02x03 - It's All About Pacing

[bunniefuu]

- You need to come to one of our meetings.

It's a nonprofit for ex-cons. We do real estate deals.

- ANDI: Previosly On "Sistas"

- When you leave here and you don't call me,

my mind goes absolutely crazy.

- If I mess up, tell me, but don't hold it in.

- Your girl needs clothes, and I ain't got no car.

You wanna just take 'em to her together?

- Nah, I can just take 'em to her.

- We're going together. - Man, you just get her clothes?

- I will, I'mma step over my blood.

Ah, I do this for you, Karen.

- I saw the FBI go into her office.

- You are going to help her.

- DANNI: Karen, it's for you.

- [indistinct mumbling]

- So, Danni, didn't you wanna leave?

- No, no, no, no, no.

- Yeah, you said you were leaving.

- Hi. I'm Danni.

This is Sabrina and Andi.

You and I haven't formally met.

- I'm--I'm Aaron.

- Nice to meet you, pleasure to make your acquaintance.

- Danni, stop it.

- Oh, no, actually, I wanted to know how long--

- No, stop, okay? - He's been through a lot.

- He's fine. - Danni--

- DANNI: He is fine. - Danni,

this has been a day from hell for all of us.

So can you just not...please?

- Can you close my door, please? - AARON: Yeah.

- [door shuts]

- We need to talk to you.

- Okay. Um...

What do you need to talk about?

- Don't hit me with the "What do we need to talk about?"

You asked me to bring you your stuff--

- Can we not do this? We just had a great conversation.

- I know, I get that. I get that, I'd like to just--

just--okay, just let me finish.

I was at your house cleaning my blood off of your floor

in pink gloves! - I told you not to clean it.

Zac, I told you, you can't clean it.

- Can I just finish? Can I just finish?

'Cause I got--just let me finish, okay? Okay?

I had an epiphany, when this -- walked in,

with his -- sweater and his dress pants

and his hard bottom shoes in the middle of summer

in Atlanta, and I realized,

"She really must be over me, so why am I here

cleaning up my own blood?"

So I said, "You know what? I'm out."

Let's go, Danni.

Come on, Danni.

- [clears throat] Uh, Zac? - What?

- Whe--whe--where we going, friend?

- Da--Danni, don't start. Please don't start.

- Okay, Zac. - Come on, man,

we're going to your house.

- Whatever little bit of stuff you got, you got to move out,

'cause you don't live there. - Listen, Danni.

Let me explain something to you, alright?

I got stabbed last night,

spent all morning cleaning up my own blood.

The -- responsible for that is right here,

and the girl that I got stabbed for wants to leave with him.

Do you wanna be the reason why I end up on "First "? No.

Let's go. - DANNI: Karen.

Okay, I'm calling you, 'cause he's packing up his sh*t,

and he's probably coming by you, so leave the door unlocked,

alright?

We need to talk about this.

- AARON: Hey, yo, Zac. - What?

- At some point, I really wanna hash this out, man.

- [scoffs]

- My man.

- ♪ My girls hold me down, them boys mess around ♪

♪ And my love life is a headache ♪

♪ We going out tonight, 'cause I'm looking for love ♪♪

- I'm sorry. Is there somewhere we can talk?

- Um-- - You can use my bedroom.

- Thank you.

- Yeah, so, welcome to my home. - Thank you.

Sorry to impose and barge in, but--

- That's okay, I'm Sabrina. We met?

- Yeah. - SABRINA: Kind of?

- But not officially, I'm Aaron.

- Sorry. [chuckles]

- Good to see you again. - Good to see you too, Andi.

- I'm sorry about your wife. - Yeah, we both are.

- Thank you.

- Um, we're gonna-- - SABRINA: Mm-hmm.

- --talk. Thanks.

[clears throat]

- Are you okay? - Yeah, I'm fine.

- I'm staying at a hotel, come and stay with me there.

- Aaron-- - No, in another room.

- I'm fine. I'm gonna stay with the girls, so...

- Okay.

Look, I can have that cleaning service come by

and take care of the rest.

