(jazzy music)
- [Folake] Where the hell do you think you're coming from
at this God-forsaken hour?
Really, are you going there?
Aren't you the one who said I couldn't work?
Aren't you?
Who is she, the one you're sleeping with?
Are you off again?
- Yeah.
This is for you.
You have 30 days.
Look at it, think about it, decide.
What, you're not gonna look at it?
- Do you want me to?
- (yelling) Fola, let's not even let this drag on.
It's simple, sign the contract.
You'll get your monthly stipend, okay?
But if you take longer than the 30 days
or you contest, you will get nothing, absolutely nothing.
You understand?
Look at it.
- [Folake] I need a time machine.
Don't agree to conclude that I am not well in the head
'til you walk a mile in my shoes
that it hurts so much, you'll turn to every solution,
real and imagined, to ease the pain.
That's why I need a time machine,
to slide into its chamber, dial back to 12 years ago,
and travel through time to the precise moment
when it all begun.
(screaming) No. ♪ I can feel it ♪
♪ It feels a rushing wind ♪
♪ Time is passing by ♪
♪ Fading away ♪
♪ I can't help it ♪
♪ The thought of losing you ♪
♪ Keeps coming back and back again ♪
♪ But I can feel the wind taking me away ♪
♪ Taking me away ♪
♪ Fading away ♪
♪ I'm fading away ♪
♪ Losing (I'm losing) ♪
♪ I'm losing (I'm losing) ♪
♪ And I'm losing (I'm losing) ♪
♪ I'm losing ♪
♪ I'm losing you (I'm losing you) ♪
♪ I'm losing you ♪
♪ Fading away ♪
A moment when I had the choice
between happily ever after and the run for your dear life.
- Deji.
- Folake. - Yes?
- My bestie for life.
- Hi. - Hello.
- How are you?
You okay? - Um-hmm.
- Hey, there's a, who is it?
- I'm going out on a date.
- I thought we were hanging out.
(door alarm beeping) - I'm sorry.
Fo. - Yeah.
- Hey. - Hello, Steve.
- Hey, how you doing, girl?
- Okay. - You good?
Hey, how you doing? - Hi.
Hey, I'll see you Folake, okay?
- I'll call you. - All right, yeah sure.
- All right, Deji. - Yeah, yeah.
- Okay, let's go. - How?
You know what, never mind.
(door alarm beeping)
- I'll lock the door.
Steve, tall, rich, and handsome,
a perfect gentleman.
He was caring, to say the least.
He loved me beyond words.
I think I love him.
No, I know.
I think I have a thing for him.
(hopeful music)
- Folake, presentation time.
Lesson- (both laughing)
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ I don't see food.
- What, what, sing. - Well, I got us a drink.
Happy birthday, girl.
Oh, my good friend,
another year has met us again. - Okay.
- I'll just cling on a little bit.
- No. (both laughing)
- So what do you have? - Nothing.
Present.
- I'm African, fill my belly now.
I will give you present. - Not so, my friend.
- Okay, I have something for you?
- What?
What do you have for gift (laughing)?
- Here you go.
Hold on.
- Aw, it is lovely. - You like it?
- Um-hmm, it's a nice brooch.
- This is where we hug and you know-
Okay, I'm waiting.
Make sure you bring wine glasses.
Know the difference.
- You should buy it. (door alarm beeping)
- Hey, Fola.
Hey, beautiful.
Happy birthday, girl.
Hi, Steve.
- You know, driving down here,
I just had one thing on my mind,
apart from the fact that you look beautiful, as always.
And I was just saying to myself,
wouldn't it be better if you had these on?
Happy birthday. - It's expensive.
- You're worth it. - Thank you.
- Hey, yeah, I just remembered something,
I need to get something done at home.
I'll be back.
Hey, yo, hey, that's a month's vacation.
Congratulations.
- Deji, don't. - Have fun.
(door alarm beeping)
- Don't.
That's my friend, my buddy for life.
- Right, okay.
You celebrating?
- Hello.
Deji, what was that about?
Yeah, but you can't...
You embarrassed me.
It became so uncomfortable.
He's just my...
And I made a decision.
Hello.
I let both friendships go.
It was a really tough one, really tough decision.
But then again, they say guys, the hardest decisions
are usually the right ones.
I opened up a new phase in my life.
(jazzy music)
- Excuse me, Mrs., everything okay?
Forgive me, I did not mean to startle you.
- Do I know you?
