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What is it going to take
to make you heed the warnings of this court?
It is obvious to me
that you are not taking this matter seriously.
I will not allow you to continue to harass these people.
Is that clear?
If you violate this restraining order, I assure you,
you will spend 40 days in the county jail.
I mean it.
One more offense.
What is obvious to this court
is that you're in need of professional help
and anger management counseling.
This court has suggested that you seek counseling,
but since you can't or won't do it voluntarily,
I am requiring it as part of your staying out of jail.
Do I make myself clear?
Melinda?
Yes, Your Honor.
So,
do you think you have an anger problem?
Motherfucking right, I got an anger problem.
Do you feel that you're entitled to this anger?
That's like asking me if I'm entitled to being hungry.
He caused all of this.
All of it.
It's not me. That son of a bitch owes me.
What do you think he owes you?
Every damn breath in his body.
Why do you feel that way?
You don't know what he did to me.
You don't know.
Would you like to share what he did?
Do I have a choice?
We all have choices.
Not when some damn judge is making me sit here.
You know what? This is bullshit, okay?
This motherfucker torments me, and he gets to walk away free.
What are you writing?
Just my notes.
And what do your notes say?
I'm a stereotype?
Is that what you think you are?
Hell, no!
Sick and tired of hearing that.
Every time a black woman gets mad, she's a stereotype.
Ooh, she emasculates men.
Is that what you think you did?
Bitch,
are you not listening to me?
I never did anything to him.
I was everything he needed me to be.
I was...
I was strong when he needed me to be.
I played weak when he needed me to.
I was pathetic.
I was...
Don't tell me I don't have a right to be angry? Hmm?
Is that what you think I said?
I really don't give a damn what you said.
But this is wrong.
All of this is wrong.
Why don't we do this?
Why don't we just start from the beginning?
Help me understand this injustice.
Just tell me what happened.
How far back do you wanna go?
I remember every damn day.
That's the problem.
Can't forget it.
I can't get it out of my head.
So...
How far do you wanna go?
Well, let's start at the beginning.
Okay.
How'd you meet him?
It was raining.
I was in college,
and I was studying late.
It was raining really hard.
I don't know what crazy shit happens to me in the rain.
Around water.
I was trying to get back to my dorm, and I ran into him.
- No! - Damn!
- No, no! - You can't watch what you're doing?
Move! You the idiot who bumped into me!
Girl, what's wrong with you?
Damn!
Hi.
Is Melissa here?
There's no Melissa here.
Oh, Melinda. Melinda's...
What do you want?
- Who's this? - The asshole.
I'm sorry. Here.
I have some of your papers.
Great. Just great.
And I think you may have one or two of mine.
No, I don't. Sorry.
Here. Forgive her. She's really bad at history, and she had
- a paper to turn in today. - Sarah!
Goodbye.
Look, I feel really bad about bumping into you.
I can be in my own head when I'm working on a project.
I'm sorry.
Okay, yeah. Fine.
But if you don't mind now,
I have less than 24 hours to finish my paper.
So, goodbye.
Well, your basis is way off in the first four pages,
and the facts of the Spanish American War are wrong.
And Professor Huff will catch that in a second.
How do you know that?
I took his class last year.
I'm sorry for reading your first pages.
I got an A in his class.
I can help you if you'd like.
I was so mad the first time I saw him
that I didn't even realize how handsome he was.
Please?
He was beautiful. Gotta give him that.
The devil sure knows how to put a package together.
Standing in front of me was all the things I loved.
He was dark, sexy.
- It was 1497. - No!
Look, this is too hard for me to remember.
Can we take a break?
I don't wanna talk about this stuff anymore.
You don't have much time.
It's too much, okay?
I'm on a brain overload.
So, let's talk about you.
Those papers you needed, what were they?
Tell me.
I think I've found a solution to an age-old problem.
I'm creating a battery that can recharge itself.
If it works, it can be used in cars, homes, you name it.
And I'm gonna be so rich.
While saving the environment, of course.
Of course.
He was so charming.
So slick.
I just wish to high heaven
someone would have said to me right then and there,
"Girl, get up and run as fast as you can
"because this man will leave you devastated."
How'd you do?
Tell me.
But we studied.
Yo, I'm sorry.
Let me talk to Professor Huff. Maybe we get you a make-up.
No. No, okay?
I mean, this is all just a waste of money.
I can't keep doing this to my mother.
To be honest with you, I mean,
she was surprised I was even going to school.
I wasn't as smart as my sisters.
Come here.
Melinda.
Hey, what are you doing here?
Mama.
My sisters came to tell me that my mother had died.
My mother and I always been close.
May she rest in peace. Amen.
I was numb.
I was so desperate to feel anything.
You see, that's how this happened.
He was there at the right time to take advantage of me.
Hi.
I'm Brenda.
Hey, I'm Robert.
You have a last name?
Gayle.
- Hmm. - How do you know Melinda?
- School. - Oh.
Well, we haven't seen you around here.
Yeah, I'm from Kirkwood.
Oh.
Well, this is a different side of the tracks for you.
What do you do for a living?
I'm in school right now.
Oh. That's good. That's good.
Yeah.
Well, if you don't have a job, then who's paying for it?
Student loans. Scholarships.
That kind of thing.
Oh. So you must be smart.
Or an athlete.
- No, no athlete. - No? Oh.
Oh. This is my boyfriend, Casey.
Oh. Hi. Hi, man.
- Hey. Nice to meet you, man. - Good to meet you, too.
And this is Kalvin, Brenda's fiance.
- What's up, man? - Good to meet you.
Good to meet you as well.
So what are you studying?
Mechanical engineering.
- Oh. Devon, come here. - Hey.
Hey.
Sorry about your mom.
Thank you so much.
- How are you? - I'm good.
Oh. I'm so rude. Um...
What's your name again?
Robert.
Robert. Robert, this is Devon.
Devon, this is Robert.
- Devon is Melinda's boyfriend. - Nice to meet you.
Ex-boyfriend.
- You know she still loves you. - Mmm-hmm.
Oh, Mel, look who came!
Hey.
I'm sorry about your mom.
Thank you.
Oh, uh, Devon, come with me for a second.
Melinda, we have to thank the pastor.
- You know him, right? Okay. - Yeah, yeah.
- I'll be right back, okay? - Okay.
Robert!
- Hey. - Hey.
Why are you leaving so soon?
Well, you have your family.
I just wanted to make sure that you're okay.
Thank you.
Yeah.
Of course.
I'll see you later, all right?
Wait, where are you going?
To the train.
The train? I mean, that's a long way.
Did you walk here?
You walked here? Look, no, I can just...
- No, I'm fine. I'm fine. - I can drive you.
No, no, look. I'll get my keys.
I'll be right back, I'll drive you.
Mel. Melin...
Wow, is that your house?
No. That's my house.
You live in there?
Yeah.
Can I come in?
Yeah.
Watch your step.
Thank you.
What kind of music is this?
Are you kidding me?
What?
This is Nina Simone.
You've never heard of her?
No.
I need to play something for you then. Hold on.
- I'll pass. - No, no, no.
You have to hear her voice.
