Beauty Shop Page #10

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Joanne, calm down.

You know how we clown around here.

Now, look, y'all are grown women.

Y'all can work this out.

So you're not gonna fire her?

No.

Okay, fine. Yeah.

I see how things work around here.

You know what? You can forget

about your meeting with CoverGirl

And you can forget

about me as a client.

How's that?

- Fine.

- I'm so sorry, Gina.

No. Ain't nothin'

to be sorry about.

I guess

it just wasn't meant to be.

What's going on?

There's a problem at the shop.

I still have men checking the area.

I'll let you know if we find something.

Thanks.

You try doin' your own thing,

and then somethin' like this happens.

Sorry, Gina.

I'm so sorry this happened to you.

I can't catch a break. I just...

I have Vanessa's recital tomorrow,

and I have to go up in there

with all o' this on my brain.

It's okay, Gina.

You'll get through this.

- You'll get through this.

- I wish that was true, Joe.

You will.

It's okay.

No. I can't...

I can't fix this one. I can't.

And now, coming to the stage

for a piano solo... Vanessa Norris.

Play from your heart.

Go, baby. That's my baby girl.

Everything's gonna be all right.

- I love you, Mom.

- I love you, too.

That's my baby! That's my baby!

Mom, how'd I do?

You were everything

I ever imagined.

Mom... you okay?

Yeah. I'm fine.

I'm just happy.

Come here.

Fly me some fingers, girl.

Let's get outta here.

Surprise!

What? What... what the...

Y'all, I don't know what to say.

This is...

This is crazy.

No. This is Gina's House of...

House of... Okay, maybe

it's just Gina's House, okay?

Check that out. Oh, yeah!

D, that's what I'm talkin' about, girl!

Oh, man, y'all...

This is nice.

It is.

But I don't think we can do this.

Why not?

We brought blow dryers

and curlin' irons and hot c...

A new picture

of Madam C.J. Walker.

- Money. Did you bring any o' that?

- The point is, Gina, we're here.

The shop's here!

We're with you.

Lord! It is hotter

than a jalapeno's coochie out there!

Thank God y'all open.

Child, I done been to five shops in four

blocks and all them b*tches is booked.

And I got a weddin'

to get to in three hours!

Lord, please, can somebody

do me? Please?

Anybody, please.

Yeah, sure. I'll hook you up, girl.

Let me see

what we workin' with under this hat.

- Damn!

- Oh, my God!

- Hear me, Lord!

- God!

I'm havin'

some Don King issues, damn it.

- Just one o' you heifers do me, please!

- Okay, okay.

You know what?

I can work with this.

- Don't even worry about it.

- Thank you.

Darnelle, get her shampooed

and use a bottle of my conditioner.

No! Make that two bottles.

And... James, get that percolator

percolatin', baby.

We back in business!

Shoot!

And, everybody else...

Thank you.

- Gina, we love you.

- Thank you, thank you.

That's right, girl,

we open for business.

- What happened here?

- Good morning.

Hey, well, put it like this.

Not enough to make us quit.

- How you doin', girl?

- Fine.

I'm terrific, actually,

now that Steven and I split up.

- You all right?

- Yeah. I'm fine.

Hell, y'all all knew he was cheatin' on me.

Now I know and now I'm free.

Well, good for you.

Hey, Ida, why don't you hook Terri up?

- Oh, good. Hi.

- Come on, girl.

You want me to sic

my cousin Travis on him?

He just got out the pen,

but he don't mind goin' back early.

- I just might take you up on that.

- All right, come on, sit down.

Oh, shoot! Look

what the collard greens did to her booty!

- Go girl!

- Back that thing up, girl!

Where'd you get that?

That is a ass, Terri.

You have a ass, girl!

- Hi, Gina.

- Hi, honey.

- For me?

- Something to brighten your day?

Thank you.

But you brightened my day

as soon as you came through that door.

- Excuse me.

- What a transformation.

Yeah. They hooked me up.

Looks like you're

stickin' around, Miss Norris.

- Yeah, I guess I am, huh?

- Yes.

No, it ain't goin' down like that.

How you doin', Miss Gina?

- Hey, Willie. What's up wit' you?

- I'm a'ight.

What, you feelin' froggy? Jump!

What is this?

Stacy? Yeah. Hi, baby.

How ya doin'? This is me.

No, I'm just closing up,

so I'll meet you at the spa, ja?

I call you back.

- What a...

- Surprise.

I bet you I'm the last person on earth

you expected to see in here, huh?

No. In fact,

I knew you would be back.

Well, I'm afraid I don't have time

for such a sudden intrusion.

I have a prior engagement.

Sorry. I didn't mean to intrude.

What kind o' engagement?

What, you goin' to meet up

with Inspector Crawford

and figure out how you

can burn my place down this time?

Gina, I just love it when you

let that imagination of yours run wild.

It's so street.

You haven't even begun

to see the street.

You know, I knew you

had somethin' to do with it.

You know, comin' by my salon, talkin'

'bout how hard it is to own a business,

what with the payin' o' fines

and the State Board comin' by.

And I asked myself,

"Why would he say somethin' like that?"

Look at me.

Look to Jorge.

Do I seem

like the type of person

that would reside

in such deviant behavior, huh?

With those split ends?

Yeah, you kinda do.

- What is this?

- That is "World's Dumbest Criminals."

Starrin' you and Inspector Crawford.

You should be a little more secretive

about the way you do dirt.

So... George Christie...

...of Austria, via Nebraska.

Yeah, I know about you.

I know your secret.

The point is this.

You didn't break me.

I'm still standin'.

And my shop is open

and doin' very good business.

And you will never,

ever intimidate me,

'cause I'm a phenomenal woman.

Kinda like what you try to be

but don't really pull off.

Have a nice ride back

to that rib shack you call a shop!

Don't cut yourself

on the broken glass, b*tch!

Did somebody say "Cut"?

What? Was ist das?

What?!

- Sit up, man.

- No! No! Sh*t!

Hotlanta! Whassup?

Once again, it's your girl Helen,

hollerin' at ya this mornin'.

Tellin' ya to get your ass up.

'cause it is a lovely day

It's good, right?

It always is.

Gina, telephone.

Hello. Gina Norris.

- Hey. Gina. It's hollerin' Helen

- Shut up.

You lyin'.

Turn the radio up, turn it up.

Gina. Y'all doin'

the damn thing down there!

I'm on the radio!

I'm on the radio!

Ask her if she'd give a shout out to my kid,

Venus Serena Marion Jones, Junior!

Shout out to Africa!

Gina, I just called

to say thanks again

for hookin' my head up for my cousin

Shondrella's weddin' a couple o' days ago.

Girl, you saved my life!

That hair crack conditioner of yours

got me lookin'

all Halle Berry-ish and thangs

- Don King? That was you?

- Sure was

and I'ma need me

a touch-up in a minute

My man came over last night

and kinda sweated out my flip!

Now, see, that's what got you

in trouble the last time.

Hotlanta, if you want

to get your crop dusted,

your do did, or your flip whipped,

jump yo' butt in the hoopty,

get on down

to Gina's Hair Salon in the SWATS

and let 'em hook you up with some

of Gina's famous hair crack conditioner.

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