- How have you and Noah been? Have you guys been okay?
- The only problem that I've had sometimes
is I feel like sometimes I more coexist with him...
- Yeah. - Than I am in a relationship
with him. - Yeah.
I don't want to be like,
"Do you want to go out to eat for Valentine's Day?"
- We should do something that includes Hazelee.
- I feel like Braeson knows that he's different.
I feel like he knows that he's, like, missing his arm
and not everyone else is like that.
Can you say "I was born like this?"
- You're so [bleep] extra for no reason.
- It's not extra.
I'm tired of you treating me and Camille
like you don't give two [bleep].
We broke up.
So it was just, like, a mutual agreement.
In my opinion,
I feel like our relationship would work better
you being in Arkansas,
but I don't want you being that far away from your kid.
- I knew of X'Zayveon's lifestyle,
but I didn't really care because I had no intentions
of having to deal with him for, like, the next 18 years.
- Zayveon, he gonna be home in 30 days.
- Are you preparing for him to come home?
Like... - I'm prepared.
Y'all not.
- Okay, I feel like since we've gotten engaged,
instead of us getting better we're getting worse.
A few weeks ago I told him, like, I need him to get
his [bleep] together or else, like,
we're gonna have to reevaluate our future together.
I'm not okay. - I know.
- My mom picked up Izaiah.
She was supposed to pick him up from Luke's mom,
but they were with his sister Chastity, right?
So he's like, "Well, Titi Chas hit me."
I just want to go home.
[upbeat rock music]
- ♪ Just wanna feel ♪
♪ You know I wanna be ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ Where do I go? ♪
♪ Wanna do what I do ♪
♪ Where do I go? ♪
♪ Wanna do what I do ♪
- Since I got back from LA,
the kids and I are still staying with my mom
while Luke stays at Coach Moore's.
Ooh, Zay. You gonna play tee-ball?
You need help? Wrong way, baby.
I haven't had a chance to talk to my mom
in person yet about what happened
with Chas and Izaiah while I was away.
I just hope I can get a handle
on everything that's been going on.
Hello. - Hey.
How was the trip?
- It was good. I'm tired
from, like, traveling and just everything.
So can you explain to me what exactly happened?
- So...
when I went to pick up the kids,
they were, like, ready to go. And they were talking
a mile a minute in the car ride,
but Zay had said that Chas had hit him.
But I thought that's what he said in the car
but I wasn't-- - Yeah, Zay mumbles
when he's talking. - Yeah. You know,
so I was like, "Okay, well, we'll just talk
about everything when we get home."
When we came in, that's what he told me.
He was in a pull-up.
- Mm-hmm. - And I was asking him what--
"Why are you in a pull-up?
Like, did you have an accident?"
- Mm-hmm. - And he was like, "Yeah."
But he got, like, really upset.
And then I called Luke because I thought
maybe that would help calm him down.
Then he settled down and we redirected and...
- Yeah. - Whatever.
But then Chas sent me some nasty text messages.
I didn't even say anything to her.
She said, "I don't whoop my child/children ever.
"And definitely not for accidents.
"You sick-ass coached him to say some [bleep] like that.
"Keep him away from me. That's why the [bleep]
"I've been keeping my distance from y'all.
"It's always some bull[bleep] when it got
something to do with y'all."
- Well, she sent a similar variation to Luke
telling Luke to keep Izaiah the [bleep] away from her.
So Izaiah's saying one thing.
Chastity's saying nothing happened.
So, I mean, I don't know exactly what happened.
But I believe something happened.
But then when it comes to his mom--
- She made the choice to put him in that situation
without checking with you.
- And that's like where my issue is with her.
It's really hard to be with someone
when their family, like, hates-hates you.
It's made it even harder on the relationship.
- Has Luke been doing the things
that you've asked of him? - No.
Most importantly I wanted him to work on his mental health.
He hasn't taken any steps to try to do that.
I just feel like Luke's kind of already checked out
of the relationship.
Like, I feel like the relationship's already done.
- ♪ Try to--try to escape ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ All day, all night ♪
♪ I got her in a sauce happening...♪
- I'm back in Arkansas visiting
after my trip to LA.
Christian is staying with his family.
And Camille and I have been staying with Autumn.
It's been really great to be with my best friend again,
especially since she knows me better than anyone.
- Thank you.
- Is it good?
- Uh, how's it feel to be back in Arkansas?
- I mean, it's weird, but I honestly like it
more than I thought I would. I don't know.
It's just, like, I moved somewhere else
where I don't know anybody.
And it's cool because I can literally go out
and not know a [bleep] soul.
- Yeah. - You know what I mean?
But it's lonely. - You get lonely. Yeah.
- And I get depressed very easy.
- Pie? both: You want a fry?
- Here.
- What happened with you and Christian, like,
now that y'all left Ohio?
- Pie. Pie. - Like, how's that going?
- Whenever we left Ohio,
the plan was to leave Arkansas after her birthday.