Her singing is like going to church.
Listen.
It's kind of sad.
I'm so sorry.
No, no, no. It's fine. You can leave it on.
So how long have you lived here?
A while.
I know it's not much, but my uncle left it to me,
and my aunt lets me stay here in the driveway for free.
Where are your parents?
My father's in prison.
And my mother left me with my grandmother,
who raised me until she died when I was 14.
Then I moved out here with my aunt,
and I've been living out here ever since.
I'm sorry to hear about your mother.
She sounded like a good lady.
Yeah.
Yeah, she was amazing.
You know, she...
It's okay.
Come here.
I'm sorry.
There was something about
the way he said he was sorry that made me believe it.
And the way he held me.
I know this sounds so stupid,
but you have to know, I was a kid.
He made me feel safe and strong, and...
You're beautiful.
Beautiful.
My mother wasn't even cold in the ground yet,
and there I was.
What kind of man takes advantage of a girl's grief, huh?
I'll tell you.
A low-life maggot of a motherfucker, that's who.
He had to know that grief can leave you open
to not knowing yourself at all.
Add that to me being so young.
He had my mind, my heart, my head
and, let's not forget,
my virginity.
Oh. What are you listening to in here?
You never heard of Nina Simone?
Oh. That's Mama's music.
Or it's that boy's.
You going out with him again?
Yeah.
And I wish you would stop saying "him."
His name is Robert, and I really like him, okay?
And I want you to like him, too.
Are you having sex with him?
Well, it's a fair question.
But what I wanna know is,
who's paying when y'all going out on all these dates?
What?
Look, Melinda.
Don't tell that boy
that Mama left you that money and this house.
- I'm telling you. - All right.
Ugh. I hate to admit it, but Brenda was right.
I had made the mistake of telling Robert about the house
and the $350,000 that my mom left me.
But that didn't matter to him, right?
He wanted me.
Right?
So the name of the company is called Prescott and Howard Industries.
Okay.
And the owner, David Prescott, is a super cool guy.
Man, he's always looking for the next big thing.
And he's a tree-hugger billionaire
always talking about saving the environment, you know?
So he finds people who just have great ideas
and he changes their lives.
You know, he's made millionaires out of a lot of people
just by investing in their project.
And it's a lottery.
He goes through the mail and finds ideas.
But if he likes them, then he contacts you for a meeting,
and you have to come right when he says come,
which is pretty cool.
So I send a letter to his office every week
talking about my battery idea.
You know what I call it?
The Gayle Wind.
You know, my last name.
Okay, but, look.
So is the battery, like, that powerful?
Yeah.
Yeah, well, I think you should call it Gayle Force Wind.
- Oh, man! - Yeah?
- I like that better. - Yeah.
I love that.
I need to write it down.
I'll be around to remind you.
You promise?
What, you planned on kickin' me out?
No.
Just a lot of disappointments, that's all.
Mmm. I won't disappoint you.
And I won't disappoint you.
We're gonna be so rich.
Look, The Gayle Force Wind
is gonna allow us to live in that building right there,
on the top floor.
And we're gonna have one of those.
What? A tugboat?
No, a yacht.
And I will name it The Mrs. Gayle.
The Mrs. Gayle?
Yeah, I'm gonna name it after you when we get married.
You're gonna be my wife forever.
"Forever." That's what he said.
Those were his words. "Forever."
And I believed him.
I trusted him.
I was so in love with him,
I didn't see the con man for the con.
Man!
We could have our first kid before, like, the age of 28.
And then we can have one, like, right after, so
keep this body in shape.
A little baby, I can't wait.
Look, we're gonna have all the kids we want
because we have all the money we want.
- So I sent another letter to Prescott, right? - Mmm-hmm.
And I was thinking, what if he calls and I have to wait for a bus?
I mean, I can just drive you when he calls.
What if you're not around?
You see the game?
He had a way of not asking but suggesting
to make me think I wanted to do things for him.
And wouldn't you know it?
A few days after he got the car, the only time I talked to him
was when I called him.
One day, I waited a whole day to see if he would call me, and he didn't.
So I waited two days, and he still didn't call me.
Melinda.
We need to tell you that now that we're all married,
we're gonna be moving out.
- Okay. - Thank you, babe.
So, you need to get a job so you can keep up this place.
Yeah.
Okay.
I'll be right back.
Hello?
Hey.
Oh. Hey, there! How are you?
"Hey, there?"
"How are you?"
Wait. Wait. Why the hell was he talking to me like that?
I don't know. You tell me.
Oh. Nothing, baby.
I've been working on my battery.
Okay, well, you haven't called me in two days.
Well, you didn't call me.
I thought you were busy.
Doing what?
I don't know.
But, baby, I need both my hands for this soldering.
Can I call you back?
You ever get that feeling
when a man is telling you something, and you know it's bullshit,
but you just go with it?
Yeah. Yeah.
Well, I knew this was bullshit, and I tried to go with it.
But as nice as I could be,
there was also another side to me that he hadn't met yet.
If he was lying to me,
maybe it was time for me to introduce him to my bitch.
And, I mean, she's a motherfucker.
Call it women's intuition.
I don't know. Call it whatever.
All I know is that something made me drive over there.
Not only did I drive over there, but the same thing that made me drive
told me to park across the street and not get too close.
After sitting there for almost an hour, I felt kind of stupid.
I was trying to talk myself
out of the voice that was deep inside myself.
That was myself.
I started thinking, "How dumb is this?
"Oh, God. This looks desperate."
There I was, sitting outside of a man's house...
Well, RV,
trying to see if he's lying to me.
I already knew he was lying!
It was in my damn gut!
And here I am trying to confirm what I already knew.
I'm not doing this.
There is something about my crazy.
It's blind.
It's not rational.
It rages. It doesn't stop.
It doesn't subside. It doesn't quit.
It's immediate.
Robert, what was that?
What the hell? I don't know. Are you okay?
This what you do to me?
Give me your hand.
Is this what you do?
Is this what you do to me?
- Melinda! Melinda! - This is what you do to me?
And then you lying with this bitch!
Melinda!
Yeah!
What you looking at, bitch?
You didn't tell me you were in a relationship, Robert!
- Go! - What you looking at? Yeah!
- Stop, stop! Please! - Don't touch me!
- Please, what? Please, what? - Come on, please!
- Please! - Please, what?
Stop it. Stop it!
- Let go of me! - Stop!
You're bleeding. We gotta stop the bleeding.
Christ. Melinda.
Melinda! Melinda!
Fuck!
I had so much adrenalin that I didn't know
I slammed my body against the steering wheel so hard.
Internal bleeding.
And worse, ruptured ovaries.
A full hysterectomy, and I wasn't even 21 years old.
Children, never.
No. No, no.
So you cheat on her, you take her money,
she buys you a car, and you do that?
You do that?
She better be all right.
That's all I know, you know?
- Hey, hey... - Just get out!
Get out of here!
- Get out of here! - Maybe it's best you leave.
You're not welcome here!
- Get out! - Go.
I'll call you.
How could he do this to her?
How could he do that to her?
I was laid up for three weeks.
I was in so much pain.
