"Keep your eyes on the road, or pull over and I'll drive." "All nurses to the nurses' station." "Paging Dr. Battaglia." "Call extension 198." "Dr. Battaglia, extension 198." "I heard the other female in the car with her may not make it." "We have to move quickly." "She's going into shock." "We're losing her." "You got some more drugs today?" "Just a couple." "Not much, no more than that." "Ok." "Did you bring me some?" "You know I did." "Appreciate that." "See you later on, all right?" "See you tonight." "Ok." "All right." "Phaedra!" "Phaedra!" "Phaedra!" "Phaedra, do you not hear me calling you?" "Say what?" "God!" "Do you not hear me calling you, girl?" "I said, what?" "You don't smell that?" "I cannot wait to move out of these apartments." "The smell is driving me crazy." "I don't smell anything." "You don't smell that?" "No." "Little boys down there smoking their stinking mess seeping up through the cracks, you don't smell it?" "No,?" "There's a single's meet and greet tonight at the church and I was gonna ask you if you wanted to go, but I don't have anybody to watch Mikayla, so..." "And you still don't, because I have plans." "What?" "Another party?" "If you must know, yes." "Nice shot." "You don't do anything anyway." "All you sit around here and do every day is nothing." "Nothing." "And?" "And you're a grown woman without a job, that don't bother you?" "No, 'cause I got money." "Which I'm sure's running thin, since all you do every weekend behind another no-good man." "Is that your sanctified way of calling me a ho?" "What?" "Did I call you that?" "Did I say that to you?" "No, but you're over here dropping bombs like I'm stupid." "I know what you're trying to say, Tammy." "What am I trying to say, Phae?" "What am I trying to say?" "That I don't do nothing with my life." "You don't." "That's not a lie." "Ok, that's what's up." "I won't be here much longer." "I'm not pushing you out, all I'm telling you to do, slow your roll, stop living in the past and running behind these no good men." "And look at you, going to church to find a man." "I hope you get a good one tonight, Tammy." "Somebody to be Mikayla's daddy so you can stop asking me to watch her." "Church ho." "Wow, Phae, really?" "Was that necessary?" "Well then, stop popping off, talking about what I do." "Look." "I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings." "Will you forgive me?" "You didn't hurt my feelings, I'm cool." "Well, good." "Then you can sit here and watch Mikayla." "I'm gonna go get dressed." "Appreciate it." "Black design." "I do like what I see." "Mr. Owens?" "Mrs. Owens is on the line." "She said it was urgent." "Malaina, what is this emergency?" "Chris, can you please just come home before the fashion show tonight?" "No, I can't, it's too hectic." "Please." "I need you here, just for a little while." "This pain is unbearable." "Malaina." "I said I can't, ok?" "I'll call you, or I'll have Tiffany call you to check on you later." "Are you mad at me or something?" "No I'm not, I'm not mad." "I'm just tired." "I'm sorry." "If you can't come, I understand." "Well, I love you." "Yeah, me too." "So, what did you get for number five?" "I got two times 22, which was..." "How does Mommy look, good?" "Do you want me to add something?" "I'll call you back, Adriana." "Jewelry, makeup?" "Too much cleavage." "What?" "That was intentional, why'd you do that?" "You're going to church." "I know, but I don't wanna come home without a number, at least." "It's rather desperate." "Whatever." "Your Mama has needs too." "Mom, I don't wanna hear about old people's needs." "Correction, honey." "I'm not old." "I just need someone to talk to that's my age." "There's only so much I can talk to my 13 year old daughter about." "Sorry, Mom, but my conversations are quite stimulating." "What?" "Little girl, please." "Phae!" "I'm leaving." "I'm gonna do something to your hair." "How long you gonna be gone?" "It's over at ten, but if I meet somebody, don't wait up." "Wait, Mom, what's that supposed to mean?" "It just means that," "I might go for drinks and conversation afterwards." "That's it." "Conversation." "But I thought they were serving dinner and drinks at the church." "They are." "I haven't met anybody and you're already opposed to me having a conversation?" "Goodness!" "Just saying." "Come over here and give Mom a kiss." "Yeah, right." "What's that supposed to mean?" "Girl, you ain't had none in what, 12 years?" "Girl, when a man touch your mama tonight and you gonna hear singing soprano by 10:15." "That's not a bad thing." "Aunty, that's not funny." "Mom." "What?" "Can you please be back here by 10:30?" "Honey, even if I am, you won't know, 'cause you won't be up." "Don't let her stay up late." "And off that phone 10 o'clock." "10?" "10 o'clock." "Not playing with you. 10 o'clock." "It's the weekend." "She's not a baby." "Whatever, I can't expect you to understand." "You ain't a mom." "Phae, Phae." "I wasn't thinking when I said that." "I'm sorry." "Phae?" "Look, I'm sorry." "Move." "Come on, do you some good." "Bye." "Lord, Jesus." "Help us, Jesus." "All right, I'm gonna go." "Come lock this door, ok." "I love you." "Yeah, I love you too." "Remember what I said." "Off that phone by 10. 