Then once we got on the road trip and everything,
He started saying he didn't know
what he was gonna do, if he was gonna stay
in Arkansas or what.
Basically that's him saying he's not going back with us
and he's staying there.
So then I ask him, you know,
"Okay, so how much money do you plan on giving me?
"Because there's still unpaid bills up north
that you promised to pay."
We still have rent due. We still have this. You know?
Like, we have groceries.
Camille needs diapers and wipes.
Like, we're [bleep] right now. You know what I mean?
And he was like,
"You don't have anything without me."
Blah. Blah. Blah. This and that.
I should basically just give him--
or give her to him because he's the stable parent right now.
I would have been out working my ass [bleep] off
if he would have taken care of her correctly--
- Yeah. - If I could have trusted him
to [bleep] watch her correctly.
- I think stepping away
from the situation with Christian,
the relationship and everything,
is just an overall good-- good choice
on you and Camille's behalf, you know?
Like, yeah, it's gonna suck, without growing up
with her mom and dad, but we did it.
- [coos] - Ooh.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Turn the lights on, turn the lights on ♪
- It's been a few days since I've gotten back from LA,
but X'Zayveon just called me and told me
he's finally being released from prison
and it's sooner than I thought.
So, uh, Zay's getting out tomorrow.
- Okay.
I mean, I don't-- I'm happy for Amour.
So it's not, like-- you know what I'm saying?
I don't really anxiety. - Yeah.
You know, I got a lot of mixed emotions.
I don't know how to feel, because it's the unknown.
- Mm. - So--
- I get that. That's understandable.
I don't think him getting out will change
anything for us. It shouldn't.
- Well, it-it does change-- it changes our life, kind of.
- I mean-- - Like, it does still--
it actually changes a lot for us.
We have to all learn how to be mature, and...
in order for it to be peaceful,
there's gonna have to be certain things
that me and him talk about.
But, you know, I'ma keep saying--
I gotta keep--I'ma keep trying to look at the positive thing.
Like, I'm not gonna doubt him before he get out here.
I'ma give him the benefit of the doubt.
I'ma give Carla the benefit of the doubt
like I always, damn it, do.
But at the same time I do feel like I have to protect Amour.
But we'll be all right.
- You know, Zay coming home, it's good.
The only reason why, if it wasn't okay,
is if I create a problem.
But I feel like there's no--
there's no need to create a problem.
I don't even know this man.
Like, it ain't gonna affect my journey
or how my energy is or nothing like that.
You feel what I'm saying?
[upbeat rock music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ It's not wrong to ring the bell ♪
♪ You might get straights ♪
- Listen. Be nice. [child screaming]
If you cry one more time, it's gonna be nap time.
[Hazelee crying]
Since we moved into our new place,
Noah's been working a lot.
And we haven't been getting closer
like I hoped.
It's been a little lonely with just me and Hazelee
so I'm planning a trip for my birthday.
But Noah doesn't want to take off work,
so he's not coming.
So I was thinking of going to St. Augustine Beach
since every year of my childhood
I've always been to St. Augustine, Florida...
- Yeah. - For my birthday.
Noah said that he'd pay for my plane tickets.
- Yeah. - And I invited Mom
because I wanted to go out at night and stuff.
And, uh, obviously I wanted Hazelee to be
with someone safe, so... - Exactly.
- I'm getting a hotel room for us.
And you and Emerson could definitely come
if you want to. - Yeah.
So have you and Mom even been talking here lately?
- Yeah, like, we talk here and there.
I try to keep my distance
because ever since I moved in here
I'm really just trying to focus on my mental health.
And I don't want any toxic [bleep].
But, uh, I plan on seeing her very soon
to go talk out the vacation with her.
Dude, we would be so straight if we can drive out there.
- Yeah. - Like, literally so straight.
- I just have to find out the days that I can take off
without it being a problem. - Yeah.
- So a vacation with you and Mom.
- [laughs] - We have not done that
in literally forever.
And I don't know if I can--
Mom's a lot, dude. - Mom is.
♪ ♪
- ♪ It's okay, take my hand, it's easy ♪
- This weekend my mom and I are taking Braeson
on a staycation so he can have some fun
and practice his swimming.
- ♪ Taaaake... ♪
- Yeah!
- ♪ My hand, I'm the one ♪
- [sneezes] - Kick faster.
- [squeals] - Okay, you ready?
- [giggles]
- ♪ This my night in the 1980s ♪
♪ Ay ♪
♪ In my own ♪
- Compared to, like, when you first took him
to swimming lessons, like, what do you think
his progress has been?
- I think he's gotten a lot better.
And he's not as scared.
He, like, can swim on his own.
He doesn't really need you with him.
- I noticed on--when he was riding his bike at my house
the other day that his bike is just getting too small for him.
Like, that little tricycle. - Mm-hmm.
- So that bigger bike I have,
I think we should get training wheels on it.
And get--start getting him on the big bike.
- Yeah, that would be awesome.
