Acrimony Page #7

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You're

a motherfucking loser.

Don't talk to me like

that, baby, please.

I'm done with you.

I'm done.

I need you to get your sh*t while

you can, and I need you to get out.

I want a divorce.

Mel...

Mel, please.

- No.

- Mel, I love you.

Please.

You're really gonna

do this?

Why don't you go find that

b*tch and let her take you in?

- Get out.

- Mel.

Get out!

Come on, man.

You should leave.

I'm not leaving.

You know me.

You know I can be the

motherfucking devil.

MELINDA:
Three months later,

I lost my mama's house.

You know, that bastard didn't

even call to see if I was okay.

He didn't even bother.

He was done with me.

He had gotten all he could.

I guess he was off looking

for his next victim.

Not caring that I was

devastated.

I can't believe

I let that son of a b*tch...

Damn.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

I was humiliated.

I had to move in

with my sister.

At this age,

living with my sister?

All I needed was

a bunch of damn cats.

F*** him!

Who the hell took

my damn phone?

MELINDA:
I had wasted

too many years with Robert.

Too many years feeling lonely

whenever he was around.

Thought it was time for me

to move on, and so did Brenda.

So she wasted no time trying to

get me hooked up with Devon.

She heard that he was divorced.

So, much to my disapproval, she

called him up and we went out.

My divorce wasn't even final,

but what the hell.

So there I was, out with a man.

A man that could pay the check

and who commanded attention

when he walked into the room.

All eyes on him.

And yet, it felt strange.

It felt foreign. It felt wrong.

It... It was like I was

starting over

and learning how things

were really supposed to be.

And I thought about Robert

from time to time.

Sometimes with sympathy,

but mostly with anger.

Especially when I looked up

and saw his ass.

There he was in the damn

kitchen, washing dishes.

All that money I wasted helping him,

and his ass is in the damn kitchen?

Of all restaurants!

I got mad all over again.

I wanted my $1,234,908.07

And that's with him

paying me back every dime,

and then half of all

the bills for all those years.

Looks like his ass will be

washing a lot of dishes

to pay me back.

F*** it, I'll cut my losses.

Just give me a divorce.

Sorry, I'm late.

It's a family

divorce, I see.

She wanted us here.

Is your lawyer here,

Mr. Gayle?

I can't afford a lawyer.

No, you can't,

working as a dishwasher.

Ma'am, you're a guest

in this mediation.

Please.

ROBERT:
Mel, are you sure

you wanna do this?

I still love you so much.

I do.

We're prepared to let you have

the car and your clothes.

ROBERT:
No, no. You keep it.

Keep it all. Everything.

I don't want anything.

I just wanna say this,

and I'm done.

Mel, I am so sorry that

I couldn't be what you needed.

But I...

I never cheated on you again

after I saw what it did to you.

I found out what love is

for the first time in my life

because of you.

I can honestly say with all

my heart that I love you.

I will always love you, Mel.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, Mel.

Please, Mel, just...

Just look at me.

Well...

At least you don't have to give

that bastard another thing.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

Hello?

- Hello?

- ROBERT:
Hello.

Where the hell have you been?

Someone stole my phone. Sorry.

I've been trying

to reach you all week.

I'm sorry.

So Victor called.

He said that you called him

to represent you in the deal.

If there's ever a deal.

Prescott will come back, okay?

You'll see.

Just keep your fingers crossed.

Hey, I asked Victor for your home

address or your phone number,

and he said he had

to wait for you to call him.

What's going on, Robert?

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

We're just between

places right now.

Robert, did she put you out?

Um...

We're... We're divorced now.

I've been staying in the

Genesis Shelter

on 4th for the past 3 months,

and I'm just... (SIGHS)

I'm coming to get you.

No, Diana.

You okay, baby?

She is fine.

More champagne?

She's celebrating

her divorce.

(CHUCKLES)

But my favorite part

is when that bastard said

how much he loved her.

I almost threw up.

You know I never thought

he was lying to you, Mel.

I always believed

he loved you.

BRENDA:
You would,

but she didn't.

MELINDA:
I did believe him.

I even felt sorry for him.

What is that about us as women?

Why do we feel bad

when we didn't do sh*t, huh?

And yet, there I was

feeling bad about him.

Feeling sad

that he never made it.

That he was a dishwasher.

Why the hell should I care?

So you know what I did?

I got that tall, sexy thing

standing over there

to take my mind off it.

Can we go back

to your place?

- Now?

- Yeah.

So sorry. Good night, folks.

I'm outta here.

Go on, Devon.

It was nice to see you.

- Get home safe.

- Brenda.

Babe, wait up.

This will do you good.

Thanks.

Sure.

You should have told me

you were in a shelter.

(SIGHS)

Doesn't matter.

Robert, I know you're upset

that you lost your wife,

but listen to me.

It's okay.

Sometimes things just happen,

you know?

I'm a firm believer

that when

someone falls out

of your life maybe...

Maybe they're

supposed to.

Maybe they're not supposed to share

the level that you're going to.

Maybe you're supposed

to leave them behind.

I hate seeing you this broken,

this defeated.

You're a good man, Robert.

You are.

And you're gonna be okay.

I know that you'll be okay.

MELINDA:
Devon was just okay

in bed, but he wasn't Robert.

Robert mastered my body.

He knew my curves.

He knew how I liked it

slightly to the left.

Robert would at least

try to hold me.

And the thought of him

being with another woman

still made me jealous.

Good night.

MELINDA:

You know what I found out?

The truth always comes

when a man comes.

When Devon was finished,

he was done.

Good night.

Didn't matter

what I felt.

You gotta take

me home.

You wore me out.

Don't you wanna stay?

No! Take me home.

(SIGHS)

Still asleep?

Sh*t. Damn it.

I can't believe

I slept this long.

I gotta get to

the restaurant.

I called them

and told them you quit.

What? What?

No, Diana, you have no idea how hard

it is for me to get a damn job.

Why would you do that?

What's this?

Is this real?

Yeah.

This is...

This is the offer?

Yeah.

I begged Victor

to let me tell you.

I'm pretty sure this is

Prescott's best and final.

And this the best

part, Robert,

that this is a license

for the technology.

You still own the IP.

You did it.

You did it.

- Mel.

- What?

Melinda!

- What?

- Look.

What the hell?

- No way.

- Go.

How are you?

I'm busy.

I just need 10 minutes

of your time.

You have two.

Okay.

I just wanted to come here to

tell you thank you for loving me.

You know, there were times

when I doubted myself...

You kept working

and kept me believing.

Um... We are never

getting back together.

- Okay?

- Yeah.

- Never.

- I know.

So what is this?

You borrow a suit, and you

come up here and try to...

(SCOFFS) Impress me?

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