10!" "Ok, Mom." "You can do this." "Hello?" "Mrs. Owens?" "Hi." "This is Tiffany." "Mr. Owens asked me to give you a call." "Are you all right?" "Tiffany." "Yes, I'll be all right." "Are you sure?" "I called earlier, but there was no answer." "I'm actually at the door." "Are you?" "I'm sorry, Tiffany." "Hold on." "Just give me a minute." "I'll be at the door." "I'm sorry." "The medicine I take for pain completely knocks me out." "I'm sorry you had to come all the way over here." "It was no problem, Mrs. Owens." "To be honest, I was glad to get out of there." "Too much going on." "I was actually getting dressed." "I wanted to surprise Chris, but I took that pill and it just knocked me out." "You still can go." "If you miss the show, there's still a party afterwards." "Ok." "Let me get my clothes on." "But it takes me a while to get dressed." "Yeah, do you mind if I get dressed here?" "Make yourself at home." "Thanks." "Malaina." "My God, Gail!" "How are you, darling?" "Good." "Where's Chris been keeping you these days?" "Done working on a new project." "Are you modeling again?" "No, not me." "No?" "No, you know Tiffany Martin." "Chris's assistant." "Hi, Tiffany." "This is Gail Stewart, one of the top fashion consultants in the business." "I've met her before, seen her before." "She's a doll." "Great on the runway." "Yes, she is." "And Freddrick." "Where is he, is he here?" "Yeah, he was just here." "I'm looking for my Chris, too." "Have you seen him tonight?" "Yes, but not lately." "But if you stick around, you'll probably see him." "If not, I'll let him know you're looking for him." "Ok, well, thanks, Gail." "It was wonderful to see you again." "You too." "And I'll see you in New York tomorrow night?" "With Chris?" "Not sure." "Guess that slipped Chris's mind." "Nice to meet you." "There he is." "We'll talk soon." "Bye." "Hey, Tammy." "Uncle Nate." "Hey listen, I'll be in town in a couple of weeks." "I'm gonna drop by and see you." "Yeah, yeah." "Tell your sister I said I'll see her in two weeks." "Ok." "Love you too." "Love you too." "All right." "Aunty?" "Mikayla, get out of my room!" "All right, y'all, we're slowing it down." "Find that special one you've been eyeing all night." "Ladies, let your Boaz find you." "That was so much fun." "I had a good time." "Well, the night's still young." "We're grown." "What?" "No, I mean, I can do for some coffee." "I don't know, I kind of have to get home." "So, maybe another time." "Ok, I understand." "Wait, don't give up so easily." "You're right, we're grown." "And I could use a drink." "A coffee." "So, sure." "Well, this is kind of fun." "Not too many churches do this type of thing for singles." "Yeah, I almost didn't come." "Why not?" "I had so much fun." "Well, I didn't wanna seem desperate or anything." "That I can understand." "Just nervous about dating again." "Well, it's been a while for me too." "Like 12 years." "Whoa, 12 years?" "Really?" "Yeah, 12 years." "It was just me and my baby for a while." "So I wanted to give her everything and dating didn't fit into that." "Ok." "I understand that." "One of my buddies talked me into doing this." "Really?" "I wasn't interested in dating again." "Well you can tell this buddy thank you for me." "Wanna sit?" "Yeah." "Ok." "So why didn't you wanna date?" "You don't have like a stalker ex-girlfriend out there, do you?" "Watching us right now." "No..." "I lost my wife in a car accident a year and a half ago." "I'm so sorry." "I didn't know." "It's all right." "Car full of teenagers." "Smoking and drinking." "Enjoying life." "One of them said the driver swerved right into my wife." "Killed her and my unborn son." "Phaedra, slow down!" "Baby girl, I got this." "Slow your butt down and quit playing." "Will you tell your mama to stop worrying?" "Aunty gonna get us home safely." "Keep your eyes on the road, or pull over and I'll drive." "Oops." "My bad, let me stop playing." "You ok?" "Yeah, I gotta go." "I'm so sorry." "I just..." "Wait." "Was it something I said?" "No, it's not you, trust me." "I just have to go." "Great." "Dang, Tam, dang, Tammy." "My gosh, don't mess this up." "Don't, get it, Tammy, get it together." "Get it together. ok. ok. ok." "Ok." "And I didn't even get his number." "I've got to." "Come on, Tammy." "Excuse me, miss, excuse me." "Are you all right?" "No, the car just stopped." "I don't know what's wrong with it." "Well, pop the hood, let me check it out for you, ok?" "Looks like it's running hot." "Let me go inside and get some coolant for you, ok?" "Hey." "Do you need any help or anything, are you ok?" "Yes." "No." "I have someone coming." "Well, do you want me to wait with you till they come?" "I mean, you just look like you could use a friend." "And to be honest, I could use one too." "Your wine, ma'am." "Thank you." "Slow down." "You're not gonna find your answers in there." "Then where?" "My life is falling apart." "I'm sick, and it's ruining my life." "My husband's cheating." "My car's stopped out of nowhere." "Give me some answers, then." "Everything happens for a reason, Malaina." "Everything." "That's the best that you can come up with?" "No, look, listen." "God, He uses our experiences to build our character and our faith in Him." "You're one of them." "What is that?" "Like my grandma." "I don't even care about that stuff anymore." "I get it." "Your struggle is internal." "You're not gonna find it on the outside, sweetheart." "Do you know how to pray?" "Pray?" "Yeah, pray." "I haven't prayed since I was a little girl." "I used to pray with my grandma and my grandpa about school, or my binky, or for my