Have we met?
- No, we have not, but I know you.
Okay, okay, okay.
Okay.
What are you studying?
- Don't try to change the subject.
How do you know me?
- Okay, for starters, I see you come here all the time
with your friends and I also see you at school.
- Oh, you must be a lecturer.
- No, my God, I look that old?
I'm a student.
- Can you blame me?
Oh really.
Can you?
And I don't say you look that old.
I was a virgin to life and the ways of men.
I wanted what I read in the books,
a hazel-eyed lover, tall and gorgeous,
witty like Shakespeare, a gentleman on the streets,
and a beast in bed.
A man who gave pleasant life to the dreams
of us being together forever.
This is like my little sister.
Folake.
- Wait, wait, how did you know my name?
I didn't tell you. - Tunde.
- Tunde applied for the position just by showing up
in my life and my heart employed him.
Access blush.
His ridiculous bargain was music to my ears.
His cruelty was merely a test of my patience.
And his wrongs didn't rub me the wrong way
because my love was blind, deaf, and down right dumb.
- Fola, come!
(water splashing) (heels clacking)
Where are you going dressed like that?
- I forgot to mention, I've got a job interview.
- An interview for what? - For work.
- You don't work. - But I need to work.
- You don't. (intense music)
You don't need to work, Fola, come on.
- I need to work- - No, you don't!
You're fine!
Don't be crazy.
- I'm not hungry. (intense music)
- Fola, (speaking in foreign language).
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry I raised my voice.
It wasn't right.
You're my wife and I love you.
I'm supposed to take care of you.
This is my job, this is my duty.
I'm supposed to take care of you.
My woman does not work.
I take care of everything.
This is my duty, to take care of everything.
I want to give you everything.
Do you understand?
(intense music)
Okay?
Come on, let's go.
(laughing) Ola, oh my God.
Tunde. - So good to see you, man
- Same here, bro, same here.
Yo, Mikey, you're a grown man now.
- Thank you.
Good to meet you. - Thank you.
- I can't believe you are settled.
My wife and I couldn't wait to meet this wonderful woman
of yours. - Queen.
- That finally got you changed.
- Oh, no, you can't be serious.
- Hey, dead serious.
Look at her, man, she's flawless.
She has beautiful skin- - Okay.
- Thank you. - Anyways, my dear,
tell us about yourself.
Where are you from?
How'd you two meet?
What do you do for a living?
- She's from back home but we first met in college.
She doesn't work- - Really?
- At all, no. - Can she speak for herself,
please Tunde, please Tunde?
I mean, who doesn't work in America?
- (laughing) My wife.
- He's right, I don't work.
I'm a stay at home lawyer.
- Excellent. - You were right, bro?
Brains and beauty.
But I don't understand, why don't you work?
- It's like- - Because she's my woman
and I don't want her to, okay?
It's the woman's job to take care of the home, sit.
- Are you serious?
Is he serious? - Oh yes, I'm serious.
- And what if, God forbid, things don't work out?
- Ola (grunting).
Get that outta here.
Don't be silly.
Of course things will work, we love each other, okay.
And plus we have an agreement and a contract.
We are 50-50 partners, everything.
There's nothing to worry about.
Huh, Mike?
Tell 'em, nothing.
So can we change the subject now
and get back to enjoying ourselves?
It's a party.
Hey, Frank, they drink vodka, Frank.
Bring some vodkas over.
Yes, so Ola, how are the kids?
I hear little John Jr, he's a senior in high school now.
- Yeah, he is and he's doing quite well.
He just got accepted to Stanford.
- Check your phone.
- Kids coming soon, kids.
- Oh yeah, we plan on having a houseful.
Do you see this woman?
Oh my gosh, we're gonna have so much fun.
- A houseful of babies? - Yes.
- Really?
I'm not sure about that. - Right, right.
- Well, we gonna get lots of practice in.
Tunde is off the chain.
- I'm always serious.
Smile.
- Hey, Ro, it's Priscilla.
- Of course, I know it's you.
What's up? - Not much, girl.
So I was thinking about what happened
to you at dinner the other night.
I just can't believe that.
I mean, I knew that Tunde was crazy
but to embarrass you like that in front
of people you just met.
- I don't know what to do with him.
I've got no idea what to do at all.
- See, that's why I'm single today.
I don't know how you guys deal with these African men?
- Priscilla, in Africa we stay married.
We stay married.
It's for better or for worse.
- Oh, okay, true.