Melinda, you've been doing this
- since you were a little girl. - Yes.
You get mad and nothing matters.
You have to stop doing that.
I know.
I did know that.
For some reason, I couldn't control it,
any more than I could control how I was feeling about him.
I soon realized that most of my pain wasn't physical. It was...
Melinda!
No, no, no. Look,
you have to let him talk to me.
Please? I just want to know why.
Baby, sometimes men don't have a why.
No. They just got a bunch of lies.
June, can you go get him for me? Please?
He ain't coming in here to do nothing but lie to you.
He probably just broke and hungry and needs some more money.
Why don't you just
let him get it from the whore you just caught him with, huh?
Can we have a moment, please?
Please?
We will be right on the other side of this door.
Okay. All right.
Come on.
I'm so sorry, baby.
I don't even know why I was with her.
She didn't mean nothing to me.
Nothing.
It was just sex.
And here we go.
How many times has a woman heard this bullshit?
And I felt so bad because you been there for me.
I love you. Just you.
I'm sick without you.
I need you.
I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
I promise I won't do it again.
And somehow, that shit always worked.
Until it didn't.
After all, he had me by a four-letter word.
Love.
And I did love him.
And that part, I couldn't help, no matter what he did.
Love is a bitch when she's chained to a tormentor.
And when that tormentor is a con man, well, what do you do?
Just wait for the next con.
What?
What is it?
I lost my scholarship.
And I don't have a way of paying for it.
I can't get a student loan.
It's too late, so...
How much are your last two semesters?
Yep... You heard me.
My dumb ass paid for his two final semesters of school.
I was still with my man, holding him down. You know.
My lying, cheating son of a bitch of a man.
- There I was. - You sure?
I couldn't even believe I said it.
You don't have to judge me, I'm my own jury. Okay?
And I had already convicted and sentenced myself.
I was guilty of stupidity.
So guess what he did when I wrote that check?
You guessed it.
The bastard didn't even have a ring.
This is temporary.
One day, I'm going to replace it with three diamonds.
One big one in the center for our love,
and a yellow one on this side
to remind us to always look towards the sun.
And chocolate one on this side that reminds us
that there may be dark times ahead.
And then I heard myself say...
Yes!
Yes! Yes!
That man cheated on you and you almost died.
What happens when he does something to you the next time?
There won't be...
No, don't say there won't be a next time.
That man is throwing out all kinds of red flags,
and now, you wanna just go and marry him?
I can't and I will not stand for this!
If you go, and you go and do that, I won't be there!
I won't.
June.
- This is a mistake. - Mmm-hmm.
And yet,
there I was, walking down the aisle
with more questions in my head than petals in my bouquet.
I couldn't help but look over at the empty seats
where my sisters should have been sitting.
I couldn't believe they didn't come.
But I should have understood,
seeing as how I wasn't even sure why I was there.
There was Sarah at the altar,
my maid of honor, cheering us on.
She loved the thought of us. I guess I did, too.
But the thought of us was better than the reality of us.
And there was Robert, standing at the altar, smiling
as I walked, moth to a flame.
I now pronounce you husband and wife.
You may kiss the bride.
Burned.
Years ticked by like seconds on that big clock in my mother's hallway.
And with every tick, there was a subtraction sign
from the account for something.
Something he needed, supplies for his battery,
books for research, metals, plastics. Always something.
And as the money got low, so did his affection for me,
his tolerance of me,
his patience.
Damn.
Did I just say I was being tolerated?
I need you to see this.
I mean, I'm worried.
Is this right?
Yeah.
Damn!
I'll get a job, bae.
I'll try to help out.
"Try"?
I couldn't believe that bastard just said "try."
But you know it's gonna be hard for me to study
and work, and work on this.
But I'll try. I mean, I will. I will.
For some reason, I just smiled.
I just need a little more time.
Okay.
- Hi, Ms. Hilderbran? - Yes.
- My name is Robert Gayle. - I know who you are.
Will you please stop calling and writing letters?
That's not how this works. It won't get you seen.
It's a lottery system for a reason.
I know, but could you just...
Sarah helped me get a job in her office as an office assistant.
They need these by morning.
- Sorry. - Sarah.
It's good overtime.
I was actually working two jobs.
I would leave there
and clean offices at night.
Anything I had to do
to keep from having to ask my sisters for anything.
I just...
I just had to get through the next year, you know?
I thought, "Just work hard, girl, this man loves you."
Yes!
- Robert. - Baby!
Robert, you have every light on in this house.
The light bill was $300 last month!
Baby, this won't run up the light bill.
This is my battery working. It's running the whole house.
Robert, did you talk to an electrician?
Why?
Oh, my God!
Sorry.
Not only did he almost
burn down my mother's house, he burned up all the wiring.
It almost worked.
Cost to repair? $37,000.
That was it.
We were in the hole.
At least I didn't break nothing.
Thomas Fry.
But then the day came that I had been waiting for.
Robert Gayle.
I was so happy.
I thought for sure that the very next day, our lives would change.
I thought all of our troubles were over.
I mean, he had three job interviews.
Each started at $150,000 a year.
I was so excited.
But...
How could all three turn you down?
I mean, they recruited you.
When I was 15,
I was in a gang, and we robbed a grocery store.
I got charged as an adult,
and I spent two years in jail.
I thought I could get it expunged off my record
since I was only 15, but it's still there,
and no one will hire a felon.
You have no idea how much I was looking forward to a break.
Room to breathe, you know?
To relax. Let him take care of me for a change.
But there I was, hearing this.
A felon.
And now, he tells me?
This motherfucker says this to me now!
The con game. You see?
Baby, it's not the end of the world.
Look, I have an idea.
I figured out all the bugs and now it's even better than ever.
I just need to get it to Prescott.
I know he'll love it, okay?
I'm still sending letters.
I'm going by and I'm calling.
And I'm gonna call his secretary.
I know we're low on money.
But I was thinking, if we mortgage the house,
we can pay for the rest of my research on this
and make it top notch, a new design.
I know it'll work.
Okay.
Mel, look at me. I know it'll work.
- No. - Come on.
Don't stop believing in me now.
Please trust me.
It's gonna work, I know it will.
What the hell?
I felt like my back was against the wall and I had no choice, you know?
I couldn't keep doing this.
I couldn't keep working like this.
Come on.
So I had to fall for the con.
I was in too deep to stop and walk away.
So guess what my stupid ass did.
My mama's house.
A house that was paid for, that she left to me.
The house that she had worked her entire life to pay for.
I mortgaged it.
Melinda!
Working to keep my sisters from knowing what I had done.
And every time I would see him sleeping in the bed
when I was headed to one of my two jobs,
I would get mad, you know?
I would get resentful.
And this was my routine every day.
To the bastard's credit, he did get odd jobs from time to time.
But they...
They didn't even cover the utilities most of the time.
How do two people live through two decades and miss everything?
Every moment of it?
I'll tell you how.
You just feel trapped.
But fuck that. This trap wouldn't destroy me.
Or did it?
One of the saddest parts of our lives was that
we were just existing.
No coloring outside of the lines, no excitement,
no birth of a child to mark our age,
or his or her first step, or his or her graduation.