- I'll take care of it. - Karen, just let me help you.

- I said I'll take care of it.

- Okay.

I wanted to tell you that, uh, I made sure that Bean

won't come after you again.

- How can you be so sure?

- 'Cause they just wanted money. Her money.

And I gave it all to them, I signed everything.

I gave them the house, I gave them custody of the kids.

Alright? And I just walked out. So they will leave you alone.

They are just some... small people.

- Well, I hope you ain't do that for me.

- Why not?

- 'Cause I ain't wanna be in that. Ever. I mean--

- Well, I did it for me, okay? And my peace of mind.

- Okay.

And also, um...

the idea that maybe things could work out with us, huh?

- Okay, Aaron, um-- - What?

- We just met. - I know that.

- And this has been a lot. - I know, it--[sighs]

Look, I know how I make you feel,

and I know how you make me feel.

- Right.

- I want you to come to the hotel, okay?

Just let me hold you tonight-- - Aaron, I'm--

- No--[sighs] I just want you, okay?

I wanna feel you close to me. - We can't be that close!

- Why not? - How can we control ourselves?

- Who says we gotta control ourselves?

- Your bible.

- Oh, you bringing the big g*ns into it.

- You're the preacher who says he's celibate.

- Look, I'm a minister at a church,

I'm not the pastor of the church.

- Is there a difference?

- Not really. - Okay.

So we can't be that close.

- Are you attracted to me? - Aaron, you know I am.

- How much?

- What? - How attracted to me are you?

- Too attracted.

- Well, listen, I am extremely attracted to you.

- Okay, what, um...

I gotta tell you something. - Okay.

- You, um...scare me.

- How?

- I mean you, all this drama, all of it.

- Look, I know. - Do you?

'Cause I...been through a lot of sh*t in my life

but I ain't ever been through nothing like this.

- I know, I wanna make that up to you.

- How? - Look--

- I shot a man. - I know.

Your ex-wife-- - I know. Okay? Just please--

- I don't even know how I can think about any of this.

- Look, I just-- - What?

- I'm just still out of my mind, okay?

I still wanna drink, I still wanna smoke,

and I absolutely wanna make love to you.

I just wanna be human, okay? I don't wanna have to think

about anything, can we just do that?

- You've committed to not doing any of those things.

I would feel awful if I was the reason

that you broke any of 'em.

- You wouldn't be. Okay? No one can make me do

something I don't wanna do, Karen.

- Except you. - Except me?

- Yeah. - [sighs]

I am glad you always save me.

- I'm just trying to be helpful, that's all.

- I get that. Though honestly...

I am tired of getting helped. - Well...

- Look, come to the hotel, okay?

This is the key. - Aaron. Aaron--

- Come trusting that everything will be alright.

- I'll think about it.

- I'll be waiting while you do.

- Sabrina, don't do that? - Shh, I'm trying to listen.

- You should move from around that door.

- Hmm, my contact lens! Ooh, Andi, sorry.

You seen my contact lens? - Yeah, I saw it.

It's in your eyeballs. - KAREN: Sabrina.

- Hmm? - Nice seeing you guys again.

- ANDI: Mm-hmm. - You too.

- I'll see you later? - I'll let you know.

- Okay.

- [door opens, shuts]

- Karen. - Hmm?

- I see why you praying now. - That man is fine.

- Mm-hmm. - I know.

- He reminds me of Paris.

- Paris. Um--oh, the guy whose mama works at your office?

- Mm-hmm. Yeah, I think I might reach out to him,

when I get everything cleared up.

- Thank you.

[sighs]

Hopefully you can handle it all.

- I can, I will.

- You think it's all gonna be alright at work?

- It has to be.

- Yeah.

- Yeah. - I'm gonna--I'm gonna fix it.

- Well, um...I'm gonna head out. - SABRINA: Where are you going?

- Off to the salon.

- Well, just have Pam do it, she's there.

- Right. - Pam ain't qualified,

that's why I ain't gon' do that. - SABRINA: What?

What do you gotta do? - Just a couple things

I've been putting off 'cause of all this crazy.

