02x08 - Suspicious Minds

[bunniefuu]

[Zac] Ohhhhhhhh!

So you just gonna stand there?

[Fatima]Previously on Zatima...

I was hoping that you could counsel my fiancé.

How open is he to doing something like this?

Not at all.

This developer is going to go bankrupt.

[Bryce] It's a once-in-a-lifetime deal.

At least tell me you're gonna think about it.

I don't have the money.

Dr. Reid. Just call and ask him

to come to dinner to my house tonight.

He can talk to Bryce and Zac.

I'm gonna prove to you that profile is real.

It says she's looking to have a good time.

I wanna find out!

[music]

[Paul] Um. [clearing throat]

Hey.

Yeah, I forgot to give you something.

What is this?

That is the warranty for your tire.

They give out warranties for flats now?

No, it's a, it's a new tire.

Wait, you... you bought a new tire?

Yeah, it's all good.

No. Are you serious?

It's fine, really.

No, I... No, I gotta pay you for this.

No, I'm telling you it's fine, really.

What's the real reason you came over here?

-Well, maybe... -[Fatima] Mm.

I bought it because I want you to feel

like you're in debt a little bit,

maybe have dinner with me.

Oh.

Are you inviting me and my man?

I knew that was gonna be

the next thing you was gonna say.

So is that a yes?

-You funny. -[Fatima chuckling]

Anyway, you should have the warranty.

Yes, and you should have this.

What's that?

Oh, no, I'm not taking that. I'm not taking that.

Oh, yes, you are. What's your last name?

I'm not taking that.

What's your last name?

I'm not taking it, I'm telling you.

-Okay. What is the... -[Paul] It's fine.

I got it. I remember your construction name.

Here.

Take it.

But, seriously, thank you.

You really don't like a man doing anything for you, do you?

Mm, no, I just don't like strange men doing things for me.

Oh, "strange." Okay. I see.

Seriously, thank you.

Yeah. All right.

Well, it's my last week here.

Oh, okay.

I can't say that I'm not gonna miss you.

You don't even know me.

Well, I mean, I'm gonna miss the chance to get to know you.

Okay, um, you are never gonna get a chance to get to know me.

Oh, my goodness. Fatima, let me tell you how this goes.

Oh, so you're schooling me now? That's what we're doing?

Just a little bit. Just hear me out.

Listen, the situation is as such.

-Mm. -[Paul] All right.

The woman is always trying to make things work, right,

while the man's just all over the place

for reasons that are unknown.

But whatever, it's irrelevant. I mean,

she cheats, he cheats,

and it falls apart.

Yeah, well, that is not us.

And we're also seeing Dr. Reid, so...

Yeah, well, if anyone can help you, he can.

-Yeah. Thanks for that. -Yeah.

Look, I gotta get out of here,

but, um, thanks for the warranty

and for the new tire. I appreciate it.

-You welcome. -You take care, Paul.

All right. Oh, your number is on this check.

Um, yeah, that is not for you to use, okay?

Don't even try it.

[music]

* Love ain't perfect *

* But it's still working *

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

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

* Love ain't perfect *

* But we still working

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

* 'Cause we still worth it (Uh-huh) *

* Yeah, yeah Yeeah *

* Do-do-do-doo-do-do-do-do we still working *

[music]

I'm telling you she is here.

Bruh, she's not in here, man.

Just wait and see.

Why are you pushing this so hard?

I'm just trying to save my boy, all right.

We done seen him going through this before

with you know who.

Two black men staking out a law firm in a parking lot?

Man, we finna get shot.

There she is.

-That's not her. -Who the hell is that?

Sit your dumb a*s down.

Okay, okay, okay.

Yo, we gotta get up out of here, man.

This ain't right.

No, we have to stay here and help him figure this out.

Bro, this ain't helping him.

Look, he loves her, and I know you can't understand that.

-Oh, oh, oh, yeah, I do. -Yeah.

So you understand love?

Yes, I love Zac,

so we gotta help our mans figure it out.

I'm sitting here in this hot-a*s car

and you gonna fall flat on your face with this sh*t.

Look at me.

Anyway, I know what'll help him out.

-What's that? -Connie.

Oh, that's a bad joint.

