Betray (2023)

[bunniefuu]

All I ask is tell me straight.

Well, the knee is healing,

but this time the damage

is worse than we anticipated.

Okay, so longer rehab?

Another procedure, what you thinking?

I'm gonna be honest with you, Joel.

The condition of your knee

continues to deteriorate.

Look, this is your third incident.

Another injury, and you risk major issues

that are, well, irreversible.

- Hey.

- I'm not in the mood

right now, babe.

What's wrong?

Nothing, man, just not in a good mood.

Of course, Joel.

Look, I just got told

I can't play ball no

more since I tore my knee

for the f*cking third time, all right?

- You good?

- Look, I'm just asking you

to communicate.

And why you acting like this my fault?

Candace, ain't nobody acting like.

Look, I'm just not in

a good mood right now.

Can you please chill on me, damn.

Whatever.

Whatever.

Ooh.

- Hey.

- Hey, girl.

Deon.

What?

She was just wondering

who the hell that was

keeping up all that noise.

Hey.

What's up?

All right.

Mm-hm.

You coming to pick me up later?

Yeah, why wouldn't I?

I'll holler at y'all later.

Mm.

So why is he driving your car?

He wouldn't say.

But he don't never like driving my car

unless he trying to stay low-key.

- Mm.

- Be glad you ain't got

them problems with your man.

Yeah right.

What's that supposed to mean?

Girl.

I don't know, it's like Joel bald-head-a*s

can't read the room, or something.

He got this blind optimism and,

I don't know, I hate to be

the one to tell him the truth

'cause then it's just gonna look like

I'm not supporting him.

This about him playing ball?

Yes.

So he cleared to play?

No, like he pretty much

told him that his career is over.

But he still don't get it.

He brushed me off yesterday,

everything, like wouldn't

even talk about it.

What?

I mean, it just seem like

you got first-world problems.

And what's that supposed to mean?

Look, take Deon for example.

I'm spoiled, I get what I

want, he treat me good, okay.

But like on the other side,

we all know he in them streets.

And the streets don't bring

nothing but police and females.

And you cool with that?

b*tch, I grew up in the

project with four siblings.

He keep my bills paid, I ain't

gotta spend my own money.

I'm good.

- Mm.

- What?

b*tch, you can judge me all you want to

but at the end of the day,

you ain't got none of them

problems with your man

and you still unhappy.

Okay, first of all,

I'm not unhappy.

I'm frustrated.

I mean, I can understand if

he was still playing for the NBA

or something, but he out playing

in something dust-a*s

country where don't nobody

even speak English, mind you.

For money when he could

be using his degree here,

working a real job, and have

his a*s home every night.

Look, that's your house.

It is not mine.

But it sound like you need

to tell him how you feel.

What you gonna do, bro?

Man, I don't even know, fam.

And to be honest, fool, I'm scared as hell.

I mean, about all I know, bro.

I don't know, it's just so unfair, fool.

Like, bro, I got drafted outta Lane.

Remember that sh*t like

it was yesterday, bro.

Feeling like we done

beat all the odds, man.

Then blow my damn knee.

Out the league before

I was even in it, bro.

I ain't no motivational

speaker or nothing, bro.

Why don't you twist this into a positive?

A positive?

Man, I mean, what the hell

can be positive about this?

Bro, EG say he gonna retire every year.

Why you don't see if you

can get a spot on his staff?

Coaching fam?

I ain't got the patience for coaching, bro.

You don't know until you try.

If you can't play it, teach it.

I mean, you was a star at Lane, bro.

You'd be a shoe-in for that job.

Plus, you'll still be around the game.

Bro, if life hand you

lemons, make lemonade.

Front door.

- Hey.

- What's up?

It'll be done in a minute.

All right, cool.

I'm gonna take a shower real quick.

- Okay.

- All right.

Mm-mm-mm!

Why you so extra?

I'm sorry about yesterday.

Sorry about what?

After your appointment,

I should've respected your space.

Nah, I was being an as*h*le.

I mean, look, you said it, not me.

And you should've been a comedian.

Stopped by Lane today, hollered at coach.

Okay.

Of course he was mad

'cause I ain't stopped by

and seen him in a while

since I got drafted, but.

He offered me a job to

ride with him on the trail

to see if it was something I was into.

I told him I'd give it a try.

I mean, I figured if I can't play the game,

being around it is close enough.

Told him I'd see if it's

something that I'm interested in.

What you think about it?

I mean, you already know

how I feel about that.

Like I much prefer you do

something that has you home more.

But by all means, don't let me hinder you.

But I mean, this ain't me

playing ball overseas, babe.

I'm, I'm right here.

I'm here.

So you don't, you don't want me to do it?

I.

I want you to do whatever makes you happy.

That's it.

- Are you asleep?

- Mm-hm.

- Seriously?

- No, I'm not in the mood

right now, babe.

Not in the mood?

Joel, I'm cramping, okay?

Candace.

Candace.

I'm headed out.

It's time to go?

Yep.

- Okay.

- All right.

- I love you.

- Love you too.

You scared or something?

