Depart from It (2025)

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- And...

- Alexis is my daughter's friend,

and I love her as if she's my own.

She's a kind, sweet,

young girl. We just

- Want her home.

Annie Caro has been arrested

for the kidnapping, r*pe

and t*rture of the

missing teen Alexis Miles.

He's also been charged with

racketeering distribution

of narcotics and sex trafficking.

- I'm just having my best

friend's home. She's home.

- Thus

us home when

we've been 10.

- When the rain.

- Kelly, do you love me?

- Yes, of course I do, baby.

- But the wind. Do you love me,

- Jason,

- Honey?

- I do. Yeah. I love

- You.

Why is there a bag pack

behind the dresser upstairs?

- You're trying to leave me.

How dare you constantly.

What do you think?

You're f*cking nothing without

me. Wrong with you. Stop.

- Jason, stop me.

- Jason.

How your ball

- You made me.

Amen.

- Ms. Carla, can I get you

something to eat? Oh, no baby.

Thank you. I'm not hungry,

Carla.

We're so sorry.

- We're praying for your strength.

- Aw. We loved Kelly.

Oh, I know. Thank you.

For many years you

and the house of Theresa

has done all you could

to help my baby.

And I will forever be

grateful for that. You know?

It does give me some comfort knowing

that she was finally

attempting to get out.

- Yes,

- She was.

And after news spreader Kelly, four women

as they did the emergency exit plan.

We're housing them now. Good.

Well, as soon as you have

the memorial details,

we'll be sure to be in attendance.

Aw, thank you. Aw, thanks.

Oh, I appreciate you guys.

Thank you so much. I appreciate you.

- Has anyone talked to Alexis?

My father of the church doesn't

have any information on her.

- Well, I was able to keep

in touch with her whereabouts

and how she was doing

through her parole officer.

But after her probation ended a year ago,

she went MIA again.

Well, I haven't heard

from her in years. So

- Really what happened?

Y'all were all so close.

- I could say the same for you.

You was with us when we

was kids. What happened?

You left for your country

and didn't even turn back.

Look, I'll make some calls. I'll find her.

Miss Carla, you don't

need to be doing no work.

You need to rest. If that girl wanted

to be found when she would be found,

don't let yourself stress out over her.

- One of your friends are dead

and the other one is missing again.

Sasha, do you even care?

- Don't come in here pretending

like everything is all

right, like we don't remember

you left that church.

Stop it. Please. Just

stop. Okay? Don't do this.

Not now. Sorry.

- Miss Carla, we all love Kelly,

including Alexis.

And she would want to know

to be here for the funeral.

I will find her.

- Tony. Tony, listen. Listen, listen.

Listen. Tony, I know you mean well,

but you need to be careful.

Listen, Alexis has gotten

herself involved in some

serious mess.

- What

- Kind?

The kind you don't need

to get involved with.

And on top of that,

Caro has been released.

- What?

- Early release.

- Everything he did. I mean, what

about Alexis? I know. Listen,

- Listen.

Like I said, let me handle this

- Miss Carla.

I know I've been home for a while now,

but I just don't think that Alexis

or who Sasha thinks she's,

- Are you sure about that?

My baby missed Alexis so much.

Sometimes I think that's

why Sasha hates her.

So, I mean, think about it.

She watched how Kelly hurt so bad

because of the way Alexis treated her.

Especially after what

happened. See our uniforms.

We know how it feels

to fight for a country

that don't love us back.

Sasha, she just got tired of

fighting Alexis to love her.

Tony, I hate to tell you this,

but the Alexis, you knew it's gone.

- Who's Alexis? Now

- Listen to the Sons

of Gorillas in the Oh,

motor City Mazda Big room.

Bang, bang. Listen to the sons of me.

Gorillas in the draw. Draw. Oh boom.

Motor City, Mazda big room.

We shake your window

seals, any tiny steel.

Sit in the back seat

and you can barely hear.

I the whole block my music still. Still.

I'm about to sneak away.

It's like I'm still here.

I don't need earplugs

baby. I'm a super sub.

Can throw a block party

with my trunk open.

Nub put mommy's sluck

away. They booties vibrate.

Anytime I hit the Kona,

they looking my way.

I'll be going up to our

daughters out it Candy paint.

Don't need to show. Well

- Come to me.

I want you to,

yes.

Oh yeah.

- She's left for you up

front. I'm who? No name

- Michael Star. Darling.

- Hi. I am so sorry I'm late.

- No problem.

I would love for you to

chime in on the conversation.

Me and what's your name again?

- Vaughn. My name is Vaughn

- Conversation.

- Here's your drink. Ma'am.

- I chose for you.

I we were talking about these black boys

running away from cops.

I told Vaughn that sometimes

these felons are out of line

- Violence.

- Not all the time though.

But what do they expect if

they're breaking the law?

You being colored. What? Say you.

- Yeah. What Say you?

- I say Blue Lives Matter.

May I have some more please?

- Gladly my sister.

- Oh, oh, oh.

Ah,

it's me.

Bunny

- Ola. What are you doing

- Here?

So late

- Mount Ion.

What kind of a greeting is that?

- You got five seconds.

- Okay. This meal.

Floes said you gotta make that

drop with me on Sunday night.