We need to get a prosthetic on it, though.
- I know. Of course we would need a prosthetic.
He can't turn without it.
- [chatters, squeals]
- Before kindergarten, I think,
he's gonna need help, like, learning...
- [growling]
- How to wipe his butt. - Oh, yeah.
- For kindergarten. - No!
- And I think--I just think not having that hand
to, like, hold on to the seat is gonna be h--make it, like,
balance issues... - Yeah, I didn't even think...
- When he's-- - About that.
- Yeah.
- He is getting so big.
And he's doing so many things and learning things
like how to tie his shoe and everything,
and get himself dressed,
and I'm noticing that there are
some struggles with his arm.
Do you need some help putting it on?
Needs to go over your ear. And it's the wrong way.
Twist it, like--
- Twist it?
- There's some things that I just can't teach him.
Like, I just--I don't know
how--what's a better way for him to do it
with that arm because I don't have that.
[upbeat rock music]
- ♪ So he's still calm ♪
♪ Take what's wrong to keep from hurting ♪
- It's bad enough that Luke and I have
our own problems,
so fighting with his family all over again doesn't help.
- Hello. - Hey.
- Hi, cutie. - Hey.
- Especially since we can't agree
on how to handle things with them.
- [chuckles] - Okay.
Ariah. - Hey, I remember you.
- [gasps] Oh, my goodness. Look at you, girl.
- Owie. - Uh-oh.
- She's so funny. - You dropped--
Yeah, your cup is underneath it.
- It's stuck. - You're gonna have to get up
and get it first. - I'm gonna--
- Ow, my lash is, like, poking me.
- Bothering you.
- Well, I know you went back to work this week.
- Yeah. - How did that go?
- Terrible. I cried so much.
I missed my baby so much, so--
Have you and Luke figured out
what to do about his family?
- [sighs] Unfortunately, the whole incident
just adds more drama. - To the situation...
- To the situation. - With his family, yeah.
- And Luke and I aren't really seeing
eye to eye on it for the simple fact that--
like, we agree with, like, Chastity and her husband--
Like, the kids are not gonna be around them.
Like, that [bleep] cut off. - Right.
- We're not seeing eye to eye when it comes to Noopie.
'Cause he feels like, well, Noopie didn't do anything.
She was not involved in the incident.
- But she did take your kids there
without, like, even sending a text.
- Exactly. - Just, like, "Hey, you know,
are you okay with this?" - I felt the same way.
Like, we didn't even know that they were
at Chastity's house. Like... - Right.
I didn't know where my kids were
and I'm not really okay with that.
But even more than that,
I'm not really okay with Noopie having them
because, like, she automatically took
Chastity's side.
Or, like, basically saying it didn't happen.
- Right. - But it's, like, well,
I'ma believe my son at the end of the day.
Like, [bleep] what you guys are talking about.
If he's telling me something,
I'm going to believe it. - Of course.
But Luke feels like since his mom was not involved
in "the incident,"
that, like, his mom should still see the kids.
But I'm not comfortable with it.
Like, I've always, like, separated the two.
Like, whatever they did to me, I was like,
"Okay, but, like, the kids like going over there."
But now that something's happened to my son,
like, I'm--it's done.
And if we're being honest,
I feel like Noopie's already shown her true colors
about how truly feels towards Izaiah
with the whole birthday party thing.
- Oh, most definitely. - 'Cause she didn't act
that way towards Ariah's, but then didn't have
that respect for Izaiah's. - Didn't have a problem...
- Exactly. - You know, running her mouth
about you.
- Why are you talking to Nicole about me?
- 'Cause I wanted to. - Bad about me?
- 'Cause I want-- - At my son's birthday.
At my son's birthday. - We was--
I don't give a [bleep] where it's at.
I'ma talk [bleep]. - At my son's birthday party.
- Bitch, I don't give a [bleep] what happened.
[overlapping yelling]
- Well, I'm sorry that that happened.
I'm glad Izaiah's okay now.
You're the mom and you know what's best
for your children. - Yeah, but I need
Luke to back me up on it.
It's literally exhausting. It's so exhausting.
Luke and I already have so many problems.
Now we're just adding on even more family drama?
- Right. - It's, like, how much more
can we really take? Like, I'm at my end.
Like, I don't think I can take any more.
- So what does that mean for, like, you and Luke?
- Well, I had talked to Luke a month ago.
- Right. - And I told him, like,
"I need these things from you..."
- Mm-hmm. - "Or else we're gonna have
to reevaluate our future."
He's not done a single one.
- Not a single thing? - He's not done a single thing.
And, like, I've- I've had enough.
♪ ♪
- X'Zayveon was released from prison yesterday,
and he's back in town.
He's on his way over to meet Amour,
and I have no idea how it's going to go.
Do you know who you're painting this picture for?
- Yeah. - Who?
- Uh, me. - [chuckles]
No, you're painting it for your daddy.
- Huh? - You know your daddy's
coming home? - Yeah.