Nothing to be a mile marker for the years that were passing.
There were no warnings signs.
Eighteen years seemed to pass like days.
How does that happen?
Diana.
Wow. You look great.
Robert Gayle.
How have you been?
I've been good.
God, I haven't seen you since...
Yeah, yeah.
She destroyed your RV.
I don't blame her though.
You should have been honest.
We were kids.
No, but you lied to me also, Robert.
- I didn't know about her. - Yeah, I know,
I know, I'm sorry.
Anyway, whatever happened to her?
I married her.
Okay.
So what are you doing here?
Yeah, well, get this.
I've been sending letters to Prescott here for years,
telling him about my battery.
You remember, in school, what I was working on?
No, sorry, I don't.
Well, anyway, I've been trying to get a meeting with him,
and I found out that Ms. Hilderbran retired
and that you took her place,
- and congratulations, by the way. - Mmm-hmm.
So I figured this must be God helping me out, you know?
No, it's not God. I can't help you.
What? Why?
No, I can't. We have new policies now about receiving information.
But look, Robert, it was really...
It was nice to see you.
Can I take you for a coffee sometime, maybe catch up?
Yeah, sure, if you invite your wife.
Look, I do not cheat on my wife.
I don't do that.
This is strictly business.
I can't help you.
- Look, I know. - I'm sorry.
I know, I understand. I just...
I just need some advice, that's all.
Okay, look. Here's my card.
I usually grab coffee at Q & A
on 52nd Street in the mornings at about 7:00 a.m.
- If you happen to be there... - Yeah.
Then maybe we can talk, okay?
Okay, thanks. Maybe I'll catch you there.
Okay.
Carly, can you get me the file on Robert Gayle?
You want the file on the psycho
who's been sending letters here since before I was born?
That's what I said.
Sure.
Thank you.
Hello?
Robert Gayle?
Yeah.
My name is Melvin White.
I'm the Head of Security for Prescott and Howard Industries.
I'm calling to inform you
that you've been put into our system as a credible threat.
You are not to send another letter to our office,
nor contact or visit any one of our employees.
You're not to come within 300 yards of our campus.
If you come near the building again, you will be arrested.
Fuck!
Damn it!
What happened?
They won't see me.
Prescott. They won't see me!
Okay? They won't!
All these years wasted!
Damn it. I wanted this for us, baby.
I wanted it to work for us.
I wanted to get you that ring.
The apartment, the boat, the private jet.
I wanted you to have it all.
Have you ever asked me what I wanted?
I just want you to get a job,
help me out consistently, that's all.
Now that we know this battery is not going to work,
we can put it away, okay?
Because that's over.
That's it.
Move on. Let's just move on.
Okay?
I know this could work.
Please.
Please. Come on.
Just a job.
Okay?
Yeah.
I'll find the best job I can.
Baby.
If you give up on me now, I got nothing left.
Tell me you love me.
I love you.
I do.
But I'm so tired.
I'm so tired.
Go, go. It's recording.
Hi, my name is Robert Gayle, and this is my wife, Mel.
Hi, I'm Melinda Gayle.
And we are excited to show you my new invention!
It's called The Gayle Force Wind.
And it's powering this room right now.
Melinda?
Hey.
Did you know this house was about to be foreclosed on?
Did you?
That damn Audra at the bank.
She's not supposed to be telling my business.
Mel, that's our cousin.
Did you know this house was about to be foreclosed on?
Yeah, I was just getting my battery ready for...
We all know about that damn battery.
That shit ain't never gonna work.
It's a joke.
Get a job and help her.
- Baby, that's enough, okay? - Yes, Brenda, stop it.
We need to be able to talk about this.
Melinda, this is Mama's house.
We grew up here.
And you mortgaged it for him?
His ass needs a job.
Why are you putting up with this shit, huh?
Why?
- Brenda, let up. - Move, Kalvin.
The things our daddy did to keep this house.
And you gonna lose it?
I knew this would happen.
- Okay, okay. Listen. - I knew it.
We know the problem, and we know you don't have the money.
So Audra told you that, too?
Mel, we're trying to help you. Just listen. We have a plan.
Babe, tell her the plan.
Look, Kalvin and I went to the owners of one of the restaurants we deliver for.
He will advance us money for future deliveries
three weeks at a time.
But if we mess this up, he'll take our trucks.
I do not like this at all.
Baby, it's all right. We're just trying to help.
We worked our asses off for those trucks.
Baby, stop!
Just listen.
Look, man.
All we need you to do is help us keep the requirements, all right?
You gotta drive and you gotta be on time to his chains.
That's all.
We can get this paid back in, like, three months.
But you can't be late.
You can't miss a delivery or a pickup, or we'll lose everything.
Everything!
- And we can't pay you. - And we shouldn't do it.
He don't give a damn about nothing and nobody but himself.
Look, promise us that you'll do this, Robert.
And you'll do this right.
Promise us.
Yeah.
I'm in.
See, he's in.
I'll see you at the lot at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow.
I'm there.
And I'm changing the locks.
Mel, we're just trying to help.
Mmm-hmm.
She gotta want to help herself.
You're right.
- Have a good night. - 6:00 a.m.
He'll be there. Just go.
You know why I know how you don't love me the same?
You didn't even try to defend me.
That bastard actually said that to me.
He actually said that.
Another morning.
No kiss, no hug.
Good morning.
Another night of him sleeping downstairs.
At first, I was sad about it.
Then I started to get mad.
It's good.
Right? I mean, it's good. At least he's working.
Yeah, right.
He's so mad at me, though.
- Is he? - Yeah.
He's not touching me.
He sleeps downstairs.
We haven't had sex in months.
Really?
Yeah, it's like we're roommates.
Well... Hey. At least he's a roommate with a job.
Right.
Yep.
But I know that man.
And he is very sexual.
So if he's not getting it from me, he's getting it from somewhere.
No, Mel, no.
I don't believe that, not for one second.
- Are you sure? - Yes, I'm sure.
I'm sure. He learned his lesson before y'all got married.
Okay.
If he's cheating, he better pray to God that I don't find out.
Yeah, for all our sakes.
- Stop it. - You a little crazy.
- Hey! - You know it.
I love my wife.
And I just wanna do so much for her.
She's done so much for me.
And if you can find the time
to just take a look at the Gayle Force Wind,
it will truly, truly change this planet.
The Gayle Force Wind.
Hey, they need this delivery by 11:00 am this morning.
- It's a big one. - Okay.
They're having a corporate luncheon or something like that.
All the execs will be there, and they need this fish fresh.
And he likes it an hour before they open.
Okay.
It's our biggest client, so you can't be late.
- Okay. - Look, man.
You've been killing it around here.
All right. Keep up the good work.
And don't worry about the Moore sisters.
They're just close.
Yeah.
Yeah, I know.
Hey.
So, I see. You just not gonna say nothing to him?
Not a damn thing.
I just need him to work, like all of us have to do.
Let me see, 9 times 16.
Let's see here.
27.
2.
Okay.
What is this?
Hi, Mr. Prescott. My name is Robert Gayle.