mom to get well." "I think I understand what's going on here." "I believe that God is using your experiences to get you talking to Him again." "He hasn't forgotten about you." "He created you." "He loves you, Malaina." "It's gon' be ok." "I promise." "Let me pray for you." "Dear Father." "In the name of Jesus," "I thank you for who You are." "Malaina." "Malaina!" "We need to talk." "Look, Chris." "I don't wanna fight tonight." "Let's talk tomorrow." "I don't feel good and I just wanna lie down." "You see, that's my problem." "Right there." "You're always too tired or sleepy, and I can't touch you anymore or have sex because you never know when you're gonna have another episode." "We can't go out in public no more because you're always rushing off to a bathroom." "Now your near misses, you're puking all the time, this is embarrassing." "It's obviously nothing working." "Doctors, surgeries, medicine." "It's insufferable." "And you can't be so naive to think that another woman wouldn't be in the picture." "It's obvious, Malaina." "It ain't working out for you, me." "I want a divorce." "I knew I'd find you here." "Mikkey." "You not talking, now?" "Listen, I know I hurt your feelings the other day and I didn't mean to yell at you." "I'm sorry." "You forgive Aunty?" "I have nothing to say to you." "You use drugs and you know better." "I'm 13, and everywhere I go there's somebody smoking weed, popping pills, or mixing pills and alcohol, trying to get higher." "Kids my age and younger." "Teenage boys on the steps smoking over at Adriana's house." "Now in my own house?" "Is life that bad that's the only alternative?" "I'm not mad at you." "I hate you." "Mikayla." "Mikkey." "Look." "I didn't know you were that passionate about it." "I promise, I'm sorry, I won't smoke anymore." "Yeah, whatever." "Mikayla." "You are my niece." "I love you more than anything in this world." "There's nothing I wouldn't do for you." "I promise, I'll quit." "Really, Aunty?" "I'll hold you to it." "How did I get such a responsible niece?" "This is embarrassing." "I want a divorce." "It's obviously nothing working." "Doctors, surgeries, medicine." "It's insufferable." "This is embarrassing." "I want a divorce." "It's obviously nothing working." "It's insufferable." "Shut up!" "God, if you're still there, I need you." "Malaina?" "Miss Malaina?" "Malaina!" "Malaina?" "Tiffany?" "Malaina." "You scared me." "What are you doing here?" "I called your phone several times, but you didn't answer." "So I came by." "I can't stay." "I heard about the party and your car." "So I wanted to check on you." "Thanks, Tiffany, but I didn't call you today." "It may have been Mr. Owens." "Probably." "It doesn't matter." "Either way, I'm just glad you came when you did." "Why?" "You ok?" "Yeah." "I will be." "Can I share something with you?" "Yeah." "In confidence?" "Sure." "My marriage is over." "Chris told me last night he wants a divorce." "I had to say it out loud." "I've been feeling like I'm trapped in a nightmare." "I try to voice what's going on inside me, try to get a sense of reality," "like a sense of power, like I have control back." "A sense of freedom?" "Exactly." "Just a moment ago, I was about to completely give up." "I felt so... so useless." "Ever been in a store, suddenly you have to go and you rush as fast as you can to end up not making it in time?" "You have a accident right on your clothes." "What do you do?" "Who can you call in a situation like that?" "You have to walk out in whatever didn't get soiled." "And whatever shred of dignity you had is left behind the stall doors." "Miss Malaina, I'm sorry." "I didn't know." "No, don't apologize." "Like I said, speaking about it gives me power over it." "You are a strong, phenomenal woman." "You've always been so kind to me." "I was hired when you first started getting sick." "And you never let it change how you treated people around you." "You were my silent mentor." "I'm glad you were there." "Tiffany, you're my angel." "Thank you." "It means so much." "Wow." "I feel like a big sister." "You're welcome." "Mr. Owens loves you." "He will see that." "Hopefully sooner than later." "I'd better go." "Yeah." "Right." "With Chris out of town," "I don't know what to do in this big house." "When people come over, I don't know how to let 'em leave." "By the way, you look beautiful." "What's the occasion?" "I told you." "You inspire me." "So I just had my first photo shoot." "Congratulations!" "With who?" "An agency I met at the party." "I'll call you with the details later." "Because..." "I'm meeting with my boyfriend right now." "Ok, well call, I wanna hear all about it." "And about that boyfriend stuff too." "Ok, I'll call you later." "Hey Phae, baby, you're looking real good in that outfit." "Where you about to go?" "What you doing here?" "I've been calling and you ain't answering none of my calls." "You know what, I lost my phone." "But what's up?" "You." "Still ain't got paid for what I gave you yesterday." "It's like that?" "How much I owe you?" "I don't want your money." "We can talk about what you owe me upstairs." "Dude, you're drunk." "Move." "Man, you're playing games." "One minute you're all over me, now you're acting like you don't know what's about to go down." "Dude, you're drunk..." "Don't you ever put your hands on me like that disrespecting me, you understand?" "What's up, y'all?" "Phaedra, you ok?" "She all right, man, this