Not Easily Broken Page #4

- I'm not gonna smell...

You're gonna smell my breath.

- I figured that.

- I'm telling you, man.

Even after everything Fiona and I

have been through, I still miss her.

- Are you serious?

- It's something about the way she...

She crosses those legs...

...and she just bounces

those high heels up and down.

My thing is when I just get home...

...Reesie's just getting out

the shower.

She puts on one

of my little old tank tops.

Starts painting her toenails.

You know what I like?

I like it...

I like it when Vanessa has me rub

this skin cream on her back.

She's got bad eczema.

Big bumps on her back.

And it needs to be moisturized.

And I do it. I do it.

It's a little rocky moisturizing roll

on her back, but I don't mind.

Because that's what she has me do,

you know.

- Years I've been doing that.

- Tree.

- Are you crying?

- What?

- Are you crying? No, look at me.

- Come on, I'm enjoying myself, right?

- You are crying.

- I'm not crying, man.

It's not even tears, man.

I feel like these women

got us in a beam, so we...

They got us in one of them

Star Wars contractor-beam things.

It's pulling us in.

You know what I'm talking about?

It's like we couldn't escape that beam

if we wanted to, you know.

It's like you want to, but you love it.

You love it so much that you can't.

You can't escape it.

It's an interesting way of putting it,

Star Wars.

- That's what you said, Star Wars?

- Star Wars, man, it's a beam.

It's a beam, it's like a light.

They shine it at you.

It mess with your body, your nerves

and stuff, and you can't move.

You just gotta allow yourself

to get pulled in.

And I'm getting pulled in.

You need to get pulled in

and you need to get pulled in.

Accept it, man.

Accept your life.

- I accept mine.

- No, no, no.

- You're right, I probably had enough.

- Yeah.

I probably had too many.

- Oh, no, honey, we're not buying...

- I got this, I got this.

I hope I have the right address.

I'm Julie Sawyer.

You called for an in-home

physical therapist?

- Yeah, that's right.

- Okay.

- Dave Johnson, come on in.

- Nice to meet you.

Reesie, this is the physical therapist

I was telling you about.

Please have a seat.

This is Miss Sawyer.

And I'm Mrs. Clark, her mother.

How do you do?

Mrs. Johnson?

Look, Mrs. Johnson,

I know after all you've been through...

...the last thing you want

is a stranger in your life, so...

How about we get to know

each other...?

I'm not looking for anyone

to psychoanalyze me either.

Okay, well, that's good,

because that's not why I'm here.

But, you know, to be honest...

...talking about how you're feeling

emotionally...

...can help me design a better plan

to get you on...

How I feel.

Lord Jesus, where did y'all find her?

How I feel?

You wanna know how I feel?

I feel like Humpty Dumpty,

that's how I feel.

Clarice, you need to calm down.

Let this woman do her job.

Now, you do know

what you're doing, right?

Yes, ma'am.

Mrs. Johnson, I understand.

So why don't I just come back

tomorrow, and we'll begin then?

Bingo, that's a great place to start.

How about you come back never?

What about that?

- That works for me.

- Okay, no, we're gonna do this today.

And you're gonna calm down.

You stop acting like this.

Come on now.

Just leave me alone, okay?

Just leave me alone.

Just...

The bishop used to tell a story

about Adam and Eve.

When God made Adam,

he instructed him to do three things:

- Work, cultivate, protect.

- Two, three, down.

- That's great.

- Oh, my God, that's incredible, okay.

What we're gonna do today

is have a little fun.

Down through history,

men have been measured...

...by how hard they've worked

and cultivated...

...by how well they've protected

their wives and children.

Down, three, two, one.

Up again. Up, one, two, three, hold.

In the old days...

...women saw their men

as conquerors, providers, heroes.

But somewhere along the line,

that changed.

Push, push.

Women started becoming

their own heroes.

Okay, how's this there?

Maybe it was because their men

forgot how to be heroic.

Or because women

didn't wanna be protected anymore.

Or maybe women

had to be their own heroes...

...because of the pain

they had to endure in life.

Look, he's handsome.

- Bryson.

- Bryson.

He's so handsome.

But whatever the cause...

...the world took away

a man's reasons for being a man.

They told him

he wasn't important anymore.

And when that happened...

...it turned the whole world

upside-down.

- I don't know how to thank you.

- You don't need to.

You really don't.

You know what you can do?

You could write a letter

to my boss at the clinic...

...saying you've never met a skilled

or more professional therapist.

I wanna thank you too, Julie.

Look at her.

She's doing extremely well.

Yes, you are truly gifted

at what you do.

Thank you.

- Okay, I'll see you Monday?

- Yeah.

- Okay, great.

- Get home safely, okay?

- I will.

- Take care.

- Enjoy your evening, okay?

- I will.

- Hey, baby.

- Hey, what's up?

Not much.

No, no, no, don't worry.

It does it all the time.

It's probably just the battery.

I'll be fine.

- It sounds more than just the battery.

- No, no, please go on inside, go on.

Nonsense,

you can't be late for your son.

- Dave will run you home.

- Good.

- No, it's my hoop night.

- Hoops night?

I ain't gonna miss my night.

I can call her a tow truck.

Miss your hoops, are you insane?

You're missing the point here.

This woman saved your wife's life.

- He can miss his hoops.

- Okay, I don't wanna put anyone out.

- It'll make me feel worse, please.

- Little girl, little girl.

Get your ass in this car.

Let me ask a question.

I have a friend who has actually

been wanting to ask you out on a date.

- Me?

- Yeah, you.

But he's in a complicated situation.

Oh, God, no, don't tell me.

He's recently broken up

or getting divorced...

...or lives with his mother?

Getting divorced.

No, I appreciate that,

but I think I'll pass.

Single mothers

don't have a lot of options...

...but I don't really need

to be his rebound relationship.

If it's all the same.

So how long

has he been swimming?

Oh, as soon as I could get him

in the water. He loves it.

- Hey, Bry.

- Hi, Mom.

This is Dave. His wife's my patient.

- Remember, the ones in the accident?

- Right.

- How do you do, sir?

- How's it going?

My car broke down again,

but Dave offered to give us a ride.

Cool.

So you like baseball, Bryson?

Well, I've always wanted to try it.

But Mom throws like a girl.

Watch it.

Well, I coach a team

over at East Side Field...

...and if you want,

you could stop by some time...

...and I could show you

a few pointers.

- Really?

- Yeah.

That would be totally sick.

Oh, ours is...

The street up there.

The minute I get in the house,

I'll call for a tow for that car.

You don't have to do that.

I know a mechanic

that owes me a favor...

...so I'll have him take a look at it.

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