, we went through his records,

...and we found that you're his wife and uh, his next of kin

So uh, the storm was a bit too much

Uh, electric fell on him and we had to pull his body from underneath the tree.

I'm very sorry for your loss.

I'm very sorry for your loss.

Very sorry for your loss (Echoes)

God forbid!

(Exhales)

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(Scurries)

(Smoke alarm sounds)

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(Coughs)

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(Door unlocks)

(Door closes)

Hello! Hello Officer.

Um... We received a concern call from a neighbor...

...that a young man was outside this house looking awfully distressed.

Is everything okay?

Um, everything is alright, Officer

I'm just um, here sitted trying to clear my head for a little.

Um, what's your name?

Um, Micheal. Micheal Adeyemi

Well, Micheal now is not a good time to be clearing your head outside.

There's a storm coming and it's not safe here.

Okay, Officer.

Do you live close?

Um... Yes. Yes. Okay.

(Voice on radio): Dispatch, there's a robbery on the thrift store at 96th and Lafayette.

Suspect is armed. (Beeps)

Um... Dispatch, car 592 en route 96th and Lafayette.

A'ight, you need to get going home now, it's not safe for you here.

Alright. Thank you, Officer.

(Door unlocks)

(Door shuts)

(Engine revvs)

(Box shifts)

(Box wheels sound)

♪ ♪

Tara's voice: Micheal!

(Footsteps)

Micheal!

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Tara!

♪ ♪

(Slaps) What is wrong with you?

How can you just walk off like that?

(Shudders) I told you there's a storm coming.

Huh?

Do you want to die?

(Shoves) Do you want to die? Huh?

Just kill me first before you die. Okay?

(Shoves) Huh?

(Soft sobs) I've known you for over ten years now,

I don't want to lose you. Okay?

♪ "Uh uhhh..."

"Yeah, yeah."

♪ "Uh... I miss the way you look at me"

♪ "I miss the things you make me see"

♪ "See eee"

♪ "I close my eyes and count to three"

♪ "I think of you just holding me eee"

♪ "Me eeee"

♪ "Whatever you do I assure you"

♪ "Remember that I'm here for you"

♪ "Wherever you go I plan to follow"

♪ "How can I be there for you?"

♪ "All I wanna do is show you"

♪ "Show you how much you mean to me"

♪ "Wherever you go I plan to follow"

♪ "But there's a distance in between us"

♪ "In between us"

♪ "There's a distance"

♪ "In between us"

♪ ♪

♪ "Long time I've been waiting"

♪ "Your love is contagious"

♪ "I don't underrate the power of your love" (Rains)

♪ "I'm impatient, I'm missing your scent"

♪ "Getting hard to wait"

♪ "Getting hard to wait and you know"

♪ "Whatever you do..." Micheal: What you did was reckless. I know.

Shows blatant disregard for your health and safety.

Tara: I know. I wasn't thinking.

Tara: Probably the hormones.

(Bag drops)

(Footsteps)

♪ "Wherever you go I plan to follow"

♪ "But there's a distance"

♪ "In between us"

♪ "There's a distance"

♪ "In between us"

Come in and change your clothes

♪ (Transition sound)

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♪ (Transition sound)

I'll change in the other bathroom

(Footsteps)

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(Footsteps)

♪ "Could be faraway from you"

♪ "But I'm really close to you"

♪ "Either way, I'm faithful"

♪ "I won't tell you that but I will show you."

♪ "Could be faraway from you"

♪ "But I'm really close to you"

♪ "Either way, I'm faithful"

♪ "I won't tell you that but I will show you"

♪ "I didn't mean it"

♪ "The way you think it"

♪ "Ah-I feel bad about it"

♪ "Ah! Ko ye mi" (I don't understand)

♪ I didn't mean it"

♪ "Ah-The way you thinking"

♪ "I feel bad about it"

♪ "Ah! Ko ye mi" (I don't understand)

♪ "To ba pe mi oooh" (If you call out to me)

♪ "If I tell you no oooh"

♪ "It doesn't mean that"

♪ "I don't love you"

♪ "All I'm saying oooh"

♪ "To ba pe mi oooh" (If you call out to me)

♪ "If I tell you no oooh"

♪ "It doesn't mean that I don't love you in my mind"

♪ ♪

(Thunderstorms)

(Voice on TV): As severe weather moves through some parts of Indiana,

...it caused some major damage including power outages in some areas.