- And it can't wait til morning? - Right.

- It's just easier for me to knock it out now, okay?

- And are you sure you don't want me to come with you?

- I'm positive, it's just tedious work, okay? It's fine.

- I don't do that, so I'm out. - I'm gonna change, okay?

I'm gonna change. Check on Danni.

- Well-- - Check on Danni, thank you.

- Danni is so complicated. - So complicated.

- She tries to act like she's simple.

- The most complicated of all. - Oh, my goodness.

- Layers, levels, I can't keep up with all of it.

- I can't keep up either. Drinks?

- More drinks. - More drinks.

- [laughs] Cheers.

- [knocking on door] - Oh, perfect timing.

- [door opening]

- Hi.

- Hi.

- I'm Hayden Moss, I'm looking for--

- ANDI: Andi. - Andi.

- Yeah. - SABRINA: Oh, come in. Yeah.

- ANDI: Hi. - Hi.

- Hey, Brina, I'm getting out of here.

- Um, nice to meet you. - Yeah, you too.

- Hey, nice to meet you too, can I get my keys, please?

- Yeah. - KAREN: Thank you.

- You know, I'm gonna give you a second, I'm gonna walk out

with Karen. - No, no, you--

- Let's go. - KAREN: I can walk myself.

- SABRINA: We have four legs. - ANDI: Karen.

- Yeah? - ANDI: Be safe.

- KAREN: Always. - SABRINA: We have four legs.

- Four legs, yeah.

- [door shuts] - Hi.

- Hi. - ANDI: Um...

would you like to sit down?

- Uh, no, let's stand for a bit.

- Okay. How much do you know?

- Only what Fatima told me. So do you wanna fill me in?

- Sure, um...would you like to...get a drink?

Wine or-- - One glass, why not.

- Why not. Okay. - HAYDEN: Okay.

- ANDI: Alright.

Sorry, this is-- - No, take your time.

- ANDI: --the last of what we have.

- BOTH: [laughing] - HAYDEN: I get it.

- Here. - Oh, thank you so much.

- Mm-hmm, you're welcome.

- So. You wanna tell me? - Yeah.

It all started with a guy I was dating

named Gary Borders. - Okay.

- ♪

- No, go home, Zac, no. - Where's home, Danni?

- Oh, sh*t -- I don't know.

- Damn.

- DANNI: sh*t.

- Hey. - DANNI: sh*t.

Hey. - Did I do something wrong?

- No, no.

This--this -- , he does everything wrong.

- [groans] - Zac, you gotta go.

- Really?! I just got-- listen, man,

I just gotta take a shower, I got a meeting to go to.

- Zac, I don't care. - Really?!

Okay, I'mma just--I'mma go, I'mma just go to the meeting

like this, with blood all over me.

- Okay. Alright, good luck. - Come on, Da--come on!

I just got stabbed!

- Zac, get the hell out of my house.

Do you not see what-- - I see.

- Read the room! - I almost died,

I can't just take a shower?!

A shower! - Danni--Danni.

- Preston, no, this is--mm-mm. - Just let him do

what he's gotta do.

- Thank you. Such a kind soul.

I almost died, sir. - [sighing] Okay.

- Take your time - Preston, dammit!

You going too far. Don't tell him to take his time,

he will do that. - PRESTON: I'm sorry.

- DANNI: [sighs]

- Oh, man, you--you cooked all this?

- [exhales] Yeah. - You can cook like that?!

Oh. Smells like-- - You should be getting your a*s

in that shower, Zac. - I can't even just get

a little piece of the-- Ow!

You going to hell. Ooh.

- Damn.

- Hey, look, I was just trying to surprise you.

- You--and you did, you did.

- All things considered, did you like it?

- I did, it's beautiful--like, nice little fake roses. Lovely.

Uh...just wondering, though. - PRESTON: Yeah.

- How'd you get in here?

- Oh, your landlord let me in. - Did?

- Yeah, well, I told her I wanted to surprise you

and she was nice enough to let me.

- You're kidding, just like that?

- Just like that. - Wow, to be white in America.