I invented this battery, Gayle Force Wind.
I would appreciate it
if you would consider reviewing my materials.
Thank you.
Are you still watching those videos?
Yeah.
Is Prescott in yet?
Let me check.
Yeah.
Hey, man. It's 9:30.
Just wanted to be sure you're gonna be there at 11:00.
Yeah.
And I'm tracking you. It's a lot of traffic.
Yeah. I'm close.
You the man.
Call you when it's done.
Okay.
Look, the last letter I sent was the morning before you called.
You must have just gotten it.
I won't send another. I won't call your office.
Plus, I threw the battery out, so no need to threaten me.
Well, that's too bad.
I saw your research. It's brilliant.
I've shown it to Mr. Prescott.
Oh, my God.
He wants to meet with you today at 11:30,but if you've thrown out the prototype...
No, no, no. I have it, I have it.
Can you make it at 11:30?
11:30.
Does it have to be today?
Robert, you're joking, right?
Yeah, yeah. Yes, yes. I'll be there. I'll be there.
Okay, I'll see you then.
Oh, shit.
- Kalvin! - Yo.
Check this out, man.
Where's he going?
Shit.
He's not pickin' up.
Babe.
Hey, Kalvin.
Yeah, you're not gonna believe this.
- What's up? - Where you at?
- I'm going to Mel's. - You with Melinda?
No. Not yet. What?
It looks like he's heading to her house.
What?
Yeah. Meet us over there, all right?
- All right. - All right. Love you.
Come on, man.
Come on.
Hey! Hey!
Hey!
Hey, hey, hey!
Sorry, sorry.
I need that, I need that, I need that.
- That? - Yeah, yeah.
Of course.
- Hey, Mel. - Mmm-hmm.
Mel, honey, your sisters are here.
This can't be good.
Do you know what the last thing a woman wants to hear about her man?
Is that he's cheating on her.
Wait up, I'm coming.
And the last person in the world she wants to hear that shit from
is the damn family member who told her he would.
You're not gonna believe this!
Fuck is wrong with you?
You're gonna cost us our biggest client!
- Where the keys? - Let me show you, man.
Right here.
What the hell is wrong with you?
- You trying to destroy us? - Look, I'm sorry!
- Let go, man. - I'm sorry, man.
Hey, baby, you're not gonna believe this.
But they called... They called about the battery.
Prescott called, baby.
What is this?
Why was her wallet in your truck?
What?
After all these years,
you still messin' around with her, aren't you?
- Hmm? After all we've been through, Robert? - No. Baby, no.
Baby, no. I promise you. Listen.
I saw her.
It must've fallen out in the truck.
Why was she in your truck, Robert?
Listen, listen.
Listen, I gotta go.
- You gotta go? - I promise you it isn't gonna... Listen.
I will explain everything when I get back, okay?
Robert, if you walk out of that door, there is no coming back.
Prescott called me. I have to go. I have to go.
So you're just gonna leave?
You're just gonna leave?
Where you goin', huh?
Where you goin'? Where you goin'?
Baby, I need my keys!
You ain't getting a damn thing!
What, you just gonna just leave?
Baby, I gotta go. Give me the keys!
No! Take 'em.
Take 'em. Please, take 'em.
I can call the cops, I'll have your ass arrested.
- Take 'em! - Damn it, baby!
You don't understand! I need to see Prescott!
What? Her?
- No! - After all these years...
Baby, I didn't do anything! Baby...
Baby! Mel!
Get off of me. Get off of me!
- Get your hands off of me! - Mel, stop!
- Mel, you need to stop! - No!
- Stop it! - Melinda!
- Give me the damn keys! - Melin...
- Get off of her! - Get off of her!
Get your ass off of my sister!
No! Get off of me so I can...
Get off of me! Don't let him go!
- Come on! Help me! - Don't let him go!
Don't let him go!
You're letting him go!
Why are you letting him go?
You better not come back!
- Go! - Don't let him go!
Help me, June. Get her up here. Go!
Damn it.
Robert.
What a way to make the wrong first impression.
- You look terrible. - I'm sorry.
Gonna be hard to convince people you're not crazy looking like this.
Follow me, come on.
Are you okay?
Robert.
My wife...
You're melting down.
You left this in my truck.
Robert, did you steal my wallet?
You left it in my truck.
No, Robert. Is this what this is about?
Did she find it?
I'm so sorry.
I got nothing left. Okay? I got nothing left.
Yeah, I risked everything for this meeting with Prescott, okay?
And I'm not even sure if I can do this.
Look... Look at me, Robert! Look at me.
If this is as good as your research suggests
then your dreams have come true.
Now you need to put the personal shit aside
and you go in there and you own that room.
You got me?
Come on, let's go.
Leave that.
Mr. Prescott, this is Robert Gayle.
The persistent Mr. Gayle.
Like a Gayle force wind.
All right. Let's hear this pitch.
What happened? Did we make it in time?
No.
So we're gonna lose our trucks?
- We can keep the trucks. - We lost him as a client.
He won't give us the money for this house.
It's gonna be okay, baby.
Is she okay?
No.
I wasn't.
I was in that place that scares me.
That place between present and furious.
I had lost all rhyme and reason.
It's like nothing mattered but getting even.
I was told I get it from my daddy, but his was quiet.
Mine...
I would burn a whole house down with me in it
to get to the motherfucker that done me wrong.
And the lipo and nickel, and the Gayle Force Wind...
Okay, I've heard enough.
Our team has received your research.
They believe it can work, even though you don't have a prototype.
We wanna offer you $800,000 today
for all your notes, and research, and any plans that you have.
You will have to sign a non-compete, of course.
$800,000...
You wanna buy... Buy my work?
Yes.
That's how this goes.
We are prepared to write you a check today.
Um...
No offense, Mr. Prescott...
I have no intentions of selling my work.
I wanna own my copyrights and license it to you for a term.
And when this thing hits the market, it will bring billions to your firm.
I only think it's right for me to participate in that upside.
Yes. But I would be taking all the risk and spending all the money to perfect it.
$800,000 is my offer to you, Mr. Gayle.
And it's not changing.
Take it or leave it.
Um...
I'm gonna have to say no.
I'm sorry to have wasted your time.
Sure. Okay.
- Well, thank you. - Sorry, Mr. Prescott.
Robert. Robert!
Wait, Robert!
There's no way I can take that deal.
- It's a lot of money. - Not for him.
This is my life.
What did I do?
I'm sorry.
Robert, I'm sorry, especially about the wallet.
Robert. Robert.
Look, first let me just say this.
I did not do anything with Diana.
I found out that she worked at Prescott,
and we went out for coffee to talk business,
and that was it.
And she got into the truck because her daddy
was some kind of driver or something like that.
And her... Her wallet fell out of her purse.
Look, listen, I know it makes no damn sense,
but it's the truth.
And the reason why I didn't make the deliveries
because Prescott called me, baby,
to see the battery.
They offered me $800,000.
And he was ready to write that check today.
And I'm sure if I had a prototype, it would have been a lot more.
$800,000 today?
- Yeah. - You need to take the money.
Look, I can't.
There is no damn money. He lying.