Hell no. See, she thought

you were gonna say that.

Which is why she told me to give you this.

What time? 10 30.

Now your business. Hmm?

- Remember we gotta meet with

the card bureaus at 10 30.

Who? Hmm? The name. Who did you just say?

Oh, the carves. Look, I

overheard Flore said say

that she was meeting with some family

that just got back into

business after a cousin, uncle.

Somebody just got outta prison.

- Avi old.

- Hey Lori. Layna, what's going on?

Shut up.

- So you are the one that's

been dipping into the pot.

- Many, many. I ain't

touched 'em. Shut up.

- After all my family did for you.

Getting you off the streets.

Give you that work.

And I come home to find

out you taken from us.

- I was gonna put it back.

I promise my daughter needed

surgery and I didn't have the

- Sh.

Just like I told you,

- I can work it all off.

All of it. Look, lay please.

Manny. Please, please don't do it

- Now. You know you is

- Ball for that.

- How I told him not to bet me.

- Look. And he's nine years old girl

- And he learned a very valuable

lesson not to bet his mama.

Okay? And I got $5, so I

think I'm doing my job,

- Okay?

- She

- Good morning ladies.

- We not talking to you. Lola.

Let's take an early

lunch. It's only 9:00 AM

- Come on Lola.

You lucky.

- Thank you for meeting me.

How you doing? Whit?

- Well, for a girl

who still has her wedding dress in the

closet, I'm doing pretty good.

- You called it off.

- You know we were worried

when you left the base,

but then I got the rundown,

which is why I wasn't

surprised when you asked me

for information on the

infamous Alexis Miles

that I always heard about.

- Well, were you able to find anything?

- Yeah, actually I was.

Tony, listen. If anyone

finds out what I did,

- My body will.

I promise.

- Okay.

Take care of yourself.

- Vote right,

- You too

- Smith.

- Hey now you know Flora said don't like

nobody back there when she counting.

- I need to know everything

you know about the Caros.

Well star my favorite

hoe. Hello to you too.

- I'm told that Bunny about

all that eave dropping. Mm,

- Avios copy.

Oh, you talking about

the garbage pail monkeys

who gonna make me a rich

win come this Sunday?

Ah yes. Well that is at

the hyperactive bunny in

your temperamental tale.

Don't mess it up. Look,

I ain't playing Flo Set.

Manny Caro.

Is he in charge of this drop Now one thing

for showing two things for certain,

you don't bring your Chucky

hair a*s up in my place

thinking you gonna run sh*t.

You know better than that.

- Hmm.

- All right, now that's better.

Now from what I understand,

the boy daddy is dying

and many of them went

from trafficking bodies

to the pharmaceutical business.

So according to my hypothesis,

sugar Sweet. Yeah man.

Will be at the drop.

See that this situation got

your pennies in a bunch.

You know the Rios,

we got some history.

History star.

One thing you know about me is

I don't ask you host too many

questions, I just don't.

But I'm gonna ask you this question.

Is this history gonna mess

up my bank account history?

Because I don't need

nobody running up in here

messing up my deals.

Now we'll have Lonnie and

Q do it, but they done went

and got themselves locked up.

So I trust you two Coke

out Bunny. You trust her?

Oh, I absolutely do.

That's because my digits of my

money always come back to me.

Correct. When they leave her hands.

Plus she want that golden green

card. So she'll keep it up.

Look here Star. You know

how I feel about my coins.

I don't wanna have to hurt

nobody over some history.

You hear me?

- Oh - By the way, Willie

came by and left you a gift.

Keep it.

- You can brag. You what?

Ain't God to work for that bag.

Go get in one day. You can. I have it.

You know that I got it. Don't

need to look all in a bag

like this because I work so hard.

I'm the best. I only

speak facts in the store.

I'm popping them tags. A

limited S for the cash grab.

I don't really wanted that bag.

If I say that I have it,

you know that I got it.

Don't need to look all in a bag

like this because I work. So

- Really stop calling my

- Alexis.

Please don't hang up. Look, I,

I just really need to talk to you.

I'm outside.

- Can I come here?

- How did you find me?

- I had a friend. Look you up

- An army friend?

- Yes.

- Ain't that like ill*gal or something?

Wouldn't God call that

a sin? What do you want?

- It's Kelly. She's dead. I,

- Jason.

- Wow. Yeah, Kelly was

always the dumb one anyway.

I'm guessing you don't want

none of this church boy.

- No. No thank you.

- She in the ground yet.

- The funeral is tomorrow

2:00 PM I was hoping

that you would come with me,

you know, so you can be there.

I bought my parents old place.

You know the one on Woodward?

You can stay there if you want.

- Go with you.

Go on a two hour drive

in a car with you.

Are you crazy? I mean,

have you lost your mind?

You show up to my house

after all these years as if

I shouldn't blow your brains

- Out. Hey Alex.

- Alexis, didn't your GI soldiers tell you

I buried their name?

Okay look, I'm sorry. Oh, I'm sorry. What?

You sorry for Tony? Huh?

You sorry for being a coward.

Oh, but you're a big boy now. Huh?

All those medals and stars make you not

piss your pants no more.

- Get outta my house. Get outta

my house. Alright. Alright.