Okay, I am gonna have a little chit-chat with her.

- Look, now, Danni, don't get mad at her, she's old.

- And damn senile, just letting you waltz your a*s in here,

like, you could k*ll me.

- I'm sorry, I thought I was doing a good thing.

- Okay, let me just break this down for you.

- Yeah. - I like having you here.

I really don't mind you being here,

I mean, sh*t, you cook.

But...you know, I think this is going kinda fast,

we should maybe slow some things down, you know,

we gotta--gotta have some--uh, some...

- Some--some what? What?

- Preston, just pace yourself, maybe.

- Why?

- 'Cause this isn't how this works!

This isn't how any of this works.

- Okay, look, Danni, I'm sorry, I don't get this at all.

- Alright, we like each other, but we still have to slow down,

I mean...right?

- Okay, Danni, you didn't even want me to go to work

this morning. - I know.

- You handcuffed me to the bed. - I know.

- And...I'm the one that's going too fast?

- Okay, I see where the confusion might be.

- No, look, see, this is me and I've said that to you before.

Now, we can do this my way,

or we don't have to do it at all.

- What? What is this? Who's this?

- No, I don't like your way.

Your way has too many rules, I just wanna say

what I wanna say and do what I wanna do,

and not play games about timing, I mean, that's just crazy to me.

- Okay, I have heard your point of view,

and, um, I will take it under-- - And what, Danni?

- I don't really have a comeback,

you said some pretty good sh*t there.

- Thank you. Finally.

Now, if you don't mind, can we eat?

- Sure, thank you.

What is this, yeast rolls?

- ♪

- Hey.

- Girl. - What?

- What the hell? - Okay, not right now, Pam.

No not right now. - Oh, uh-uh. What happened?

- If you must know, her brother tried to come after me.

- I heard that. So crazy.

- Well, he know better now.

- And your mama took him out the house?

- If you already know everything, why you asking?

- Well, damn. - I'm fine, thank you.

- Well, I knew that already, honey.

- Yeah, okay, is it busy today?

- No, it's been slow. - [sighs] Okay.

- What are you doing here? - KAREN: I don't know.

I think it's time for something new.

- Ooh. You about to change that wig?

- What? - Thank god they finally

said something. - Okay, Pam.

- What? - Act like I'm your boss.

Get to work, do some work, be constructive, you know.

- I know you didn't come in here thinking about your damn hair.

- You think you know everything. - I know a lot.

- Okay, well. Oh, did you get that dress for me

from the dry cleaners? - What dress?

- The dress I asked you to get, Pam, the dress--the cute dress

with the--the straps-- - The one that's in the back

'cause Pam is on point. Period.

- You played yourself, you almost played yourself,

but thank you. Hope I got them shoes.

In the car maybe. - Wait, where are you going?

- KAREN: Nowhere. - PAM: Oh, I got your nowhere,

I see that little hotel key card up there.

- Uh--Mind your business, nosy! - PAM: Mm-hmm.

Are you going somewhere with Zac tonight?

- Well, you know everything, right?

- PAM: But I don't know that. - And you won't.

- [laughs] Yeah, you going out with Zac tonight.

- Pam. - What?

- Just do something, something, anything.

- Oh, I am, but you're gon' tell me.

- Why? So you can tell the whole salon tomorrow?

I'm good, Pam, I'm good, Okay? - Okay, well, big girl,

I hope you know what you're doing.

- And I hope this place is spotless by the time I get back.

- Don't forget your hotel key card.

- I got it. Nosy. - Hmm.

- You need hobbies, you need hobbies.

- Bye!

Damn.

sh**t somebody and go out the next night.

Hmm, must be nice.

- So, did you like it? - Yeah.

What's taking that -- so long? - Danni.

- What? He's in there running my hot water, my water bill,

using my soap.

- Okay, but can you stop using that word?

- Oh, boo, you don't get to police that,

that's a cultural thing. You don't--mm-mm.

- Okay, I wasn't trying to, but...if I use it, then--

- You get your a*s swiped to the left,

you can't remove historical context, stop, mm-mm.