don't concern you." "I'm not talking to you, I'm talking to her." "Phaedra, you ok?" "Tell the man." "You're ok, right?" "No." "He just tried to choke me." "Get over here..." "Where did you go?" "I went to go downstairs and talk to Officer Thomas." "You ok?" "Yeah, I just kinda, you know, feel weird." "Wanna lay down." "Did he hurt you?" "No, baby, I'm ok." "Look, I need to talk to you." "Ok." "Go." "I'm glad you're all right." "Thank you, Mikkey." "Good night." "Good night." "Good night, baby." "What's up?" "Look." "I just need to talk to you because I honestly I can't keep this bottled up any more." "I know I'm not perfect, and I know that" "I've made mistakes when I was younger." "And I should have been an example for you but I wasn't." "I messed that up." "But I can't watch you hurt another day, Phae." "Tammy, not another one of your lectures about my lifestyle and what I do, who I date and all of that, I mean going to church." "I'm not you, Tammy, I'm not ready." "I'm not, I promise you I'm not lecturing you." "I just wanna talk to you..." "You know, can we talk tomorrow, 'cause..." "Ok, Phae." "Good night." "Good night." "Jesus, please." "I didn't even notice he locked up everything." "Really?" "That's wonderful." "Maybe we can go out tonight." "Drinks on me.!" "I don't drink." "What?" "Since when?" "This morning." "Child, please." "I'm serious." "You really gonna stop this time?" "You said that so many times before, and you always wound up drinking again." "I don't wanna drink anymore." "Thanks for the vote of confidence, but yes, I am." "Where are you?" "Calm down." "I'm outside." "I'm hanging up." "I mean, what was he thinking?" "If you had an emergency, how would you get around?" "I mean, I thought Chris was one of the good ones." "I guess he said you ain't taking nothing while he's gone." "I'm not stealing it." "We're still married." "I just need some transportation while he's gone." "Let mine lock me out." "He'll come back and the house will be gone." "Stop it." "Ok, so how are you getting in here?" "This don't make no sense." "Look at all this opulence." "And you don't have a key to nothing?" "I'm not leaving him." "The keys are in the garage." "It feels like hellfire out here." "I'm going in." "Hold on, I got an idea." "Give me your shoe." "Come on." "You what?" "For what?" "Just give me the freaking shoe." "Dang!" "Now that's Christian Louis Vuitton in your hand." "Now don't... do nothing stupid." "I tell you." "Life throws you curves." "You can be intimidated by the spin or the speed and foul out like a wuss, or brace yourself." "Watch it closely, and whack it out of the park." "It's too late, I already told her I want a divorce." "You told your sick, depressed wife of seven years you want a divorce?" "Yeah." "Pazzo!" "I tell you something." "I have cancer." "Gail is at every appointment, treatment or surgery." "Sometimes, I feel like I'm holding her back." "She is beautiful and full of life." "But I wake up, and see her every morning." "And I'm so grateful she is there." "I tell you, this." "Malaina loves you." "This chasing skirts is for the." "The decision is yours." "Why'd you leave?" "I wasn't much in a social mood tonight." "Is there something I can do?" "What, are you not in the mood for me?" "This ain't gonna happen." "What now?" "This ain't what I want." "When did you decide that?" "Why am I here?" "You're right." "I'm gonna get you another room." "I thought we were gonna be together." "You need to decide who you want." "I have." "You stay away from me." "You hear me?" "You stay away from me." "?" "Jesus" "?" "Bless that wonderful name of" "?" "Jesus" "?" "No other name I know" "?" "Yes, there's joy in the name of" "?" "Name of Jesus" "?" "Yes, there's joy in the name of" "Hallelujah." "Someone be set free." "Father God, that someone be redeemed and delivered." "Hallelujah." "Hallelujah, become a saved child, son of God." "Father God, we thank You for salvation today." "We thank You Lord Jehovah that You, Lord, given us a mind to wanna seek You, Lord." "Praise you and glorify Your name." "To live this life with joy in your life." "So we find that that's why some people are having a hard time trying to come to reality of what life is offering them right now." "But Jesus has a way for you this day." "He has a way for you this day." "Through everything, through everything." "All that we're doing and all that we're going through," "Jesus has that way for us." "Just hear Him." "He has not allowed any trial to come upon us that, temptation to come that there is not a way to escape." "He won't let no more come upon you than you can bear." "He won't let no more come upon you than you can bear." "And if it's there, then God has a way in your trial for you to get out." "He has a way in your trial for you to get out." "And so it's up to us today to realize I wanna come to God." "I wanna bring everything to God." "In order for you to do that, you have to learn to forgive and ask forgiveness." "Ask for forgiveness, ask God to forgive you of your sin, ask God to change the way you're thinking, and then forgive yourself." "See, forgive yourself." "Excuse me, Tammy?" "Hey, Sherrod." "Boy, I'm so sorry for running out on you the other night." "That was completely rude of me." "Was it something I said or did?" "No, no, no, it." "Trust me, it has nothing to do with you." "It's all me." "But maybe we could talk about this another