Multiple trees came down and landing on the roof of some homes.

The paramedics are on scene trying to save lives.

We still don't know how many lives have been lost.

Thank you.

(Stirs tea)

♪ ♪

Are we good now?

It depends.

On what?

Are you willing to tell me everything?

It was a one time thing.

A one night stand.

That's it?!

What else do you want me to say? Everything!

I want you to tell me everything.

Every tiny little detail!

I'll be hurting you.

(Scoffs) You think you can hurt me more than this?

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♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ "Could be running away from you"

♪ "But I'm really close to you"

♪ "Either way I'm faithful"

I can still remember...

...how happy we were when I got my visa to the United States.

But it wasn't long before I realized...

...everything is not what it seems.

And that our American dream,

...was going to come at a cost.

I promised myself I won't let that cost be our marriage.

(Clinks)

America is lonely.

It's not like where we come from.

In Nigeria,

...you can hear the sound of the rain beating the roof

Mama Risikat's voice hawking pap in the morning.

"Good morning, it's the pap seller"

Even a distant relative would come and visit you.

"It's been a while"

But here,

...it's not like that.

Everybody minds their business.

Everybody in the immigrant community is working like a clock.

Twelve hours a day,

...husbands don't see their wives,

Parents don't see their children as much.

I joined in the tradition too.

I work two jobs,

...during the day and at night,

...at an home care facility taking care of the disabled.

They were the best thing about my day.

I enjoyed taking care of them.

They were like family.

But it's not the same.

When I get back home,

...it's still very quiet.

There's no one to talk to.

You know sometimes I imagined

...that if I died in my sleep,

...nobody will find me.

The thought of that was crushing...

I was so lonely.

Listen.

I call you,

...virtually everyday.

We talk on video for hours everyday.

(Soft sobs) It's not the same!

Listen, if you were that lonely, you could have come home.

You could have!

(Sobs) I couldn't.

(Whimpers) I barely save thirty percent of my income

...to pay my bills, to take care of myself.

The rest I send to you; to take care of you,

(Whimpers) Your family, my family...

We want to build a house.

(Sobs) We want to buy a-a car

We want to build an empire in Nigeria

(Sobs) All on my back,

I was tired!

(Quiet sobs)

(Ceramics clink)

(Sniffles)

(Sighs)

(Footsteps)

(Quiet sobs)

(Door opens)

(Switch flips on and off)

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(Urination sounds)

Micheal: All I hear are just, excuses!

(Urination sound)

♪ ♪

(Toilet flushes)

(Switch flips)

(Door closes)

♪ ♪

I don't know how you paint me in your head.

Like one...

...gold digging husband.

Who is trying to build his dream,

...on his wife's back.

But really, I'll like to remind you how we got here.

Micheal... No!

No-no-no I need...

...to say this.

I need to talk about this.

Because right now, you're painting something that...

...I'm sure you've forgotten so I need to remind you.

Tara, I met you when you...

...were merely getting out of secondary school.

You were selling 'pop-corn and groundnut' under the bridge.

I sent you to the University.

Do you think that was easy?

I was paying my own school fees and at the same time paying yours.

We left the University and there was no job,

I still was putting food on our table.

And when it was time for us to get married,

...you said you wanted a big wedding.

I wanted something small, just you and I.

I gave you your...

...your dream wedding.

Because I wanted you to be happy.

Your happiness,

...is my happiness.

And, when this traveling thing came,

...when they denied my visa and approved yours,

...I told you we should stick together.

That...

...when we're together, the two of us could achieve anything.

You said no.

You said you wanted us to be able to achieve all our dreams.

And here's the place for us.

So I let it happen.

But I paid for everything.

Everything that brought you here.

I bought your ticket, I-

...paid for visa.

I paid for every f♪cking thing that brought you to this country!

Yes, when you got here you were sending money home,

But, you-you know the purpose we were using that for.

And you didn't do it alone, I actually paid my own fair share.

That event centre we built will be bringing in-

Fifty million naira yearly.

It wasn't like I squandered the money.

(Stutters) You-you sit down here and you keep saying,

"Uh, I am building my dream on your back."

When in reality it's my hard work that brought us here.

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Are you done?

♪ ♪

♪ "Love me or hate me, just call me your baby like you did before"

We are you going? To sleep.

No-no-no. We're not done talking.

We're both hurting,

...if we keep talking, we're just going to keep hurting each other.