I ain't gonna bite ya.

Nope.

Just didn't know anybody was here.

She going to holler at

her folks for a second.

They don't like me, so.

I'm chilling till she get back.

Mm.

So let me guess, you

need her car again, huh?

Nosey, ain't we?

No.

Just attentive.

So what your man gonna do?

Since he can't play ball no more?

Oh, just like you.

I pay attention.

So what is it that you do anyway?

What you mean?

I mean, Stephanie seems

to be giving you all the tea

about me but sis ain't never

gave me a straight answer

about whatever it is that you do.

I'm just a businessman.

Yeah, right.

If your man looking for

work, tell him holler at me.

I got connects everywhere.

No thank you.

- Coach.

- Ronald.

Long time no see, man, how's it been going?

Good man, sometimes

you can't choose the road

life takes you.

Yeah, you right about that.

Well, as you might know this right here is-

- This is, man, you kidding me?

Gotta get out there and

show 'em how to play.

Ah, I would but these knees

won't let me no more.

I understand, brother.

So is this the guy you

called me here to see?

It's the one, he's a hell of a player.

Not a single D1 offer.

Yeah, I just,

I just don't wanna see the

kid go to waste, ya know?

You've got a great history

of getting these boys

to the next level.

Yeah, no doubt about that.

I'll tell you what, let's go

out here so I can meet him.

- Let's go.

- All right.

Jamari!

- This here's Coach EG.

- Jamari!

Coach EG, your coach here

was just telling me about ya.

Yeah, so I see ya working

on your game out there.

- You looking good so far.

- Thank you.

I'm just trying to improve

my dribbling a little bit.

Oh yeah, that's what it's all about.

That's how ya get better.

So what you think?

Pretty good player.

No, I'm talking about this

coaching and recruiting.

I ain't gonna lie, Coach.

I'd much rather be playing.

But seeing that kid

excited for an opportunity,

something felt right about it, you know?

So what's your wife think?

You know, you spend a

lot of time in that gym

and on the road.

Yeah, I've been a baller

since she met me though.

This ain't nothing new for her.

I got a good woman, Coach.

When the Hawks let me

go, she encouraged me.

When I played ball

overseas, she supported me.

I'm sure she'll be behind

me on this one too.

All right, well, that's

what I like to hear,

'cause I only got a couple more years

left in me at the most.

My doctor told me that my

health condition was getting worse

and it's messing with my stress levels.

So I'd rather pass the baton on to somebody

who loves this school.

Somebody who ain't gonna

run when things get tough.

'Cause the boys deserve it, you know?

We get all the leftover

recruits that nobody else wanted.

With half the budget of a D1 school.

So you gotta have skin in

the game to coach here.

So who better you have to

pass the baton on then to you?

You got it?

- Yeah girl, I got it.

- All right then, girl.

I'mma, I'mma see you in a

couple of weeks, all right?

- Look, two weeks now.

- All right, I gotta,

I gotta run, I gotta go

get these nails done.

- And be on time.

- I promise!

- Take it easy.

- All right.

Hello?

All right, I'll be out in a minute.

Girl, I thought you had a four o'clock.

No show.

Don't worry, I just text

everybody and told them

they gotta run me half

before they even book me.

Girl, that was my last one,

so I'm fixing to get ready to head out.

I'm right behind you.

I'm just fixin' to run this

trash out,.

Yo, where she at?

She took the trash out back.

Yeah.

Stephanie!

Yeah.

I'm gone.

Okay.

- You ready?

- Mm.

Let's ride.

Damn, girl, what's up with your friend?

Huh?

Candace.

I be trying to speak to

the broad, she act like

I asked for her number or some sh*t.

She got some other sh*t going on.

sh*t like what?

Why, so you can go tell her about it?

- What?

- Yeah, she told me

you was asking about her husband.

I do not tell you sh*t for

you to go around gossiping.

Man, you don't get the

hell on with all that.

I don't, I ain't know

it was a secret anyway.

Whatever, man.

Don't worry about her husband.

She mad at his a*s like always.

Now let's go, I'm hungry, sh*t.

The family was slaughtered

in their house, so no.

I'm just trying to make sense of it all.

I'm just hoping I didn't

come here to another scene.

I'm sorry to bother you.

- No, you're fine.

- Hey, babe.

Hey.

We're all clear.

Like I said, Joseph... Man,

that sucked.

Okay, look, he popped...

How was your day today?

- It was a day.

- I woke up, I heard him

walking in, and I ran to the shower.

- Oh.

- And that's where

he found me, because then

he put a g*n in my face.

The cool thing about

this job is I ain't gotta

take these long road trips like that often.

k*lled him in my bathroom.

All right, Joe, Joseph sounds different.

And he looks like a zombie too.

And he said most of our

recruiting gonna be in state.

Within a four-hour drive.

Exactly what we buried him...

I mean, we pretty much

got all the players that get looked over.

Just too much.

My head is f*cking throbbing right now.

I do have a coaching conference

coming up next week in Florida.

Told him we had plans so

I'll be back Thursday night.

- What?

- That's good.