Baby...
- Can we talk by ourselves? - Sure.
Sure.
Just let me understand this.
Some random bitch that I caught you with before
just happens to be in your truck
and leaves her wallet?
This house is getting foreclosed on.
And you turned down an $800,000 check
that Mr. Prescott
was gonna write you today?
Is this the bullshit you selling me?
Baby, this is not bullshit.
Then call him and take the offer.
It's not a good offer.
- It's not a good offer, baby. - It's not a good offer.
So I just lose my mother's house?
Baby, I'll buy you a bigger house.
As a matter of fact,
we're gonna live in a high-rise building overlooking the city.
And that diamond...
I'mma get you.
And The Mrs. Gayle, private jet.
We're gonna make it, baby.
This is it.
No, we're not.
No, we're not gonna make it.
You had a good woman.
I would do anything for you.
And I did.
And you lie
and you cheat on me.
You're a motherfucking loser.
Don't talk to me like that, baby, please.
I'm done with you. I'm done.
I need you to get your shit while you can, and I need you to get out.
I want a divorce.
Mel...
Mel, please.
- No. - Mel, I love you.
Please.
You're really gonna do this?
Why don't you go find that bitch and let her take you in?
- Get out. - Mel.
Get out!
Come on, man. You should leave.
I'm not leaving.
You know me.
You know I can be the motherfucking devil.
Three months later, I lost my mama's house.
You know, that bastard didn't even call to see if I was okay.
He didn't even bother.
He was done with me.
He had gotten all he could.
I guess he was off looking for his next victim.
Not caring that I was devastated.
I can't believe I let that son of a bitch...
Damn.
I was humiliated.
I had to move in with my sister.
At this age, living with my sister?
All I needed was a bunch of damn cats.
Fuck him!
Who the hell took my damn phone?
I had wasted too many years with Robert.
Too many years feeling lonely whenever he was around.
Thought it was time for me to move on, and so did Brenda.
So she wasted no time trying to get me hooked up with Devon.
She heard that he was divorced.
So, much to my disapproval, she called him up and we went out.
My divorce wasn't even final, but what the hell.
So there I was, out with a man.
A man that could pay the check
and who commanded attention when he walked into the room.
All eyes on him.
And yet, it felt strange.
It felt foreign. It felt wrong.
It... It was like I was starting over
and learning how things were really supposed to be.
And I thought about Robert from time to time.
Sometimes with sympathy, but mostly with anger.
Especially when I looked up and saw his ass.
There he was in the damn kitchen, washing dishes.
All that money I wasted helping him, and his ass is in the damn kitchen?
Of all restaurants!
I got mad all over again.
I wanted my $1,234,908.07
And that's with him paying me back every dime,
and then half of all the bills for all those years.
Looks like his ass will be washing a lot of dishes
to pay me back.
Fuck it, I'll cut my losses.
Just give me a divorce.
Sorry, I'm late.
It's a family divorce, I see.
She wanted us here.
Is your lawyer here, Mr. Gayle?
I can't afford a lawyer.
No, you can't, working as a dishwasher.
Ma'am, you're a guest in this mediation.
Please.
Mel, are you sure you wanna do this?
I still love you so much.
I do.
We're prepared to let you have the car and your clothes.
No, no. You keep it.
Keep it all. Everything. I don't want anything.
I just wanna say this, and I'm done.
Mel, I am so sorry that I couldn't be what you needed.
But I...
I never cheated on you again after I saw what it did to you.
I found out what love is
for the first time in my life because of you.
I can honestly say with all my heart that I love you.
I will always love you, Mel.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, Mel.
Please, Mel, just...
Just look at me.
Well...
At least you don't have to give that bastard another thing.
Hello?
- Hello? - Hello.
Where the hell have you been?
Someone stole my phone. Sorry.
I've been trying to reach you all week.
I'm sorry.
So Victor called.
He said that you called him to represent you in the deal.
If there's ever a deal.
Prescott will come back, okay? You'll see.
Just keep your fingers crossed.
Hey, I asked Victor for your home address or your phone number,
and he said he had to wait for you to call him.
What's going on, Robert?
I'm just... I'm just...
We're just between places right now.
Robert, did she put you out?
Um...
We're... We're divorced now.
I've been staying in the Genesis Shelter
on 4th for the past 3 months, and I'm just...
I'm coming to get you.
No, Diana.
You okay, baby?
She is fine.
More champagne?
She's celebrating her divorce.
But my favorite part
is when that bastard said how much he loved her.
I almost threw up.
You know I never thought he was lying to you, Mel.
I always believed he loved you.
You would, but she didn't.
I did believe him.
I even felt sorry for him.
What is that about us as women?
Why do we feel bad when we didn't do shit, huh?
And yet, there I was feeling bad about him.
Feeling sad that he never made it.
That he was a dishwasher.
Why the hell should I care?
So you know what I did?
I got that tall, sexy thing standing over there
to take my mind off it.
Can we go back to your place?
- Now? - Yeah.
So sorry. Good night, folks. I'm outta here.
Go on, Devon. It was nice to see you.
- Get home safe. - Brenda.
Babe, wait up.
This will do you good.
Thanks.
Sure.
You should have told me you were in a shelter.
Doesn't matter.
Robert, I know you're upset that you lost your wife,
but listen to me.
It's okay.
Sometimes things just happen, you know?
I'm a firm believer that when
someone falls out of your life maybe...
Maybe they're supposed to.
Maybe they're not supposed to share the level that you're going to.
Maybe you're supposed to leave them behind.
I hate seeing you this broken, this defeated.
You're a good man, Robert. You are.
And you're gonna be okay.
I know that you'll be okay.
Devon was just okay in bed, but he wasn't Robert.
Robert mastered my body.
He knew my curves.
He knew how I liked it slightly to the left.
Robert would at least try to hold me.
And the thought of him being with another woman
still made me jealous.
Good night.
You know what I found out?
The truth always comes when a man comes.
When Devon was finished, he was done.
Good night.
Didn't matter what I felt.
You gotta take me home.
You wore me out. Don't you wanna stay?
No! Take me home.
Still asleep?
Shit. Damn it.
I can't believe I slept this long.
I gotta get to the restaurant.
I called them and told them you quit.
What? What?
No, Diana, you have no idea how hard it is for me to get a damn job.
Why would you do that?
What's this?
Is this real?
Yeah.
This is... This is the offer?
Yeah.
I begged Victor to let me tell you.
I'm pretty sure this is Prescott's best and final.
And this the best part, Robert,
that this is a license for the technology.
You still own the IP.
You did it.
- Mel. - What?
Melinda!
- What? - Look.
What the hell?
- No way. - Go.
How are you?
I'm busy.
I just need 10 minutes of your time.
You have two.
Okay.
I just wanted to come here to tell you thank you for loving me.
You know, there were times when I doubted myself...
You kept working and kept me believing.
Um... We are never getting back together.
- Okay? - Yeah.
- Never. - I know.
So what is this?
You borrow a suit, and you come up here and try to...
Impress me?
For what?
My battery. It...
It hit.
Yeah. I signed a deal.
And I'm in business with Prescott.