I ain't got the money.

Get outta here. Six five

- Back goes in the place

with the beatty face to beat.

Race in the fat. Get the body

the case outta this world.

Give us some space. Let you set the pace.

- I'm wearing my sexy face, right.

Oh, you talking about that black

and blue with the pink feathers?

That one. That's the one

girl. Y'all do nothing.

So I walked into the

room and baby, he don't

- Know what to do with himself baby.

I saw the bill, he

- Found something to do.

- Oh, he like to bring

gifts baby. That's him in.

So I said to him, are you

sure your wife want to watch?

I don't know y'all. It's like some new

thing that's going on or something. Where

- Is Star

- Now?

Willie, you know good and

well that there are schedules

and the schedules are to

be respected and collected.

And you my little tough checker.

You are not present

under that today anyways.

So sure enough here she come

walking in. Oh, the lights.

How did she start?

- I have to talk to her. I Mr. So much

- Now look at him.

Winnie the pull. You know good

and well that you can't come

around here making no mess.

And your.is not on the T.

You wait just like the rest of them. Now.

If there's nothing else,

I'm gonna get back to count my cone.

- This is so good.

- I was just saying that.

Oh, there. See, there you go.

- See you got,

- Hey Alexis.

Hey Carla.

- So the prodigal child

returns. How long you here for?

- Not long. I got a few

things I need to take care of.

And then I gotta head back

for some work on Sunday.

- Of course you do Star

Sasha. Look, everybody knows.

Nice to see you too, Sasha.

You know what I think is crazy?

How you couldn't manage to

return a call when Kelly was

alive, but you got the audacity

to show your face when she's dead. Sasha,

- Right? What was that?

- No, I am so tight of y'all walking

around here on eggshells because of her.

I never asked nobody to do nothing for me.

You didn't have to. Look. I

gotta work the midnight shift.

So I'll see you later. Oh,

kiss DJ for me.

Okay. Yeah, I will.

- That's a really cute brave

you eat. Thank you. Thank you.

You know, and I,

- So where you stand?

Rent a place downtown. You know

you could have stayed here.

Why Carla? You miss keeping tabs on me.

How are you Alexis? I

should be asking you that.

Well, I'm getting ready

to retire. So that's good.

You realize the bag and groceries

paid more than being a cop.

More like I got tired

of working for a system

that didn't give a rat's a*s about me

or those who look like me.

You gotta look at that as just business.

You ain't gotta do sh*t.

You choose to take the

piss scraps people give you

and then walk around

preaching how That's life.

Just to make you feel

better. To hell with that.

What you accept is what will continue.

Just ask my daughter.

You know about Manny, don't you?

What you talking about

Carla? You know he is out.

No thanks to you Alexis. Listen to me.

Don't go trying to get

revenge. I'm telling you.

Let God handle it. Yeah.

Just like he handled it 18 years ago.

Oh baby, you gotta forgive.

If you don't forgive.

That hate that you're holding on

to is going consume your a*s.

- Hey Miss Carla, I gotta go.

I got bible study, but I

did put all the food away.

- I gotta go.

- You, you good to drive?

- Didn't I tell you to let me handle it?

- Ah,

what up though?

- Hey Jack,

- Thanks for meeting me.

- You know I always make time

for you. Hey, it's messed up.

What happened to Kelly? Man

was smart to off himself.

He would've been a dead

man walking anyway.

- So what you got for me?

- You funny

question is

what do you need?

All of it. You getting right?

I heard he was out. You

going after Manny, ain't you?

- You a journalist now.

- All right. All right. These ain't cheap.

- Neither am I. You got

the other thing for me?

- Oh yeah. Here's the address

he'll be expecting Keisha.

- Of course he is.

- It's always a Keisha.

- Keisha. I'm gonna put some ice in this.

Do you want some ice in this?

- Just the way I like it.

- You know I've dated a

lot of Black Chick. Oh,

- Is that right?

- Yeah. Most of them say I am just

as pleasing as the black guys.

Mm.

- Well I can't wait to see

- As a matter of facts.

Come here.

- Mm.

- Take off your shirt.

- Ah, okay.

Not take off your pants.

- Uhuh you next.

- Come on now. Take off your pants.

- Only after you take,

whoa. What the hell?

What? What are you doing?

- Take off your pants

and look if you need, I really don't like

repeating myself.

Jesus. Yeah.

Come on, come on, come on. Yeah.

I knew you like black women

just like your r*cist brother.

Throw them to me.

- Levi colors. You had a brother

- Chasing cu?

- Yeah, so. Oh

- sh*t.

Oh,

Kelly

- Was a sister to me.

- Look, I had nothing to do with it. Okay?

My brother's crazy as sh*t,

man. I'm sorry about Kelly.

- I'm sorry

- You, sorry.

You know her mama. She told

me how Kelly spent Christmas

one year with you and your family

and you, Mr.

Levi. You thought it would

be funny to get her a

Ain't your mama outfit for a gift?

Open your mouth

- Please Do.

I gotta repeat myself.

Oh,

- Tell your parents

that they did a piss poor

job at raising they kids.

And if you call the cops,

I'll, I'll make arrangements

to tell them myself.