♪ "..for retribution"

(Sniffles)

(Phone rings)

♪ ♪

Hello Uncle Tunde.

Good evening.

(Chair drags) Your friend...

Uh, (Sigh) He's here.

Let me give him the phone.

♪ ♪

(Micheal's voice): Hello Tunde.

♪ ♪

♪ "Willing to break my heart"

♪ "Love me or hate me"

♪ "Just call me your baby like you did before"

♪ "I heard the story you told everybody"

♪ "When you shut the door"

♪ "Now I'm overdue for retribution"

♪ "Now I'm overdue for retribution"

(Sniffles)

(Weeping) ♪ "I was never a liability, you saw me as an opprtunity"

♪ "Went out of your way to break me now"

♪ ♪

♪ "Love me or hate me, just call me your baby like you did before"

♪ "I heard the story you told everybody when you shut the door"

(Sniffles)

♪ "Now I'm overdue for retribution"

Tara's voice: Micheal!

♪ ♪

Tara's voice: Micheal!

♪ ♪

Micheal!

Micheal!

♪ ♪

♪ (Transition sounds)

(Sarcastic laughter) She has no shame whatsoever.

No one knows if it's just one or two men or even more.

Huh, she's just 'pushing' her tommy around.

(Derisive comments)

(Nylon rustles)

...I know her type, universal givers.

(Nylon rustles) No shamefacedness at all.

There's no shame in their dictionary. (Nylon rustles)

(Gossips continue)

(Gossips) Look who we have here...

Don't mind her, irresponsible fellow. (Chuckles)

She said it was a one time affair that got her pregnant,

But we see her with three men.

(Gloats) Prostitute. Her husband has been in Nigeria for the past three years.

She doesn't know that her wayward lifestyle...

She got pregnant for another man, public dog...

(Derisive comments)

(Derisive comments) Uh, I heard it before you... Is she so shameless?

Aha! How can one be so shameless?

Was she formerly a prostitute in Lagos?

You don't know women, that's how they behave.

No, not all women... Forget it, they're all shameless.

No-no, I don't agree to that... Okay o...

This one is just a peculiar case.

Keep deceiving yourself like a pregnant woman

I am even ashamed on her behalf...

(Derisive comment continues)

I actually can't vouch for you, Maca

Me? Are you being serious right now?

Uh-uh! Maca! You think I'll stoop so low to this thing? Me?

Alright friend, I'm sorry.

Madam, it's the Holy Spirit's conception, right?

Virgin Mary also had that.

God will help you... Look here, can I be frank with you?

Honestly, you're an adultress and a prostitute.

(Insulting comments)

Prostitute! (Claps)

Shameless woman... Ah!

Slut (Claps)

(Derisive comments)

(Transition sound)

(Door opens)

Um, I'm really very sorry I didn't get back to you in time.

Um, see, you can help me change the ticket...

...for tomorrow.

Thank you so much, my brother

Thank you so much.

Thank you. I'll talk to you later.

Did you tell your friend about our issue?

So now, you think that low of me, right?

First, I was...

...the gold digging husband; right now...

...I don't even know you thought evil of me that much.

If you didn't want to be in the news, you'd not have acted shamefully.

So, you are actually planning to leave.

Did you just ask me that?

You just told your friend to postpone your ticket till tomorrow.

Wait, (Stutters) ...what do you really expect from me?

I was expecting...

I was ex.. (Stutters) Micheal: Say simple explanation about what happened!

I told you it was a one night stand.

That is not enough!

Not enough!

♪ ♪

One night,

I was frustrated.

I couldn't take it any longer,

I couldn't endure.

So I decided that,

...just once...

...I was going to let myself have a little bit of fun.

Do something other than just eat,

...sleep and work.

So I got dressed,

I went to the club,

I drank, and I danced.

I drank again...

...and I danced.

And again,

...and again,

I felt so free!

And then in the restroom, there was a guy...

He touched me,

(Huffs)

And I know that I shouldn't...

...let him.

I knew that it was wrong.

But I told myself that just this once,

...just once,

I was going to let myself have (Whimpers)

...a tiny bit of pleasure.

The next morning when I realized what happened,

...I took the 'Morning after' pill.

It should have worked but it didn't.

And here I am,

...nine months later.

Again...

Micheal...

You're hurting me and you're hurting yourself.

Again! Every little detail!

I got dressed,

I went to the club,

I dranked (Whimpers)

And I danced.