I just was missing Joe.

I'm probably fixin' to

go ahead and go to bed.

Forgot I had an early

appointment in the morning.

I just wanted to see my husband.

And then this happened!

- Mm.

- Okay, it was a stupid idea.

I wish I never did it but it worked,

and this happened.

You gotta listen to me, Joseph is back.

Okay, and he's not the

same Joseph that left me.

If that man really had

something to do with it,

Joseph is not done.

He's out for blood.

Deon.

Deon.

Deon!

Oh, hey.

Get up, I got an appointment at 10:30!

I'm good, babe, look, go ahead.

I don't need the car today.

So you don't need the car?

Mm-mm, I'm good.

If I gotta jump out, I'll

call the partner or something.

sh*t, I'll just drive my car.

All right, I'm gone.

Girl, I'm trying to tell

you, they cloned Tyrone.

- Mm-hm.

- Yep.

- I know they did.

- Okay.

Look, you hear me?

That sh*t was good.

Go sit under the dryer for

about 10 minutes for me.

Hello?

How you doing, beautiful?

Who is this?

Who you think?

How you get my number?

Don't worry about all that.

I'm just checking to make

sure Steph made it in.

Why you didn't call her?

Man, we got to arguing, or something.

She probably don't wanna

talk to me right now.

Okay, and you really think she'll be okay

with her man calling me?

I don't know, try it and see.

Look, I don't know what

type of games you playing

and who you think you playing 'em with,

but you really need to leave me alone

before I do say something.

The Dragons

have got the length of the court

to go down too, no more

timeouts either side.

The game plan here, no

surprise, he's going to

the best player on the court, Joel White.

His last game in a Dragon uniform.

Is he gonna end as a champion

or are they gonna come up short?

This crowd is electric right now,

as the ref blows the whistle.

Joel White inbounds to Kemp.

Kemp dribbling up the court.

He just trapped him.

Kemp to White, White takes

it, passed half court,

passes it back to Kemp.

Kemp almost loses the handle.

Tosses it to White, White

to Chism, Chism to Lake.

40 seconds on the clock.

Lake's on the post, takes a

dribble, takes it out to Kemp.

Kemp drives the perimeter,

kicks it out to White.

White pulls a three,

no good rebound, Chism.

Chism kicks it to Kemp at the

top of the key, 25 seconds.

Kemp dribbles around the

defender, passes it back to Lake.

Lake looking for White, tosses

it to Kemp, Kemp to Chism.

Chism loses the ball!

White dives for it, saves it!

Lake's got it, tosses it

back to Kemp, 10 seconds.

Kemp dribbles, tries to

shake a defender, five seconds.

Kemp driving it down the

lane behind the back to White

in the corner, for the championship!

Dragons win!

And who else but Joel White!

Man, oh man!

Hell no, bro.

I ain't seen her since

high school though, bro.

Man, bro, I actually saw her at a game

after I got drafted, bro.

- She's still fine too.

- Bro.

You remember how bad she was

and sh*t back in the day?

She lost like 50 pounds, bro.

I think she got that die slow.

- Damn, that bad?

- That bad, bro.

You remember that time

she tried to cheat off your test?

Yeah, you told her you'd

give all the answers

if she let you hunch three times.

Yeah, I remember that.

I told her to wear some spandex to school.

Had me waiting in the

stairwell the whole next day.

Man, good old days, bro.

Yeah, I wish I'd just hunched my baby mama.

Wouldn't had to deal with none of this sh*t

I'm dealing with her.

Hunching is underrated.

Boy, you crazy.

But, you holler at them folks?

- You talking about EG?

- Yeah.

Yeah, man, I did, bro.

- I actually liked it, bro.

- Yeah.

He offered me a job and I took it.

- That's what's up.

- Yup.

Matter of fact, actually got a

coaching conference to go to

next week in Florida.

Me and this other coach they just hired.

What you gonna do for Candace's birthday?

I'll be back Thursday night, bro.

I don't really know, man.

I'll figure something out.

How she acting now?

Man, bro, her mouth saying one thing,

but I'm getting the total opposite,

you know what I'm saying?

- Why you say that?

- Man, bro,

since I've been out the league,

bro, it's just been different.

I mean, I feel like when

I played ball overseas,

I asked her to travel over

there with me during the season.

She wasn't going for that.

But over here, bro, she traveled

to damn near every game.

So I just feel like if I was

still in the league, bro,

sh*t'd be different, man.

Bro, you know I got to

be real with you, right?

Like for real, for real.

They drafted your a*s, sent

you straight to the G League.

Gave you 10-day contract

after 10-day contract,

and made your a*s a journeyman.

Maybe getting hurt was the best thing

that could've happened to you, bro.

You got that big-a*s settlement.

No bro, they coulda

kept that little money

10 times over, bro, if I

coulda stayed in the league.

It's like I really never got a shot, bro.

I got waved, I blew my knee out.

Just feel like I'm cursed, bro.

Bro, you been that dude your whole life.

Middle school, high school, college.

This the first time you

done ran into something

you can't fix with your

smile and a jump shot.

