04x04 - Obsession

[bunniefuu]

Zac, I'm doing this for you and your partners.

-You should be here to help. -But I gotta go in.

[sighs] God...

[Zac]Previously on Zatima...

I took a life.

That sh*t's heavy.

If you don't get this together, you gonna do something

and you gonna say something

gonna get both of us locked up for a long time.

You went over there and played Geek Squad?

Yeah.

-Wow, she's playing you. -What?

Here, I brought salmon croquettes.

Deja, what the hell are you doing here?

Get out!

She's my date.

Zac, you better handle this before I do.

Handle what? Baby, I'm a guest.

A guest I'm about to put out?

Oh, baby. Baby.

[Preston] Hey, look, I'm sorry.

I didn't know there was a problem between y'all.

Ain't no problem.

Just a wh*re I'm about to knock out from being in my house.

[Deja] Please don't let her get me.

Pregnant women be taking their prenatal vitamins

and they are strong as hell.

Baby, baby, you can't be

fighting everybody while you're pregnant.

Zac, she's in my house.

Okay, just calm down.

Calm down?

Zac, you probably shouldn't have said that.

Calm down. Is that what you're saying?

No, I didn't-- I didn't--

I didn't say-- I said, calm down.

I can't even think of nothin', man.

This is too much.

No, look, it's fine.

I don't go where I'm not wanted.

Yes, you do.

All the time.

Okay, well, let me ask my date.

Preston, do you want me to leave?

It ain't your choice, b*tch.

Baby, baby, please.

-Zac-- -I got it, okay? I got it.

Deja.

Yes, Zachy?

I'm getting my g*n.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. No, no, no.

I got it. I got it.

Relax.

Deja, Fatima does not want you here.

Okay?

We don't want you here.

Fatima's pregnant. I don't need her stressed out.

So I'm going to have to ask you to leave.

Hey, look, I'm sorry, Fatima.

I didn't know.

[Deja] You know what? It's fine.

I guess I don't have a choice.

No, you don't.

Well, I wanted to tell you about my doula services tonight,

but since I have to go, I'll just...go.

Wait a minute.

Doula?

You're a doula?

Yeah.

I done helped with a lot of births.

Really?

Yeah.

And I've been looking for one.

What's a doula?

They provide emotional support and advocacy during the birth.

And they're good, especially for women of color,

because doctors don't take our pain seriously.

Yeah, but I ain't never heard of no stripper doula.

[Fatima] Right.

Well, I was gonna tell you all about it,

but since you're kicking me out, I don't have a choice to go.

I guess you can stay.

-Really? -[Fatima] For Preston.

Yay!

I think we're gonna need an extra chair.

Oh, don't even worry about it.

I'll just sit on somebody's lap.

Get you a little strip show with the dinner.

Who wants that?

-Zac? -[Zac] I got it, I got it.

* Love ain't perfect But we still workin' *

* Ain't gonna be what we see on TV *

* But it's damn sure worth it Uh-huh *

* Love ain't perfect But we still workin' *

* Don't gotta be what we see on IG *

* 'Cause we still worth it Uh-huh *

* Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah *

* Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do *

* We still workin' *

Thanks for putting this together, Fatima.

No problem.

My girl is growing a whole human and working full time.

She's amazing.

She doesn't have to work full time, though.

Zac.

-I'm just saying. -I love my job.

[Zac] I know you do.

sh**t, that place about to be

Benson, Jones, Leland, and Taylor soon.

Well, that is the plan.

Well...

I wish you were a property attorney.

I mean, well, I have some of my network.

What do you guys need?

Oh, well, Preston has a lead

on a commercial property in Alpharetta, so.

Well, that's great.

Yeah, it's great, but the only problem

is we're already hitting roadblocks.

Well, roadblocks come with the territory.

That's true, but it's gonna be a lot tougher

getting into this commercial space.

Why?

Look at us.

Oh, uh-uh. You know what?

It's probably old white men who got old white money

who just hating on y'all because y'all young,

sexy, and fine.

No, but there is, there are

discriminatory practices in real estate.