But I don't know. She been... She been off lately, man.

Anyway, she bad. It's Connie, so it don't matter.

She says she knows she can get him.

I just gotta put them in the right situation.

Bruh, you buggin', man.

No, Fatima, or whatever her name is,

she not even giving it up,

and you know he couldn't keep his hands off Connie.

Bro, that's a bad look.

n*gga, will you make up your mind?

You a flip-flopper.

One day you on my side, the next day you not.

Bruh, I never said I was on your side.

-Are you buggin'? -See, you doing it right now.

You talking out your a*s. You doing it right now.

Okay, you know what? Nate,

something seriously wrong with you, bruh.

I'm telling you, man.

You gotta cut all of this out, for real.

Jesus.

Hope they don't see us out here.

[Tony and Nathan whispering]

Woah, sh...

You two stupid...

[inaudible] I knew you would come.

-What's up, bruh? -She come out yet?

Nah. Nah, she didn't.

Give her a minute. It's about that time.

Bruh, we gotta get up out of here, man.

I ain't feeling this.

She gonna see us and know that this is a set-up.

-Are you nervous? -Yes.

Look at him. He's sweating.

Why you sweating like a stripper in church.

Listen, I ain't trying to get shot, okay?

I don't do this. [banging]

There she is.

Look, if she going to the stairwell,

then we know something is up.

She told me to meet her there.

[Guys aruging]

[Zac]I don't know about this, y'all.

[Nathan]Why is she looking around like that?

Oh, you see? You see? You see?

[Zac squeaking]

Relax. Zac, relax, relax.

No, we don't know what she could be really doing.

n*gga, she waiting on me to come back upstairs with her.

What do you mean we don't know what she doing?

I'm just saying, man.

No, Zac, you need to go handle that now.

-No, no, no... -Handle it.

-We gotta get out of here. -Zac, Zac, no!

She in there, waiting for somebody

to come blow her back out in the stairwell

and you wanna call me and this bald-head-a*s n*gga?

Get out. Go handle that.

You gotta handle your business. Handle your business!

-[Nathan]Go, go, go. -[Tony]Zac, shut up.

-[Nathan]Go handle it. -[Tony]Get back in here, man.

[Nathan]Do your thing.

[Tony]Zac, come on, bruh.

[Nathan] I told you we good.

[Tony]Just take a second and breathe.

Hey, Zac.

What's up, An...

-[Zac] Hey. -What, what are you doing here?

Um. Um...

Um, Fatima already left.

[Nathan] She's trying to cover for her.

You know how these b*tches be.

Hey, hey, shut up.

I'm telling you how it is.

What is going on here?

I'll tell you what's going on. Your homegirl's a hustler.

[Zac] Nothing, nothing is going on.

They just came to drop me off. They were just leaving.

No, we're staying. We got your back.

Nathan, you were just leaving, weren't you, Tony?

Yeah, we out of here. You good?

I'm great. Thank you. I appreciate you.

Thanks for the ride, though.

-We got you. -[Zac]Yes.

[Tony] n*gga, come on! Let's go!

-Get in there. -[Tony] Get your...

Let me handle it on my own.

-[Tony] Get in the car! Go! -[Zac]Thank you, man.

They was just coming to make sure I'm sa...

I got beef.

I can't be roaming around in these streets by myself,

so just making sure I'm good. You know what I'm saying?

-[Angela] Okay, what... -That's what friends are for.

Yeah, speaking of friends, Fatima already left.

So where is she?

Oh, her car is still here, so where is she?

She went into that staircase.

Oh, sh*t, I gotta go in there too.

You gotta go too? What are y'all doing in here, man?

Yeah, to drop off our reports for overnight.

To, the... That's what y'all do.

-Yeah, come on. -No, no.

You go. I'mma just walk back.

-I didn't know... -Come on, Zac.

-No, no, no. -Come on. Come on.

Uh-uh, trust me. I'm not going in there.

So I'm gonna walk this way. You have a good time.

Well, Zac, wait.

Did Fatima ask you about dinner tonight?

-Tonight, what's... -[Angela] Yeah.

She was supposed to ask you

if me and Bryce could come over for dinner.

I'm not with that at all.

Come on, please, please?