- Whatever that means, look, my folks use that word

and I've never liked it.

- They do? Like...

- Yeah, but they're racists. I told you that.

- I didn't know they were -- slinging racists,

I mean, there's different types.

I met your sister, though, like--

- No, she's not like that at all.

I mean my brothers, my mother, my father,

the ones that work with them, they would have a fit

if they knew I was here. - They would?

- Hmm. Yeah, they-- they have no idea.

- When are you gonna tell them?

- Why would I tell them? - So that they know.

You know, they don't bust down my door

with dogs and fire hoses and...

- Danni, it ain't worth it right now.

- Not worth--that's an interesting choice of words.

Um, what do you mean by that?

- It means I'll tell them when the time is right.

- Okay, again, just clarification, uh...

I'm not--uh, we're-- - Don't, Danni, don't do that.

- What am I doing? I'm trying to understand,

you chose the words. - Look, I will tell them

when the time is right, okay? Getting to know you

is the most important thing in the world to me right now,

so let's finish having a great dinner,

let's finish this great wine,

have some fun and let that be that, okay?

Look, don't get in your head about this.

- I'm not getting into my head, I'm just trying to understand.

- Well, I--nothing, look, let's have some dessert, okay?

- Okay, you've been cutting me off a lot--awful lot lately, uh,

I think we need to kinda talk about the r*cist ma and pa

you got. - Okay. Ma and pa? Really?

- I'm just saying. It's real southern.

Finally.

- Well, my bad, I just didn't know--

- What were you doing in my bathroom, huh?

Dropping the kids off at the pool, hmm?

Stinking it up?

- This is your girl, bro, you realize this?

And you choose to be here every day.

- You know, men have three parts to wash.

Shouldn't have took that long.

- Some of 'em are bigger than others.

- -- please, get out of my house, Zac.

- ZAC: Fine. - Okay.

- But...y'all gonna eat all of that?

- Help yourself. - Preston! Zac.

Don't touch it, get out.

- It's three biscuits! - That's my lunch tomorrow.

Ah! Bye.

- [exhales]

Later, Preston. - You run real fast for a -- ,

that got stabbed. Piece of sh*t!

Damn!

"Help yourself"? What you grinning at?

- You couldn't wait, could you? - Wait for what?

That hot-a*s apple pie? - No, this hot-a*s cowboy.

- Oh, my god, boy, I done told you,

you ain't all that.

You get the joke now. - I mean, I know I'm not,

but yet still... you couldn't wait.

- Can we just have this dessert, please?

- I mean, if that's what you want, we can have that,

or you can have this. - Oh, my god. [laughs]

Fine, let's go, sh*t, take care of your business.

Come on.

- ♪

- So, I could lose everything?

- The first thing I would suggest: confront Bellamy.

- Okay. - Talk to your boss.

Get the proof and get him fired.

- Okay. Now, what would that look like with my home

being raided?

- Let's just do one thing at a time, okay?

- Right. Right, yeah. Okay.

- Hey. This is gonna be fine.

- I hope so. - It will be. I promise.

- Oh, okay. - Okay.

- I'll see you-- talk to you soon.

- Yes, I will talk to you soon.

Alright, I'll get out of your hair.

- Yeah. - Have a good day.

- Okay. - HAYDEN: Okay.

Nice to meet you. - You too.

I'll talk to you later, bye.

Hey.

- You were in the hallway the whole time?

- Yeah, I was just on the phone with Calvin.

- Oh. [sighs] Okay.

Um...can I spend the night with you tonight?

- Of course, you don't have to ask that.

- Right. - SABRINA: Mm-hmm.

- Sabrina, uh, I'm so sorry.

And I promise you I'm gonna fix this, okay?

- Mm-hmm. It's gonna be what it's gonna be.

- Yeah.

Sabrina.

Am I stupid? - No. Not at all.

- I love how you answered that so fast.

But...how do you really feel?

- Andi, you are the smartest woman that I know.

- Am I?

Then why...am I in this situation?

- Opening your heart doesn't make you stupid.

- Hmm. Feels like it.

