Hope for Love Page #3

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Baby, look...

stop, will you knock it off?

Look, I wanna be with

my girl, all right?

I wanna

give my little man a hug.

I'm not your girl...

and he's not your little man.

You gave that up when

you decided

to sleep

with your secretary.

Teresa, honey...

Look, why you gotta

be so cold, okay?

This isn't even you.

What are

you talking about?

All right, I'm into it.

I know

I made a mistake.

I messed up.

But that's why I'm here...

to say I'm sorry.

Then say it.

I'm...

I'm... you know.

Wow.

I'm... I'm sorry.

Sorry.

That's not gonna work.

I wanna hear it all.

What... be, what?

"I'm sorry that I slept with my

skanky ho of a secretary."

That's what I wanna hear.

Okay, all right, uh...

I'm sorry that, that...

you know...

you know,

Gabriella and I we-we-we...

Damn, all right,

I'm sorry.

All right, I slept

with Gabriella, okay?

Yeah, I boned

her, I'm sorry, my bad.

Now can we move

forward now?

Are we cool?

Are we cool?

Are you joking?

What, wh...

I said I was sorry.

Just like

you asked me to do,

I said I was sorry.

You did.

What's the problem?

Now I have to figure

out what happens next.

What happens next?

Yeah.

Oh, you really think

like a man now?

Is that

what you're doing?

When did you decide what

happens next, huh?

You know you want me.

Okay, Ricky.

Come here, come here.

Let me go.

Word?

Oh, you just gon...

Teresa.

Baby, it's me.

I know you miss me.

I miss you.

Teresa?

Teresa, open the door.

Sh*t.

Miss me?

Think maybe

you should've called?

Why when I have a key?

The one I asked

you to leave at my mom's.

Look, Ethan, I didn't come

here to fight.

I can't keep doing this.

I need you right now.

Maya...

You're nice and sweaty

just like I like you.

Maya...

Are you

pleased to see me?

Of course I'm pleased

to see you.

I missed you.

Missed you, too.

Come on, come on.

Do we have a problem?

No, like

I said, I'm just tired.

Then why don't you

just sit down and relax.

Well, good morning

to me.

Hey, sexy.

Girl, you know

you ain't nothing

but a whole bunch of

trouble, don't you?

Yes, I do.

That's why you're still

sniffing around, see?

What you got for me?

Oh, I need you to check

out this Thompson file for me.

Okay, this is gonna take

me a minute.

Oh, take

all the time you need.

Really?

Yeah.

I'll be right here.

Oh, wow.

You see something

you like?

Hell, yeah.

Ricky, we need you

on the third fl...

We need you on

the third... you know what?

In my office, right now.

All right, all right...

Hey, thanks Gabriella.

You know what, whatever...

really?

But, but...

Go ahead.

Wow.

Okay, wait

a minute, now.

I thought you said

you were trying

to work things

out with your wife.

She blew me off.

Of course,

she blew you off.

You pissed her off.

She had

a right to blow you off.

But did you say, sorry?

Bring some flowers,

try to woo her, talk to me.

I said I was sorry...

what?

If you said it like that

I'm not surprised she blew you off.

Come on, man.

You need

to learn how women think.

Now you

hurt her, Ricky.

So she needs to see that

you mean it.

She needs to see

that you want her, it's simple.

By bringing her flowers?

Yes.

Get out of here,

screw that.

Look, Teresa

is my wife, okay.

She should be happy that I'm

willing to take her back

after her sorry ass

left to go to New Orleans.

Wow, and what's wrong with

her going to New Orleans?

You know what they do

in New Orleans... all they do...

All they do is drink

and screw.

Really?

Yeah.

So what she go down

there for?

No-no-no, so

you must be in New Orleans.

'Cause aren't you drinking

and screwing?

Well, they do call me

"French Quarter" Ricky.

They do call me that.

You about to be paying this tab,

Ricky, I'm hungry.

You don't hear me... Let's go.

Don't blame it on me.

That was all right.

Yeah.

I worked up

quite an appetite.

Yeah, tell me about it, me too.

Hm.

Why don't y'all go

in the kitchen, you know?

Make me something to eat

real quick.

You're so funny.

Listen, I think

there's like some milk in there.

Maybe some leftover

mac'n'cheese.

There's something in there.

Hold on... what?

Are you serious?

I'm not the leftover

kind of dude.

I know that there's

a steak or something in there

that you can cook

for your man.

Come on, now.

You're kidding, right?

No, I'm... I'm dead-ass

serious, like...

Is there a problem?

Yeah, that's a problem.

The problem

is, I'm not your wife.

I don't make you steak.

If anything, you make

me steak, are you kidding me?

What?

Wow.

You know what,

do me a favor.

Make clear where you are.

Be clear.

And get out of my bed,

I need to strip it.

What the hell is going on?

Get up!

All right.

Damn.

Ohh...

Ohh...

It's okay,

it goes back together.

Oh, man.

Hello?

Hey, sweetheart.

Ethan?

How are you?

I'm at my sister's.

You're not... you're not back with

your husband?

No.

No, he's not ready for that.

And you?

I didn't think I'd ever hear from

you again, after...

Hey, I'm sorry, Teresa.

That was a mistake.

I was too pushy.

You were scared.

I don't

know what I was.

Or what I am.

Oh, you were beautiful,

you were perfect.

Don't say that.

I have to.

You're all I've thought about since

I've been back.

What about

your girlfriend?

What's her name?

Maya... that's over.

I want

you to come here.

To New York to live

with me.

Ethan, you can't...

No, I mean it.

I make enough money.

I wanna take care

of you.

And my apartment

is big enough for the both of us.

I can't just run away to New York

to live with you.

I have a son

and responsibilities

I know.

I want you to bring your son

with you.

I'll take

care of you both.

Teresa?

I'm still here.

I know, and it's

killing me.

What are you thinking?

That you're still

throwing me curve balls.

And you're still waiting for

the perfect pitch

to come across the plate.

It's time you swing,

Teresa.

Swing and

see what happens.

Ethan, my son has to

be my number one priority.

And I can give you that...

security, love...

Just think about it.

Okay.

I love you.

I won't play around with that.

- I like it...

- Right, right...

She's real pretty...

uh-huh, uh-huh.

Yeah, all right.

Where... by the way, where

you been, man?

Where you been?

Oh, oh...

I should've known,

you know what?

I need not ask.

I know exactly

where you been.

Come on, man, give me

a break, a'ight.

Now you've seen that girl.

You've seen

that body, man.

Ohh...

Are you serious?

Mmhmm.

Dude, you mean

to tell me

you have never

cheated on your wife before?

No, I respect my wife.

I will never cheat on her.

That's how it works.

Oh, you

one of those, wow.

Wow.

So, out of the 20 years

that you all have been together

you have never stepped

out on your old lady.

Not once?

Well, first correction:

We've been together 22 years.

Right, okay.

22, okay.

Secondly, you can think

whatever you want, bro,

but I'm telling you

I've never once

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