There was a guy in the restroom,

...he touched me and I let him.

We had sex

(Whimpers) The next morning when I realized,

...what happened,

I took the 'Morning After' pill

It should have worked but it didn't.

(Softly) Again.

Again.

(Sobs, sniffles)

I got dressed and I went to the club.

I drank, and I danced.

(Sniffles) There was this guy in the restroom,

He touched me and I let him.

(Sobbing) We had sex

(Sniffles)

The next morning when I realized what happened,

I took the 'Morning After' pill.

It should have worked, but it didn't. (Sniffles)

(Sobbing)

Who is he?

(Sniffles)

Who is this man?

(Sobs) I can't even pick him out of a crowd,

...if I'm asked to.

(Quiet sobs)

I tried to find him,

but I don't know his name, I don't know his address.

(Sobs) Nothing!

We had...

(Sniffles) We had four pregnancies,

...four miscarriages

Please...

Please Micheal, don't talk about that.

(Footsteps)

(Sniffles)

(Door closes)

You are obviously over it,

I'm the one who is still struggling with it.

How can you say something like that?!

I'm not over it,

No one gets over something like that. (Sobs)

But we used to talk about this!

Maybe when you came to the US,

...we stopped talking about it

...as frequently as possible,

But we still...

...we were talking about it.

I thought you didn't want to remember it anymore.

It was because I cared about you.

I didn't want to...

...trigger anything because I-I wasn't even here to carry it with you.

It was a pain we both shared together.

But now,

Don't do that.

You're not alone in this.

I still feel the pain.

I still carry it with me.

But why?!

Why is it this one pregnancy that stood?

That survived...

...against all odds. Why?! (Sniffles)

It wasn't my doing

Obviously, it wasn't.

You just stood there and watched it happen.

(Exhales loudly)

I tried to get an abortion,

B-but you-you know I was raised a Catholic.

It was against everything I believed.

You should have thought about that,

...before you allowed yourself to be ramped against the toilet in the club.

F♪ck!

You destroyed everything...

...we shared, just for...

Five seconds sex! Five seconds!

It wasn't even-it wasn't even someone you loved.

It wasn't someone who actually was there for you while I couldn't.

It was not someone who provided for you,

It was...

...five seconds of sex, in a freaking club toilet with a nobody!

That was what you destroyed us with.

You know you're not without fault in all of this.

My fault was allowing you to travel when your visa was approved and mine was denied.

My fault is actually believing that my wife,

...can a-(stutters) can pursue her dreams.

My fault is believing that my wife would yearn for me,

...the way I yearn for her those cold nights.

Not in another man's arms.

That is my fault!

You need to ask me why I was frustrated that night.

It doesn't really matter.

(Yells) Ask me why I was frustrated that night!

Okay, why?

Because, your side chick stole my number from your phone,

...and called me on a video call.

And I had to watch both of you having sex on our bed!

I couldn't...

♪ ♪

(Stutters) You know what the crazy part is?

It is that...

I understood.

(Inhales)

I-(Sobs) I understood that you have needs. (Sniffles)

And, I wasn't expecting you to be celibate for years.

But still...

(Sobs)

I was upset!

(Sniffles)

I-I went to the club to stop being upset,

I went to the club to get it out of my mind.

(Sobs) But...

(Sighs) I didn't know.

(Sniffles) You didn't.

You should have said something.

I should have.

♪ ♪

But you know,

I actually told that lady that...

I was married before we had anything.

And she was gone.

She was gone never to return.

(Sighs) But look at you.

Your own mistake,

I can see the consequence of it staring at me, it's there.

I can see it.

That's all you have to say for yourself.

What do you want me to say?!

(Sniffles)

Listen, I'm a man!

I'm a man. I can actually- (Stutters) I have needs.

And I can actually satisfy those needs without anybody questioning me as a man.

I'm not the first and I'm not gonna be the last.

Generations and generations of men have done it,

And generations of women-

...like you have forgiven them.

A key can open as many doors as possible,

It is called, 'A Master key'.

A lock that can be opened by any key is-is no longer safe.

♪ ♪

(Sighs)

♪ ♪

(Exhales loudly)

Oh God! I'm an idiot.

I'm a hypocrite.

(Soft sigh) Why do I hold her to a standard I can't even achieve?

♪ ♪

Tara!

Of course, you know I didn't mean all the things that I said.

Please, you know I didn't mean it, right?