time." "Yes, please." "Here's my card." "Ok, well, I will definitely be giving you a call." "Ok." "Can I walk you to your car?" "No, we're right outside the door, but thank you." "Such a gentleman." "All right." "Well, we'll be talking later?" "Indeed we will." "Bye." "Bye." "What was that?" "Nosy!" "That's the man I met on Friday." "Phae, you ok?" "You need anything?" "No." "Hey." "I saw Thomas downstairs." "He told me what happened." "Are you all right?" "That bastard tried to rape me." "But he didn't." "And he tried twice." "But to no avail was he successful." "Sis, you can't really think" "God's not looking out for you." "You were right about one thing." "I've really made a mess of my life." "No, Phae." "We all make mistakes." "Hear me when I say that." "Don't beat yourself up over this." "It's not worth it." "That's easy for you to say." "You got a good life, a great house, a good job, and Mikkey." "You got somebody that you love that loves you back." "And you have us." "And we love you, Phaedra." "Now stop." "Get up, let's get out of here, ok?" "Come on." "It's too stuffy in here." "I'll be out in a minute." "Ok." "You should have been at Bible study." "Pastor Jakes was on it, girl, about forgiveness." "Broke some chains, girl..." "Tammy." "What?" "You know I don't buy into that forgiveness crap." "It's a bunch of bullcrap." "I ain't gon' ever forgive Vern for the stuff he did to me today." "And he is back in jail, where he belongs, Phae." "Don't let that man rob you of a happy life because of that one incident." "One incident?" "What about the man that killed my baby, should I forgive him, too, Tammy?" "Listen, you can go on about this forgiveness mumbo jumbo, you got your child." "I was young, I know, but I would have taken care of my baby." "I would have done right by mine." "Phae, you really need to let..." "No, Tammy, you need to go to hell and take forgiveness with you." "Ok." "Well I'm gonna go pray for us both." "Ok, do that." "Some Spirit's dwindling in here." "Make yourself comfortable." "I love your home, Malaina." "The light fixtures are gorgeous." "Thank you." "I pray I can have one like this of my own soon." "You will." "Just keep praying." "You can have anything if you just believe in it." "Well look at you, on the Jesus bandwagon, girl." "Hallelujah!" "Tammy, I feel so much peace now." "I'm not worried or afraid." "I've been reading and praying." "I just know that by His stripes I'm healed, and my life is in His hands." "I wish I could get my sister to believe that." "I've been praying on peace for both of us, and it's, and the pastor was talking about secrets and finding freedom from them, and then I was watching Oprah on some show, and she had Bishop TD Jakes" "talking about forgiveness." "Forgiveness?" "Yes." "Honey, how you have to let go of it, or deprive you of a happy life, and bitterness becoming like a cancer if you let it." "It's really hitting a little too close to heart for me, and I don't know what to do or how I'm gonna handle it." "Is there anything that I can do?" "No." "Thank you, but no." "It's something I gotta do on my own." "No, you need to pray about it." "And if there's anything you need, any help or anything, just let me know." "I will." "But you, need to pray and talk about it with your husband." "You and Chris need to pray about it, and talk about it." "Just another little bump in the road." "Y'all be fine." "I know." "Y'all be fine." "Thank you." "You're welcome." "Glad we met, honey." "Me too." "Thank you, Jesus." "Sorry, excuse me." "Uncle Nate!" "My God, baby girl!" "Look at you!" "You are so beautiful and all grown up!" "Thanks." "I guess your mother cut back on the salt and started using fertilizer?" "You all right?" "Yeah, I'm fine." "You ok?" "You sure?" "Yeah." "Yeah?" "Yeah." "I'm gonna tell you about it in just a minute." "Excuse me, Miss Richards." "We're pretty much done here." "If you or your sister have any questions going forward, here's my card." "Ok." "I'll definitely have Phaedra call you if there's any problems." "Thank you, Detective..." "Whoa, whoa, wait a minute." "Detective?" "What's going on here?" "I'll fill you in about it later, Uncle Nate." "Thank you for stopping by." "Thank you." "Have a good night." "Long story, Uncle Nate." "And it's Phaedra." "Not me." "So they haven't arrested this punk yet?" "I mean, they did, but he got out and came back." "Yeah?" "Well, I wish he comes around while I'm here." "Uncle Nate..." "What's wrong, baby?" "You know what, when you were a little girl you would always drop your head just like that when you had something to say and you didn't know quite how to say it." "So I know something's wrong." "Unc, you're the only person I could tell this to." "Ok, whoa, whoa, whoa." "Am I going to need a drink?" "I'm kidding, baby, you all right?" "Listen, this is something serious, right?" "You need to tell me." "Do you remember when Phae and I were teens and we got in that car accident?" "Well..." "I did something bad." "Mom, I'm home." "Ok, baby, I'm in the kitchen." "I'm hungry." "Can I get a snack?" "Yeah." "Did you have a good day, baby?" "Mom, we have a project for Black History." "I need some family photos." "They say whoever brings in the oldest photo gets a day off from homework." "Can I get the photo album out of your room?" "Hello, Mom?" "What, baby, I said you could have a snack nothing too heavy, 'cause you won't eat dinner." "And