I really need this. I need your help.

What kind of help you need from me with him?

Can't you just invite me

and my friend and Bryce over, and...

And he wanna invite friends?

Dude hang out with some freak sh*t.

I don't know about that sh*t, man.

Please? Just think about it.

That's a lot, like, him, friends? All that?

[Angela] Just... I mean...

Oh. Fatima, there she is.

-Hey, baby. -Hey.

What're you doing here?

I don't know what he's doing here,

but I was just asking him if

me and a friend and Bryce could come over for dinner.

-Yeah, um, you know, I... -[Zac] Hm-hmm.

Babe, I haven't even gotten a chance to ask you about it.

Y'all, please, please? I need this.

-Please? Come on. -[Angela]Zac?

-Yeah. Okay, yeah. -Really?

-Thank you. Thank you so much. -[Zac squeaking] Dinner!

-Yes, dinner. Thank you. -Yes.

Okay, well, tonight at : then?

Oh, perfect, :, yes.

-:. -[Fatima] Yes.

You, Bryce, and somebody else.

Yeah. Stop it.

Thank y'all. I appreciate you.

-Yeah. -Of course, it's no problem.

But you better get on in there.

You know her grouchy a*s is not waiting.

And she don't care if you got your paycheck.

You right, you right. Okay, thank you, Zac.

[inaudible]

Go ahead, hot thing, looking like a highlighter.

[Angela] Ooh, thank you.

So what are you doing here?

-Really? -Oh, me?

Mm-hmm.

-Um... -[Fatima] "Um."

No, I was, uh...

Checking up on me again? That's what we doing?

No, I, no, I would... No, come on, baby.

I wouldn't do that.

-Really, Zac? Stop... -[Zac] I wouldn't.

What is it? You came here for something, what's up?

Can we just go get in the car? It's hot.

Can we just go get in the car and talk about this at home?

No, you came here for a reason. What is it?

This.

What is this?

Read it.

What?

-[Zac] Mm-hmm. -Wait a minute.

Zac, some b*tch is catfishing.

These are all my...

What?

Wait, the stairwell?

What?

Zac, this is someone that knows me,

and they know my work routine.

Like, how else would they know

that I go to the stairwell to drop off packages?

[Zac] Well, I mean...

No, no, no, no, no.

A better question is, how did you find this?

That's not even the point.

You online, looking for b*tches. That's what...

-I was not looking for b*tches. -I knew it.

No, I wasn't. My n*gga sent me that.

Then how did you find it? Who?

Who?

That's not even important.

What's important is we get out...

Who sent it, Zac? Who?

I'm about to have heatstroke. I'm hot.

I'm not playing with you. Who sent...

Stop playing. Who sent this?

Nate.

You see, another reason for me not to like that n*gga.

Here, take this sh*t.

[inaudible]

-What? -Nothing, nothing. Nothing.

Can we just go home now?

No, you really came up here to try to catch me up?

No! I would never do that.

I... They was. I stopped them.

-Really? -[Zac] I stopped them.

They was about to go in there. I ran over there.

You ran over, because you're here? Really?

I jumped on this. I stopped them.

I trust you. Baby, I would never do that.

Okay, um, can you do me a favor?

What?

I want you to lay down right here.

Yeah. Can you lay down?

-Here? -Yes. Right here.

Baby, you wanna do it right here in the parking lot, like...

Yeah.

Oh, you got that look. You freaky, you got that look.

This is what I've been trying to tell you.

We need to try different stuff.

-Is this what you want? -[Zac] Yeah, that's what I want.

-I'll give you what you want. -Let's go. Come on.

[Fatima] All right. Right there, that's perfect.

Let's go.

'Cause I'm about to run over your a*s.

-Fatima! -[Fatima]This stupid sh*t.

Fatima!

Fatima, you gonna leave me on the ground?

Fatima, don't get in that car.

Don't close the door!

Don't turn that car on.

[car engine starting]

I'm not moving.

Fatima! Damn it!

Yo!

Crazy.

[cellphone ringing]

[grunting] Ah, f*cking, Nate.

-Yo. -[Nathan]Yo, yo. What's good?

Where are you?

[Nathan]Yo, we right here.

You caught her?

-Yeah, I caught her. -I knew it.