♪ ♪

Tara!

(Footsteps)

♪ ♪

How did we get here?

♪ ♪

How did we get into...

...yelling and hurting each other?

We used to love each other so much that...

...we couldn't even bear seeing each other hurt.

♪ ♪

(Sighs softly)

(Exhales)

Tell me,

You know,

If this has been six months or just a year,

...would we have made it?

♪ ♪

I started filing to bring you in,

...as soon as I got here.

But the all immigration procedure is just...

...so complicated, so slow.

They said, I'm just a permanent resident

...not yet a citizen.

So, I gotta go wait at the end of the line.

How can I help you?

Um, I want to inquire about my pending case,

I'm filing for a-a spouse abroad.

It's been over one year since I applied,

...and I haven't gotten any response back.

No interview date, nothing.

Do you have a case number? Yes ma'am.

It's um...

L G S 2 0 1 8 5 6 8 4 1 0

(Keyboard strikes)

(Mouse clicks)

I'm sorry your case is still pending,

there's not been any further update yet.

Is there a reason it's taking so long?

Do you need me to submit any extra document or something?

You'll receive a notice of request for further...

...evidence in a mail if other document is needed.

When?

(Inhales) Unfortunately I'm not sure exactly when,

We have a backlog of cases to be processed.

You'll receive a notice in the mail when we get to you.

(Huffs) God, I miss my husband!

I'm sorry. I assure you we're working as fast as we can.

Thank you.

Next?!

(Heel clinks)

Hi, good morning! Hello. (Drags chair)

(Ambient sound) (Heel clicks)

I fought so hard.

♪ ♪

But it's just me.

(Stutters) What can I do against a whole...

...immigration system of the United States?!

♪ ♪

Like they say,

♪ ♪

It-It's a privilege that we're allowed to live here.

Not a right.

So we have to just accept what little crumbs we're offered.

♪ ♪

(Footsteps)

♪ ♪

(Sucks in air) You know, I keep thinking...

♪ ♪

Is it really worth it?

The American dream. Is it really worth it?

(Scoffs) A m e r i c a!

The land filled wiith milk and honey.

The land of opportunity.

(Scoffs) Husband abandons wife for greener pasture,

Parents abandon children.

We now work hard, send money back home to pacify the people we abandoned.

As if that money will...

...hug a spouse on a cold night.

Or even represent the presence of a parent in a child's life.

♪ ♪

You remember Mama Bukola, our neighbor.

The one who traveled to Canada.

Now, she sent a lot of money home,

She sent her child to the best school in Lagos

But what happened?

The child fell pregnant.

And she was only twelve years old!

Twelve!

(Exhales) And I keep thinking,

What if... maybe...

Maybe if the child had the presence and support of her parents,

maybe this would not have happened.

♪ ♪

But again, what's the alternative?

Should we all stay back in that country,

...where there is abject poverty? Where...

...there is no electricity. Where there is no infrastructure.

No future!

Just-just tired, it's so confusing.

So I ask again, "Is it really worth it?"

Is it really worth it for us to...

...tear our family apart, in pursuit of...

...of a better life here.

Is it worth it?

(Exhales)

♪ ♪

(Falls) Haa! Hey!

Tara, are you okay? Yeah.

How did it happen? (Whimpers)

C'mon, let me-let me take this...

Huh, I think I need a minute. Okay.

Okay, okay... You know what, let me just...

...keep you balanced so you can rest well.

Just shift a little for support.

(Soft groans)

♪ ♪

(Sighs) Can I...

Can I stay with you?

♪ ♪

(Whispers)

♪ ♪

Sorry.

Tara,

Why didn't you just abandon me in Nigeria after everything?

♪ ♪

You could have just given birth to your child,

...and you will not be answerable to anyone.

Why didn't you just abandon me?

America is not my dream,

...it is our dream.

I couldn't...

...imagine living the dream without you in it.

I couldn't imagine living at all without you.

And...

I wanted-I wanted to at least try.

Even if you came here and you couldn't forgive me.

I'll still be relieved

...seeing you happy,

...living the dream.

Near or faraway.

(Sniffles)

Forgive?

(Exhales)

No!

I-

♪ ♪

I failed woefully.

I failed woefully in the area of faithfulness and...

I still hold you to that high esteem.

Why do I blame you for one moment of weakness,

...and I failed woefully at it?

♪ ♪

(Sniffles)

(Sniffles)

♪ ♪

(Huffs) Well...