we're having a guest later, so make sure you hurry up and finish your homework so you can straighten up." "Mom." "What?" "Can I ask you a question?" "Not right now, baby, I'm trying to finish dinner." "Real quick." "What, baby, what is it?" "Who is Jonathan Anthony Walker?" "And why's my name..." "Phaedra, slow down!" "Baby girl, I've got this." "Slow your butt down and quit playing." "Will you tell your mama to stop worrying?" "Aunty gon' get us home safe." "Keep your eyes on the road or pull over and I'll drive." "My bad." "Let me stop." "God, what am I gonna do?" "I'm trying so hard." "God, God, please, please, please God." "Mom." "Mama?" "Yeah." "Hold on, Mikayla." "What's up, babe?" "Mom, are you ok?" "Yeah." "Mommy's fine." "I'm fine." "Ok." "It's not, it's not something I can talk to you about right now, but..." "Why, what's wrong?" "You know Mommy loves you, right?" "Very, very, very much" "I would do anything for you, Mikayla." "Let's just talk about it another time, ok?" "Ok." "Go finish your homework." "I love you." "Hey stinky." "Hey, Aunty." "What's going on?" "Why..." "Why'd you call me to pick you up?" "Well..." "I got suspended off the bus." "Does your mama know?" "She gon' kill you." "I know, that's why I called you." "What is that supposed to mean?" "You'll just yell for a bit, but Mama, she'll just take it overboard." "Well, that's true." "So what happened, why'd you get suspended off the bus?" "'Cause the bus driver's just such a liar." "Girl, watch your mouth." "You know not to disrespect your elders like that." "What did he do?" "Well..." "This girl Carrisa has a fight with me every day on the bus." "I told him, but he didn't do anything." "So today, I sat at the back of the bus and she told on me, he told the principal that I sat back just so I could sit by this boy named Devonte, so I called him a l... a storyteller, so they wrote me up." "I'm a veteran." "Don't try to play me." "You really went back there to sit with that little boy Devonte, didn't you?" "I did, but... he don't like her." "See, I told you I couldn't two -step." "You sure did a good job stepping all over my feet." "You ok?" "Yeah." "Yeah." "I'm glad I met you." "I finally feel like I'm living my life and not someone else's when I'm with you." "And it's nice." "It's really nice." "Maybe we..." "Yeah." "We should clear this up." "Sorry." "Did I do something wrong?" "No, it's not you, it's me." "I'm so sorry." "I just..." "Please don't leave like that." "Ok." "Sit down." "I..." "I have something to tell you." "So, Aunty, my name is Mikayla Dejounay Walker, right?" "Yeah." "Walker's your last name." "That's your dad's last name and then your first name is Mikayla, which is in honor of my daughter that died in a car accident." "She would have been about your age." "So then why on my birth certificate it says Mikayla Dejounay Craig, and on the death certificate, it says Charlotte Anthony Walker?" "Who is that?" "What?" "Mikayla, where did you find these certificates?" "In Mama's photo album." "Where's the photo album, Tammy?" "But..." "Where's the photo album?" "What's going on?" "This ain't got nothing to do with you." "Phaedra, calm down, let me explain." "Know what, you a low down, lying church-going baby stealer?" "What a hypocrite!" "13 years you let me believe my baby died in that accident?" "I'm sorry." "And the insurance money, Tammy?" "I'm sorry..." "You swapped my baby!" "It wasn't like that!" "What was it like?" "You were in a coma, Phae." "I took her out of the hospital and they gave her to me." "They didn't know you were gonna make it..." "But I did." "I'm here!" "And by then, Phae, I'd had her for six months Phae!" "I loved her and she loved me back." "She was mine now, I couldn't just give her up." "But you let me cry thinking my baby was dead, like it was my fault I killed my own child, Tammy?" "You killed mine." "My baby died that night." "It was my baby." "I told you to slow down and you didn't listen, Phae." "You took my child from me." "So, right, I took yours." "I didn't kill your baby." "That man that hit us killed your child, the one you keep telling me to forgive." "That's not true." "So you forgive him now, church lady." "Mikayla, let's go." "No, you're not taking my baby." "You're not taking..." "No, Mikayla!" "No, please don't take my baby!" "Mikkey, you all right?" "Look, I know this is crazy for you, and," "I want you to understand this is crazy for me, too." "I'm gonna go in and take a shower." "You can go to the vending machine and get you something to eat if you want and then we can talk it out, all right?" "Don't be too long, ok?" "Ok." "Now who is that on my door like that?" "Where she at?" "Who?" "Mikayla." "She's not here." "Don't play dumb with me, Tammy." "If I find out she's here, I swear..." "Girl, I..." "Mikkey?" "Mikayla." "Mikayla." "Mikkey." "Mikayla?" "Mikkey?" "Mikayla, what are you doing out here?" "I don't know what to do." "My mama's my aunt, and my aunty is my mom." "This is too crazy." "I love you both, but my mom, I cannot stop loving her." "I know, Mikayla, but this... this isn't for you to work out." "It's between me and your mo... your aunt Tammy." "Is she gonna get in trouble?" "I haven't told anybody what's going on." "I'm still trying to sort it all out in my head." "But Mikkey, no matter what, you're loved." "We're gonna figure all of this out." "And running away, it's not solving anything." "Come