Redeeming Love

We found gold, boys!

Lucky seven.

- Oh, yeah. - Oh!

Oh, this is it. Uh-huh.

I have the number.

- I have the number. - Yeah.

Who do you think is gonna get a turn with her tonight, boys?

- Yeah, come on! - Number one?

Never been number one before. Number one!

Yeah, boys! Winning number, I got 15!

It's gonna win!

Fun tonight, boys.

- Hey. Give it back! - No, no, no.

That's the winning ticket!

Oh, Angel.

- Angel. - My Angel!

Angel!

All right, all right!

Vagabonds,

show me your tickets!

One more charmed man,

then she's done shagging for the day.

She's all worn out!

I have plenty of other girls!

Chinese, African, Spanish.

Dealer's choice.

But if you want Angel...

...you'll have to come back tomorrow.

And by guess or by golly, it could be your lucky day.

I have the lucky number!

Forty-one!

Yeah!

Get off me!

Sarah!

I'm down here.

Child, your mama wants to know if you got the flowers.

Is he here?

He'll be here soon.

You must hurry.

I'll pick more now.

Thank you for getting these.

You know how much I love flowers.

I do.

Now, blue is his favorite color.

Remember to stand straight up

and act like a lady.

Sarah?

Isn't she beautiful, Alex?

Did you pick blue on purpose, Mae?

Because it brings out the color in her eyes?

- Cleo! - She's not here.

I sent her to town.

Well, that leaves us in a fix.

Doesn't it?

- Papa... - Don't call me that.

Uh, I-I wanted to thank you for the gifts you send me.

- Hush, Sarah. - What gifts?

Tell me.

I like the candies you send me.

The best of all is the crystal swan.

Indeed.

I'm so pleased to know how much my gifts mean.

Darling, go outside and play now.

Find Cleo when she returns.

Can't I stay?

I want you to go outside to play.

I want to talk with your mother alone.

Can I come back once you're done talking?

Your mother will come get you when she's ready.

Now, run along.

As you've been told.

I brought back that swan from Europe for you,

and you throw it away on a child.

She is your daughter.

I have enough children by my wife.

Legitimate children.

Do you know what it's like

for me to walk down the streets in this town?

I gave up everything for you.

She should never have existed, Mae.

I sent you to a doctor to get rid of that mess!

You son of a bitch.

You ungrateful bitch!

Where have you been, darling?

I've been looking all over for you.

Is he coming back?

Maybe not for a long time.

Maybe not ever.

I don't want him to.

We'll have to wait and see.

You father is a very busy and important man.

What if I got sick and died?

You're not gonna get sick and die.

You're far too young and healthy for that.

But, Mama...

...if I did, would he come back and stay with you?

No.

Don't you ever ask that question ever again.

- Do you understand? - But...

Never again.

None of this has anything to do with you.

I love you more than anything or anyone

in this whole wide world.

Angel?

Angel!

It's break time.

My mother ran off when I was five.

And my aunt took me in.

Auntie Priscilla.

She used a switch on me at least twice a day. Look.

The bitch with a switch.

She was the meanest woman I ever knew...

meaner than the Duchess.

She would make me cut a fresh switch

from the tree in the front yard every day.

So, one day,

she was out having tea with her phony friends.

So I took an ax, and I chopped the tree down.

It went through the house, crushing her fancy-ass parlor.

Yeah.

God, I just wish I had've stuck around

to see the look on Priss's face when she got home.

And sometimes I wish

that I could go back and say that I'm sorry.

Maybe my life might've been different.

How so?

Well, might not have ended up here,

you know...

...just being a mattress hole for whoremongers.

Just collecting gold dust that isn't mine.

My father sold me for three ounces of gold.

And he told me that I was going to stay in a palace.

I thought he meant a royal palace.

Like a princess.

It's bad.

- Angel. - Hmm?

You got any big plans?

- Plans? - Yeah.

You got to have plans, Angel.

You got to hope for something more in this world

outside of this... paradise.

Hope for what?

You can't get by without hope.

I get by.

How?

Never look back, never look forward.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on, boy.

Great job.

Come on.

Lord,

thank you for blessing the land that you have given me.

May I always know,

as I tend to each crop and creature,

you're the one that helps them grow.

Grant me strength and wisdom.

Please protect the farm from harm.

And thank you, Lord.

Amen.

Lord, I was, uh...

I was hoping that...

maybe you might give me a...

I mean, provide me...

...with someone I can share this with.

Some guidance.

A sign.

Anything.

Maybe she likes fishing.

You know, maybe she has long legs.

Anyway, you...

you know the kind I need.

I trust you.

What?

Walk on.

There she is.

Ma'am.

Ma'am.

Look at that!

Hey, back up.

Stand back.

She's something to see, ain't she?

Who is she?

That's Angel.

Finest girl west of the Rockies.

Every Monday and Friday afternoon,

she takes walks.

They all come out to watch her.

I can see why her husband is armed.

Oh, that ain't her husband.

Bodyguard.

No one gets within a foot of her for free.

I have to meet her.

You'll have to get in line.

The Duchess holds a daily lottery

to see who gets to spend quality time with her.

A duchess?