Bro, it's all in the mindset.

I'm just saying.

Hey, babe.

Nothing, at lunch.

Uh, with Candace, we

came to Skillet Junction.

Uh-uh, nope, I do not have time.

Tell him I'm booked up

for the rest of the day.

He can come to me in the morning

and I'm not giving you no price right now.

I need to see his head first.

All right.

Girl, he always referring

these nappy-headed-a*s n*gg*s

for me, thinking I'm

supposed to twist them up

for a discount.

Girl.

He get on my g*dd*mn nerve.

You all right?

Yeah, I'm good, um, you know what?

You never really told me what Deon do.

You know, it never really

was any of your business.

Oh okay, well, touche, b*tch.

- Damn.

- Nah, girl.

But Deon into real estate.

He buy houses, fix 'em up, rent 'em out.

You know, little sh*t like that.

But um, you know.

It's all just a cover.

A cover?

I'm not judging.

Y'all just seem really odd together.

Why is that?

Well, you know you,

you the type of person

to, you know, play it safe.

Well, you know, opposites attract.

So you don't worry?

At all?

Girl, I'm not fixin' spend my

time worrying and wondering.

Look, the one thing I

know is you keep looking

for something, you

eventually gonna find it.

Take your example for instance.

That man is providing

for you, doing his best

trying to keep you happy.

You need to worry about

the things you can control.

My peace of mind way too important.

Perfect timing, Danielle, this is Joel.

Joel, Danielle.

Nice to meet you.

Likewise.

Now, Danielle is Kim's

new assistant coach.

Now, you two will be

keeping each other company

on this road trip to the conference.

- Okay.

- Now, I got a card for y'all,

per diem, I just need to

find a vehicle for y'all to drive.

I tell you what, follow me to my office.

We'll get it figured out.

Not much of a talker, huh?

Oh my bad, my bad.

I'm just picking.

So uh, you from here?

I'm from Memphis.

All right, that's what's up, the M Town.

EG was telling me that you

are a legend around here.

Lane College royalty.

Oh, I don't know about all that.

I just did my thing.

I mean, plus, if I was a legend,

we wouldn't be riding this piece of sh*t.

Man... What?

Man, they reserved a double bedroom.

Huh?

I tried calling EG,

but he ain't answering.

And so, hotel booked solid for the night.

So, I can't even get a extra room.

Interesting.

I'll tell you what,

I'm just gonna help you

take your things up and I'm just gonna find

somewhere else to stay.

Are you a perv?

Huh?

Are you a perv or a vampire?

- No.

- Well, it's not that serious.

We could sleep in the same room.

Man, if my wife knew I

was sleeping in the same-

- What, you gonna tell her?

- Huh?

- I'm just saying.

How else is she gonna find out?

You gonna say something?

I'm not laughing, I'm tired.

Gimme the key.

You can still take my things up though.

Now, as long as you don't snore

or fart in your sleep, we good.

I'm glad you got a sense of humor.

- Good night.

- Good night.

Joel.

Joel.

Joel!

It's 6:30.

I've noticed something about you

these last couple of nights.

Like what?

You know you moan in your sleep?

Huh?

You moan softly in your sleep.

You've done it every night

since we've been here.

I apologize.

No need, I wish I slept that good.

Now, are you sure you don't

wanna come back to the room?

You can take a nap and we

can just leave out early

in the morning, we do have

the room for one more night.

Nah, we gotta leave

when we get done today.

My wife's birthday tomorrow

and I wanna be there

when she wake up.

Aw, that is so sweet.

Hey, girl.

Hey, hey.

Morning, love.

You know what?

I'm gonna have to give it to you.

You got some big ba*ls, don't you?

So I've heard.

Look, I don't know what game you playing

or what you want, but it ain't

nothing over here for you.

Why I always gotta want something?

- Just being cordial with you.

- Cordial?

And what if I show Steph

just how cordial you been?

I'm curious why you haven't already.

All right, tell Steph I'm gone.

It's cool if you choose not to.

Where we at?

Somewhere in Alabama.

Off the interstate?

Yep.

Fastest route according to the app.

Well, I gotta pee

like for real, for real.

Man, you would have to pee soon as we get

in the middle of nowhere.

Didn't nobody tell you to take a shortcut

through the boonies.

What you got planned this weekend?

Uh, I booked a flight to Atlanta.

She like live music and poetry,

so figured I'd take her out

to eat, do a little shopping,

and hit a couple venues over the weekend.

Okay.

Take care of your wife,

Black man, I see you.

That billboard says a gas

station about five miles out,

so you just might be in luck.

Yeah.

Hey, I don't mean to bother you,

but I don't know who else to call.

Um, what's going on?

Candace?

Hello, who is this?

My name is Danielle, I'm

an assistant coach at Lane.

I rode to the conference

with Joel this week.

Okay, and.

Why, why do you have his phone?

Well, we were on our way

home and there was an incident.

He was arrested.

Arrested, what, what

do you mean arrested?

Look, he asked me to keep his phone.

I only answered it because

I'm just trying to help,

and I did not want you to freak out.