Well, I guess you're stuck then.
(Folake laughing) You see, Esi tried that
one time with me.
Like I said, once.
Nah, uh-uh, not at all.
I wouldn't take it if I were you.
Anyway, girl, we are all gonna go out
for happy hour tonight.
You wanna join us?
- I'm not quite sure Tunde would like that.
- He's your husband, not your daddy.
- Okay, you don't have to convince me too much.
I do need cheering up.
- All right, I'm coming to get you at six.
Be ready and be cute. - All right, then.
Bye.
- (laughing) Wait a minute, hold on.
Oh girl, you must be ready to party.
You looking all fabulous, yes.
- I'm learning to be like you. - Do you think so?
You know, I try.
- Yes, you do.
You look absolutely gorgeous yourself.
- Thank you. - If you don't hurry,
I'll be forced to go back upstairs.
- Uh-uh, change your mind?
Girl please, you're going with me, not matter what.
Come on, no matter what.
- No, no, I just got home.
We'll deal with it tomorrow.
Okay.
(intense music)
What's going on here?
Where are you going?
Where are you going dressed like this?
- How am I dressed?
What's wrong with the dress?
- Yeah, what's wrong with what she has on?
If you ask me, she looks amazing.
- Yeah, you would think that, wouldn't you?
For the record, no one asked you.
Why are you in my house?
Why is she in our house?
Didn't I tell you to stay away from this one?
- Oh, from this one. - You know what, shut up.
- Oh, ouch.
- Look at me!
Go upstairs, put on something presentable,
decent of a wife.
I've had a hard day at work,
I am tired, and hungry.
You wanna have babies.
You expect me to have babies with you,
you're running around the streets with that.
Oh, that. - That.
(Priscilla laughing) I'm sorry, Prissy.
I'm sorry, you're not gonna take another innocent woman
and corrupt her with your ways.
- (laughing) My ways. - This is a good woman
who is busy being a good wife.
Ain't that right, Fola.
A good wife, not this (mouth sneer).
- Excuse me, did you just talk about my woman like that?
How you gonna talk about another man's wife as this one?
- What is this?
What is this?
Who is this?
You let this person bring some thug into my house?
Into my house, Fola.
(speaking in foreign language)
- You gonna let him talk to me like that?
- You know what, get out.
- Look, look, Mr. Man, you have your money.
You get your money for your pockets.
- Let's go, let's go. - Who you be save, fam?
Who your money help?
(speaking in foreign language)
- Get out of here, let's go.
I don't believe you, girl, really.
I'm so disappointed in you.
- [Tunde] Time to go.
- Thought I was your girl. - Let's go.
- Oh, I don't feel comfortable being here.
- Why, why?
- Tunde. - Ah, Fola,
you remember my partner, right?
Just brought her here so we could celebrate.
- I wanted us to celebrate.
What is she doing here?
- What is she doing here?
I'm sorry, I didn't know I had to ask permission
to bring company to the home I pay the mortgage on.
I don't have time for this right now, Fola.
We'll be in the study.
I have some files to catch up on.
Don't wait up.
I'll see you in the morning.
Come.
- What brings you here?
- What do you mean?
- Well, you haven't been here in ages.
Oh, and the last time I saw you,
your husband told you to stay away from this
(speaking in foreign language), right?
- I'm sorry, Prissy, I should've stood up for you.
But I'm afraid of Tunde.
- And now?
- And now I think he's having an affair.
- Hey, I'm sorry.
Listen, he's not worth it.
Don't be upset, trust me.
- How could he do that?
How could he do that to us after three kids?
After everything I've done for him,
after everything I gave up for him, how?
- That is the problem,
you gave up everything for that clown
and he doesn't even appreciate you.
You know what?
I have something to tell you.
Don't be mad at me.
I know I should've told you this a long time ago.
- What?
- So when you were pregnant with you all's second child,
I saw Tunde at a pub with another woman.
I tried to talk to him but he acted like he didn't see me.
- So- - God, forgive me.
- What do you mean you saw him?
What was he doing?
- He was kissing her.
(Folake whimpering) Come on, come on now.
What are you gonna do about it?
- I don't know.
I don't know.
- Okay, great, come on, come.
Come sit down.
Hey, stop crying over this fool.
I'm serious.
♪ Taking me away ♪
- And now that spell is broken,
it hurts more than any known words can describe.
And bless us Lord.
Amen.
Is this a gang up?