Yeah, there are.

And it gets really bad in commercial.

What?

Like mafia-like stuff.

-What?! -[Bryce] What?

You said it was discrimination,

but you ain't never say no mafia sh*t.

Well, they go hand in hand.

Basically, these properties

and territories are owned by certain people.

And if they don't want us in there,

they can keep us out.

Oh, that's not what this country was founded on.

The hell it ain't.

It is and has been.

Like, what are you talking about?

[Bryce] No, I mean, we're hardworking.

Zac, you are the hardest-working person I know.

Yeah, he is.

Yeah.

Came from nothing.

Had a rough start,

but you pulled yourself up by your bootstraps.

-Oh, whoa... -Wait a minute.

I know you didn't just bootstraps my man.

No, I'm just, I'm saying that he's hardworking

and he's making all the right moves,

so he shouldn't fall into this racism cry.

-[Zac] Oh! -Okay.

I got it.

Let me tell you something, Bryce.

He's not on some racism cry, as you so eloquently put it.

Look.

Zac can't go into things thinking that the way he looks

doesn't factor into things.

And yes, he does work

ten times harder than everyone else.

Because he has to to make strides as the people

who try to keep him down.

Now, discrimination in real estate is a real thing.

But so is discrimination everywhere.

But when you ignore it, that's the problem.

[pop] Oh, [trills]!

Shut up, Deja.

What? I'm agreeing with you.

Damn.

It's like playing chess, Bryce.

We know what we're up against,

so we know the right moves to make.

Okay.

Yeah, um, I never thought of it like that.

And I'm sorry, Zac.

I didn't mean to dismiss your and Preston's concerns.

It's cool, bro.

Thanks.

Hey, look, I sent in our proof of funds.

Hopefully they won't drag their feet on getting us an LOI.

Oh, we gonna get that property.

That's right.

I know that's right.

Manifest that sh*t.

And, um, I'll help you guys find a lawyer.

Because you guys definitely need the right person in your corner.

Thank you.

Hey, look, let's toast to our first business venture

being successful

and to our next one being even bigger and better.

And to the new baby.

[Zac] That's right.

It's my baby having my baby.

Yes!

Cheers.

Salud.

Oh, what the f*ck?

That sh*t, what is this sh*t?

This sh*t tastes like mud.

Do you have anything stronger?

It's a $ Merlot.

It was bottled in a small castle on top

of a mountain in the southeast of Italy.

It's premiere, it's award winning,

it's a fantastic addition to any dinner party.

Take this sh*t back to Italy.

Somebody get her some Hennessy, please.

We ain't got no Hennessy in here.

Oh, Preston, this gumbo is amazing.

That's actually my granny's recipe.

I'ma need Granny's recipe, okay?

-[Preston] I got you. -[laughs]

Uh-uh. You got your own man, babe.

Share his recipes. Stay away from mine.

Wait, Deja, we are not dating.

I'm just teaching you how to...

You ain't gotta teach me how to ride no--

Horses!

It's horses.

I mean, honestly, y'all do make a cute couple.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Right? We do, don't we?

But your boy Preston over here is emotionally unavailable.

Ain't that right, Preston?

Right. Look, I make it very clear.

I'm just focused on my work.

Well, lucky for me,

emotionally unavailable is just my type.

What'd you say? You make it very clear, Preston?

Yeah, that's right. I don't play about feelings.

I'm emotionally unavailable, too.

You are?

Yeah, I am.

She made that very clear.

Okay, well, I'm not coming over tomorrow

to change the air filters.

What? Why not?

[Bryce] Because I...

I...

Because I'm doing stuff for you,

because I care about you and because I love you.

That was not the response I was...

Sorry, man. I forgot.

I don't know anymore.

So you're just being nice to me so that you can trick me

into being in a relationship?

No, I'm trying to show you my value, Angela.

See, this is why I don't f*ck with men on no deep sh*t,

because every time you have some secret hidden agenda...

Ugh.

[Zac] Angela, you know you ain't right

asking this n*gga to do nothin' for you.