I had a feeling about that.

-Let me ask you something. -[Nathan] What?

Who set this up?

What are you talking about?

Nate, stop f*cking playing with me.

Come on, man.

Who set that up?

Whoa, hold on now, Zac. What was she doing?

She was going in the back to put reports in for the night

'cause that's what they f*cking do!

-Ooh, damn. -She told you that?

She didn't have to 'cause Angela was doing the same thing!

[Tony] Okay, that's his ballin' hand, man.

I don't give a sh*t about his ballin' hand.

Who set this up?

Man, I don't know. I showed Tony this morning.

I promise I didn't do it.

Shut up. Shut up.

Nathaniel, you got one hour to get that taken down.

And if you don't, I'm f*cking you up.

-No, bro, I... -Zac...

-That... -[Zac] Don't say nothing.

Don't, no. I'm here because of you. Shh!

One hour. I come back,

I'm breaking this f*cking finger off

and I'm shoving it up your a*s. You understand me?

Yes, yes, I'll get it taken down and I'll find out who did it.

Get up.

Come on, man. Damn.

Stupid a*s got me looking stupid.

-Hot in here. -Where did we park?

This way.

-[Zac] Don't say nothing to me! -[Tony stammering]

-[Zac] Just go to the car! -[Tony] Okay.

You don't wanna talk about this?

About what?

The fact that you came to my job,

trying to catch me screwing some random person in the stairwell?

Babe, I didn't think you was doing that.

Yeah, but you still came to my job. Okay.

I mean...

[Fatima] Zac.

What have I done to make you think that I would cheat on you?

Fatima, you pulled up to the crib

in a car I ain't never seen before.

I go to your job, I catch you

getting up off your knees in the elevator.

So I guess my word means nothing to you.

Does my word mean anything to you?

No, it doesn't.

So then what we doing?

Zac, I've never cheated on any of my men.

You on the other hand, that's your MO.

This baby momma over here, Karen's pregnant.

Look, I deal with a lot of sh*t

and I've had a lot of patience.

But if you can't take me for my word,

then I'm doing the right thing by moving back to my place.

And run?

Zac, you treat me like I'm some random-a*s b*tch.

So me putting myself before your bullshit

is not running.

That's self-care.

So it's me, right? It's just always me?

Look, Zac, Angela, Bryce, and her friend

are coming over, all right?

So let's just not do this now.

Fatima, I don't like this.

I don't even know who this guy is.

I don't even know why we having him over there.

We got our own issues we gotta work out.

Yeah, we do. But not tonight.

Why we gotta have them over?

I don't like that sh*t.

That n*gga tried to kiss me, bro.

And you hit him for it, all right, so y'all even.

-We even? -Yes.

Now can you go get the roast out the oven?

[timer beeping] The timer just went off.

Does Angela know that he tried to kiss me?

Can you go get the damn roast out the oven?

Always deflecting, whenever it's convenient,

-whenever it's convenient... -sh*t. Zac.

I'm getting the roast. I'm getting the roast.

Roast, oven, all right. Talkin' bout it's dry.

sh*t.

[knocking on door]

[Angela] Knock, knock, we're here.

Hope y'all ain't doing nothing.

-Hey. -Oh.

Hey, Zac.

What's up, Angela?

Zac.

Bryce.

Where's Fatima?

-[Fatima]I'm upstairs. Come up! -Oh. Okay.

Wait, no, no, no. Stay. Stay, please.

-What? -[Fatima]Zac.

Just stay.

Go ahead.

-[Fatima] Hey. -Hey.

Okay.

Did I hear Bryce?

-Yeah. -Did y'all ride together?

-No, we met outside. -[Fatima] Yeah, all right.

So, uh, you give any more thought to that property?

No, 'cause I don't have the money, so...

Yeah, yeah, of course.

-Did you call g*y? -What?

"Gary." Did you, um, did you call Gary?

Oh, no, I mean, not really.

Okay.

[Bryce] I'm waiting for him to call me back.

-Right. -[Bryce] Yeah.

Yeah, so...

All right, man. Are we cool?

Yeah, we cool. Why would we not be cool?

-We cool. -You're gonna ask me that?

No, I'm just... We cool. We fine. We fine.