- Yeah, he's coming home today.
- Yeah. - Are you excited?
- Yeah, I is so excited.
- This is Amour's first time meeting his dad technically,
because the first couple of times
that he's seen him in person,
he was, like, six months.
Um, and also this is also
Teazha's first time meeting him.
So it's just--you know, it's kind of nerve-racking.
[doorbell rings] Put your cookie down.
Your daddy at the door. Put your cookie down.
- [laughs] I can't wait till he see your face.
I can't wait. Oh, my God!
This is more exciting for me than you. [chuckles]
Hey, T. - Hi, stranger.
How you doing? - How you doing?
What's up, little dude? - Eee! It's him.
- How you doing? We're happy you home.
- What's up, man? - Do you know who that is?
- Who-who am I?
Who am I?
Huh? - Who is that?
- Your daddy? - It's your daddy.
- It's Daddy! - Come here.
[both laugh] What up, man?
[chatter' - Oh, my God.
- He's trying to say "What's up?"
- Can you say hi? - Hi.
- Hey. What's up?
- [giggles] - How you doing?
You want me to put you down?
- ♪ 'Cause you could never really hold it ♪
♪ But you can feel it in the moment ♪
- [murmuring]
- What's up, my guy?
- Aw, he-he recognized-- he looked at you he was like,
"Oh, let me give her a hug." - What's up?
You happy to see Dada? - [chuckles]
- Tell Dada. Say "I'm happy to see you."
Tell Daddy. - Right there.
- Oh, he want to show you a picture.
He painted this for you. - What's that?
- He painted that for me for real?
- Mm-hmm. - That's for Daddy?
- [chuckles] - Yeah.
- That's for Daddy? - This is amazing.
Well, damn, this is-- - Say thank you.
- I love this. I appre--thank you.
- [giggles] - Nice gift.
It's nice to be with y'all again, though.
- Yeah. - For real.
I'm glad to be out, though. - I know.
We glad you out for him, too. - Yeah.
Want to give me another hug? - He's so smart.
- Come here. - He's so freakin' smart.
- Ahh. - It's crazy.
- Ahh. - [chuckles]
- Don't do it. - How does it feel, Zay?
- How does it feel? - Yeah.
- Well, it feel like I'm holding
my son in my hands. - Yeah.
- Yeah, it feel nice. - Good.
- That's what I've been waiting for.
- Ain't no thinking in it.
- Thank you guys. - Smile for it.
- Eee!
Oh, my God, give me some. - [laughs]
- You a mess.
- Where Teazha at? - Upstairs.
- What she upstairs for?
- She said she gonna let y'all have a moment.
- Well, I mean, she been here the whole time.
Why she not here right now?
- She--I don't know.
- [sighs]
Well, I don't like it. I don't like that.
- She'll come down.
- Yeah, she'll come down eventually.
And if not today, tomorrow, one day.
- Teazha is a little-- she-she, uh, not shy
but she'll--she to herself.
So don't take it, you know, like that.
- I just feel like if everybody gonna be in the picture,
everybody need to be here right now.
- Yeah.
- [chuckles] - Mm-hmm.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Even if you try to erase ♪
♪ That space that you hold in your heart ♪
[Camille squealing]
- Oh. [chuckles] You good?
Get up. Shake it off. Shake it off.
It's been a week since I've been in Arkansas,
and Christian hasn't seen Camille
since I got back from my trip to LA.
Go get it.
I expected him to probably not see her.
But I expected my phone to be blowing the [bleep] up,
and haven't heard [bleep].
- ♪ I wander so far ♪
♪ And so long... ♪
- Camille's second birthday is tomorrow,
and I'm planning to celebrate with Autumn's family
while we're here.
And I'm not going to bother inviting Christian.
- [giggling] Yeah ha ha!
- But I will try to set up a call with him
so he can wish Camille a happy birthday.
My dad's done that to me every year for my birthday,
so she gets it too.
- No. - [chuckles]
- It sucks that, like,
Dad and Christina can't be here,
and I know they'reps
anm sure Dad's pissed.
But, like, this wathane that I had
like, reallypy since I've been here, so--
And, I mean, she'sng great.
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- Yeah. - You know what I mean?
But I wasn't gonna invite him
because if he doesn't want to come,
it's less stressful to me anyway, you know what I mean?
Like, if he would have been here
there would have been some type of argument.
There would have been
something, something. - Oh, yeah. Most definitely.
- So I'm glad he's not here.
I don't know. It upsets me, like,
not for me, not for him.
It upsets me for Camille, though.
Like, it upsets me that he--
Like, even on her birthday he didn't want to see her.
And I'm just worried that it's gonna end up,
you know what I mean, like,
just getting worse and worse and worse.
- Well, let's just hope it doesn
- ♪ Always come here ♪
- ♪ You must love having every boy in town ♪
- Even though Noah's not coming
on the trip to Florida, he offered to help pay for it,
and I'm happy my mom and Malorie are coming.