Were you able to visit uh-Miami?

We always wanted to visit and see the ocean.

I didn't.

I see.

So you didn't want to visit without your lifeguard, right?

Are you still afraid of the ocean?

No, I'm not.

I remember the last time we went to 'Eleko' Beach in Lagos,

Remember?

I knew you were going to bring that up.

No, I couldn't resist.

(Soft chuckles) You know I still remember you face...

...when you thought you were drowning.

I lost my footing.

(Smirkingly) And you lost your 'tushness' too.

You allowed your local sensibility to come in.

I can still hear the way you shouted,

"My mother's head please save me, I'm dying" (In Yoruba parlance)

(Laughter)

Huh!

♪ ♪

I missed you so much.

♪ ♪

I loved you.

I know.

(Thunderstrikes)

TARA: Oh my God! Oh my God! I can't see.

MICHEAL: Calm down.

MICHEAL: It's just power off... Okay, hold on.

MICHEAL: Just, take it easy.

(Stands)

Can you manage up and work, and can see?

TARA: I don't know. MICHEAL: Okay, you know what, just-just stay there.

I'll go down and get you know, maybe a flashlight

...or anything, I'll be back.

Okay. Um, I think John helped me to get some stuff,

They are in the garage.

John! John! John! Does he live here?

Micheal!

Please! Does he do everything for you here?

What is your problem? I don't have any problem.

You have a problem with my maintenance guy.

Am I supposed to be fixing the windows, the toilets,

...and be climbing the roof all by myself?!

Ahn-ahn!

(Soft groans)

MICHEAL: Yes, you should climb the roof yourself.

What a man can do, a woman can do better.

(Thunderstorms)

(Flips the lighter)

(Flips the lighter)

(Foot slips) Oops!

TARA: Micheal, are you okay?

Yeah, yeah. I'm-I'm fine, I'm fine.

(Flips the lighter)

(Thunderstorms) I have my phone, I'm coming up, don't worry.

TARA: I think my water broke.

What's that?

What does that mean?

My EDD is supposed to be next week (Loud groans)

(Stutters) This doesn't look like next week.

(Yells) Don't you think I know that?!

Okay, I-I'm sorry. So what do we do? What do you wanna do?

(Groans) I think I'm gonna sit right here.

No, no, no. let me take you up.

...so that you can stay on bed, okay?

Huh, I can't climb. Just take me down, take me down.

Okay, okay. Just come this way.

(Huffs and Puffs) You can use the wall as a support I'll support you on this sidek, alright?

Just take it easy. (Huffs and Puffs)

Okay? One by one... (Groans) Easy...

(Guides her gently)

(Sobs) Just one last step... No... I can't... I can't. I'm gonna sit right here... okay.

Okay, just-just let me support you. (Whimpers)

Take it easy. (Exhales) Just relax like that, okay?!

(Whimpers) Just relax. So, what's the plan now, what do we do?

TARA: Call 911 MICHEAL: 911

(Dialing tone)

(Phone rings)

Hello?

RECEIVER: 911, what's your emergency?

Yeah, hello?

Uh-uh, my wife is pregnant

We need help, her water just broke.

Uhm, and you know there is storm around and we-we need to get to the hospital.

RECEIVER: Okay. What's your name?

Micheal Adeyemi.

We need an ambulance. Where are you located?

MICHEAL: Address? TARA: 6418 MICHEAL: 6418

TARA: Breedlove drive. MICHEAL: Breedlove drive.

RECEIVER: What's a good phone number to call?

I don't have a number, I just arrived from Nigeria.

TARA: 317! MICHEAL: 317

TARA: 200 MICHEAL: 200

TARA: 2418 MICHEAL: 2418

RECEIVER: How close are her contractions?

Contraction?

RECEIVER: I mean, the timing between the time she's in pain

...and a little bit of calm.

Yeah, okay... yeah. I think the pain just

...comes uh, at intervals.

Let's say, five minutes. Yeah, five minutes.

OPERATOR: Okay, that's good. The ambulance is on the way.

Oh! Thank you.

Thank you. They said the ambulance is on the way, okay?

(Cries out in pain)

Oh my God! I'm in pain. (Cries) MICHEAL: See,

Where exactly is the pain?

Everywhere, everywhere... My back

My back hurts (Cries) Okay, you know what,

Let me take you to where you can... (Sobs)

...actually relax well. Let's move to the chair, okay? (Sobs) Okay.