-[Bryce] Really? -Yeah, we fine.

-Really? -[Zac]Yeah, we fine.

[sigh of relief]

-We fine. -Zac, thank you.

Okay, okay. Got it. Too soon.

Yeah, just a little bit.

I just... You know, I've been stressed

because I want us to be just, you know, close

and tight.

And things have been awkward,

and you've been acting a little bit weird.

I mean, whatever, okay. Let's forget about all that.

I've been acting weird?

Let's forget I said that, okay?

This is great. Do you have anything to drink?

-You got a... -Uh, you can have some wine.

-Oh, hell, yeah. Nice. -Yeah.

All right, um, you want a glass?

No, matter of fact...

You don't want a glass?

I left my phone in the car.

Don't you hate it when that happens?

You stay here. I'm gonna go to my car

until the girls come down the stairs.

Okay. All right, man. I'll pour you a glass

just in case you change your mind, okay?

No, that's fine. I'm straight.

-Okay. -You heard me, right?

-Yes, sir. -Said I'm straight.

-All right. -All right, cool, yeah.

You got me, man. Nice, nice.

f*cking hell. Bro, stupid a*s.

I can't even be in my own house.

[Deja]Don't act like you don't see me, Zac.

So did you call Dr. Reid?

Oh, yeah, I did.

-And? -He'll be here any minute.

Okay. This should be good, hopefully.

Yeah, hopefully.

I don't know why it's so hard for me to just say how I feel.

Angela, this is a very sensitive subject, so...

Yes, and I'm glad you're here so that it comes out right.

You know you have always avoided confrontation.

-I know. -[Fatima] But, look,

you know that's not healthy, so...

Oh, and you and Zac are?

But I always confront Zac.

I just have to process things, you know,

get my mind right before I talk to him.

And yet you got me lying about his doctor.

Okay, you're not lying.

You're not lying.

You just invited him over for dinner

and I just left out the unimportant details.

-Okay, right, right. -[Fatima] Yes.

All I'm saying is

dating shouldn't even be this complicated. Okay?

I know, Angela, but we not getting any younger

and life is short.

Yeah, so you need to say what's on your mind

and stop beating around the bush with him.

-I am, tonight. Okay? -[Fatima] Good.

All right. That's better.

But I'm gonna need a drink first.

-Okay. Yeah. -Yeah, all right.

-Come on, I got plenty of that. -[Angela] Okay, good, 'cause...

Okay.

Nice. Nice.

Hey.

-[Fatima] Hey, Bryce. -Mm, mm, mm.

-[Bryce] You look beautiful. -Well, thank you.

Oh, my gosh. Fatima, you always look so amazing.

-Thank you. -Yeah, wow, yeah.

Where's Zac?

Oh, he just went out to the car

to go, uh, get his keys.

Oh, okay. All right.

Can I get you guys anything?

No, well, I already have wine.

Do you want one, baby?

I'm gonna need something a little harder.

Okay, well, that's why we got the tequila, girl.

Yeah, yeah, hard sounds nice.

Um, yeah, okay, um.

Just tasting the wine, it's delicious.

[Fatima] Yeah, it's great. Okay.

-Is it Cabernet? -It is Cab, yep.

Delicious.

Yeah, so is tequila okay?

-Yes, please, I'll have... -Is that hard enough?

Yeah, yeah, that's, that's, that's mighty hard.

-Okay. -Thank you. Thank you.

Shots, ladies, all right.

-It's a party. -[Fatima] It's a party.

Yeah, give me two.

-Ooh. -[Fatima] Angela.

Fatima?

See, I'm gonna have to pace myself to keep an eye on you.

To your dinner, Fatima.

Thank you so much for inviting us over.

-Of course. -This is beautiful.

It's going to be a wonderful night.

Oof! Mm...

[cellphone ringing]

-Your phone ringing. -Let it ring.

That's your momma.

Y'all go and have a seat in the living room.

Let me take this.

-Yeah, of course. -Okay.

-Hey, Mom, what's up? -[Mona] "What's up?"

Is that the way you talk to your mother?

I'm sorry. What's going on?

That's better. I was just confirming

for tomorrow's dinner.

Uh, yeah, I was gonna call you about that.