He lovesick!

I didn't ask him to be lovesick.

You don't gotta ask him. He just is.

I have love pneumonia.

[Zac] Stop. Just stop.

Everything you do has to have strings attached to it.

Why can't you just do things

out of the kindness of your heart?

I...

[Fatima] Bryce.

Look, you shouldn't have agreed

to be her friend if you couldn't be just that.

Okay, yeah, you're right, Fatima.

[Angela] You damn right she right.

I don't owe you sh*t, Bryce.

Okay, you don't. I'm sorry.

[Zac] Why are you apologizing?

[Fatima] Zac...

Okay. Okay.

Look, I'm sorry too, okay?

I guess I was taking advantage of you doing things for me,

but you should know, Bryce, I'm not looking for a relationship.

Yeah. Yeah, no, I get it.

This sh*t depressing. Give me the wine back.

[Preston] Honestly, it can be hard,

but it shouldn't be depressing.

No, this is some real sh*t.

Relationships are tough,

and if they're not true, it can be tougher.

Whew.

I'm so happy what we have is real, huh, Preston?

Real teacher-student type of real.

For now.

Forever.

[Deja] For now.

Girl, he don't want you, okay?

[sighs]

Look, the only reason you still here

is because you said you was a doula.

A what?

And where did you get your certification from anyway?

Yeah.

Um.

Um.

You do know you have to be certified to be a doula.

[Deja] Oh! [laughs nervously]

You are certified, right?

Yeah, I mean, listen,

I covered a lot of births, okay?

Every time a girl at work goes into labor on her shifts,

I'm right there to hold her hand.

We breathing. [pants]

Take your breaths, b*tch.

Just... [pants] do breathe, breathe,

breathe, b*tch! Come on, breathe!

All the way until the ambulance come.

So much so that my nickname off the stage

has become Doula!

-Zac? -Got it.

Get out my house before I pull her lungs out her chest.

Oh.

Okay.

This has been fun, but dinner's over.

Deja, you gotta go.

Well, I just finish my food, then.

No.

Okay, well, I'm drinking wine.

Y'all ain't even eat my salmon croquettes!

Is that what that was?

I thought they were coasters.

What?

It's time to head out.

Yes, it is.

Fatima, you need me to stay and help clean up?

No.

Me and Zac can handle it, girl.

Besides, you and Bryce need to talk.

-Yeah. -[Bryce] Yeah.

See you at work.

Thank you, baby.

There you go.

-You good? -Yeah.

Okay. All right.

Thank you.

[indistinct chatter]

[creepy music]

Hey, am I gonna have to go into hiding to get rid of her?

Nah, you...

What? Come on!

I need a ridin' session tonight.

Come on! I'm ready to ride some horses!

[neighs obnoxiously]

Bring your a*s! Bye, Zac.

I'm lying.

He gonna need everything to get rid of her.

[ominous music]

Why did she steal my family...

my friends...

My family.

My friends!

Every time, Fatima! [screams]

Okay.

[upbeat music]

[phone buzzing]

Hello?

Malachi?

Leslie?

Yeah, it's me.

Leslie, what do you want?

I just called to check on you, big head.

Leslie.

Look, you can at least be cordial.

I didn't do anything to deserve you being mean to me.

I'm not being mean.

We broke up six months ago.

I know that.

How did you get this number?

I don't understand why we can't just be friends.

[Malachi]Leslie.

I gave you my best years!

Stop yelling.

Okay, I'm sorry.

Look, why can't you just be nice to me?

We can't even have a nice conversation?

Leslie.

I just wanna talk.

Well, I don't.

Because of her?

Leslie!

[Leslie]Wow.

It's really because of her.

I gave you time to think.

I gave you time to be alone.

And yet we still are here months later?

That's f*cking pathetic.

[horn honking]

Where are you?

[unsettling music]

[tense, pulsating music]

I see you got new rims.

Leslie, what the hell do you want?

Whoa.

I want you, baby.

I want us back.

Leslie.

Yes, Malachi?

Are you...you're...

Pregnant?

