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I've just never been out

with a guy like you before, that's all.

A guy like me, a guy like me.

What does that mean, a guy like me?

Oh, I see. You must be used

to those roughneck types. Is that what it is?

So where we gonna eat?

I don't know. I was thinking maybe

you could show me someplace in your hood.

- In my hood?

- Your hood, yes.

- You ain't trying to flow like that.

- I might be trying to.

You're probably from Harvard and all.

As a matter of fact, I am.

I still gotta eat.

And I'm still very hungry

so could we please feed a man.

Give him some nourishment

or some sustenance.

That's all I'm asking...

...Miss You-Need-To-Starve

Because-You're-From-Harvard.

This is really a nice restaurant.

It's black-owned, I like that.

Do you come here often?

No, I've never been, I just heard about it.

- So where are you from?

- D.C.

- Have you ever been?

- Nope.

Mm.

No, but that's where the mayor

got popped basing up, isn't it?

Yeah, well, nobody's perfect, right?

It's a great town, though.

I miss it. I really, really miss it.

Anyway, I came directly from New York.

- Have you ever been to New York?

- No.

- Ever been outside Los Angeles?

- No.

When I was in New York, I was working

on Wall Street and before that B school.

- B school?

- Business school, I'm sorry.

- I wanted to go to business school.

- Really?

What, financing, uh, marketing?

No, typing and bookkeeping.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Is that not professional enough?

It's hard for me to believe that you're

this hard when you're so beautiful.

And so tough.

I'm not tough. I just don't think

we have anything in common.

Stony, I don't want anything from you.

I really don't.

I have no expectations, no demands.

I am quite content...

...just listening to you.

Sitting here.

Staring into those beautiful,

pretty brown eyes.

Are you cross-eyed?

- No, your head is just small. Ha, ha.

- Ha, ha.

My head is small.

Makes my eyes go this way:

Because I have to focus in

on your little peanut. No, I'm just kidding.

Oh, my peanut.

This is it.

It's not much but, it's home.

I took the lease over from my brother

who brought me to L.A.

Do you feel free?

Hell, yeah, I feel free.

Hmm. Hmm.

Well, I don't feel free.

I feel very much caged.

Caged. Hmm.

- What are you doing about it?

- What do you mean?

This cage,

what are you doing to get out?

What are your plans? I mean, where do

you see yourself, say, in five years, Stony?

I don't know.

See that's...

That's what I'm saying.

We don't plan for the future, as a people.

We never...

Have you ever thought about it?

I mean, really put serious thought

where you see yourself in the future?

Well, I worked really hard to keep

a roof over me and my brother's head.

To keep clothes on our back.

- And I planned on sending him to college.

- That's great.

Then he should go to college.

He'll go on and accomplish things...

...and he'll be great and wonderful,

like his sister.

He's dead.

Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realize.

- It's okay.

- No, it's not.

No.

I'm dealing with it.

You are, aren't you?

Tough lady.

- Is that a Cabernet or Merlot?

- Damn.

- Take care of it.

- All right, I'll follow it up.

- The next time he has a problem...

- Captain Fredricks, sir?

Do remember the bank robbery

where four people were killed...

...and the arrest of the perp

where a young man was killed?

We're still getting bad press for that.

Sir, I'd like to bring in his sister.

I think she's one of the robbers.

- What you got?

- I've got a girl named Francesca Sutton.

She's a teller at the Pan Pacific Bank.

I'm certain she was connected to the thing.

- Go on, go on.

- Francesca and Lida are best friends.

Right, that's a big coincident, okay?

- There's also physical likeness...

- Wait, do you remem...

- They're real suspects.

- Do you remember the headline?

- "Innocent student killed by cop."

- I remember.

You bring in his sister based on the fact

that she knows someone...

- ...who may be friends with a robber?

- Right.

What the hell's wrong with you, Strode?

No way.

Can I get a tail on her, sir?

What part of "no"

don't you understand, Strode?

The N or the 0?

Up. We go... Oh, sh*t.

Now watch it. Watch it.

Aah! F*** them niggas now.

Watch it. Watch it, honey.

Here it come now.

Oh, now. Oh, sh*t, girl.

What is you doing?

Cleo, how come you

ain't been to work in a week?

Because look what I got here.

I bought my baby some new things.

Check them out.

Luther said you fired.

Cleo. Cleo.

We gotta act like nothing's different.

Now, you need to get to Luther's

and get your job back.

- Man, Luther can kiss my ashy kneecap.

- Money got you tripping.

I know you out of money by now, Cleo.

Now what you gonna do?

Rob another goddamn bank.

What the f*** is y'all thinking?

Hold on, we said once, Cleo.

To get us change

to get us up out of here.

And that's all it is, Stony.

We need some real money.

I don't know how far out of town

you plan to get, baby sister.

But you ain't getting far on 3 grand.

Oh, really?

All right, Louise, you take Thelma over there

and y'all go rob another bank if you all that.

F*** you.

I know you ain't fitting to back down on us

now that we need you.

I want some more motherfucking money.

Cleo, you are real high...

...and you acting real stupid.

You need to get that gun off my face.

- Oh, sh*t.

- Don't you ever raise a gun to me again.

Or what? Or what? What? What?

Are you gonna hit me, motherf***er?

Stony, we go back to first grade.

- You've been my peeps for 20 years.

- Cleo, come on.

Get off of me.

You know what?

I ain't f***ing with you no more.

Yeah, well, f*** you too.

F*** you, f*** you. F*** you!

F*** her!

Come on in.

How you doing?

- I'm all right.

- You sure?

All right, now,

I hope you like Mexican foods.

We have fajitas, enchiladas, special sauce.

You have a seat right there.

Now, you say you don't travel a lot.

This is what we're gonna do, Stony.

From here on out.

I cook, we eat, you pick the country,

starting with Mexico.

And now sit back, relax,

load off your feet.

Smell the aroma of Mexico

and the sounds.

What?

I just got a lot on my mind.

You wanna talk about it?

No.

Okay.

What do you think

about friends and money?

I think they don't mix, why?

I just had a very big argument

with one of my best friends...

...about a money situation.

And I don't think

we're gonna be friends anymore.

Don't you lose that friend over money.

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