I feel really stupid.

- Andi. - I feel like...

the world says that black women are mean,

and black women are angry. - SABRINA: No.

- And I never wanted to be that. I tried every day,

every day at work I try not to be that.

- You're not, Andi. - I just--I wanna be

professional and I wanna be respected--

that doesn't make me mean. - No, it doesn't.

- You know what the saddest part about this is?

- What? - That the people

that call us angry don't have a clue what we go through.

- Mm.

- If they experienced even %

of what we went through-- - SABRINA: [sighing] Oh.

- --they would be mad as hell, too.

- Andi, you know they could never do it.

- Mm-mm. - They could never, ever, ever.

But, Andi, to tell you the truth?

I wouldn't want it any other way.

- Me either.

- God is funny. - BOTH: [laughing]

- I love being a black woman. - Me too. sh*t's hard.

- It's hard, but it's worth it. - It's worth it.

- [laughing]

I just want our men to get it together.

- Hmm. - ANDI: Just one.

- Yeah. - A half of one.

- SABRINA: Half of one! - [chuckling]

- Andi, I was thinking.

I know that I overheard his wife in the hospital

saying all that...stuff, and...I don't know,

it just has me thinking about the guy from college.

- No, no, it's nothing like that,

I would never do that again,

I wouldn't put myself in that situation.

- I know, I know, just... hear me out,

because I just don't feel like this is alright,

something is off. - Yeah, I know.

- No, no.

What I'm trying to say...

is, uh...I...

They might be doing this to Gary. Some of it.

He might be telling the truth.

- You really think that?

- Girl, you know how long I've been in banking.

Since way before college.

And when two people are getting divorced...

- I know. - SABRINA: Right?

And that's one of the reasons you became a lawyer.

They go crazy on each other, it's weird.

- Oh, my god. Okay, I have to-- I have to call Leslie.

- Who? - I--she's the P.I.

She would know. - Use my phone, call her.

- ANDI: [chuckles]

I'm gonna call Fatima, she--she...

- You know we love you, girl. - Thank you.

- I got your back. - I cannot believe

I didn't think of this-- [squeaks]--love you.

Oh my God. - Don't worry.

- Fatima? - FATIMA: Hey.

- Hey, where's Leslie? - FATIMA: I don't know,

but I can call her. - ANDI: Yeah.

Can you do that, please? - [thud]

- Oh sh*t! - [bike clanking]

- Let me call you back. - ANDI: No, no, no, what is it?

- I just hit somebody. - ANDI: Are you okay?

- I'mma call you back.

- Oh, my god, I'm so sorry, I was on the phone.

- [groans] - FATIMA: sh*t.

- My god. - Are you okay?

- Damn, you're fine--I mean...

yeah, I'm fine. - You sure?

- Yeah. My bike ain't. Ugh, my bike.

- I am so sorry. - sh*t.

What was you doing?! - I was on the phone. Do you--

You should go to a hospital-- - Don't touch--don't touch--

don't touch--I'm good. I'm good. Girl, look at my--

- I'm sorry. Are you sure you're okay?

- I'm good!

- Damn.

- [car beeps]

- [call tone ringing]

- ANDI: Hey, what happened?

- Girl, I just almost k*lled somebody.

- I mean, is everything okay? I mean...is everyone fine?

- Yeah, I'm sorry, um... I'll call Leslie now

and see where she is. I'll have her call you.

- Just text me where she is, I wanna see her in person.

- Okay, okay. - ANDI: Okay.

- Ah, you made it. - What's good, bro?

- Glad you did, let me show you the projects we're working on.

- Alright. Wait, wait.

So, you're telling me all these dudes

are former felons. - Yeah.

- With all them nice-a*s cars out there?

- Yeah, man, I'm telling you.

Just hang out for a bit, I'll be talking in a few.

- Alright. - Alright.

- At least you got cookies.

- Fatima. - Hey.

- Hey.

- What's going on? - How you been?

- I'm okay, how are you? - Good.

Zac, this is Fatima. - Yeah, that's the lady

who almost k*lled me. - CHRIS: Say what?