Yes.

How?

The birds and the bees, silly.

Leslie, you can't be pregnant.

Oh, well I am, Malachi.

It's not mine.

Why would you say something like that?

That's not my baby.

Yes, it is.

See, I know something's wrong with you.

That's not my damn baby.

I can't believe you would say something like that.

I never cheated on you, Malachi.

I can't have kids.

What?

That's not my baby 'cause I can't have kids.

What do you mean you can't have kids?

See, see? You stuttering and sh*t.

I knew I should have left your crazy a*s alone.

No, wait.

Look, don't touch me.

Well, you can't leave me!

Stop.

Look, let's calm down, okay?

You are the father.

This is everything we wanted.

This is why we are together.

No.

We were together because...

Because what?

Say it.

I don't want to hurt you.

Just go.

So, you really not going to be here for the baby?

Stop. That's not my baby.

Why can't this miracle be yours?

-Go! -No!

We are at the FBI office.

You should go.

For real.

I'm not leaving.

I don't care what happens.

You want to have me locked up?

That's fine. Baby daddy.

Don't call me that.

-It's your baby. -It's not.

Why can't this miracle baby be yours?

Huh? Huh?

Because I'm not her?

Oh sh*t.

What?

You got your hair like hers.

You don't like it?

You're dressed like her too.

Look, look, baby, okay?

I can be her for you.

I know you're in love with Fatima,

but she doesn't love you.

I love you and I'm here with our baby.

I need to get it tested.

Okay. Okay. I can get the baby tested.

In the womb. I'll pay for it.

What?

I'm not waiting for this baby to be born to find out.

I'll take you to get it tested.

In the womb.

Okay, well, I didn't know you could do that.

Yeah.

You really think I cheated on you,

my little guy?

Leslie, this is not the time to talk about this.

[sighs] Oh my God.

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

I'm giving you everything, okay?

I'm giving you a child.

No.

Stop telling me no!

Why can't we be together?

Huh?

Why are you treating me like this?

Please, baby.

Please.

-Leslie, get off of me! -Oh! Wait! Oh no!

-Oh sh*t. -[Leslie] Oh my god.

Leslie.

Something happened to the baby.

-Come on, get up. -Wait, no, I can't.

I'll call the ambulance.

No.

Can't you just take me home?

-Leslie, no. -Why?

You just gonna let me lose the baby?

I don't care. That's not my baby.

Malachi, stop!

Please!

Please, Malachi!

Oh no!

Ow!

Ow!

Ow!

Ow!

Ow!

Ow, Malachi!

The baby! The baby!

We're gonna lose it!

You're gonna lose your baby!

Ow!

Ow, Malachi!

[unsettling music]

[crickets chirping]

[unsettling music]

* I think I like it here *

* I love it a little *

* All the attention *

* All the addiction *

* Somewhere in the middle *

* Trust me Trust me *

* Let me in *

* And my face on your brain *

* Too long when I'm rollin' up *

[moaning]

That feels so good...

-[Zac] Mm-hmm. -Mm.

[Zac] Mm-hmm.

[sighs]

[Zac] Mm-hm-hm-hm.

[sighs, moans]

[moans, sighs]

[Zac] Mm-hm-hm...

* We gonna take it real slow... *

Zac.

What you doing?

I can't see your face.

Are you serious right now?

I like to see your face.

Stop! Get up.

No, don't stop. Don't stop.

I'm just playing. I'm just playing.

-Let me finish. -No, Zac. I'm done.

It's a wrap. Get up.

-For real? -Yes!

You don't know when to joke.

Damn, man.

[indistinct]

I'm trying.

You have. Thank you.

You alright?

What?

I thought pregnant women were supposed to be,

like, extra horny.

Some are and some aren't.

And you are...

Zac, I'm just tired. It's been a long day.

You mad 'cause I didn't help?

What?

Are you mad 'cause I went to the office and I didn't help?

Well...

Come on. Say it.

Yes, Zac.

I'm mad that you went to the office.

sh*t.

Look, you didn't tell me you were going ahead of time.