But I stilshh would make more of an effort
to spend time with me.
- ♪ Chase you ♪
♪ You must love having every boy in town ♪
♪ Chase you ♪
- Come get ice cream.
- Corn ice cream?
- We got corn ice cream or panda ice cream.
- Panda ice cream?
- That's illegal. - [laughs] You can't do that.
- So are we going for Rachel's beach trip birthday?
- Yeah. Her 20th birthday.
- Dang, dude, she's old as [bleep].
- I think if we rent a car it's gonna be cheaper.
- It's too expensive to fly. - I'd rather rent us a car.
Even though gas prices are out the roof right now.
- Yeah, they are.
Um, how do you feel about, like, Rachel and Noah?
How do you think they're doing?
- I mean, I think they're doing all right.
I don't--I wouldn't know any different.
- Yeah. Personally, I've always thought
that Noah was too calm for her.
Ti-- - Passive?
- Yes. I don't think it's good for him.
And I think she's gonna get bored.
- I really think he's a good influence on her...
- I don't think she-- - To make her calmer.
- Yeah, but I don't think she's still, like,
in love with him if that makes sense.
- I do. - I think she's almost
in the position where she's-- - I do.
- Has to be there, if that makes sense.
- No, I--I think that they're, like, best friends
and have got such a good little functioning family now.
- Yeah. I don't know. I'm just--
I know that--what I want for my life.
And I don't know if Rachel knows
what she wants for life. - She's gotta push goals,
though, upon herself, man. - Yeah.
- She's gotta get her GED. - She don't have any though.
- She's gotta get her license. - I've never known this chick
to have a job except for [bleep] two weeks
at [bleep] Wendy's when she was 16 years old.
Or 17 years old. - 'Cause then she was pregnant.
- Okay. - And that was when she was 16.
She was pregnant. - So--exactly.
- She's just gotta learn what she's gonna do in life, though,
and use what she has-- she needs to--
- But she ain't going to 'cause she's too hard-headed.
I'm scared for her, and I'm scared for Hazelee.
And I can't have a conversation with her about it
because she's too hard-headed to hear what I'm having to say.
- Yeah. - She--
- She takes every-- offense to everything.
- Exactly. - Even if you weren't trying
to be offensive, she still takes offense to it.
- Exactly. It's like her way or the [bleep] highway.
Get the [bleep] out. - What worries me about Rachel
is I think if Rachel's not careful,
she's gonna throw her whole life a
- Yeah.
- Like, and she will end up with nothing.
- Yeah.
- If Noah and Rachel break up ever,
then what's gonna happen?
I wanted her to graduate high school.
I want her to know
what she's gonna do with her life--
like, a career path.
You want to sit home and take care of your baby
all the time, but that can't be all you do.
[upbeat rock music]
- ♪ I'm tired of making excuses ♪
♪ To kill the time, everything that I... ♪
- Going on our staycation made me realize
I want to do more fun activities
with Braeson so he keeps learning and growing.
And I'm starting to think of other ways
I can help him with his arm development.
No.
- Hole in two. - You suck.
- Can I help you?
Can I help you hold your--
Can I show you the best way to do it?
No, hold it like this, though.
- Look. - Like this.
There you go. Good job.
Whoa! This is cool. Let's sit down right here.
It's a fish.
- I'm very happy that Braeson's at a age
where we can, like, go out and do activities and have fun.
- Oh, yeah. - And, um...
kind of just, like, hang out.
- So have the, um--
have the teachers said anything,
like, about his development
or how he's doing or... with his arm?
- They always say that he's doing really good
with, like, the tracing of the letters
and writing his name.
- It's not like... holding him back
in any way, though, or anything like that?
- No, they don't really even address it, to be honest.
- I think he likes to hide it sometimes,
especially when he's wearing a long sleeve.
I think sometimes he feels insecure about it, but--
- Really? Already? At this age?
- There's been one--
one kid that is very scared of him
because of his arm. - Oh.
- So he won't play with him.
He doesn't want to be next to him.
And if Braeson ever is next to him,
he'll start screaming and crying and run away.
- Aw. - And it basically--teachers
tell me that it hurts Braeson's feelings.
- Oh, my God. - And they've been trying
to talk to the kid.
And then I told them that we should talk to--
like, they need to talk to the parents.
- Good. What did they say?
- They talked--they said they talked to the parents.
I mean, I told Braeson when that happened
that if someone's making you feel bad about yourself,
you need to go talk to someone about it
or tell them, "Hey, that really hurts my feelings."
Kids don't know.
Like, they just don't understand.
This last check-up, the doctor told me
that it's time to start physical therapy.
- Right? Is that-- - What is it, like,
for exactly? - It's, like, to teach him
to tie his shoes, put on his shirt.
I do want to get him into, like,
some occupational therapy to kind of help him
because, like, I need to know what he needs help with
so I can get that help for him.
Because I want the best for him,
and I want Braeson to know that he's perfect.