- Yeah, you're lucky she ain't have her car with her,

or we'd all be done in here.

- Look, I was on the phone trying to rush and get in here

and then I knocked him off his--

- [clears throat] Motorcycle.

Remember, I was on my Harley. - Yeah. That.

And, look...I'm really sorry. - It's fine.

- Well, Fatima, can you sign this man up safely, please?

- Sure. - Wait, wait, hold on.

Alright, yeah, you go--you go, Chris.

Hold up--what he--what am I signing up for?

- First, let me tell you I am sorry.

- No, you're good, you're good, that was in the past,

we're not gonna talk about that no more.

- But, um, you gotta let me pay for your bike.

- You don't gotta pay for that. What is he talking about?

Signing up? - You don't know?

- No, I don't know what this is.

- Well, let me be the first to tell you,

this is a huge opportunity.

- I don't know that.

- You don't trust easily, do you?

- You ever been locked up? - FATIMA: No.

- So, no, I don't trust easily.

- Not a lot of these men in here do, so...I get it.

- So, like, what do they do, though?

- He's actually getting ready to explain it right now.

- Alright. - And you should feel

very fortunate. - Why?

- They don't just let anybody up in here.

- Still ain't signing nothing. - Okay, well...

here's all the paperwork.

- I said I ain't signing nothing.

- If you want to, just let me know.

We do have to run you first to see your convictions

before you're approved.

- I ain't doing this. Running my convictions.

- Okay. Well.

If you don't fill this out, then you won't, so...

- I'm good. - Take it.

- Pushing the papers in my chest? Like--

- Look, I'm trying to help you out.

- You really wanna help me out...

- What? - Nothing, I was--

- Oh.

- Alright, guys, well look,

I'm not gonna keep you all here all night,

here are our new prospects.

So we have qualified opportunities on tax credit

in this area.

Now, here are the projects.

Now, we have an opportunity to buy houses

in our neighborhood.

We would turn a profit of about to $, each,

and a little cushion in there

just in case we get outbid by a few.

But the renovations and the resale could be huge.

Zac?

- What if you ain't got no money to invest?

- That's fine, man, a lot of us didn't.

So what you're gonna do is invest sweat equity.

Zac? [chuckles]

- What the -- is sweat equity?

- Alright, so look, man, sweat equity.

You have hours of free labor in each house,

that's houses at $. And that's $--

- $,. - Exactly, you following me.

- Yeah, I'm following you, I know money.

If there's one thing I know is money.

- Alright, so cool, so those of you, you'll go

on the return on page two.

Now, after all the houses are sold,

you all will each make $, each.

- What? - CHRIS: Yeah, man.

Look, our founder's brilliant, he helped us all get out.

Now, out of that $,, we keep $,--

- And we keep $,? - Yeah, man.

You're really following me. - Yeah, I'm following you.

- Now, I encourage all our guys to save until the next big deal.

Zac?

- What if you got a full-time job?

- Look here, man, you gotta figure

how to work that sh*t out, it's working for all of us.

Alright, guys, let's buy all our blocks back.

It's time to create jobs, opportunity, and businesses

in our own neighborhood.

This is our neighborhood, let's get it back.

Any more questions?

- hours?

- Slow money don't make no money.

- I'd be faster if I wasn't getting hit by cars.

- [laughs] Fatima, man, get this guy together.

- Okay.

- [call tone ringing]

- [phone ringing]

- Who is this?

- It's Pam. - ZAC: What up, Pam?

- Hey, do you need some money? - For what?

- PAM: I saw the key card.

- Pam, what are you talking about?

- I know you're taking Karen

to the Preston Jubilee Hotel tonight.

- ZAC: You do?

- Yes, I saw the key card, room .

- Yeah, I am.

- PAM: Well, how the hell can you afford that?

- Man, don't worry about it, I pulled some strings.

- Well, look, I sent champagne and flowers

over there for the two of you so you can really impress her.

- ZAC: You did? That's what's up, Pam.

- Yes, and you can pay me back when you get the money.

I just really want y'all to make it.