But I'm sure when he get a phone call,

you'll be the first one he calls.

Sure, I bet.

You know what?

Thank you, appreciate that.

Why did you answer?

Hello?

I accept.

Hello?

- Hello?

- I'm here.

This is not how I wanted

to wish you happy birthday,

but happy birthday.

Why are you in jail, Joel?

I stopped at a gas station.

Somebody had just robbed it

right before I got there.

The police pulled up, took me out the car,

put me in handcuffs, brought

me in, thought I'd done it.

You or we?

Huh?

Huh?

So you still gonna beat

around the bush at the fact

that you've been in Florida

for a week with a female?

- She's a coach, Candace.

- That's not the point, Joel.

You never said anything

about being in Florida

for a week with a b*tch.

And what's getting me is,

I probably wouldn't have

even known about this

if this wouldn't have happened.

So my question is, have you

really been at a conference

this whole time, or doing God

knows what with that b*tch?

Candace, for real?

I'm not cheating on you.

- Go to Lane, talk to EG.

- I'm not-

- See for yourself,

but I really don't

need this right now.

You, you don't?

Okay.

Okay.

Look, I've never been to jail.

This whole situation is

bothering me like for real.

I would really love to know the walls

aren't crashing all around me right now.

Joel, I don't know

what you want me to say.

And honestly, I don't even

know what to believe right now.

And for once again, I'm about

to spend my birthday alone.

I don't know, man, what

you, what you want me to do?

I gotta go.

I'll call you when I

get another phone call.

Hey, I'm on the way in.

Josh's mother arrived a little late,

and I had to run and grab Allison.

Can I call you back?

Happy birthday.

You've got some f*cking nerve.

Hold up, wait, wait, wait.

- Move!

- Look, I just wanna

holler at you for a second, all right?

I'm not

opening this door for you.

Look, if you want me to leave, I'll go.

And what you want?

Why you in there drinking

your problem away, and sh*t,

you could be out here

having fun on your birthday.

And let me guess.

- With you?

- Yep, with me.

- Boy.

- Look, no funny sh*t,

all right?

I just wanna show you a good time.

You shouldn't have to be in

the house on your birthday.

You really think I'm that low down

to go out with my best friend's man?

Best friend, huh?

Maybe to you.

But to Steph, you an acquaintance.

You know what?

Let me ask you something, Candace.

When the last time you been

invited over to our crib?

Huh?

We have get-togethers all the time,

and I ain't never seen you.

Like I thought.

Look, y'all gonna be business partners

when it's all said and done, all right.

And you know what, those

are her words, not mine.

Are you done?

So, your man in jail, huh?

Suppose to be on a business trip.

With a female coworker, right?

You gonna believe that sh*t?

The way sexual harassment

cases pop off nowadays.

You think they gonna take that risk?

You don't look like

boo-boo-the-fool to me, baby.

Have a good birthday.

Wait.

What you got in mind?

You know.

Little spot over in the 'Sip.

Just right over the state line.

Live music, dancing.

You know, grown folk sh*t.

And if you wondering if

anybody gonna know you there,

nobody you know gonna be there.

So, it'd be cool.

I'm only going because you offered.

And because I'm tired of

being in this house all day.

I bet.

But it's nothing

more than that, okay?

I hear you.

I need to hear you say you understand?

I hear you.

I understand.

Got a nice house.

It's big for real, for real.

You ready?

It feel so good

Girl,

anything else in this world

Girl, nothing

Girl, there will be

Definitely, girl, I'm in love

Good in the morning

Good in the night

Good when it's wrong

Good when it's right

Ah.

So this is it.

This is the spot I was talking about.

Nice, cool, little spot.

They got live music.

Drinks.

People, you know, come here to have fun.

Dance, we'll get to it.

- Thanks.

- Yeah.

Hey, Deon.

- What's up, my girl?

- I see you're not

by yourself for once.

Nah, not tonight.

Mm-hm, can I get y'all something?

So what you having, birthday girl?

I don't know, I don't know, what's,

what's good here?

We have all the common mixed drinks.

We have beer, we have wine.

Are you a shot person

or a mixed drink person?

I'll tell you what.

How 'bout this, just get

her sex on the beach.

And I'll have my usual.

Mm-kay, I got you.

What?

Sex on the beach, huh?

So what you think?

I mean, I think it's nice.

I wouldn't have exactly taken

you for the type of person

to be in a place like this.

But, it's cool.

Yeah.

Don't think it's wrong

But for real, what type of person

you take me out to be?

Forever with you

And ever

So good

And the usual.

Appreciate you.

Girl,

What, what's that look?

You a drug dealer?

What you mean?

n*gga, do you sell dope?

Funny.

Well?

Well, like I told you before,

I'm a businessman.

All right?

I got six bnb properties.

So that's all I do.

Mm, I guess.

Must be one tough business

being as you, you know,

need your girl car and all.

Look.

I just handle business how I see fit.

If I want it, I go get it.

I'm trying to walk away from you

But something just turns me around

I found myself

Come dance with me.

- Dance?

- Yeah.

