The Single Moms Club Page #7

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And karaoke?

- What the hell?

- Yes, that would be super fun.

Uh-uh. Uh-uh. Uh-uh. Strip club!

- [ Groans ]

- [ Esperanza ] Chippendales.

Long as they're dipped in chocolate...

- And vanilla!

- I'll make it rain! Make it rain.

[ Laughing I

Anything.

Anything we wanna do. I'll babysit first.

- [ Lytia ] Deal.

- [ Esperanza ] I love that.

TK? Hey.

- How are you?

- How you doing?

- Good. Good to see you.

- Nice to see you.

Sorry I'm a little bit late.

Are you kiddin' me?

No. it's all fine. Glad you came.

I had such a crazy day today.

May I help you?

- Oh, hi. Can I get a, uh- I'll

have an espresso. - Espresso?

Yeah. Thank you.

[ Exhales ]

it's so nice to sit down.

- I'm just glad you're here.

- Thank you.

Espresso, huh? Somebody's tired.

If you knew what my morning was like.

It's like- Aah!

Everything happening at one time.

- Well, thank you for coming.

- Well, thanks for inviting me.

This is great. it's a nice break.

And you know what? Honestly,

I was having such a terrible morning...

that when I saw your note,

it actually lifted me.

That's really great.

To be honest with you,

I didn't think you'd be finding anything...

in that purse for at least two months.

On!

I Laughing 1

I'm just sayin'. I'm just sayin'.

I live in my purse. I do.

My grandmother used to tell me

a woman's purse is a reection of her life.

Yeah, I saw a kitchen sink, your car,

your house, everything.

And I wasn't just goin' through it.

I was tryin' to find out where you live.

But your purse said a lot about you.

- Really?

- Yeah, yeah.

Okay, so what else did you see in there?

- You are a writer. I found that out.

- Yes.

- I read your book. Really good.

- Yeah.

- You work at the Avondale paper.

- Yes. Yes, I do.

You have a son that you love.

You've got pictures of him everywhere...

- so I can tell you love him very much.

- Yes, I do.

And, um, you're behind

on your credit card bill.

Oh, my gosh!

Did you see that? I'm so embarrassed!

Don't be. You don't spend much.

It's just you're behind on it.

You might want to get it paid.

I'm so glad you reminded me.

It's been such a crazy week.

All right, enough about me.

I'd love to know more about you.

There's not much to say about me.

I was married for 12 years.

Been divorced for four.

We're good people, just not good together.

- It happens. I know.

- Yeah. But we do have two beautiful boys.

I have them on the weekend.

We go fishin' all the time.

- They're great kids.

- Nice.

Yeah. And I run a little company

that does lighting and sound...

for small productions around town.

- Nice.

- Yeah.

That's actually very interesting.

- Thank you.

- [Waitress ] You're welcome.

- Why?

- Because I'm in charge of this fund-raiser...

that I'm doing at my son's school.

The theme is An Enchanted Forest...

so I might be able to use your help

with stage, sound, lighting.

Maybe my new friend, TK,

could help me out.

Oh, your new friend.

Okay, so this is fortuitous?

- Yes. Yes, it is.

- Yes. Okay.

You know, you've got really beautiful eyes.

Thank you.

I don't care that the left one's lazy,

and sometimes it doesn't-

My eyes are not lazy! Is that true?

Yeah, it wanders just a little bit.

I didn't know whether to stand over here

or over here, but-

[ Baby Wailing ]

[ Sighs ]

[Wailing Quiets]

Shh.

Please, go to sleep.

Please, just fall asleep for me.

If you love me, you'll fall asleep.

Come on.

[ Mechanical Whirring ]

What?

[ Groans ]

Excuse me! Excuse me!

Hey! What?

[Whirring Stops]

Hold on.

How you doin'?

My son's upstairs sleeping,

and my daughter's just about to take a nap.

- Sorry. Did I wake 'em?

- No, you didn't.

But she's just falling asleep,

so could you just keep it down?

- Keep it down.

- Okay.

Oh. Actually-

- Um- Hey! Listen!

- Huh?

My oldest daughter's having

a school fund-raiser...

and we have to build a set.

And all of us ladies, we're all single.

We don't really have-

We need a man who knows how to pound.

You know, with tools.

Sure. I can pound anything really. Yeah.

- You can?

- Yeah.

Just tell me to pound it and I'll do it.

I mean, what kind of set?

We sort of want this enchanted forest

kind of thing...

like magical.

Sort of like this forest.

Sure. Okay. And just shrink it.

You can?

'Cause it needs to fit into a tight space.

I like it tight.

I mean, it's easy to get right in there

and we can make it good.

- Wow.

- Yeah.

I'm quick. I mean, not too quick.

I like to take my time, you know?

But either way I'm gonna get the job done.

And you're gonna be very happy

when we get there- when it's done.

Okay. You give it to me how I want it,

I will be so happy.

Look, I've got plenty of wood.

Just tell me when and I'll pound that thing.

- I'll make it big. I'll make it good.

- Really?

I'll erect the trees, so-

I know what I like, you know?

I'll let you know how I want it.

However you need it,

that's how I'm gonna do it. That's my job.

Make sure that you're happy

at the end of the day.

Okay.

I can help you out, yeah.

- Thank you.

- Great. I'm sorry about the noise.

No, it's okay.

Just keep it down because you're really loud.

See you.

[ Clears Throat]

[ Both Speaking Spanish ]

[ Speaking Spanish ]

- Hi.

- Hey.

What are you doing here?

You haven't called me.

- Why?

- Why?

[ Mother, Manny Speaking Spanish ]

- Now.

- [ Chuckles ]

- She hates me.

- A little bit, yeah. A little bit.

You can't blame her, you know.

The way you keep your baby boy on hold

because of your ex-husband.

That's not what I'm doing. Listen-

Then what are you doing?

Tell me what you're doing.

- It's not that-

- I wanna know what you're doing.

Okay, you don't have children.

It's different.

Okay, when I was a kid, my mom

used to bring all these men around me.

And I don't want to do that to my daughter!

Can you understand that?

Esperanza, well, that's nice.

I understand you completely...

but we both know

this is not about your daughter.

- It is!

- It's not. it's about your husband.

What is it? Hmm?

I don't have enough money for you?

- Is that what it is?

- That's so unfair for you to say that.

- Unfair for me to say that?

- Manny! In the kitchen, please.

I'm sorry, babe.

I gotta go.

Manny.

We're going to the movies,

me and the ladies next week.

And I really want you to come with me.

- To the movies?

- Yes.

Yes?

Oh, do I get to be seen in public with you?

That's a step forward.

[ Mother]

Manny!

/A/70/'8/ Now, please!

[ Spanish ]

I miss you.

I miss you too.

I'll give you a call. Okay?

Raise your hand...

if you can guess what your mom

is doing right now.

- A club.

- A club.

[ Jan, Off-key]

Don't leave me this way

[ Growling ]

Oh, baby

My heart is full of love

and desire for you

Now come on and do

what you've got to do

You've started

a fire down in my soul

Now can't you see

it's burning out of control?

Now, come on,

satisfy the need in me

'Cause only your good lovin'

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