Good for you.
Good for us.
I know our divorce is finalized, but I wanted you to have this
for everything you've done for me over the years.
I don't know of any woman who would have put up with me,
loved me, cared for me...
Believed in me.
I don't blame you.
Like I said, I started to doubt myself.
I'm just sorry that my dream took so long to come true.
Anyway, look.
You gave me two minutes, I'm sure it's just about up.
I love you, Mel.
I always will.
Oh. I almost forgot.
Your mama's house.
It's yours again.
Might look a little different on the inside
'cause of the last owners, but...
It's yours.
- You're taking all day, baby. - My partner got it.
It's mine.
- Bam! - Boo.
- That's what I'm talking about. - I got you on this one.
All right. Let's go, let's go.
- Hey, sissy. - Thank you, thank you.
- Hey, Melinda. - Where you been?
You're late, babe.
- What's up, Mel? - Yeah, I know.
- Did Robert give you this? - Yeah.
Along with these keys
and the deed to Mama's house.
What?
Yeah, his battery hit.
He's in business with Prescott.
I'm calling the bank first thing in the morning.
I already did, and it's good.
Damn.
He hit like this?
I knew he would. That dude is smart.
Mel, when did you see him?
He came to my job to tell me he was sorry,
and that he loved me, and he wanted to give me that.
Oh, my God.
That is so sweet. We ain't never had this kind of money.
Wow.
He really did it.
Well,
you always thought he would.
Ten million dollars.
Hell, go cash this before he changes his mind or something.
He won't.
Well, let's not take no chances.
Let's go to the bank first thing in the morning.
That bastard might have a change of heart or something.
Shut the fuck up.
Why did I listen to you?
I mean, both of you are some miserable bitches.
Neither one of you are happy with these bastards,
and I listened to you.
Now you just wait one minute.
No, no.
Everybody in this town knows Kalvin has a baby in Ellenwood.
And well, Casey, you know what they say about you.
Melinda!
Devon, you should go home and never call me again.
You are horrible in bed.
You snore,
and you are too big to have such a little dick.
Fucking shit.
Hold on.
Hi.
The address was on the check.
Yeah. Yeah.
And I remembered the building.
This is the building you said we would live in.
You look great.
Thank you.
And this view...
Oh!
This view!
Top floor.
You said the top floor.
Out of your dreams.
This is just like everything you described to me.
I'm so proud of you.
Thank you.
And when you said you loved me,
I realized I still love you very, very much.
And I should have believed you
when you said you weren't with her.
But my sisters, my sisters. They got in my head.
That's all behind us now, Mel.
I'm so glad you said that.
Sorry I'm late, babe.
Hey...
Baby, this is Melinda, my ex-wife.
Hi.
I'm Diana. I'm Robert's fiancee.
There she was.
The bitch I tried to kill all those years ago
standing in my apartment,
wearing my ring.
Looking at me.
That son of a bitch humiliated me again in front of that same whore.
I can't believe he let me pour my heart out
and she was in there all that time.
This bitch was living my life.
The one I bought and paid for.
He would always like to do it in the shower
because he said it reminded him of us when we met in the rain.
You see why I hate the rain?
I'm sure he was with that bitch in the shower.
That was supposed to be mine.
Tasting her.
Fucking her.
Using what I taught him.
Using my tricks on that trick.
And I know Nina was somewhere close.
By now, Robert was spooning her, I'm sure.
Breathing ever so slightly on the back of her neck.
I can still smell the slightest hint of whiskey
on his breath.
I can feel it on my neck.
Bitch!
And she just moved in?
No. I don't think so.
I put every jewel in that crown,
and I was not about to let another bitch wear it!
I couldn't believe it.
He could just leave and walk away.
He said he loved me,
but he moved her into my place like I never existed.
I couldn't eat. I couldn't sleep.
All I did was think about him and her.
I had alerts on everything I owned.
Every time that bitch posted something, I knew it.
And you know what? Everything he said to me.
He would take me to Paris, and there they were in Paris.
He said he would take me on our private jet.
And there they were.
Day and night, I just watched her page.
I couldn't help it.
Her wedding ideas. And her.
She even chose a dress by the same designer
that I wanted to make mine.
At the same boutique.
- I got you. - Babe...
- I will not let go of you. - Okay.
Walking. So get ready...
Okay.
Not yet.
- Come on. - No, just... Right there.
All right.
Can I open?
Open them now.
Look behind you.
Surprise.
Oh, my God!
Mrs. Gayle.
I told you I would buy it for you.
- I love this, I love this! - Mmm.
Oh, my God. I like this, but in white.
- Hmm. - Yeah?
How about this one?
As you're waving goodbye to your guests.
Perfect! I love it. They're gonna love it!
Hi, John.
Hey, babe. Look at this.
Okay, what do you think about this with the bon voyage and I wave goodbye?
- It's beautiful. - Right? Ain't it pretty?
Listen, baby, can I talk to you?
Yeah, sure.
Okay, well, John, we'll talk more about the wedding tomorrow?
Some other time? Okay.
- Okay, thank you. - Thanks, John.
What's...
Melinda, she's...
She's suing us.
She's claiming that the deal happened before the divorce.
We both know that's not true.
Yeah, I know. It's just so sad.
Yeah, I'm gonna call Franklin.
Yeah, I already talked to him this morning about her.
What? Why?
I didn't wanna tell you, but I received, like,
3,300 nasty comments from somebody named Pissed.
And, of course, it's Melinda.
I'll talk to her.
- No. No. - Maybe I can give her
- more money. - It's not about the money.
You cannot negotiate with crazy.
- It'll be okay. - Yeah.
Mel?
- Mel? - Hey, Sarah!
- Hey. - Hey.
Look, she's not calling us.
I don't think we should be here.
Something's wrong.
Guys, I don't think it's a good idea for us to go in there. Come on!
Where are you going? What is...
It is still that easy to get in here?
Melinda?
- Melinda? - Melinda?
Melinda, where are you?
Mel?
What is going...
- What the hell is all this? - What?
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God. What is...
We're certain he made the deal with Prescott and Howard Industries
while he was still married to my client, Your Honor.
He also received all the investments
for the Gayle Force Battery from my client's income alone.
And the mortgage from the family house, which she lost.
Counselor, I'm looking at all the dates on these contracts
and the email chains.
And an affidavit from Prescott and Howard Industries.
They attest that the deal wasn't offered
until well after Mr. Gayle and your client were divorced.
And seeing as he didn't ask for the divorce, she did,
I'm confused.
- Well, Your Honor... - I'm not done.
After the divorce, he gave your client 10 million dollars voluntarily.
And then he rebought the family house and gave that to her.
Is that right?
Yes, Your Honor.
And how much are you claiming for damages?
Well, she invested over 1.2 million dollars
over the course of their marriage.
And we're asking for half the value of the Gayle Force Battery,
which deems to exceed approximately 150 million dollars.
Okay, enough. That's ridiculous.
It is apparent to the court that Mr. Gayle has been more than fair.
I'm going to dismiss this case.
This is not fair.
I should get half of what he got. That is fair.
Listen. This court has spoken.