- ♪ So I have my way ♪
♪ ♪
- I'm really happy that Zay is here
and Amour gets to spend time with his dad.
But Teazha hasn't come down to meet him yet,
and I'm worried if she doesn't it might create
unnecessary tension.
- I'm gonna go up and talk to her.
Hey, baby.
- Hey, babe. - What's wrong?
How you feeling? - I feel great.
- Why are you saying it like that?
- 'Cause I said I was gonna-- I wasn't gonna come downstairs
and be in the-- and be in the space
because I want to give him that time to spend
with his son. That's what he came here for.
You get what I'm saying? Me coming--
that man not worried about me coming down there
and saying "Hey" to him or not.
It's everybody else being worried
about if I have a problem
or if I'm putting confrontation in the air.
'Cause your mama came upstairs and said something to me.
- Because-- - He's not even worried
about that. - Well, he actually did ask
was you coming down there?
I was just saying, bae, hey, you don't think you want
to come down here and peek your head down here
and say "hey" just do it don't come off
as you being any type of way?
- No, 'cause I don't just want to say "hey" to this man.
I been around this man child.
- Okay, we got it-- - You get what I'm saying?
I don't want to just say "hey" to you.
I want you it for the first-- - Y'all don't have to have
a deep conversation. - It don't gotta be deep,
but the first time that I see you,
I want you to get to know me and me to get to know you.
You gotta understand I been around his child.
I've been the one taking--
you know what I'm saying? - Which is why I felt like
you should say "hey." - But just for the first day
I just feel like it was a lot. - Okay.
- It's a lot for him to take in.
He just came home.
- He don't-- he-he's fine with it.
What I'm saying is if he asked about it...
- I didn't know that, though. - You know now.
- You gotta understand. Okay, but I know now,
he's not here. - He is here.
- Where? - He's downstairs.
- Okay, somebody could have said that.
- We did. You're not listening, baby.
- Nobody said he was still downstairs.
- Okay. - Why are you walking away?
- 'Cause I'm going downstairs to say "hey" to this man
so he don't think I got a problem with him.
[tense music]
[upbeat rock music]
- ♪ Knock off the clock to play ♪
♪ She know the moves to make ♪
♪ Got me feeling some way ♪
♪ Slide to the crib real late ♪
♪ Tell me to stay, she late ♪
- It's hard not seeing the kids.
I was used to seeing them all the time.
Both of them are my grandchildren.
I love both of them the same.
Thing is,
Chas don't even whoop her own [bleep] kids.
Chas a mama.
I'm upset because my brother didn't back me up
and say, "You--are you crazy?
"Do you think my sister would ever do
anything to Izaiah?"
Every time something happens,
it goes back to square one for us.
It's like it just starts over.
- ♪ But I won't make you... ♪
- Luke is coming over today to talk,
but I'm still struggling on how to move forward
with his family and our relationship.
- Whoa. Hello, hello.
- Hi.
How are you feeling about everything?
- It's a [bleep] situation to be in
'cause I constantly feel like I'm in the middle of it.
- I do feel for you on the situation
'cause that is, like, your sister and your family...
- Mm-hmm. - Make it worse.
Like, I feel like they really went
into, like, attack mode...
- Yeah. - Instead of just having
a conversation. If it was a misunderstanding
like they're claiming,
then a simple conversation could have been held.
- And I was just as confused as you were, Kayla.
- Mm-hmm. - You--we've been
on the same page with this. So, I mean--
- Yeah, and, like, I feel like me and you see
eye to eye on, like, them not being
around Chastity and her husband.
I don't think we're really seeing eye to eye
on, you know, Noopie.
- This all just could have been easily avoided
with clear communication, and it's--
- Oh, for sure. And I feel like that's
what I'm asking for right now.
I know in the past, like, I've expressed conce■lrns
about Izaiah potentially being treated different than Ariah
just for the simple fact that he's not their blood.
But I just feel like her actions
have kind of shown that she does think
the same way Chastity does, and if she feels that way,
"Keep Izaiah away from me,"
then Ariah will be kept away too.
- Like, this isn't the first time we've been
family versus family.
It's just the only thing different now is
you're my fiancée and, like, not my girlfriend.
- But in this situation I'm not really thinking
about, like, us relationship-wise.
I'm more just thinking about the kids.
But I think your not--
your not having them around, like, really affects
you mentally whether or not you realize it.
And it's been happening for a while.
And I don't want to just keep sit,
watching you just get worse and worse as time goes on.
Like, every time I try to have these serious talks with you
I feel like you just get irritated with me.
- 'Cause it's constantly how you feel
and all this other [bleep].
Would that not be irritating to you?
Would it not?
If I'm telling you I'm good and I'm straight
and I'm gonna be okay,
like, I need you to, like, take that
and just leave it at that.
- But you're not, like, okay.
- Okay you're gonna keep... - And I don't know
if you realize it. - Doing it.