- Hey, had it out with the girls.

- Okay. Make sure you count

every dime. Okay? Understand me?

Yes. All right, babe.

- Right.

- Your fat a*s. Get in my office.

- I need to speak with Star.

She hasn't been returning

any of my phone calls.

I need her address.

- What you need is a straight jacket.

And now get your a*s out. My office.

- Give me her address,

- Okay?

Okay. Look, Willie, I need

you to calm down, okay?

Just calm down. I'll get

your address. Just hold on.

Hold on.

- It hurts.

- Just a jab. Jab.

- Hey, hey. Maybe it's

time. Maybe it's time.

You took a break

now.

Jab? Yep. Yeah. Cross.

There we go. Jab cross.

Yep. Jab. Cross. You got it.

Jab, cross jab, jab,

jab. Right here. Face.

- Yep. Nice hit.

What? Are you following me or

something? Look girl, please.

I'm part owner of this place.

- What up though, Carly?

- Hey Sean.

By the way, I got your phone

number off the sign in sheet.

Looks like we're gonna

keep in touch after all.

I'm outta here. Don't

you take another step.

You and me gonna step

out for a little chat.

- Go easy on it.

- My daughter loved you. I

do not want to hear this.

Look, you going to hear this.

Sit down and wrong with you.

You owe me this.

Kelly looked up to you.

She admired how bold

and outspoken you were,

but most of all, she loved

how much you loved God.

Now, being on the force,

I couldn't take her

to church like I wanted to.

But your grandmother, I

appreciate her so much for

what she did for her.

Can we please get to the point that night

didn't just change you,

it changed all of you.

Sasha became cold.

Tony, Michelle,

- Kelly, distant.

And you, you started

- Hating yourself.

What they did to you

- Was wrong.

What Manny and all those rotten people did

to you was wrong.

And I'm so sorry you went through that.

You stop caring rather you lived or died.

Karen only gets sh**t hurt.

Carla

Manny's making a big drug

deal tomorrow in Grand Rapids.

And you have to be back

in Grand Rapids tomorrow.

Coincidence? I got things to do.

You wanna end up dead, Alexis? He

- k*lled

- Them.

- And then he k*lled me.

- I cried. I screamed.

- I begged.

You wanna know what he did? He

- Laughed.

I

- He deserves to die.

Look, you can't be his judge

and jury. Listen, listen.

God will handle him. I'm

telling you. Listen, okay.

The FBI is gonna be at that drop

and everybody there is either

leaving in cuffs or body bag.

- Hey, everything all right?

- I'm fine.

- You don't look fine.

I like you need a ride.

- I said I'm fine. Am I on some

stalking list or something? No.

- Come on. You know the

church is right up the street.

I was on my way there and

I passed by and I saw you.

That's it. Look, I got a

friend who's a mechanic.

I can call him.

He come told pick it up

and then have you good.

- Like I said, I'm fine.

- You hungry?

- I'm getting the most

expensive thing on the menu.

- You weren't playing

when you said you were

gonna hit my pockets. Huh?

- That's my specialty.

- How you doing Alexis?

- I'm so tired of people asking me that.

- Well, people normally

ask when they care.

- No, people usually ask

'cause they nosy as hell.

- Is that what you think

of me? You think I'm nosy?

- I don't know what to think. Tony, you

- Think I don't care?

- I said I don't know.

You wanna talk? Let's talk.

How many people you k*lled

over in them seeds. Huh?

Five, 15, a thousand.

Cat. Catch a dog. What if I

told you that I could

see myself taking a life?

What if I told you that I

am planning on it right now?

I don't know you and you don't know me,

- But I want to get to know you.

- No. Well, you want some

closure. You ain't getting that from

- Me.

- What are we doing here?

- I told you I was headed to the church.

- You are so full of it.

So this was your plan all along? Yeah.

To just bring me here

and just take me without

asking me. I would. You just

- Not a plan.

I wasn't just bringing

you somewhere. It is.

I just thought you would want to visit

- This church.

This church. Don't you?

You thought it would be cool

to bring me to this church.

- You love church? We both did. You are

- Crazy.

- What? Could you just

stop calling me that

- You are out of your mind.

Don't you ever think that you

can just take me somewhere

and force me somewhere

without my permission ever.

- Okay. Okay. I'm, I'm sorry.

I just, I didn't think of it

like that. I was just crying.

- Stop trying to save

- Me.

- Alexis,

please.

No, please.

- Who does and who

and how do I show up?

Like everything's okay.

Peace is nowhere to be found.

I was my face and looked in the mirror.

Truth was just staring at me.

I heard a voice in my

heart and I had to listen.

This is what he said.

Clearly I am here for

- You while you falling apart

for you while you cry.

Dark gonna be okay.

Things are gonna change. I'm here for you.

Here for you.

- Just yesterday I was broken in pieces.

I hold up,

but ask me how I'm doing.

But I to say,

I to pretend

with my shoulder.

He said it's okay.

And I couldn't hide anymore.

He said, I'm here for you while

- You're falling apart.

I'm here for you while

you cry in the dark.

It's going to be okay.

Things are gonna need

know I'm here.

- Honest that you

And

so I'm coming. I'm coming.

- Alexis, Tony.