- That's nice of you, Pam. I appreciate that. That's dope.

- PAM: Don't worry about it. She'll be there any minute.

- It's good to know. - Oh, okay.

Well, y'all have a good time tonight.

- Oh, we most definitely will. - PAM: Bye.

- Um... - Time out.

You just--you just make it a habit of eavesdropping

on people like phone calls, like you just walk up

on people in the night time?

- Look, I wasn't eavesdropping, I feel bad.

- You should.

- Will you let me give you a ride home?

- No, I'm--I'm good, thanks.

- Uh. Okay, so, it's a pride thing?

- No. - Zachary.

- Don't. Just Zac, please.

- Look, now, I'm not gonna ask you again.

My damn feet hurt and it's been a long day,

so either you're coming or you're not.

- You know, since-- since you put it like that.

I'm not.

- Okay. But you'll learn

that around here we do whatever we can to help each other.

Let me know when you're ready to put that pride aside.

- Alright, alright, alright. I hear you.

But I'm not going to my house.

I'm going to the hotel, can you take me there?

- Sure.

- Can you pop your trunk?

- And keep your foot off the gas, please!

- FATIMA: [chuckles]

There we go.

- I thought you said you were gonna help me.

- In this dress? You got it.

- [scoffs] Typical.

- You alright? - ZAC: No, I'm good.

- You sure you don't need to go to a hospital?

- I'm good, you talking about taking me to the hospital,

you're the one that hit me. - FATIMA: Watch your head.

- Almost hit me on my head. - FATIMA: Get in the car.

- AARON: [exhales] - Hey.

- Wow. I'm so glad you came.

- Thought this was the key to my own place.

- Yeah, it's--it's right in there.

- Oh. Okay.

- But you don't look like you're, uh,

ready to go to sleep.

New style?

- Um, well, you know, there's just been...

a lot of changes lately, and...I just...

I feel like a new person, so I figured I'd just--

it's not a big deal. - You look beautiful.

So beautiful.

- Thank you. - Yeah. Yeah.

- Aaron, have you been drinking?

- [exhales] Just--just some wine.

- Why?

- 'Cause I wanted to.

- You just...wanted to suddenly drink wine?

- Yeah, listen, it's not your fault, don't worry about it.

- I didn't think it was my fault, I just--

- Well, do you want some? - No.

- I can get you-- - No, no, no, no.

- Well, don't not drink 'cause you're worried about me.

- Aaron. - It's okay.

Look, I'm grown, okay? I make my own decisions.

You're free to make your decisions,

let's not do this, not tonight.

- You're in pain.

- Do you want me?

- Aaron. - It's a simple yes or no.

Do you...want me?

- I--I don't...want you.

- You don't. Okay. - Let me finish.

I don't want you trying to escape your problems through me.

- [scoffs] - I just--I don't want you

to regret anything, especially not between us.

- AARON: Listen.

There are a lot of things in my life

that I've done that I regret.

But any moment I spend with you,

anything that I do with you... won't be one of them.

Ever.

- ♪ Turn off your phone, you've been stressing ♪

♪ Just leave it

♪ Take it easy

♪ I got the love and affection you've been needing ♪

♪ Come see me

♪ So you shouldn't whine with me ♪

♪ You should confide in me, come lie with me ♪

♪ And I'll give the best of me

♪ 'Cause you should be next to me ♪

♪ Why don't you get comfortable, comfortable with me? ♪

♪ I know

♪ It could be so wonderful

♪ Won't just let you leave

♪

♪ Well, you should trust ♪

- ANDI: Next On "Sistas"

- Oh, man, I know she's with this dude, yo.

- Well, I got you this time, now look who's handcuffed now.

- Preston, unlock me, please.

- Oh, you can do better than that,

and I'm gonna need you to beg me.

- Nothing in this looks good for you,

but Andi was adamant that you're innocent.

- She's an amazing woman. - Yeah. I'm seeing that.

- What was that?

- Girl, you need to get up. You are a fighter!

- I don't even know where to start.

- SABRINA: Yes, you do.

- [whooshing]

- ♪