I didn't like that.

I forgot. Okay?

I forgot Preston was gonna meet me.

Well, Preston needs to respect your time off.

That's the thing, babe.

I don't have no time off.

Zac, yes you do.

You make your own schedule.

Yeah, and because I make my own schedule,

I don't have no time off.

Babe, if I don't hustle, we don't eat.

Zac, yes we will.

Okay.

I'm not saying you don't contribute.

Yes, we will eat.

I'm just saying that the grind don't got no clock.

Why do you keep talking in cliches?

I just...

Look, all I'm saying is...

I'm gonna have to put in more hours.

Saturdays, Sundays, late nights.

Like...

Perfect timing for that.

Come on, don't do that.

Don't do what?

That. That guilt sh*t.

Don't do that to me.

I ain't doing nothing.

Yes, you are.

If you feel guilty, then you're guilty.

Damn, Fatima.

I'm just trying to build, babe.

Zac, you're building something here too.

I don't want to have to choose.

Babe, I'm not asking you to choose.

I'm just asking you to make time and make a commitment.

Damn, you don't think I'm committed to you and the baby?

I didn't say that.

'Cause this big-a*s ring staring me in my face

is definitely screaming, like, "commitment."

-Boy, shut up. -[chuckles]

Zac, I'm just saying, keep your promises

and make time for your family.

What?

We're gonna be a family.

We are.

Yeah, I want to be here for that.

Right?

You know what?

What?

Tomorrow's all about you.

Really?

Yes.

All about me?

Yes.

What's going on?

I'm letting my phone pass away.

RIP to my phone.

So nobody can get in contact with me.

For real?

This way it's just me and you,

and this little one.

I like that.

-You like that? -Mm-hmm.

Do you know what else you're going to like?

[both chuckling]

Zac, what are you doing?

What are you doing?

Come on, let me finish!

Come here and kiss these lips instead.

Come here.

[murmuring, giggling]

[Fatima moans]

Oh, my God.

[Fatima & Zac moan]

-Zac... -[Zac]Oh, yes, yes...

Oh, boy.

Come here.

Kiss these lips and stay.

[Fatima & Zac cl*max]

Kiss these lips and stay, Zac.

[crickets chirping]

[echoy, indistinct voices]

-You were scared! -I was not scared!

I was playing with y'all.

You really thought I was scared?

Playing?

Michael, you think he was playing?

-See? -He didn't say no.

[laughs]

Okay, I wasn't scared. Maybe I was a little startled.

-Come on. -No, Zac, look.

What?

What the f*ck?

Zachary Taylor, we are from social services.

[Zac] So what y'all doing here?

What the f*ck is that?

It's a court order for us

to come and remove Michael from your home.

[chuckles] That's bullshit.

You can try.

You're going to have to call for backup because I can tell

you right now these two ain't gonna be enough.

Sir, we can do this the easy way or the hard way.

Did you not hear what the f*ck I just said?

[Fatima] Zac. Wait, wait, wait, Zac.

You ain't got enough here to take my son from me.

He's mine.

Baby... who is Patricia?

I don't know, why?

Zac, do you trust me?

Yeah, but don't tell me I gotta do anything they talking about.

Do you trust me?

Yes.

Tell him goodbye for now.

What?

What does that say?

It says that they have the right to temporarily take him.

Look, don't show him the man

that you don't want him to become.

And furthermore, don't give them

a reason to k*ll you in front of them.

Michael.

Hey.

[tense, pulsating music] [birds chirping]

What's up, man? Hey, listen to me.

I need you to go with Daddy's friends real quick.

All right?

It's not gonna be long.

It's gonna be fun.

Like a little vacation.

All right?

And I promise you, look at me.

Look at me.

I promise you.

I'm coming to get you.

-All right? -Okay.

[exhales]

Get ahead, Mike.

[Fatima] It's okay.

[tense, pulsating music]

[Zac] f*ck.

f*ck!

-[pants] -[Fatima] Baby...

You okay?

You have a bad dream?

Yeah.

I wish it was.

Oh, come here.

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