Dance.

- Like dance, dance?

- Yes.

Um... Tonight, I want you

to have fun, okay?

I want you to forget any preconception

you have for me.

So, I want you to come dance with me.

Like I been put under a spell

Come on.

'Cause I can't go nowhere,

girl, you got me bound

Can't shake loose

Try to leave

But my feet won't move

Ooh you ooh

It must be voodoo

Girl, you got me bound

Can't shake loose

Try to leave

But my feet won't move

Voodoo ooh

It must be voodoo

Must've slipped me your potion

Lately, I've been acting strange

It's like I'm just your puppet

And you keep on pulling my strings

You got me out of my body

You snatched my soul

I played the game

You in control

You good?

Damn, you almost broke your ankle.

- Drunk or something?

- No.

- I just slipped.

- Mm.

So what you think?

It's, it's nice.

Yeah, it's one of my older houses.

Didn't look nothing like

this when I bought it.

Gotta see past the rough edges to see

the bigger picture, ya know?

It's one of my favorite ones though.

So.

How does this work?

What, bnb?

Well, it's a short term lease.

You know, most people rather

stay in a house than a hotel.

Like that home feel, ya know?

Tell ya one thing, my return on investment

way better than leasing it.

For real.

This right here is my newest one though.

I ain't got it listed yet.

Why not?

I don't know.

You know, I'm thinking

about keeping it for myself.

Have a little vacation spot.

Yeah, right.

You know you just want

a spot so you can bring

your little hood-rats to.

Oh, here we go.

You still got me f*cked up, I see.

What you think?

I like it.

It's nice.

What are you doing?

Take me home.

- Hey.

- Take.

What's?

So you gonna sh**t me?

If you don't let me go.

Look, just stop, stop.

Stop.

I ain't gonna hurt you.

All right?

I ain't gonna hurt you.

Oh my God.

What you doing?

This ain't right.

This ain't right, Deon.

f*ck.

sh*t.

Look, I need you,

take me home.

Calm down, you just... Take me home!

Just tripping, just chill out.

Are you f*cking, oh my God.

Take me home now.

f*ck.

Damn.

Hello?

Yeah.

Oh, girl, nothing, on the

way from.

We fixin' to go home now.

Maybe after a while,

I could speed it up

Okay.

And baby won't you tell me

Hold on.

Kiara wanted to know

if we are gonna make it

to DJ's surprise birthday

gathering tomorrow?

All right, that's cool.

Yeah, we gonna be there.

Okay.

Just let me know if you need anything.

All right, girl, bye.

You okay?

Yeah.

You been mighty quiet today.

You sure?

Yeah.

Damn sure.

I got the feeling

That you won't resist

And, babe, remember patience

Ain't in my name

This thing part of my game

Used to could pull any broad

I need to, I'm, I'm gonna

drop you off, all right?

Gotta head back out, gotta

take care of something.

Something like what?

There's an issue over

there at one of the spots.

What's wrong with you?

f*ck you mean?

You been gone all night, Deon.

Then you come back and you

acting funny as hell today.

Then you fixin' to drop

me off and be gone again?

- Damn.

- You know what?

f*ck you, take me home.

Do what you do best. Weak a*s.

I'll follow your lead

If we're gonna be

I'm wanting to leave

It's all on you

Candace?

Yo, Candace.

Candace.

I let myself in.

Hope you don't mind.

Hell nah.

Don't mind at all.

Candace.

Candace.

It's three o'clock.

You still asleep?

There ain't nothing else to do.

How you get here?

EG.

Went to school with a dude

who knew the judge down there.

So he came and got me.

Mm.

But look, first thing I wanted to do

was look in your eyes and

tell you that nothing happened

between me and Danielle on this trip.

Danielle?

Yeah, the coach that

took the trip with me.

Mm.

I mean maybe I should've told you

a female coach was traveling with me,

but I didn't want you tripping out.

I didn't want no static over

something that was a non-issue.

So, should've been straight up about it.

- I apologize.

- It's cool, Joel.

Like for real, don't even worry about it.

It's cool.

Nah.

'Cause I called you several times yesterday

and you didn't answer the phone.

Look, I was hung over all day yesterday

from drinking everything

we had in this house Friday.

But I'm good, I promise.

All right.

I got to go to the bathroom.

Hey.

I'm sorry about your birthday.

I'm gonna make it up to you.

Don't even worry about it.

I'm good.

sh*t crazy, fool.

Mm, man, bro, thank God EG

knew somebody down there, fool,

'cause them folks was not

hearing it from my mouth, bro.

So you ain't gotta go back at all?

I mean, I gotta go back

for a court appearance,

but hell, the way they make it seem,

it just standard operation.

So I should have nothing to worry about.

You ain't acting like it.

Acting like what?

Like it ain't nothing to worry about.

No, no, it ain't that,

bro, it's Candace, bro.

I've been with that girl

long enough to know when it's up there.

I'm telling you, man, like

I literally prepared myself

the whole trip back home,

bro, for a fighting argument

that never happened, bro.

I mean Candace say one thing,

but her eyes tell the whole story, fam.