- Tony. This description is a description.

And I can't remember. I day stop.

I seen him everywhere down.

Alexis six six told me two six.

And I, I can't remember my, my

mama when she would come home

and, and she would be on

track out my, my grandma.

She was saying the script all the time.

And I can't remember.

It's too, too quick. Okay.

- Probably

- 22 6. I coach 22 6.

What up a child in the way it should go.

And even when he's over depart from,

she used to tell me the same thing.

Okay?

- It's okay, Alexis. We be okay.

It's okay. It's gonna be okay. It's okay.

- Don't worry. Willie will find you.

Boatright. Mr. Boatright

- A

- Hello.

Don't take the menu. I said startle star.

I've been trying to get

in touch with you all

night. I've been busy.

- What's up? Florist is missing. Missing?

What do you mean missing?

What you think could've

happened to her? I don't

- Know.

This is crazy. Like box

of a milk carton missing,

- You know, florist.

She probably headed out to go

and try to find some

more money or something.

Oh, that's the thing. Star. All her

- Money is here.

What me?

All her money is in the red room.

- Okay. Okay, okay, okay. Okay.

Look, we, we gonna still

do business as usual.

I need to get to that drop.

You gotta hold it down until I get back.

- Me and Timmy have been

trying to keep the bar going

and the girls working, but I don't know.

I'm honestly starting to worry.

- Okay,

- You coming back tonight?

10 30 tonight. 10 30.

Look, I gotta go. Okay.

- Hey,

- Hey.

- You good? I'm fine. Okay.

Do you happen to have any plans for today?

- Why you got something

else up your sleeve?

- No, nothing like that.

It's just you leaving tonight

and I want to take you someplace.

Oh no, not church. I'm

sorry about that again.

I know the church holds

a lot of pain for you

and taking you there

without your permission.

I, I just shouldn't have done that. No,

- You shouldn't have.

- I would like to make it

up to you if you don't mind.

- No, I,

- I don't mind.

- I gotta be back in ground

rapids by 10:00 PM tonight.

- No worries. I called Chuck

and he said that your

car is first on the list.

He's on it. And if time catches

us, you'll get there.

I'll make sure of it.

- I need some clothes.

- We got donation boxes

downstairs in the basement.

- Food better come with this.

Come on.

- Oh my gosh.

- I got you. Come

- Here.

Yeah. Okay. And if you make me fall,

- I'm not how I'm gonna make

you fall. If I'm leading you,

- You could be leading me into a ditch

- Somewhere.

I'm not leading you into a ditch.

Come on, come on, come on. A couple more

- Steps.

Yeah. You just had a couple

more steps. A couple more steps.

- Well, a couple more steps

plus a couple more steps.

Almost there. Right here. Okay.

I know you said you

changed and I respect that.

But I also know that you love the arts

and the artist Jacob Carter.

- I still do.

Thank you.

- You remember that poetry

joint we used to go to?

- Yeah. I remember you trying

to get me to go up there

- And you refused.

- I sure did. But you went up though.

You were bold and strong. I admired it.

Remember that poem?

- You still play

- As these words.

I try to translate to the one

who translated us into the

kingdom of his son to him.

I run to, even with no lace in my shoes

to him, I make everyone a liar.

And his words to be true. I do.

I take you Jesus.

To be my lawful and only God

- To have and to hold

uneven death should do his part.

I remember some of it.

- I got you something.

- Little old me

- And I left your

personalized poetry book on

- My top.

Yeah, you know what? You

all right about something?

Some things just don't change, you know?

You have to gimme that before

I leave, right? Scouts Honor?

- Did you like it over there?

- I don't think anybody

liked it over there. Yeah,

- But you stayed.

Why? Oh,

- What's her name?

- Whitney.

- Did you love her?

- Yes, I loved her.

- Then what happened?

- I was in love with someone else.

- I'm, I'm sorry. It's fine.

- Hello.

- Hey, brother Tony.

- Oh, hey Sister Callie.

How you doing? What? What's going on?

- Hey brother Tony. What

up door, brother? Tony?

So Cassidy, Lenon

and I are here at the church

for our rehearsal. And the doors are

- Locked.

- Deacon Boatwright. He's not up there.

- We called Deacon Boatwright.

He said, you got the keys.

- No, I don't. I don't think I have

the I'll be right there.

- Thank you. You

- Okay? All right.

- You, you think you, you

don't got it. You don't.

- Look, they really need these keys.

And so I can drop you off first

and then I'll just hit right over there.

- No, that is totally out

the way. Alright. Ride. Ride.

I'll just sit in the car.

- Are you sure? I know you

gotta be on the road by seven.

You gotta figure out

transportation and everything.

- I know. I'm fine. Really?

We have enough time.

So let's go.

- Okay.

How you know he had a girlfriend am

- Lord

- Oh brother.

Let go down. Let's go

down in quiet moments.

Heart did blend. We spoke

of God, my dearest friend.

His worth will forth with

deep emotion of God's immense

and love and devotion.

He spoke of guidance and

protection through the night.

God, our Lord, who makes burdens of light.

And Jesus teachings his soul found rest

and love and forgiveness.

We all feel truly blessed.

He sacrificed himself so pure, so grand

to cleanse all sin across the land.

