The Love Section Page #7

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Not yet.

Well,

in your time.

But just remember,

sometimes you don't know

what you have,

until it's gone.

Special delivery.

What are you doing here?

Well, I was paid top dollar

to personally see to it that

you receive these,

courtesy of my best friend.

Thank you.

He misses you, Sandrine.

Specially like your snoring,

your cold feet,

your eye boogers,

the way you snort.

(LAUGHS)

No, I'm just...

Really, though.

You take care,

all right?

Thanks. You, too.

ALI:
Hey, Sandrine.

I want you to know that

I miss you so much.

These last few weeks have been

like no other.

I wish I could rewind the time

just to save you from

the hurt I caused you.

And it's

killing me, sweetie.

It's killing me knowing tht

I caused you the pain that

I want to ask you something

that I don't deserve.

A second chance.

Love you always.

Ali.

I just want to feel that I can

trust you, Ali.

I understand.

Completely.

You know what

my mom said?

What?

She said that

we remind her of them.

Really?

Her and your dad?

Yeah.

Wow.

That's deep.

I know.

Makes me feel real good.

I mean...

I'm just so glad

you're here.

Me too.

I missed you.

ALI:
After that horrible

meeting with James Johnson,

I'm just not sure this is

the career I can retire from.

Why not?

I mean, the market is so

unstable right now.

Unless you're the boss,

you got no control.

So, there is no reward without

the risk? Got it.

But I thought settling

wasn't in your vocabulary?

You have such

a good memory.

Look, I don't know much about

real estate.

Okay. I just know that

there's plenty of it.

Buying, selling, building.

That's never gonna stop,

you'll be good.

Yes, you're right.

And that's why I wanna start

my own agency.

I know I would succeed.

Dope. What's stopping you?

Money, advertising,

marketing.

With that alone

you're talking

a couple of

thousand dollars.

To be on commercials?

No, no.

That's too expensive.

You know

those real estate ads

you see... The people

on the shopping carts.

Yeah, in the grocery store.

Well, that's what I'd

be paying for.

That exposure

would pretty much

expose me

to a wide range of

buyers and sellers.

I mean...

I wanna help you.

Yeah?

Yeah.

How?

Financially.

I can co-sign

a loan for you.

Are you serious?

(LAUGHS)

Yes.

Baby, I believe in you.

There's no guarantees

with this, Sandrine.

I know that.

Did you mean what you wrote

in that letter?

Yes.

Of course I did.

Can you guarantee it?

Wow.

You...

You're incredible.

Yes.

Thank you, baby.

You know, plus me and Junior,

we like traveling,

fine dining and all

of the above, okay?

We are gonna need to make sure

that you can provide

these things.

I won't let you down.

I love you.

I love you more.

You're not gonna be looking

all corny and stuff?

You're not going to be like...

(LAUGHS)

You know, making

those funny faces and stuff.

Oh, you got jokes.

I don't do corny.

No, you don't.

I know you don't.

This is going to be good.

A loan for 5 grand?

Yeah. Yes, sir.

I got a photo shoot in

a couple of days.

So what? Like,

your picture gonna be

on shopping carts and stuff?

Yeah, LA Times.

Bus benches.

Please, bro.

No cornball poses, man.

Don't embarrass us.

You sound like Sandrine now.

Listen, don't be surprised

if Ebony or Upscale come

calling me.

Well, if they do,

you be sure to remember

that lady of yours, man.

You got you a winner, Ali.

Trust me.

I'm well aware of that.

So much so,

I'm about to step it up.

Talk to me.

I might need a best man.

Are you available?

What?

Yeah,

her birthday is next month.

Gonna pop the question.

Oh!

That's what

I'm talking about, man.

You about to be sounding

like me, huh?

What?

You know.

BOTH:
I love my wife.

Man, I'm proud of you, man.

(CELL PHONE VIBRATES)

Thank you, bro.

Uh, that's her now.

Time to check in?

Welcome to the club, bro.

(LAUGHS)

She went in for

a physical exam

the doctor felt a lump

in her breast

and now she's gotta get

a biopsy.

What?

I don't...

I don't know what I'll do

if my mother has cancer.

Don't think that way.

I can't help

but think that way.

I will go crazy if something

happens to my mother.

I understand but...

How can you understand?

Your mother's fine.

And your mom's going

to be fine, too.

I don't know.

(SIGHS)

Come here.

(SIGHS)

Dear Heavenly Father,

we humbly ask you to shine

a ray

of blessings

on a very special lady.

One who not only

is a great mother,

but one who lives

a righteous path

that you laid.

In Jesus Christ we pray.

Amen.

Amen.

Thanks.

I'm here for you.

I know.

Sorry for snapping on you.

It's okay, I understand.

Good.

Because until my mother gets

a clean bill of health

I'm not going to be

much fun to be around.

I understand.

All right.

I'm gonna go.

No. I don't want

you to leave tonight.

Okay.

Okay.

What's on TV?

Oh, good.

There you go.

You're in the middle

of a threesome.

That's it. Right there.

Yeah, man.

Just imagine she's

rubbing on

your head.

One rubbing your back.

That's how you do it.

Right motivation, man.

Nice.

You getting this, dude?

Huh?

You getting this, man?

Yeah.

All right,

then get it then, man.

This is all we got.

(CAMERA CLICKING)

Well, help me

out then, bro.

Since you the man.

Right now?

Yes, please.

Gotta fix your thing tight.

Look at me, like...

(CAMERA CLICKING)

Thank you.

It's gonna turn out, man.

I'm just playing with you.

Yo. I wanna be there when

you pick out your photo.

So what?

You have no faith in me?

You will thank me

in the long run.

Trust me, bro.

You got jokes.

I hope so, man.

I'm a comedian.

Oh, man.

Time to reload, man.

Some more

of that.

Yeah, to the game then.

All right, cool, man.

But, you should

be setting up, 'cause I won

last time.

Yeah, I don't remember

that, but okay.

"I love you."

Is this from Juliet, Romeo?

Yeah, she left that on

the table this morning.

How's her mom doing?

She's going in for

her biopsy results today.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Hey.

Hey.

You thirsty?

No, thanks.

What's wrong?

They admitted my mom.

She has

metastatic breast cancer.

Mata... What is that?

A malignant tumor.

Started in her breasts. Now,

it's taking over her kidney.

I don't know.

She, she has to undergo

a surgery immediately.

She didn't even have

any symptoms.

Nothing.

Nothing.

Just like that?

It just came

out of nowhere?

A year ago, she was

complaining about

pain in her breasts.

The doctor diagnosed

it as stress related.

Stress related?

He gave her a prescription.

She said she felt better.

We thought everything

would be okay.

This is just happening

so damn fast.

Listen, whatever you need

from me, I'm there for you,

okay? Whatever.

Okay?

I know.

Just wanted to tell you.

I gotta go get Junior from

Steph's. I'm late.

Hey.

I wanna go with you to

the hospital tomorrow,

all right?

Okay.

I love you.

Bye.

(JUNIOR GROWLING)

(CELL PHONE VIBRATES)

Hey, sweetie,

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