Literally, no matter

she mad, sad, whatever.

As long as I look her in her

eyes, I know what it is, bro.

And to be honest with you, bro,

this sh*t slick is really

f*cking with me, bro,

for real, for real.

n*gga, I guarantee she feel the same way

you do about this sh*t.

No bullshit, but I bet

she just holding that in

to y'all on good terms.

She gonna hit you with that.

You remember when you

went to jail that time?

They don't never forget nothing, bro.

She using that as a*mo later.

You can believe that.

You good?

Say what?

Seem like you having

a real good little conversation over here.

Mm, I'm just tripping

off Steph and her bullshit.

Mm-hm.

Okay.

You back already?

Uh, I mean, obviously.

Well, I'm fixin' to go to bed.

You coming?

Yeah, I'll be there in a minute.

Mm, mm.

Hey, stranger.

What's up?

What happened to you going to Nashville?

Oh, we don't

leave that till tomorrow.

Oh, sh*t, that's right.

Tomorrow is Friday, I'm tripping.

But hey, I never got a

chance to apologize to you

about last week.

Apologize for what?

You know for what?

Look, I was freaking out

after all of that stuff

had happened, I saw her

calling, I was just trying to help.

I didn't mean to cause any issues.

It's cool, so you don't

need to trip about it,

it's all good.

Oh, I feel a little better now.

Yeah, come over

here and get this work.

Boy, I ain't getting sweaty.

Oh man.

Okay.

I'll talk to you later.

All right then.

Ooh girl, I am so sorry.

Girl, it's okay, you all right?

But you gonna gimme a

discount though, right?

Don't push it.

Whatever, Steph.

Child, if I would've

knew Candace wasn't here,

I would've made Rashan wait.

Girl, Candace

ain't been here all week.

What?

Called off for her birthday last weekend.

Then showed up for a

little while on Tuesday.

And ain't nobody seen her since.

Mm.

What?

Huh?

What was that about?

What was what about?

Everybody know when you

start doing that mm stuff,

you been messy.

Girl, you know I play all day.

Wasn't nothing, Steph, come on.

Girl, I will cancel this

damn appointment right now.

Look, it's nothing

but a little assumption

from what I heard Deon

and Rashawn talking about

the other day.

You know I stay being nose.

Like what?

Like I said, I'm not sure, but.

Look, you can't say nothing about this.

You know I gotta live with this, n*gga.

Hey, what's up?

Hey.

You going somewhere?

Didn't I tell ya I was

going over Mama's house

- this weekend?

- No, I'm sure you didn't.

Mm.

Guess I forgot to hit send.

Mm.

But anyway, it's kind of

a spur-of-the-moment type

thing, so I won't be long.

You don't mind, do you?

No, I don't mind.

Do you mind taking me over there?

Oh yeah, for sure, I'll take you.

Let me hop in the shower real quick.

Okay.

So what happened to you

coming to spend time with me today?

Huh?

Oh, so.

Remember I told you my girls was,

you know, linking up

later on to get drinks,

and you know me, I gotta pull up.

Mm.

So I told them I'd hang

out with them tonight.

- Uh-huh.

- But I'll be back.

Mm.

I'll be back.

What?

Candace, you're grown.

I just hope you know what you're doing.

Mom.

Baby, I wasn't born yesterday.

Whoever you were talking to, I saw it.

Got you glowing, and cheesing, and smiling.

Baby, I hope you do a better

job at hiding this from Joel.

So who is it?

It's.

It's nothing serious, okay?

Then why are you doing it?

I don't know, I'm just.

It just happened.

It just happened?

Yeah, it just

- happened.

- Mm.

When daddy was alive,

I don't know, did you ever

find yourself just bored?

Like you just need to do

something to feel alive?

I need to feel alive again.

That's what this is about?

You're bored?

Oh my God, you.

I don't know.

I don't know.

All I know is I'm going

through a lot right now.

Y'all don't get it.

Baby.

I do get it, I really, really do.

But I hope you know what you're doing.

And I hope you figure it

out before it's too late.

Soul Link.

I know you got a man at the crib

But I like it when

you show me what it is

Calling my phone,

telling me you on the way

Let's get it in 'cause I

know that you can't stay

Got the kind of love you can't let go

Got me begging for you,

girl, and I want some more

She's my part-time lover

and I know it, girl

I gotta let you know, you rock my world

Your loving so good, yes, it is

I just can't get enough

Every time we get done, baby

You walk out the door

But I know again

I'm glad I hit you up while

I was on this side of town.

What's up with you?

Ain't nothing, bro, just chilling, man.

Y'all didn't get into it again, did you?

Man, hell no, bro,

I took her to her mama house

in Grand Junction, bro.

Got the weekend of myself.

Oh okay, well, let's

hit the club or something.

You know I don't do clubs.

You're right, forgot you was

the lamest n*gga in America.

You're right.

What she hitting me up for?

- Hello?

- Hey.

Are you asleep?

Nah, just chilling, what's up?

You with Joel?

Y'all, y'all tight, right?