(Sobs) Okay, just... I'll support you, okay.

(Huffs and Puffs, Sobs)

Easy... Easy. (Hyperventilation)

(Screams) I can't, I can't.

I'm gonna sit right here. Okay. (Sobs)

Easy... (Cries) I'm-I'm supporting you, it's alright.

It's alright. (Cries) You know what, let me just get you some cushion.

(Exhales) (Phone drops)

I hope this will work... This works.

So just-just lie here. (Whimpers)

(Huffs and Puffs) Just lie here...

I don't even know why this is happening right now.

Is it because of the fall?

Or... Did I stress you? Is it my fault?

(Exhales) Okay.

Just stay there. I need to...

TARA: (Shouts) Micheal! (Sobs) I'm here, I'm here. I'm not going anywhere.

(Sobs) If I don't make it,

No, no, no. Don't say anything like that.

Why are you talking like that? (Sobs)

Look around you, (Sobs)

w-why is this happening on a night like this,

...that it's difficult for the ambulance to get here?

No, the ambulance will get here. Just relax. (Sobs)

God is punishing me for what I did. (Sobs)

(Sobbing) Micheal, God is punishing me for you.

No, see... Okay, see just look at me,

Look at me, okay...

God is not punishing you for anything.

I have forgiven you.

(Sniffles) Trust me. See...

I'm not going anywhere. I promise you I'm gonna stay right here with you, okay?

Listen, you will give birth to this child and I'm going to be the father.

I promise you that no one,

...no one is gonna know the child is not mine, okay?

Okay? (Sniffles) Okay. Just relax.

Huh? (Sniffles) Alright I'm here. (Sobs)

(Screams) Oh no! It's becoming... Okay.

You know what, maybe I should just go and... I will drive you myself.

Let me just... (Sobbing)

(Door opens) (Heavy rains)

This is still really serious. (Phone vibrates) What are we gonna...

(Tara screams)

Tara, where's your phone? (Phone rings) Your phone is rining.

You left it... (Phone ringing) Okay.

Here's it. (Beeps) Hello?

OPERATOR: Hows everything going over there?

Where is the ambulance?

OPERATOR: I'm sorry, the ambulance might take longer than expected.

There have been trees fallen on the road to your street

We're trying to find another route to you.

Oh my God! (Tara screams) Oh God!

So, what's gonna happen? OPERATOR: How is she?

She's screaming.

The erm, what do you call it?

Contraction. It's becoming more frequent.

OPERATOR: She needs to breathe through her contraction. Okay?

Okay, Lemme just put it on speaker.

Please (Sobs) Just breathe through.

Okay (Huffs and Puffs) Just breathe... breathe

Can you see any part of the baby out?

What?!

Yes. Look down there can you see any part of the baby?

I can't see anything because there's power outage.

Hold on, let me just get one of the candles.

(Tara groans)

This one is better...

Okay, I have a candle now

Okay. Look down there, do you see any part of the baby?

Oh! Oh my God! My God! I've seen the baby's head.

What do I do?

Okay. You're going to have to do this.

No, no, no, no, no!

I can't do this no, no!

How can I-I can't!

Please I can't... I can't.

(Pulsating sound)

OPERATOR: Calm down, calm down. We don't have any other choice.

I'm going to talk you through it.

Okay. (Pants) Okay, so, what do I do?

OPERATOR: Okay. You need to support and comfort her, okay?

Baby... Please...

Just relax and... I'm supporting her... Just breathe. Okay?

OPERATOR: She's full term though

Y-yes.

I think.

You think so?

See, I-I just came back from Nigeria today.

And... okay yes, she said something like uh, EDD is, next week.

That means she's full term, right?

OPERATOR: Yes. How old is she?

She's twenty-seven.

OPERATOR: Is this your first birth?

Yes.

Okay. Any previous complications during pregnancy?

Well, she had some miscarriages in the past.

Could that cause any complications? Yes, it could.

Oh my God! See, she needs a professional, please!

Get her a professional, I can't do this.

I beg you in the name of God.

OPERATOR: Help is on the way.

Okay. See, I-I can see the head of the baby.

Is it coming out?

No, it's not coming out. It's just there!

Take a deep breathe, you're doing great, okay?

See, I-(Stutters) I don't feel like that, really.

Trust me, you are. Okay?

She's going to have more contractions,

...just tell her to breathe through it, okay?