on, we need to go, it's cold." "What you doing here, Kay?" "Straight mom gonna kill you." "Yeah, I meant to ask you, like what's up with you and your mama problem?" "Why does everybody keep bringing that up?" "I'm sick and tired of hearing it." "I don't wanna talk about it anymore." "Ok, my bad, I just heard a lot of stuff and I just wanted to see if you wanted to talk." "Man, they have female trauma?" "I know, I heard about her two mamas." "Two mamas are just sisters, so you need to calm down with that." "I'll bet." "Yeah, I bet, you need to chill." "Why you always kissing up to her anyway?" "Why you always gotta start stuff, what you got a problem?" "Mikayla, don't worry about it." "I like that." "It's cool." "Grab it." "You gonna smoke or stare at it?" "Know what I'm sayin' get off my back." "Mikayla, where you gonna go?" "I said I can't do this stuff." "She always thinkin' she better than us." "Let that heifer go." "Say that to me one more time." "I am going to beat your..." "By His stripes, I am healed." "Am I interrupting something?" "No, you're fine." "Well, thank you, I try." "No, it's just a little doctor humor." "I'm Dr. Moses Buwie." "I'm the gastroentorologist on call." "Let me check your breathing here real quick." "If you could lean forward for me." "Give me a deep breath." "Another one." "All right." "If you could lean back a little bit, just lie back." "Are you having any abdominal pains whatsoever?" "Not at the moment." "Right, right." "Good. ok." "You can sit up." "I had a moment to go over your charts." "I do have a few concerns, ok?" "We're gonna get you out of here as soon as possible, though, just sit tight." "Right?" "Good evening." "Hello?" "Am I dying?" "You came to read me my last rites?" "No, I'm a minister and I'm here to pray with you." "Me along with some other ministers, we visit patients in the hospital, and we offer prayer for those that want it." "'cause I thought... well, never mind." "Well since you're here, can I ask you a question?" "Hope I can answer it." "Why are people so sick nowadays?" "All these different diseases popping up." "Where's God in all of this?" "Why does He allow it?" "That's a good question." "If you had a son, would you allow him to be beat, and put to death for something you caused?" "No." "Good answer." "Well, it's Satan." "The Bible says he is the author of confusion." "That's the reason for drug abuse, depression, the list goes on." "But this God, He came to give us life." "He came to give us life." "Really?" "Yes." "Jesus tells of a story in the Bible of a man who was born blind." "And the disciples, they wondered, well, whose fault is it that this man is born blind?" "Is it his fault, or is it the fault of his parents?" "And Jesus said, neither he or his parents' fault." "But that the will of God may be made manifest in his condition." "See, when Satan comes in to attack us, we can counterattack with prayer and faith." "Those are our weapons." "And that's what Jesus used." "And he got good results." "The man, well, he was made whole." "So let's pray." "Let's pray." "Can I take your hand?" "Dear Father, I thank You for this precious child, this daughter of Yours, God." "You are omniscient, You're omnipresent." "You know all and You're here with us right now." "I don't know what her condition is, but You know." "And Father, I lift her up before You." "I ask You to give her peace," "I ask You to give her strength, more important I ask You to heal her body." "Touch her from the top of her head to the tips of her toes." "Make her well again." "Make her whole again." "Give her life, and give her joy and peace." "This in Christ's name we pray." "Amen." "Amen." "Well, thank you." "Remember, we'll be praying with you." "God bless you." "Thank you so much." "You're more than welcome." "You're more than welcome." "I'm sorry." "Am I interrupting?" "No, come on in." "I was just praying." "You know, my foster mother used to pray for people in the hospital." "You never told me that." "I never even seen you pray." "Well, just because you never see me pray don't mean I don't." "What's the secret about praying?" "No secret, it's just..." "I've never seen you pray, so I didn't know if you'd had a problem with me praying." "I didn't know that." "I used to pray all the time with my grandmother." "But after she died, I didn't wanna talk to God anymore." "You know my foster mother used to say that even when you stop praying with your mouth," "He's still listening to your heart." "Old wisdom." "Yeah." "I wish I had met her." "Me too." "You'd like her." "She's a lot like you." "Hello?" "Mrs. Owens." "Yes?" "Hey, this is Dr. Buwie, how are you?" "I'm good, how are you?" "Good, good." "Well, I don't normally do this, but I found these circumstances to be unique, so the test that you took when you first arrived showed what our Doctor believed was Crohns disease." "Yes, I was diagnosed with it two years ago." "After looking at these results," "I don't see any evidence of inflammation in your intestines whatsoever." "But I did find in another test that you are almost two months pregnant." "My God!" "Yes." "Well, congratulations, guys." "Thank you so much." "Ok." "Bye -bye." "Bye." "My God!" "Baby!" "Yes!" "My God!" "Look, Phae, I know you don't want me here, but it's about Mikayla." "So, her school called me today and informed me that she's missed four days in the past two weeks." "Not to mention