Of course, I'm over here right now.

Okay, so.

I work at this club, right?

And there's something that I

most definitely need to tell you.

Oh for real?

Uh, yeah.

Yeah, send it to me.

Who was that, man?

Uh, just a little

female I used to talk to.

Oh my damn.

What?

Bruh?

It's Candace, bruh.

What about Candace?

When was this?

Right now, bro.

Where, bro?

I don't know, bro.

She fixin' to send the add.

Bro, it's a spot called The

Lust Lounge, in Mississippi.

Man, I don't even know

what to say right now, bro.

I'm f*cking speechless.

Man, look, I love you,

you fam, you my n*gga,

and all, but you, you gotta go, bro.

I need some time to be alone, bro.

Bro, you gonna be good?

It's a dumb-a*s question but

I ain't trying to leave you

if you gonna do something stupid.

Nah bro, you, you

just need to leave, bro.

I just need to be alone.

Man, say less, fam.

I'm gonna holler back at you, bro.

I know I gave you trouble in the past

But I'm not the same man I used to be

I had to make a change in my life

I had to make things right

I know I broke you,

damn near destroyed you

Made you cry all night long

Doing all I can just

to make things better

All right, can I get

you guys anything else?

Sure?

- No, I think we good, Maria.

- Okay.

We're gonna call it a night soon.

How 'bout that?

Here ya go, you put that on there.

I got ya upright, man.

All right.

But you think I'm running in the street

You still think I'm in the street

When I'm trying do right

When I try to do right

Always come back on me

Always come back on me, girl

I'm trying to be a better man

Doing the best I can

But you think I'm running in the street

Think I'm running in the street

Every time we go to bed

Lay down to sleep

Thank you so much, y'all

have a good night, okay?

All right, appreciate it.

Every time I try to

have a good conversation

You always find a way to disagree

No matter if I come right

home from a long day of work

You find a way to gimme funny faces

I don't know what to do

To get through to you

This thing is getting a little crazy

When I'm trying to do right

Oh yeah, always come back on me

Always on me, girl, I'm

trying to be a better man

No matter what I do right

But you think I'm running in the street

I done left the streets, yeah

When I try to do right

Do right

It always

- Who the f*ck is that?

- I don't know.

Steph.

I f*cking knew it.

Stephanie.

Stephanie, look, I'm so sorry.

- I'm sorry.

- Baby.

No, all this time, b*tch.

Stephanie, this wasn't-

- Shh.

- Stephanie, look I promise,

no this, this was a one-time thing.

b*tch!

Baby.

Steph, get up.

Get up, get up.

Candace.

Candace.

Oh.

Deon.

Oh.

Oh my god.

I didn't mean it.

Baby.

I didn't mean it.

Please.

Please.

Baby, please.

Please, I didn't mean it.

Man, get your f*cking clothes,

and go to the f*cking car, man.

Unless you wanna go to

f*cking prison, you need to

go to the f*cking car now!

You didn't really say

anything the whole way.

Joel.

What you want me to say, Candace?

You know, I really came here to k*ll you.

I was gonna sh**t you and that n*gga.

For a moment, I felt like I

ain't had nothing to lose, man.

Can't play ball.

Then my wife?

You know you a real piece

of f*cking sh*t, man.

I went to jail for the

first time in my entire life

trying to rush back home to be with you.

I'll be damned if I go back

for the rest of my life over you, bro.

Man, you know what?

You need to pack your sh*t.

You need to be gone back to your mama house

by tomorrow, man.

Stick to him with you.

See.

There you go, there you go.

All those little fakes

and no separation tend to shot every time.

Good job, fellas.

- See y'all tomorrow.

- All right, cool.

All right.

Oh, hey Mike back there,

tell him come holler at me

before he leave.

Congratulations, Coach.

Oh, don't you flatter me.

How's the first week

of practice at the helm?

Man, I see why you

hollered all the time now.

Damn kids don't listen to.

sh*t.

- We gonna get there.

- Yeah, you gonna

get there though.

It could be very frustrating

but rewarding at the same time.

You gonna be all right, son.

I truly believe that.

Man, I appreciate it.

You the coach now.

I'm just a fan.

Yeah.

All right, I'm gonna have to get going.

I just stopped by to say,

hey, see how you was doing

since I was in the neighborhood.

I'm supposed to be picking up dinner.

- Alright.

- All right.

All right, I'll catch ya later.

- Yes, sir, hold it down.

- All right.

Yes, I'm on my way.

Hey babe, you slipping man.

Told you to be on lookout for that package.

Somebody would've took off the porch,

it would've been a whole problem.

Now what was said about a problem?

- Huh?

- Huh?

- What you talk about?

- Yeah.

- And the mail still here?

- Yep.

Sorry I am late.

It was traffic and then had

to pick her up from daycare.

Hey cutie.

Here go that mail you wanted.

That's all I noticed. Thank you.

Hopefully whatever you

looking for in there.

Ah yeah. This, this was the one.

I appreciate it.

- Yeah, no problem.

- Well,

I better get going

before she starts up, so.

Alright, Bye.