Not Easily Broken Page #9

and you know that.

I don't know what kind of pain...

...you are holding on to

in your heart, Mama...

...but you need to let it go.

You need to just let it go.

And in all your lessons about

how I need to be strong...

...and proud

and independent, Mama...

...you left out

some very important things.

- What?

- How to love, Mama.

How to really care about somebody.

How to forgive.

I cared about you.

I loved you the best I could.

I gave you everything in me

that he didn't take.

And he took everything.

Can't you see that?

I know you did, Mama.

And if that ain't good enough for you,

then I'm sorry for you.

No.

Mama, I'm so sorry for you.

I didn't mean to come out here

and disrespect you, I really didn't.

But it's time for me to grow up...

...and I'm gonna have to ask you

to leave my house...

...because I want my husband.

I want my husband back,

and I want to fight for my marriage.

Because, Mama,

I don't want to end up like you.

I don't.

I'm gonna pray for you, Mama.

I love you so much.

Little girl.

You pray for yourself.

I'll be gone when you get back.

Go on.

Okay.

Okay.

I'm not sorry about what we did.

I love you.

- Please leave.

- Not until we talk.

We can't.

If Shawn comes up here and...

- He can never find out about this.

- He won't.

Then why are you even doing this?

Hey, hey!

Hey, come on, Dave, knock.

- You scared me.

- What are you doing here?

What do you mean?

Why didn't you knock?

I just came by.

Talked to the manager. I told him I was

your probation officer, he let me up.

- So, what are you doing here?

- I can't come by to see my friend?

I know what you're going through.

I wanna make sure that everything

that you are going through is cool.

- Make sure you're copasetic.

- What are you watching?

Just something to

make me feel better. I had...

Vanessa kicked your ass out,

didn't she?

First of all, that's just crazy to even

think that she would kick me out.

Okay, why would she kick

her husband out?

Her husband,

the man she's supposed to love.

Can I tell you what she said to me?

Can I tell you what she said?

- Listen, look at me.

- What did she say?

She told me I'm too emotional.

I'm way too in touch

with my feminine side.

No man should apologize

to nobody that much.

My feet, she don't like my feet now.

All of a sudden

my feet is a problem?

But her back, I can accept that?

- You can't accept my feet?

- Here's what I want you to do.

Go back home to your wife.

No, I'm gonna make her think

I'm cheating.

You need to go back home

to your wife.

- Why don't you...?

- Go back home to your wife.

Can you talk to me? Listen,

can you talk to me for two seconds?

Why can't me and you get in touch,

figure out why this keep happening?

- I'm emotional now.

- Good men.

- Good brothers.

- Emotional, here we go.

We're good black men.

- Got my toiletry bag?

- Here you go.

- Because I don't want to...

- Here we go.

I love you, I don't tell you enough.

- Here we go.

- All right, you right.

- Thank you, Dave.

- Have a good night.

Do you got my toiletry bag? Okay.

Hello.

Thank you for coming.

And thank you

for taking care of everything. L...

I couldn't have done it.

Are you okay?

I think he was so focused

on winning and that medal, he...

His coach told him about...

Why didn't I remind him?

"You have to take the trash out

when we get home."

What?

That's the last thing I said to him.

Before the race.

"You have to take the trash out

when we get home."

Not "I love you."

Not "I'm so proud of you."

Not "I'm so lucky to be your mom."

"You've got to take the trash out

when we get home."

- It's okay.

- No, it is not gonna be okay.

It's... It's never gonna be okay.

Oh, my God. It's just not gonna be.

- It's all right.

- You can't make it better.

Just stop.

It's not. It never is.

Wait, no, wait.

I can't do this.

I know.

I'm sorry.

I know.

Now, you tell the crew for me

there are four ways...

...of doing things onboard my ship:

The right way, the wrong way,

the Navy way, and my way.

If they do things my way,

we'll get along.

- Aye, aye, sir.

- Okay.

Oh, the manager gave me a key.

- I can leave if you...

- No, no, no, it's cool.

That manager

would give a key to anybody.

David, I just need you

to let me say some things, okay?

I have been round

and round with my heart...

...and I want you to know two things.

First of all, Mama has lost...

...all of her voting privileges

in this marriage.

And, second...

...no one ever taught me

how to be one of those wives...

...who holds on

to her man's every word.

And no one taught me how to trust him

to take care of me, you know?

I really don't know

if I could ever be that woman...

...but I do want to learn

how to be your partner.

And whatever you decide...

...I need you to know

that I can't live without you, David.

I don't want to live without you

and I love you so much.

Come here.

What's that?

I heated you up a plate...

...because you're staying in

a roach motel and I wanted you to eat.

- I cooked it.

- You cooked it?

- Yes.

- There ain't poison in this, is there?

You're not gonna eat it?

You're not gonna eat the food?

Hi.

What up?

What up?

You know, l was hoping, man...

...l can get Darius

back on your team, you know?

lt's like you, you know--

You helping him to be a better man.

Why don't we both do that?

Darius, where you at?

Okay. Listen,

l got you back on the team, man.

Yeah, and l got you a new glove.

So l want you to come back home

and be there by, like, 5:00.

And....

l love you, man. You know?

Yeah.

All right.

I found out that if you wanna know

the purpose of a thing...

...you can't ask the thing to tell you.

A car doesn't know why it's a car.

Only the manufacturer knows

what it was made to do.

And I guess that's the way it is

with us and God.

You know...

...you'd make

an excellent daddy someday.

Well, l hope so.

What about in, like,

seven and a half months?

Are you saying that...?

God didn't just make Dave Johnson

to be a husband...

...or a coach, a friend, or a daddy.

Those are just roles,

not who I am as a man.

But I guess, sometimes...

...he has to let life

turn you upside-down...

...so you can learn how to live

right side up.

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