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She always this quiet?

I mean, she observant like me.

Mm-hmm.

I guess you're rubbing off on her.

Thanks again for tonight.

It was nice being out with my man.

I mean, you know I got you though.

But you ain't have to show out like that.

I mean what was that?

Lobster and dessert, babe?

Hey, only the best for my lady though.

So, when we gonna make this official then?

What you mean, baby?

I thought I we was official.

Yeah, you say that,

but I still ain't met your mama.

And your phone be real silent around me,

but I bet it be ringing when I'm not around.

Say, look, wait, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on.

Don't even worry about all that.

You got me though.

You got me though, baby.

What's up?

You lucky you fine.

Girl, you lucky I'm honest.

You said that to mom once.

What she say?

Oh nothing.

- All right, Maranda. - Mm-hmm.

Say, look, baby, Ima call you when I make it home.

Yeah whatever.

Hey.

Hey, don't do that.

Are we gonna finally spend some time together?

Not right now, Maranda.

I got one more stop to make, baby.

And you better not be telling your mama my business.

Mm-hmm.

Who lives here?

Don't worry about it.

I got one more stop and that's it.

Ima leave the car running for you, all right?

Mm-kay.

Cheryl, what the heck you doing here?

I came over here 'cause that bitch told me

you was gonna be here.

Hey, who you calling a bitch?

Keisha, get your, get your butt back in the house.

Randy, I want the keys to my fucking truck right now.

Man, you ain't getting nothing.

That's my truck.

My baby girl in the car.

Oh, so you ran around with your kids

while you drop your dick off

at another bitch house?

And I ain't gonna be another bitch.

I call it what it is.

Say, Cheryl, how about you just get the heck on.

Whatever point you're trying to prove,

it ain't gonna happen right now.

Maybe all that slick shit you talk

ain't gonna work right now.

Give me my shit.

Man, get.

That's my truck.

My truck.

Cheryl was the supplier, the money maker.

She played the overly nice roll towards me,

buying me ice cream, toys, clothes,

and all the other things women use to bribe

the 10-year-old daughter of the man she's screwing.

How was your ride there, baby girl?

It was hot.

Well here you go.

Just for you.

Thank you.

Now you get back out there and ride.

I wanna see how fast you can go.

Who all at your house right now?

My step daddy, Daryl, who else?

Can I come in?

No, he gonna kill both of us.

I thought he'd be asleep.

That don't mean he can't wake up.

Come on.

You love me don't you?

Hold on.

Daryl was somebody that I didn't love,

or even thought of as special.

At that point in my life,

I didn't care about all that.

I was so busy looking to make guys happy

I gave them whatever they asked for.

I wanted to be seen, loved.

But I don't think I ever gave myself enough time

to figure out who I wanted those things from.

Papa.

Whoa, there Randa.

You gonna break grandpa's back.

What are you doing?

Getting ready to take you for some ice cream.

Yes!

Can I bring my friends?

You sure can, anything for you, baby girl.

Perfect.

I'll go get them.

You be quick about it, right?

Or what?

Or I'm gonna give you the body slam

you'll never come back from.

You know what you're doing with that?

Yeah.

Okay.

Oh shit, my mom.

Maranda, what you doing out here running for?

I'm just gonna help mom

get the groceries out the car.

Alvin, come help me with the rest of these bags.

If y'all knew that he had leukemia,

then why wasn't treatment given to him?

What the fuck is wrong with this hospital?

Y'all literally let him die right up there in that bed,

and didn't even try.

Shit.

Why is grandma so angry?

Baby, I don't know how to tell you this.

Look, Papa got real sick,

and, um, he's in heaven now.

It's okay.

Trying to accept the loss of my Papa

at such a young age was tough,

which is why I didn't really care about the guys

who I didn't truly love that departed from my life.

Dennis was a bachelor with no biological children,

but to the family I was his daughter.

I was a spoiled little girl.

I could have asked for the world on a silver platter,

and it would have been placed into my hands.

Dennis gave me the world,

and made me promise I would never

let a man treat me wrong.

I was so much like him,

it was as if he was my father.

He taught me how to fight,

how to count money, how to talk, walk,

and the life lessons of being the best woman I could be.

Damn beautiful, how you doing?

You talking to me?

Yeah, I'm talking to you.

What's your name?

I'd like to get to know you.

Maranda.

Rico, nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you too, Rico.

Here, put your number in my phone.

I would like to get to meet you,

know you or whatever.

Great minds think alike,

'cause I'm thinking the same thing.

Yeah, sure, sure, sure.

Text me.

Appreciate you, love.

For sure.

Me and Rico exchanged texts the same day.

And I found out he was older,

but that didn't bother me.

I was curious to see where our relationship would go.

Now I know I'm not your pops,

and I know I'm not your Papa,

but as your god daddy you know I only want

the best for you, right?

Yes, I know.

All right.

Now I don't want you all up in these little boys' faces

trying to have a boyfriend and all that there.

I'm not.

All right, good, 'cause I don't wanna have to

wrestle with you.

You know god daddy don't play, now.

Come on now.

So how you felt about the movie?

Norbit was cool.

I need me a man like that.

Right, right.

I couldn't tell.

Shit, you was all up on me and shit.

I know I look better than a nigga named Norbit.

Be real.

Come on, give it to me, give it to me.

You do, you right, you right.

Yeah, so the night's still young,

what time you gotta be home?

Whenever.

Yeah, what you trying to do?

Whatever you trying to do.

Got somewhere in mind.

Come on.

Rico was different.

Of course he was grown,

but he was also experienced.