when I get home from work today, she's in the corridor with several kids." "What's going on?" "Mikayla, go to your room." "Why?" "Are there any more secrets I have to know about?" "Like is Mr. Thomas my daddy?" "Don't ever disrespect your mother like that." "Do you understand me?" "Now, apologize." "Girl?" "I'm sorry, Ma." "Little girl," "I know I've only been your mama for a couple weeks, but" "I've been your aunty your whole life." "You try that mess with me again, and I promise you it'll be the last word you speak." "Do you understand me?" "Go to your room." "She's just acting out." "You know, she..." "Listen, let's get something straight." "I don't like you and I don't want you in my house." "So don't come over here and try to play that sister sister crap with me, Tammy." "Look, I know what it's like to lose a child, so I understand the pain you're having to revisit, in addition to losing this one." "But Mikayla is my child." "I'm not going to separate you from her, but as far as me and you?" "I'm gonna have to work on that forgiveness thing and I'm not ready, so you can see yourself out." "Girl, I guess she thought I wasn't gonna ever find out..." "Phaedra!" "How are you doing?" "Hi, Kim!" "What a coincidence, I just seen your sister." "Just seen Tammy." "Yeah, please don't let my sister know where I am." "Why?" "What's going on?" "Girl, Tammy has lost her mind." "I don't wanna have nothing to do with her, let alone talk about her." "Well, that's your sister." "It couldn't be that bad." "Not that bad?" "Has your sister ever told you your baby died while you were in a coma, paid you the settlement money for the death of your child, all the while raising the child as her own right in front of your nose?" "Are you serious?" "I can't even begin to understand how you feel." "But let's focus on Tammy." "Have you sat down and thought what made her go through such drastic measures?" "I don't give a..." "Excuse me, I don't mean to disrespect you," "I know you're a minister, Kim, but I don't really care what made" "Tammy do the things she did." "It's ridiculous." "You know what?" "There was a story in the Bible that was similar to this." "And what we have to do is focus on the child." "Let's put our thoughts and our anger aside, and let's think about the child." "A real mother will make the right decision." "Yeah, whatever." "You know what?" "God gonna forgive you." "And you keep trusting Him." "Put all this mess aside, and you trust God." "And He's gonna forgive you," "He will restore you guys' relationship." "I believe it." "All right?" "Whatever, ok." "Well, I'm gonna leave you alone." "But you give me a call if you need me, love." "Ok." "I'll be here for you." "Thanks, honey." "Appreciate you." "Good seeing you." "If you need me, just give me a call, ok, love?" "All right." "Bye." "Phaedra, I know..." "I miss you, Phae." "I know you don't wanna talk to me sis, but please call me back, please." "I'm going crazy, and I..." "I just need to talk to you." "I love you." "Bye." "Hey, Phae." "Hey, Tammy." "I'm not trying to waste any of your time or nothing." "I just..." "I just wanna say I'm sorry for lying to you and... betraying you like..." "I'm sorry." "I just miss my sister." "Look, Tammy, I..." "I know you always drilling Jesus, Jesus to me, and you know, I'm not quite there, but" "I am willing to give this whole forgiveness thing a try, 'cause" "I can't raise Mikayla without you, I can't." "I can't do life without you." "You're all I got." "I'm sorry." "I'm so sorry." "I love you." "I love you too." "What you think?" "He burns food." "He does not cook it." "It's well done." "No that, my friend, is burnt." "It..." "No, eat it, it's fine man, that ain't burnt." "No, put it down." "No, no, no, no." "What you think?" "Burnt." "Wasn't that fun?" "It was." "That food was so good." "Glad you invited me." "Tammy, you do not have to do that." "No problem." "Thanks so much for coming." "Thank you for having me." "Let me introduce you to my sister Phaedra." "Hi." "We met briefly." "Thank you so much for coming." "Tammy told me so much about you." "Tammy?" "It wasn't bad, I promise." "No, it wasn't anything bad, trust me." "Good." "When are you due?" "Any day now." "What are you having?" "A boy, but my husband doesn't know anything about it." "What?" "How did you keep that a secret?" "What are you naming him?" "Ian Christopher." "Ian means gift of God." "So great!" "Thank you." "So happy for you, I really am." "You're just glowing, and floating on ice and water, girl," "I want what you got." "I am." "I can't imagine a better life than the one I have now." "I wish I could imagine that life." "It ain't my time yet." "Malaina, your house is so beautiful." "It's too big." "Too big." "Not for long, Jesus, with these kids." "She just popping out one, two, and three coming, five." "We are gonna take it slow this time." "I don't even know what to do with this one." "I know someone that can help." "Who?" "She did an amazing job with hers." "We did an amazing job, I didn't do it by myself." "Tammy, you know, I never did thank you." "It's Ok." "I never did say thank you for forgiving me." "So, thank you for that." "I'm really happy to have you back." "You know, I couldn't stay mad." "I know, I'm too awesome." "I love you." "I love you too, sis." "What's wrong?" "Are you ok?" "What's wrong?" "My water just broke!" "I think it did, too." "Chris!" "God, it's nasty."