Baby, you can hear that.

Just... please... breathe.

Breathe. Okay?

(Inhales, Screams)

OPERATOR: Tell her not to scream. Tell her to push.

Okay. See, do not scream. Just...

...push.

Baby,

Push!

(Sucks in air) (Exerts energy)

OPERATOR: Support the baby's head as it is coming out. Okay?

You're doing great.

I-I can see the baby's head.

OPERATOR: What do you see?

It's just the head. How-How long is this going to take, please?

OPERATOR: Not too long.

The ambulance is on the way,

...if they're able to maneuver their way through

...but you're doing a great job.

Okay.

(Huffs and Puffs)

Oh my God! What do I do?

What do I do? The baby is coming out, I don't know what to do!

OPERATOR: Okay, I need you to support the head.

Oh, okay.

OPERATOR: And allow the showders to ease out, one shoulder at a time. Okay?

OPERATOR: Be careful, it's going to be extremely slippery.

Okay. Okay. (Huffs and Puffs)

I can only see the head but,

(Stutters) The baby is not crying.

Should it be crying right now?

OPERATOR: Breathe.

OPERATOR: It's alright. Everything is going alright.

Is it not supposed to cry?

OPERATOR: It's not going to cry yet.

OPERATOR: Breathe. I'm going to tell you what to do.

Okay? Okay.

OPERATOR: She's going to have one more contraction

You're going to tell her to push and more of the baby is going to come out.

Baby, can you hear that? Just push, one last time.

Please, push! (Tara exerts energy)

(Cries weakly)

Oh my God! Oh my God! The baby is coming out.

(Sound of baby crying) It's coming-It's crying right now.

The baby is crying. So, what do I do?

OPERATOR: Good. Beautiful.

OPERATOR: The baby totally out? (Baby wailing)

No, no. It's just the head.

Should I pull the baby out?

OPERATOR: No, no. Just let it ease out. Just...

(Tara sobs, baby wails)

What do I do? (Disconnection beeps) Hello?

Hello! What do I do?

Oh my God! (Siren blaring) Are you there?

What do I do?!

(Siren blaring) (Baby wails)

♪ ♪

(Baby whimpers)

MICHEAL: She's so beautiful.

♪ ♪

You know I've been thinking,

...again.

...what if I was not there?!

What if you were alone and,

...on a stormy night,

What would have happened?

I...

...thought...

...when you were saying something about...

...being lonely...

...there was no one there...

...and that if you...

...died in your sleep that no one would notice...

I-I felt you were exaggerating.

But after what happened, I've realized you're not.

Listen,

And I'm not saying what happened between us is perfect,

All I'm saying is, I understand.

NURSE: Hi! Yeah, hi!

NURSE: How are y'all doing this morning?

We're doing fine, thank you. We're good.

Great. So we need to register the birth certificate.

I'm going to need the baby's name.

Michelle. Her name is Michelle.

And the father's name?

(Sighs) Uh, Micheal.

Micheal Adeyemi.

Okay.

Great.

Congratulations again.

If you need anything, I'll be right outside.

Thank you

(Inhales)

Micheal... Huh?

I know you said we can raise the baby together,

...and no one is going to know you're not her father.

But... That?

She's biracial.

But the bright side of it is, we know the father is white.

Everybody is going to know you're not her father.

(Shrugs) Yeah, but...

It is not always the guy who donated the sperm,

...that is the father;

...it's the man who raised the child.

So I'm saying,

We are going to raise our child together.

If you let me.

♪ ♪

♪ "Love me or hate me, just call me your baby like you did before"

♪ "I heard the story you told everybody when you shut the door"

♪ "Now I'm overdue for retribution"

♪ "Look what you've done to me now"

♪ "This time you're letting me down"

♪ "Sometimes I'm on my knees so I'm telling you now"

♪ "Since I found out"

♪ "Since I found that you're willing to break my heart"

♪ "Willing to break my heart"

♪ "Love me or hate me, just call me your baby like you did before"

♪ "I heard the story you told everybody when you shut the door"

♪ "Now, I'm overdue for retribution"

♪ ♪

♪ "Now, I'm overdue for retribution"

♪ "I was never a liability"

♪ "You saw me as an opportunity"

♪ "Got out of your way to break me now"

♪ "I'm smoking like a Chimney"

♪ "Love me or hate me, just call me your baby like you did before"

♪ (Outro sound) ♪