Get this [bleep] mic, man.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ It used to be so easy ♪
♪ And loving was a golden dream ♪
- Even though we don't always get along,
I'm happy my mom and Malorie are coming over
so we can plan this trip to Florida together.
- Hey.
- Hi. - Hi.
Malorie, have you took off work?
- Yeah.
- Wait, really? So we're for sure going?
- Yeah, we're for-- yeah, dude.
- Oh, [bleep].
Wait, I haven't booked the hotel yet.
I need to. - But now that we're doing
a car, y'all can just half it.
We can all split the car.
- You pay the gas, I'll pay the hotel.
- We're paying the half of the car.
- It is a car rental. - The car rental's cheaper.
- Another thing is, though, that I'm not--
I've never drove for more than four hours at a time.
I don't know how I'm gonna feel
driving the whole eight hours.
- I mean, I'm not worried about that.
We'll figure it out.
If I've gotta drive a little bit, so be it.
- Well, I was about to say--
- But you don't have a license, do you?
- Okay. - Why are you saying that?
It's none of the [bleep] business
of any-[bleep]-body anyway. - Okay, just stop.
Just don't talk about it.
- Honestly, I don't want to drive
eight hours by my [bleep] self, dude.
If you want to [bleep] drive-- - I'll take a flight
because Noah will pay for me.
I'm not worried about the [bleep] drive.
- Okay, then you go by your God damn self.
- I can pay for... - 'Cause I ain't doing it.
- A [bleep] flight. - Y'all stop.
Y'all stop! - Who can pick me up
from the airport. - I'm out.
- [bleep] stop. - I'm not worried about it.
Dude, get the [bleep] out of my house
if you're gonna literally start yelling.
'Cause I'm not with the toxic [bleep].
ep] stop, Rachel.
- I'm not wi the toxic-ass [bleep].
- You can go by yourself. - Yeah, okay, I will.
Like I was going to from the [bleep] beginning.
- We gotta leave 'cause Rachel's a [bleep] psychopath.
- 'Cause y'all are literally screaming at me?
- Now I got a pain in my throat, bitch.
- I'm not the one [bleep] screaming.
Y'all are [bleep] psychopaths.
Get the [bleep] out of my house.
- Don't come at me like that. - Y'all are so toxic.
It's y'all that are the [bleep] problem.
- You know, you don't even got [bleep], you can't keep a job.
- Yeah, okay, for sure.
- For [bleep] sure.
I've raised your daughter half of her [bleep] life.
You leave your daughter home every day.
- You leave your daughter with Mom
every day of your life.
Mom hasn't had my kid in a month
because I always have my daughter--always.
Piece of [bleep]-ass [mutters].
You get drunk every day of your [bleep] life.
[bleep] you, bum-ass bitch.
Look at my [bleep] house.
My boyfriend makes $4,000 a month.
We are not [bleep] bums.
Who cares if my man is paying for some of my [bleep]
while I get my GED?
I have a man that will do that [bleep].
I have a full-time job, and that is
being a stay-at-home [bleep] mom.
And Noah is her [bleep] dad so who give a [bleep]?
Because regardless if I'm a bum
my [bleep] man ain't.
- If it's just us three-- - I'm way too down to earth
and just be vibin', and then y'all just be
[bleep] everywhere yelling. I don't [bleep] with that.
- That's always us, you're right.
You're right. - Did you hear me in there
screaming my ass off?
[bleep] no. I do not do that.
It is.
The way that y'all are so jumpy...
- Okay, I don't want to fight. - And so screaming...
- I don't want to argue. - That's too much.
- Like, I don't want to do this.
- Y'all need to find your inner peace, for real,
because I don't be yelling like that.
[upbeat rock music]
- ♪ Where do we go now? ♪
♪ You got me, I feel like I'm stuck without her ♪
♪ Right by the side of the road now ♪
- Christian hasn't given me a clear answer
on what his plans are,
but I'm sort of annoyed because he missed
Camille's birthday and hasn't seen her
since I got back from
I'm supposed to drive back to Ohio soon,
soskut watch Camille
so I can meet up with him and make a plan.
Honestly, I feel like if I go back to Ohio
and I stay there and he's here,
I don't think he'll ever see her.
- How are you? - I'm good. How are you?
- Doing great.
- Um, thank you for meeting me.
I wanted to talk about what our plan was,
since we're supposed to be leaving
in a couple days.
- So my plan right now is
I plan on staying here in Arkansas.
What do you want to do?
- Honestly, I don't have any type of expectations.
I don't have any type of anything anymore.
I'm tired of feeling disappointment.
What you do from this step forward is
up to you, and I'm leaving that to you.
- Well, I done offered to take her for a little bit.
- You're not having her. [laughs]
- I already got a job lined up.
I'm picking a car up tomorrow.
- Sounds like things are going great.
- And I'm going out on the road.
- So if you're going out on the road,
how are you supposed to take our kid?
Yeah, no.
- For now, I'll be home every night
until I got that job.
