Forbidden Woman Page #3

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- You're pathetic.

- I'm pathetic?

- Yeah.

- Whatever, dude... shoot.

That woman don't know nothing about

no boundaries, man.

I don't know why you

put up with that, bro.

A healthy relationship

has proper boundaries.

Yeah, I know, boundaries.

Last time I tried to get

some boundaries with her

she tried to bind

my hands and my feet

and held me hostage

for four hours.

It was crazy.

Man, y'all are crazy.

Yeah, yeah, we crazy.

I guess I'm crazy too.

You know what, though,

I ain't gonna lie.

We used to have something special.

We used to have something...

it was something.

- Something.

- I just...

Ever since I messed up

that one time,

- she never forgave me for it.

- Yeah, she never forgave you.

That's for sure.

You know what,

women don't... women are like elephants.

They never forget.

They act like they forget,

but they don't forget.

They be telling you they forget.

They just want to

make you feel like you forgot

but they ain't forgot nothing.

- What were we talking about?

- Feel me on this.

If you can cheat

on your woman...

Uh-huh.

...how can you

say you love her?

Maybe you don't love her

if you can cheat on her, huh?

- Boy, you know...

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

l-I-I-I never thought of that.

- You know what?

- What?

Give me a minute,

I'm gonna pray about this.

You do that, go ahead,

talk to Him, go ahead.

Jesus... if I don't...

if I cheat on her...

(knocking)

Oh, sh...

Go, I ain't here, I'm invisible.

This is it, man,

you got a problem.

(knocking)

Hold on.

- (whimpering)

- Look at you.

(exhaling)

- Surprise.

- Yvette.

- Hey, sis.

- Hey.

I wasn't expecting you

'til next week.

It's Yvette,

how you doing?

Yeah, well, I thought

I'd surprise you.

You know, I had to fly in

to cover the game last minute

with the flu bug going around.

Yeah, yeah, yeah,

it's good to see you.

You don't mind

if I crash, do you?

Come on, stop it, of course,

I'll get your room ready.

Let me get you something

to drink first.

- Okay.

- What you want?

Um, some water.

- Water it is.

- Yes.

I must say, sis,

I'm pretty proud of you.

Got the new job at

the network, huh?

Oh, thank you.

My sister's a sportscaster.

I've been watching

all your stuff online.

I saw that piece you did on concussions

in the NFL.

Really?

It was pretty stellar,

kind of stellar.

(clearing throat)

I've been, uh...

I've been following you too.

Wow.

- Jarvis.

- Yeah.

I didn't expect to

see you here.

Well, I should have known

you two are joined at the hip.

Yeah, you know,

I was trying to tell him

about boundaries and stuff,

you know what I'm saying?

A healthy friendship has

good boundaries and stuff.

But he don't listen.

- See a real relationship...

- Okay, you know what, um...

...let me get your bag

and, um...

...you guys can talk.

- How's the weather?

- So...

- Eat your...

- How's...

Sorry.

All right, um, I guess

it's been a while.

Yeah, it's been a minute.

Yeah, yeah.

Look, I'm...

I know I didn't call and everything

but, I mean the last time we spoke,

- things kind of ended...

- Yeah, I know, I understand.

It's okay.

I mean, I flew

a thousand miles away

and you didn't find it good to call me

and check on me.

No, "Yvette, how you doing?"

Or maybe, "I'm sorry."

After all this time,

you still can't apologize.

You know, maybe

I should just go.

No, no, no, no,

no, no.

You stay, I'll go.

Yvette...

...I'm sorry.

Thank you.

How hard was that?

(chuckling)

L... I gotta go,

'cause, you know...

Well, give me a hug.

- For real?

- Yes.

Give me a hug,

stop playing.

- For real?

- Stop it.

- See?

- Yeah.

See, we can at least be friends.

We... Friends?

I think friends

is a good idea.

I think, yeah, this...

Oh, that feels friendly,

that's friendly.

Oh, yeah, ooh, yeah, that's...

- That's...

- (door slamming)

Oh, whoo!

Hey, hi, girl!

Hey, hey, um, have fun!

How you doing, baby?

You got the nerve to cheat

on me with a cute girl?

Hello, I'm Yvette,

Elston's sister.

- Uh-huh.

- She cute.

You know what, I should kill you

right where you stand.

After all I done for you.

Wait, it's not like that,

we're just old friends.

Yeah, yeah, just listen to her.

Just old friends.

Listen here, baby girl, old friends

don't embrace like that.

- That's right.

- You know, my mama was right.

You can't trust a man

as far as you can throw him.

You ain't nothing but some

two-timing no-good fool.

Look, we were just...

we just friends...

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

with her.

- Just visiting?

- Yes!

Hey, hey, hey, what's all

the commotion in here?

It's just Raven, you know,

acting out again.

I'm gonna show you acting out.

- You know what...

- Take that out of my house.

- I will see y'all, good night.

- It was lovely seeing...

And you know what?

You stay away

from my man.

We're happy.

Okay, thank you.

- Good night.

- Close the door behind you.

Boy, I tell you.

Should we be

calling the police?

No, that's them two

all the time.

Lucky there weren't no blood.

He'll be all right

in the morning.

Am I safe here?

What you mean,

are you safe here?

Big bro got

your back, of course.

Yeah, just like old times, huh?

- Of course.

- Um-hm.

Mom did always say for you to look out

for me no matter what.

Yeah, she was

always talking about

keeping family first, huh?

Yeah.

I miss her.

Yeah, not a minute goes by

I don't...

think about her, you know?

Yeah.

Only God knows why

he needed her up there.

Amen, sister.

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- I missed you.

- It's good to see you.

- Are you hungry?

- Starving.

Okay, we need to go out, sis.

- I have no food here.

- Clearly.

(knocking)

- Somebody knocking.

Yvette:
Yeah.

Hey, uh...

Oh, sorry, Elston,

good to see you.

Come on in here, baby.

- You know my wife.

- Of course.

Good to see you.

Listen, um, don't mean

to barge in on you.

We were on our way

to a jazz club

and there's a big accident

on the Kennedy Expressway

so decided to take your exit.

- Got a bottle of the bubbly.

- Okay.

Thought I'd share it with you.

We're so sorry to intrude.

- This was not my idea.

- That's nonsense.

You guys are welcome.

Make yourself at home.

And who is this

lovely young lady?

This is my sister Yvette.

You met her last year

at the Christmas party.

Yes, I remember.

You still look smashing.

Well, thank you.

Yes, you're very cute.

Thank you.

Oh, my...

What's wrong?

I was just caught off guard

by the size of your feet.

Damn.

Please, don't take offense.

L... It just startled me.

Me a little bit too.

Um, we better pop the cork

on that bottle.

I'll do the honors.

Oh, look, allow me,

I got it.

Ah, Elston.

Bathroom?

(cell phone ringing)

You know, this thing got

a mind of its own.

Hello, yes.

Excuse me.

Yes, I can follow

the team to Dallas.

Yes, yes...

Young man, would you mind helping

a damsel in distress?

No problem.

Thank you.

So, you know,

some things require a strong

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