The Holy Trinity.

A sacred blend of Jesus' Lord

and the Holy Spirit peace descends within

is staying shown bright of

beacon, clear as Jesus' life

and resurrection held dear.

A radiant hope for life to

grasp and sacred tales of love.

So vast God

- Said, I took all of me put in a body.

And there in that physical

form was then born my son,

Jesus Christ, who did

not live just to die.

Because if that was the case,

he could have given up the ghost

and said, it is finished

from the very first day.

But I wanted you even at

your very worst state.

So he came not to just live, to die,

but to live, to make alive.

So that in the 33 years that

he survived, you could see

through Christ that this is the kind

of kingdom life that I've designed.

So that you could know that

love isn't passionate emotion,

drawing hearts into deeper

false devotion until

that equals stress.

Man, love is three nails to a cross.

Pining my son up on a tree

until that equal death, man,

love is all that I have for you.

It's all that I know.

- Go down.

Let's, God's love is that

love that don't cost a thing.

He's the alpha and Omega,

the beginning and the end.

The author and a finisher to the story

that Satan can't write.

'cause this here is a

fixed fight, a spoiler

to my favorite movie, where he

leaves the 99 to get the one.

You are the one,

the one who'll never leave nor forsake.

You are the one moving

mountains because of your faith.

The one he's calling back

home. The angels rejoice

- Over one.

God loves us. We don't

need a church building

to a New Orleans triple of

Christ. We are the church.

- Amen. So if you want to be made new,

you don't need no hocus pocus.

No. Jump up and down around

in a circle five times.

All you need is your voice.

- If you've been looking

for love through men,

through women, through pain,

and you're ready to

finally give your life back

to Christ the one

who loved you first

unconditionally repeat after me.

Lord, forgive me. Lord forgive

- Me.

For my sins. For my sins.

I believe, I believe

that you died buried and was resurrected.

That you died. Buried.

You was resurrected because you

love me. 'cause you love me.

I accept

- You into my heart. Into my

- Heart.

And by your power. And by your power.

I am a whole, I am a hope. In Jesus name.

In Jesus name. Amen. Amen.

- Thank you Jesus.

Hmm. Hmm.

- Hello?

- Hey, Tony, you busy?

- I don't know what's going on.

- Well, I'm assuming you went over the

Alexis Miles file button now, right?

- I, yeah, I did.

- Well then, you know

that Alexis AKA star?

She had a madam that went by

the name of Florist Summers.

- Yeah, I seen that.

- Well, look,

our coast guards pulled florist out

of the river this morning.

What? Yeah.

Word around is that Alexis

had something to do with it.

Cops can't find her.

So we think that she's

heading out of town.

Have you heard from her?

Hello? Tony, you there?

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

- Tony. Have you heard from Alexis?

- Look, I, I I gotta

go. Thanks for the call.

- What? No prob

- Crazy day, huh?

- Yeah,

- Something's wrong.

- I'm, I'm gonna stay here

with them and help 'em wrap up.

Their parents should

be here. Take the keys

and go wait in the car if you want.

- You gonna keep giving

me the cold shoulder.

You gonna tell me what's wrong?

Who was that on the phone?

- Whitney. - See, I don't

wanna have no parts of what?

- Look this, it's

nothing like that at all.

- Then what is it? Why'd you come

here like the town?

What do you mean? I came

here for Kelly's funeral.

- Really? 'cause you were certain

that you had no plans when

you pulled a g*n on me.

- No. I said I didn't

wanna come here with you.

Get your facts straight. Are

- You running from the cops?

- Am sorry? Is this an

interrogation? Sergeant Boatwright?

Because if so, I'm gonna need my lawyer.

- Fort is dead.

Alexis,

yeah.

The Coast guards found her floating in the

river this morning.

Now I'm gonna need you

to tell me the truth

- And you and your little

girlfriend think I k*lled her.

I ain't got nothing to say to you. I am

- Trying

- To help you.

No. Now you trying to help me.

You left me in this church when it was a

g*n to my head.

You left me. I was scared.

- Is that what you wanted to hear?

I I I was a scared little

boy who pissed my pants.

Does that make you feel better?

- I'm sorry. I

- See you next time. See, see you

- Man.

- Thank you. You're welcome.

- Hey, hey,

minister Boatright, right?

Yeah. Yeah.

My aunt, she lost

her pocketbook here.

She's worse than me.

Always losing things that belong to her.

But she sent me to come

collect it for her.

- Oh wow. I haven't seen it.

But you are welcome to

come and check if you want.

Is that all right? Yeah. Come

on. Come on in. Thanks. Yeah.

- Hey, Peters, what you got for me?

- Maybe we should check under

the pews. I will my back. Oh,

- It's kind of, well, you might be right.

It might be not.

- I don't see.

- Hey, Carla's the son, he

headed over to the church.

So open the door for some youth

that are performing on Sunday.

You may still be over there.

Is everything all right?

- Oh, no, no, no. Everything's okay. Yeah.

Just trying to catch up with

'em, that's all. Yeah. Alright.

- All right, now.

- Thank you. Thank you very much.

Hey David, listen, I need

you to send a car over

to 4 1 4 4 Gray.