Don't tell me you cannot make it.

Well, I can, but Zac can't.

[Mona]Zac isn't coming?

I don't think so.

Your father and I really wanna talk to you both.

About what?

His prison record.

Mom.

You know we did a background check.

Then I know for sure he's not coming.

Fatima.

Mom, I don't want y'all grilling him.

We are not going to grill him.

I know you and Daddy.

So is this why you're not bringing him?

-[Fatima sighing] -Is this him or your doing?

-It's not... -[Mona]Or the woman next door.

No.

So he was arrested again for child support?

Mom.

How many children does this man have?

Just one.

[Mona]And one on the way.

Well, if you know everything, then why are you asking me?

I just wanna be sure you have all of your answers.

Yes, I know everything, Mom.

So you know everything about him?

Yes.

[Mona] Well, I don't know if that is true.

There are some more things that we found

-that we wanna ask him. -Like what, Mom?

We wanna ask him at dinner.

So you both will be here tomorrow.

-[Fatima]Mom... -Just get him here.

I cannot guarantee that.

Fine, we'll go over there.

[Fatima]No, you won't.

I'm not taking no for an answer.

All right, you know what? Fine.

We'll see you both tomorrow at :.

All right, Mom.

sh*t.

After talking to her, I know you need some more of this sh*t.

Yes, I do.

What she talking about?

About Zac, they ran him.

What?

Yeah, my dad knows judges and prosecutors.

-sh*t. -[Fatima] Tell me about it.

We're supposed to have dinner with them tomorrow.

Really?

Yeah.

So what are you gonna do?

I don't know.

But why aren't you over there with Bryce?

'Cause I don't wanna be.

I know he's gotta be feeling uncomfortable.

You're not talking to him, neither is Zac.

You know what? After this drink, I'm gonna talk to him.

Be my guest.

And where is Dr. Reid?

Oh, he texted. He said he's right around the corner.

-Okay, good. -[Angela] Yeah.

I wonder where Zac went.

You gonna check on that?

No, but did you know that he came to the job,

thinking that I was sleeping with somebody

because of some fake profile?

-What? -[Fatima] Yes.

They knew that we took our packages to the stairwell.

And who else knew that besides us?

Yeah, who?

Belinda, that's who.

No. No.

I'm telling you, I got some people looking into it

and she better hope it's not her.

[Angela] It's not.

-She wouldn't do that. -[Fatima] Yeah, okay.

Come on.

-[Fatima] Hey, Bryce. -Hey, Fatima.

[Fatima] You had enough?

I'm having a great time, thanks.

-[Fatima] Well, good. -Yeah.

Deja.

You still on this neck brace sh*t?

Can you just help me, please?

Come on.

[Deja grunting]

[Zac] You good.

My back is causing me to have neck issues.

Where you going? Stay on your side.

Are you sure your back is why you got neck issues?

What are you trying to say, Zachary?

Nothing.

That I been giving head?

I mean...

No, I'm not. I'm not, Deja, I'm not.

I'll have you know that when she pulled me off that hot tub,

she ruptured my bulging disk, okay?

Are we really doing this?

Look, you've seen me laid up. Okay?

Deja, I heard you f*cking a dude the other day.

n*gga, that was my porn.

Come on, that sh*t was wild loud.

No, I'm serious. I couldn't have sex even if I wanted to.

I'm really in bad shape, Zac.

Look at my face, like, my face is even swelled up.

All right, Deja.

I talked to somebody.

And they said that I should talk to a lawyer.

-So I did. -Here we go. Here we go.

Listen, I told him what happened

and he said that I should sue her for damages.

Deja, you were on our property.

That didn't give her the right to unleash the devil

and attack me.

All right, Deja. All right. We really doing this?

He also said not to pay the rent.

That's just what he said.

Are you serious?

He also told me to find out who her lawyer is

and we gonna go from there.

So she gonna get served soon.

You need to let this go.

So I suggest that you get your suit and tie ready.

You need to let this go.

And you get the prettiest leash and collar for your hellhound

'cause I'm taking both your asses to court.

Stay away from me.

Well, tell that b*tch to stay away from me.

I ain't seen nothing.

[Deja] m*therf*cker.

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