Life Support Page #6

being around them people all the time.

- I'd be, like, paranoid.

- Yeah.

Amare?

Amare, hold up!

Hey wait, Kelly!

What's going on?

Who is that?

You okay?

What do you think

you're doing?

Do you know the fright you gave me when

I looked in your room and you were gone?

Where have you been?

And don't even think

about lying to me.

I was out with Markus.

Till 1:
00 in the morning?

Have you lost your mind?

- I'm sorry, Grandma, but...

- But nothing!

I do not want you having

the same kind of life as your mother!

I can't stand it!

I can't stand it!

Now, you need

to be very careful

about the people that

you pick for your friends

and the influence that

they have on your life.

You have to be very careful,

and I'm not putting up with it.

And I don't want to see it again.

I don't want you coming

in here this time of night.

I want you coming in here

at a reasonable time.

And if you can't come

in here at a reasonable time,

then you don't need to go out.

Or you need to go someplace else

where they don't have

any rules and regulations.

Grandma, it's not what you think.

I saw Amare and he left before

I even had a chance to talk to him.

That boy has brought

nothing but trouble

into this house.

Grandma, he's sick

and he's gonna die

if somebody doesn't help him.

You might not care

about that, but I do!

Don't talk to me about

I don't care. Nuh-uh.

Amare's welcome in this house

as long he's willing to abide

by the rules and regulations.

And last summer, when

he started all of that,

"Oh, the house got robbed" stuff,

I'm sorry, baby, but

that was unacceptable to me.

I'm willing to help Amare

when he's ready.

Well, Grandma,

it's kind of crazy

'cause I feel like half the time

he doesn't even want my help.

He be lying and playing me,

and I don't understand why

he would do something like that.

Well, that's just like your mother.

She tried every trick in the book.

But Ma is not like Amare.

Ana hurt me.

It's taken me a long

time to forgive her.

And sometimes I still can't.

I try my best to remember

everything she's done with herself

ever since she stopped

messing with those drugs...

because she does try.

Hey, Sandra.

- Hey.

- How's it going?

Bad day, Ana.

She was just in here last week.

She was healthy as could be.

It wasn't the virus that killed her.

Her husband shot her.

Did you do a

domestic-violence screening?

I asked her.

Hey.

There wasn't anything

else you could have done.

I'm sorry, girl.

Damn, Deyah.

Why didn't you say something?

Already?

Mm-hmm.

Some college girl took it.

The realtor said her

father's putting up cash.

I know. Surprised me too.

Did Kelly say what

she wanted to do yet?

Ask her. Kelly!

Ma, don't put me in that position.

Ana wants to ask you a question.

So, you watch that

Chris Tucker movie I got you?

Yeah, he crazy.

I thought you would like it.

Why don't you come live with me

when your grandma moves?

But, Ma...

you know I always wanted

to leave New York.

And I'm going to college

down south anyway.

It'll be a good transition.

So, that's it. You decided?

Mm-hmm.

Look, Ma, don't take it personally.

I just think it would be a good idea.

It's not me I'm worried about.

It's... it's Kim.

Maybe we should cut back

on the sleepovers,

'cause she really

looks up to you

and we got to make it so she don't feel

so much when y'all leave her.

Or maybe Kim could just

move down south with us.

She could have a backyard,

ride a bike in the streets.

It would be a real childhood.

What the hell are

you talking about?

- It was just an idea.

- You ain't taking my child nowhere,

- you stuck-up little b*tch!

- Excuse me?

You heard me!

I'm tired of trying with you!

- Good, stop then!

- Live with your grandmother!

Maybe next time you see me

I'll be dead in my grave!

That's some straight bullshit!

I ain't the one that

gave you the virus, ma!

Go get with Slick on that!

- You leave Slick out of this!

- You ain't gonna make me

feel guilty because you're sick,

because you was a f***ing fiend.

It's too hot for you

to be working out here.

I'm just doing

what I got to do.

Dropped Kim off at my mom's.

And?

She sold the house.

She's taking Kelly

to Virginia with her.

Oh yeah?

That's all you got to say?

Moving down south.

Sh*t, that's the Black American dream.

Let 'em live it.

They want Kim to go, too.

Oh, hell no.

She ain't going down there.

Yeah, exactly. Now you know

how I feel about Kelly.

You gotta want what's best for Kelly,

not what's best for you.

I'm telling her she can't go.

Oh, that might work.

Shut up, Slick. You know,

I could use a little support right now.

Ana, I'm about tired

of this sh*t.

You ain't the only

one that's sick.

You ain't the only

one hurtin'.

Yeah, well, this ain't about you

and how you feel. It's about Kelly.

You tripping, Ana.

You acting like a fiend.

And I feel for Kelly.

Got you clocking her every move.

Lucille ain't taking

her away from me again.

Well, we're gonna talk

about Kelly when I get home.

You know, you never did

care about her anyway.

Even when she was a little girl

you refused to be her daddy.

Oh, hold on now.

Hold on now, that's not true.

Because we both know

she never liked me.

First, I'm the guy that

her mama met running in the street,

and then I'm the guy

gave her mama HIV.

And you never did

a damn thing to change that.

She wasn't wrong.

You know, you can be

a straight up b*tch, Ana.

I was careful. You was the one

that got buck-ass wild,

shooting up with strangers

on the f***ing corner and sh*t!

Are you ever gonna let that go?

Because we both know the game, baby.

It could've just as easily been

you that gave it to me.

Yeah, but I didn't, Slick.

Because I handled my business!

You the one that let it slip,

and you brought me down

right with your ass!

- F*** you, Ana!

- Slick...

You just better

get the f*** out of my face.

I lost custody of

my daughter when I was 25...

'cause of the drugs.

I signed her over to my mother.

And now my mother's about

to move back to Virginia...

and she's probably gonna take

my daughter with her.

And I just...

I miss her, you know?

I just miss her.

I just miss her all the time.

I miss what I missed of her...

growing up, you know?

And I got a younger

daughter and we so tight,

and now I'm clean, I'm sober.

I'm like, I try my best

to be a great mother...

but every day I spend

with my younger daughter

just makes me really realize

how much I missed

with my older daughter.

And she could be so f***ing

sarcastic sometimes,

and angry with me,

and my mother

is the same way.

Sometimes when my daughter talks,

I hear my mother's voice coming out

of her mouth and I know that's

because she been with her that long,

it's not my own. My own is

not there like it should be,

and I want my own voice

to come out sometimes a little more.

Now that may be

completely selfish.

You know, you may say, "Ana, what

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