And she will have everything she needs from me.
- I swear to [bleep] God. [laughs]
I swear to [bleep] God.
- I don't want my kid going without.
- She will never-- never go without.
- What money do you have?
- Baby, I worked longer than you.
You could never keep a job for [bleep]
because you didn't want to get up.
- You worked at a pizza place for two months.
- I worked doubles almost every [bleep] day
because you were too [bleep] lazy
to get off of your [bleep] ass,
and you still couldn't take care of our kid.
I still had to have my dad [bleep] [bleep].
- Okay. - I'm done.
Take me to court and we'll see what the judge says.
- Okay.
Be like that. Be mad.
- I'm not mad. I'm disappointed.
- You are mad. "I'm mad. I'm mad."
- This is hurting my daughter.
This is hurting my daughter.
Not me.
I don't care.
- It's not hurting your daughter.
I've been offering to take her.
- Just take-- - Till you get
your [bleep] together and I-- and you can--
- Till I get my [bleep] together?
Where are you living?
With ybrr and your mothe
- What happened to you leaving?
- [crying]
♪ ♪
[breathing unsteadily]
♪ ♪
- Why are you walking away? - 'Cause I'm going downstairs
to say "hey" to this man so he don't think
I got a problem with him. - You don't have to.
- What's u yo? - How it feel to be free?
They trying to make me do some [bleep].
I'm like, I'll talk to you when I talk to you.
Like, what the hell, bro?
I ain't got no confrontation or problem with you, bro.
I don't--I don't know you. You don't know me.
You feel what I'm saying? So-- - Facts.
- That's where we make this time
to get to know each other.
I been around your son. You gotta get to know me.
- Yeah, we gonna definitely get to know each other, bro.
- Yeah, most definitely.
We're family. You feel me? - Definitely. For real.
- Yeah, don't-- yeah, don't think, like--
- It's a lot. - You feelin' me.
Don't think, like, I'ma get you,
'cause I'm here to help you, bro.
- I never--never thought like that.
- Come on, now.
- No, I just-- in my mind, I'm just like--
when I was locked up, the whole time
we could have been did that. - Yeah, we could have,
but I like it--I like it more in person, you feel me?
ounow my intentions anu know
the type of persm. - Only problem with me was,
like, you want to do it in person,
you didn't know when I was getting out.
- Yeah, you right. - You feel me?
You can say or ask me anything.
- Yeah. - Talk to me about anything.
- But, um, and same goes for you, you feel me?
'Cause like I said, we all here for one person.
So I got--if I don't-- if I don't make sure you good
and you don't make sure I'm good,
then we're not good, and if we not good--
- We all trippin'. Exactly. - Sure.
Only time we gonna ever have a problem
is when you not doing right by him and I gotta
come see you about it, 'cause I'm gonna come
see you about it. - Facts.
- And when you disrespect her...
- Mm-hmm. - That's when we got a problem.
- Facts. - You feel me?
'Cause that's my lady's child.
You know--you already know.
- Yeah.
- We're on the same pa .
- You ain- Good.or - I'm here for him.
Yoelg me, so--
- I defi respect that you been here
while I was gone, though. yeah. For sure, for sure.
- I definitelyespect that. - For sure.
- I'm saying 'cause you didn't hao ha
'Cause that ain't your baby boy.
- Yeah. - He is, though, in a sense.
You feel me? So-- Y'all want to,
you know what I'm saying, link up, celebrate something,
ay parties, anything... - For sure.
- Like family things... - Yeah.
- We can do that. It's open arms.
It's all love. - Yeah.
We don't just gotta meet up based on Amour.
- It could be random. - Yeah.
That's how I been feeling. Like, that's my--
that's my ideal, my perfect world.
- Yeah, it could be random.
- Yeah. - I'm just glad to be home.
For real. - Yeah.
- ♪ What do you imagine ♪
♪ When you think of my life now ♪
♪ I spent three years ♪
♪ Just trying to get over this ♪
♪ Do you have the same habits ♪
♪ Getting high and then going out ♪
♪ Sometimes my mind ♪ On the merry-go-round ♪
♪ I know you but I don't ♪
♪ I just thought you should know ♪
♪ No hard feelings, baby ♪
♪ Yeah, I've been healing lately ♪
♪ I thought you would save me ♪
♪ But I've been healing lately ♪
♪ No hard feelings, baby ♪
♪ ♪
- How you doing with everything?
- I don't know. I feel like everything's
going cool. - I don't feel like
Teazha tells me the truth.
- Can you say I was born like this?
- I was born like this. - 'Kay.
- I didn't intend to date anybody.
- Definitely a lot happier I am with you
than I was without. - Okay, that was cute.
- You leave the [bleep]... - You talk to
everyone crazy. - Like you have done everything
to abuse me. - Okay.
Okay. - You've never been a mother.
- You say like you wanna be with me,
but their actions don't show that,
and that really hurts.
- If you need to be by yourself,
then you can go and do that.