Yes. Yes. Send it over to

my God Son's church. Tony.

Sergeant Tony Boatwright.

I need you to hold him once

you're there. Hold him.

And the young lady that's

accompanying him. Alexis Miles.

Yes. Hold them both.

Do not let them leave.

- Alexis. That drop is a setup.

Manny still has the

trafficking ring floor set.

Set y'all up. Listen, they're

not expecting drugs. Come.

- Hold on. Bunny star.

I I can't, I can't hear you.

You're, you're breaking up.

Bunny. Bunny. Don't go to the drop. Look.

I, I was just calling to tell

you to leave a little early

because there's construction all on 94.

It's a setup. Don't go

to the drop floor. Set us

- Up.

So that's all I was calling to say.

- Hello, bunny. Hold on.

Don't feel lost. Hello Bunny.

- Hi, Alexis.

Or should I say Star?

Your mother always thought you turned out

to be somebody special.

Too bad she's not here to see it.

I hear through the grapevine

that you're gearing up to come see me.

That's a good 'cause I've missed you.

I I'm gonna rip your heart out.

I can't wait.

- Tony, Tony, I gotta go

to Tony.

Tony.

Tony.

- Twin.

- So,

so how I,

where you are

high the sky

so high, like

and the sky.

Twingo, twa go lit

to star how I one.

Where

- You

- Twinkle t twinkle my little star.

Willie, what you doing?

Put your g*n down.

Okay. Put the g*n down Star.

- Okay. Okay. Okay.

- Now kick it away please.

I've been looking all over for you

and you weren't returning

any of my phone calls.

- I'm sorry. I've been busy. Willie

- Busy, busy with him.

- No, no.

I had a family emergency. That's it.

- Your friend Kelly.

I, I'm so sorry. I heard all about that.

I'm sorry you had to go through that.

- Thank you, Willie.

- I wish I didn't have to go

through all this, you know,

but you weren't calling me back.

And that poodle, witch florist,

she would not share your address with me.

But I showed her, I showed her

sleeping with the fishes.

Oh, she's sleeping with the fishes.

I've been trying to

tell you the good news.

I bought us a house.

Oh yeah. It's right in

the middle of nowhere.

In the woods. Nice and

quiet. Just you and me.

And don't worry, I left a little bit

of money in the account

for the wife and the kids.

- That, that is so good,

Willie. Yeah. Yeah.

That is so, so good.

I got an idea.

- Okay.

- How

about you let him go?

We just let him go

and then we can talk about the house,

- Our future.

No, no, no,

no, no.

I like my plan better.

Heard about some really good stuff.

A way for us to spice it up again

so we can get back on track.

This is where it all happened, right?

With your grandmother

and your mom. Hold. Oh,

I want him to watch.

Come lay on the pallet

star.

Come lay down.

- Okay. Okay.

You're gonna take good show.

- How dare you, dare you

dare you coming to the house

of the Lord with this, this, this.

You just get outta here.

Just get outta here.

I ain't got the money. I just can't.

I just came here to ask

my mama for it, you know?

'cause you know the church be

having money up here, right?

- Fish drives on the real man.

- I, I could go get the money.

I could go get the money

for it right now. Right now.

- Hello?

- Is anybody here? Crack

hay, crack hay, crack hay.

They think that can do whatever the

hell they want. Do what Hell

- They want do.

- Take my daughter, mama. Take her.

She's still a virgin. She'll

get you a lot of money.

Take her baby.

- Let goat

You are crazy.

I crazy.

- What did you do? Get

back. Let me get back.

Stay with me. Stay with me. Tony.

Tony, baby.

I need to bus to four. 1 4, 4 Great street

immediately, baby.

No. Stay with me. Stay

with me. Stay with me.

I didn't run.

- I love you

- Alexis. I love you too. Tony.

- Thank you all for coming.

I'm Detective Thomas.

On behalf of the Detroit Police Department

and the Wayne County Prosecuting

Office, I am confident

to say that we are all elated

about the verdict today.

Manny Caro has had a long,

extensive violent receipt

over the city of Detroit

and across the state of

Michigan, including many cities

that dates back decades.

We are satisfied with the outcome

of life without the possibility of parole.

- Chastity Lewis with WJD News

after his deadly rampage decades ago,

Manny Carve was considered rehabilitated,

let out only to re-offend.

So will there be changes

to the parole process

or should we expect to be

back here again in five years?

- Our officers spoke out

fervently against the release

of Manny Caro back then,

but the parole board deemed otherwise.

Although I do believe

the committee thought

that they were making the

right decision at the time.

And I'm a firm believer that

there are many, many inmates

that deserve the fair chance

and a spot at receiving parole.

I have personally put an

inquiry in, into the evaluation

of the parole process.

- Look, the fact is we

can't go back in the past.

All we can do is make

changes moving forward.

I would like to thank

the countless detectives

for their hours of service.

The witnesses that took the

stand, and attorney Gaines

and his team for fighting

hard these past weeks

to get us the victory we have today.

One of Manny Caro's, many victims

will now give a statement.

Some of you may know her

from Caro's first trial.

We wouldn't be here

with these results today

without her brave testimony.

After her statement. There

will be no questions.

I'm sure you can respect that.

- You ready?