Don't you understand that he didn't have to give you anything?
This is one of the most generous gestures this court has ever seen.
This case is dismissed.
Also, Your Honor, there's another matter on the docket.
Mrs. Moore has been harassing the future Mrs. Gayle.
You'll see all the evidence presented there in front of you.
We're asking for a restraining order for both Mr. and Mrs. Gayle.
I'm the one who should get the damn restraining order.
- Counselor, control your client! - Melinda.
I don't need to be controlled. I'm not an animal.
Did you send these messages?
This is America.
I have freedom of speech.
These are threats.
You could spend time in jail, Mrs. Moore.
Do it again, and you will.
Restraining order is granted.
Mrs. Moore,
you are to stay 300 yards away from Mr. and Mrs. Gayle.
- Do you understand? - They're not married.
Stay away from both of them.
Is that clear enough for you?
Yes.
Wait, go!
Melinda!
- Go! - Mel, don't!
- I'm okay, I'm okay. - Stop, stop, stop.
Let them go.
- Melinda, no. - Melinda!
This is Melinda, and I am live on the Internet.
I want you to see this injustice.
This whore slept with my husband.
And he left me with nothing...
- Stop it now. Please stop. - Enough, enough!
Please stop!
Mel, it's not healthy. I'm serious.
You have to stop the way you're dealing with him.
I don't want to talk about him.
Fine, we won't. We'll talk about your sisters,
and how they love you, and they're worried about you.
And so am I.
That stuff that we found in your house.
- It was... - Wait.
You went to my house?
Yeah.
Y'all motherfuckers don't wanna help me.
Come back with me, so we can talk about it.
- Melinda, just... - No, I see what's going on.
- Melinda? - Fuck that!
I'm going to June's.
Thank you, guys, for coming.
Look, we're worried about Melinda.
She has really lost it over you two.
Now we're gonna try to get a judge to force her and get some help.
That might be a good idea.
But in the meantime, you need to be careful.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
Both of you do.
We have the restraining order.
You guys might wanna have security at the wedding.
- Yeah. - Seriously.
Look, guys,
I know she's upset.
Like you said, I know your sister.
She'll be fine once she calms down.
If you think that, you don't know her at all.
Oh, my God. No, no, no.
You two, you cannot be here right now.
- She's right behind me. - Oh, shit.
Why the fuck are y'all still coming in my house
- without my permission? - Sweetie.
So what y'all been doing?
- Talking about me behind my back? - Melinda.
- Go! - And that's why you brought her here?
No! No!
- Let me talk to her! - No!
Y'all have to hold me back! No!
I need that bitch to know that's my car!
Why would you bring her here, Robert?
That's my car, bitch!
It's not worth it, honey.
- That's my car! - No! No!
- Go! - Get off of me!
I'm okay. All right! Okay!
I'm okay.
I'm okay. I'm okay.
Stop treating me like this.
Why would you let him bring her here?
So disrespectful! What kind of family are you, huh?
What about me?
- God! - Melinda!
Melinda!
Hi, may I help you?
No, I'm just looking.
Thank you.
Here we go.
It's really lovely.
Yeah, I love the buttons.
Hey, wait!
And she ruined the future Mrs. Gayle's wedding dress.
This court apologizes to you.
I shouldn't have been so lenient.
It's okay, Your Honor.
I couldn't fit the dress anymore anyway.
This little one's growing pretty fast.
What is it going to take to make you heed the warnings of this court?
It's obvious to me that you're not taking this matter seriously.
I will not allow you to continue to harass these people.
Am I clear?
If you violate this restraining order,
I assure you, you will spend 40 days in the county jail.
I mean it.
One more offense.
Do I make myself clear?
Yes, Your Honor.
Melinda.
Have you ever considered that maybe there's another way to look at this?
Maybe he did mean what he said.
Maybe the deceit isn't what you think.
Would you allow room for that possibility?
Would you feel better if he was really being honest
and he really meant well?
I am not wrong.
You're just like everybody else.
See...
I get dogged,
and it's my fault.
That's not what I'm saying.
That's what you're saying.
I just wanted to know if you would consider it.
Let me ask you another question.
Okay.
Have you ever heard of something
called Borderline Personality Disorder?
It's when a person has...
You know what?
I'm not doing this.
Fuck you and this bullshit.
I'm not crazy.
What?
Get out of here with this bullshit.
As a matter of fact, I'm out.
We are gathered here...
That bitch wasted no time taking over my life.
I just can't believe Robert married that whore
and gave her my boat. My boat!
The boat with my name on it.
She was living my life.
Fuck her.
Fuck him.
Fuck them both.
Hey.
Melinda?
It's a beautiful night.
Mmm-hmm.
I love you.
Look at those stars.
You're that one. What are you doing?
I meant to start a bath.
Let the staff do it.
No, no. I need to get up. I need to get sea legs.
You wanna join me in a few?
You know it.
See you.
Where's my wedding dress?
It was hanging in the closet, ma'am.
I didn't see it.
I'll check with housekeeping.
Okay.
The bath is ready already?
No.
Sit down.
Mel.
What are you doing?
What are you doing, Robert?
- Come on, Mel, you know this is not right. - No.
What's not right is what you did to me.
What did I do?
Don't act like you don't remember.
Okay, okay, okay.
Tell me so that I'm sure.
You left me.
You took the best parts of my life.
And you gave that bitch my ring,
my apartment,
my boat,
my life.
And you promised those things to me. Didn't you, Robert?
Didn't you?
I did, I did.
I did.
So why... Why did you give it to her?
Mel, you divorced me.
You left me!
You didn't fight.
- You didn't fight. - Mel.
No, you used me to work and take care of you until you made it.
You never loved me.
- Mel, that's not true. I loved you. - Then why?
Why did you give it all to her, huh?
Why are you here with her and not me?
You promised me forever.
You promised me forever and she was there all the time.
No, no. That is not true, Mel.
I never cheated on you.
Then why?
I never cheated on you, Mel.
Never!
I love you.
I always will.
Good.
Then make her jump off the boat.
- Mel, Mel. - Come on.
So we can start our life together.
No, come on, get up. Let's go get her.
No, Mel, Mel.
Get up!
Listen, let's just talk about this, okay?
Come on.
Give me the gun.
Just give me the gun.
- I heard a shot! - It came from up top!
What's going on?
Jump!
You better jump!
Mel, what are you doing?
Mel.
Where are you going, huh?
Stop, bitch, before I shoot you in the...
Give me the ring.
What ring?
That ring, bitch!
Give it to me.
You bitches are something.
The first wife puts in all the work,
and you whores reap the benefits?
No, ma'am. Give it here.
Give it to me.
No!
Robert!
I need to stop the boat.
Okay. Okay.
Pull the throttle.
Okay. Are you okay?
I'm okay. I'm okay.
Okay, babe.
I need you to get in the tender, and I need you to go get the crew.
The crew?
She made them jump.
- Go. - I'm not leaving you!
Go, baby. I'm bleeding out.
Robert.
They can help me.
Go!
Be careful.
Hurry, baby.
Hurry.
Robert.
It's all your fault, Robert.
Now look at you.
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