- Yes.

- On April 26th, 2007,

on a Thursday night, my mother

and my grandmother were

k*lled in front of me

and my friends by Manny Caro.

Then he took me. And

for 33 days I was

r*ped, beaten,

and tortured by more than 50 men

and women, including manning car

for decades.

I, I blamed myself.

I thought maybe if I didn't resist

Manny,

maybe my family would still be alive

and that my friends wouldn't have to live

with the crippling fear

that we all felt that night.

So all this time I have been hating myself

and have been expressing that hate through

drugs, liquor, sex,

and self harm.

I wanted to die,

but I learned something.

I learned something in these eight months.

I learned it through, through

therapy, through church,

through AA meetings,

and through people who genuinely love me.

I learned that you can

conquer anything with love,

that include loving myself,

thank you to everybody

who loved me, even when

I didn't love myself.

And to Tony Boatright,

thank you so much

for risking your life for me.

I have done some terrible

things in my life,

but I learned that if

I want to be forgiven,

that I must also forgive.

I forgive. I can't carry

y'all of that no more.

And I pray that Manny

Caro, while sitting in his cell,

could also ask God for forgiveness.

Thank you,

- Alexis.

- I'm so proud of you, Sasha.

I'm sorry I left

because I was just in pain.

I didn't trust you or anybody,

but I am so sorry for turning on you

and for hurting you.

- You don't need to apologize.

I'm sorry for projecting my hurt onto you.

Life just was making me so angry.

I just, I just didn't realize

how much we both needed to be loved.

I love you. I love you.

- Me, I said, all right,

now I'm gonna head on back

to the house and make

sure everything is good

before everyone starts coming over.

No, you already know me

and Sasha, we already

cleaned up the house.

Now how you gonna start going over there?

Preparing for your own retirement party?

Oh, well I hope too. I,

I wash the dishes dear.

Oh, well thank you for telling me that.

I'm gonna have to rewash all my dishes.

Damn, Carl, look, you mean

to tell me you let a

crack head wash my dishes.

I'm three months clean. You

know, ma'am, I am so proud

of you, Jasmine.

Yeah. Amen. And you know

what? I'm proud of you too.

Yep. But like I said,

y'all have two things

and Yeah, I'm gonna, yeah.

Anyway, I'm gonna go ahead and hand

and want food with and all that stuff.

I have to my sh*t. Stop by.

You supposed to be resting.

- I know, but I wanted to

take you somewhere special

before we head to Miss Carlos.

- But what about No, don't worry about it.

Just meet us there. Okay? Just

meet us there. I'm gonna go.

We will just meet you there.

Meet us there. Come on girls.

We gonna get outta here. See

y'all. What are y'all? See you.

- She said meet him there.

- What's up with that?

- Mm, come on.

- Okay. You just be careful, please. Okay.

I'm good. Good. You just

keep, that's just hard headed.

Be fine. What are you doing?

- I'm just come, I'm trying

to take you somewhere nice.

- I'm telling you, if you make me fall,

- How? I'm the one with the cane.

- Exactly.

- Just come on.

Just keep on coming. Come

- On another

- Nope.

Come on. I got you.

- Okay.

- Alright.

Come up right there. Okay.

- Okay.

- Okay. Take off your blindfold.

- This is for you.

- I love you. I've always

loved you since the fifth grade

and I thank God that he

brought you back into my life.

You've always been my dream,

even when I was awake.

So Alexis Miles,

roses are red, violence on blue.

And I would love spending

the rest of my life with you.

- That was so cheesy. But absolutely

- What I do

- Because I need your help.

- This ain't over

- Yet. Okay? Whoa.

Look, they can never keep me down going.

And if I ever fail the snow,

I'll go again. I never quit.

'cause I know that everybody

lost me lead to another wind.

I'm going up.

I bet when I land they gonna

tell me 'cause luck again.

See that I'm winning in his heart

of the watch, I sat in the stage.

You should keep in my

pride. You ain't got a soul.

You lacking the spirit.

You talk out your neck.

I'm gonna show you I'm with.

I'll be really happy for you

to sit and watch me win again

and win again and win again.

I know it's probably getting

on me and win a synonym.

So if I ever win a Guinness, nobody,

the minimum, I didn't have to sell soul.

Please don't play no games with me.

They was never about to fame

to me. It needed the best.

So they came to me. Who the

best in thing? Tell them me.

Tell them who fire. Say

get me. Who make it flip.

Make it bang. Get me who

make the party. Tell them

- Fluent.

Speak my right back.

With all these things I still have

I home.

I know I away. I know I living wrong.

- I gotta, I gotta

XI gotta, I gotta let them know

that I need them in my life.

I gotta from it.

I gotta from it,

I'm taking back my life.

I'm giving it to, I need them.

- Life phones been ringing.

It's my girl away. They really miss me.

Having seening.

Really wanna have, wanna

good all the time.

He wanna take me up. But I

know as song as I'm lying,

- I, I,

I it, I gotta know that I,

in my life, I gotta,

I'm giving it through

my life.

I gotta let it go.

I gotta go.

I go, I know

that I life.

I gotta let it go.

I gotta let it go.

I gotta go. I gotta let that I,

- Until there's no more.