Why are you crying, Lola?
- I'm not crying.
What's going on?
- What's wrong is I served breakfast,
Tobi's eating and you're clearly not.
- We've noticed that you haven't been happy
and we know you don't wanna talk about it.
- I'm fine. - No, you're not.
- And how would you know that?
- We haven't been going out as we usually would.
(melancholy music)
- Lola.
Eat your breakfast.
Dress up.
Let's go out.
♪ I can feel it ♪
♪ It feels like the rushing wind ♪
♪ Time is passing by ♪
♪ Fading away ♪
♪ I can't help it ♪
♪ The thought of losing you ♪
♪ Keeps coming back and back again ♪
♪ But I can feel the wind taking me away ♪
♪ Taking me away ♪
♪ Fading away ♪
♪ I'm fading away (fading away) ♪
♪ I'm losing (I'm losing) ♪
♪ And I'm losing ♪
♪ I'm losing you (I'm losing you) ♪
♪ I'm losing you ♪
♪ Fading away ♪
Tobi.
- Mom.
- Ah, my baby's getting bigger.
Did you have fun today?
Yeah? - Um-hmm.
- Are you sure? - Yes.
- So champs, you know you're my champions, right?
I've been meaning to tell you something.
This week, I will not be able to pick you up from school
but grandma will. - Grandma?
- Why?
- Because I've got interviews lined up for work.
- Work?
You've never had to work before.
Why now?
- Well, things are not exactly the way they used to be.
A lot of things have changed around here
so momma's got to work.
I will not be able to take you to your football practice.
I will not be able to take you for your tennis lessons.
And I can't even take her to her ballet classes.
So, so- - So are you and dad
getting a divorce?
(piano music)
- What are you doing here?
- You have not been answering my calls.
- I've been studying for the bar exam.
- Hey, it's pretty quiet here.
Where is everybody?
- I needed some time alone and so mama took the kids.
- Is everything okay?
You can talk to me, you know?
- I don't want to.
- Folake, I'm not happy with the way you're carrying on.
I really need for you to try and pick up yourself
and move on.
We've talked so much about this document
and that's why I've invited Deji here,
to come please help me talk to you.
Really, I need for you to sign this document tonight
so that you're able to pick yourself up and move on.
Deji, please, my dear, I need for you
to please talk to her.
I'm gonna leave this document here for her to sign.
Please, try and make sure that she does.
Thank you.
Folake, I beg of you, think about this.
Do this so you're able to move on.
Deji, I'm gonna leave her in your hands.
(melancholy music)
- Girl, where you been?
You know mama's been worried sick about you.
Got home from my vacation late last night
and I heard what that fool did to you.
Girl, he is lucky I wasn't here
'cause I would've busted him in his nose.
(Folake laughing) Don't laugh.
It's not funny.
Really, Fola, where you been?
It's not like you to not be home all the time,
a home body.
You been running the streets and stuff.
- (laughing) You are so crazy.
- No, where you been?
- I just been looking for a job.
- Come again, out looking for a job?
You, work?
- Because I don't want to lose my family
and I don't want to but it looks like we're there already.
- That's what you got mama for, to help you.
First, we're gonna start with alcohol.
Yes, that always helps. - I needed that.
- And then we gonna take that man for everything he got.
I'm talking about alimony, child support, the car,
oh, that bad ass car, and that big ass house you got,
that too.
That home in Malibu, I can take that.
You can give that to me.
But anyway, we gonna get that.
But he is gonna regret the day he did anything
wrong to baby girl.
You hear me?
- That's why I love you. - You know how I do.
- Thank you. - Um-hmm.
So where is that fufu egg bomb you bought me?
Yeah, I'm hungry.
I don't wanna talk about him no more.
Come on girl. - Yes, let's go.
- Hey, babe. - Hey, honey.
- How you doing? - I'm good.
- I'm gonna need some little money, some little change.
- Money for what?
- The usual, like manicure, pedicure, haircut,
Western Union to send back home to Africa.
You know how it is.
- I'm just trying to figure out who's the man
in this relationship, you or me?
- The man?
Of course, I am the man.
And you are the money lady.
- Oh, the money lady. - Yeah.
- Yeah, so the money lady, lady.
So I should be the one getting the manis and the pedis
and the hair did and everything.
But no, no, no,
you, you supposed to be the man
but yet you ain't got no job, you ain't working.
- Work? - What work do you do?
- Babe, the amount of work I put in you in the bedroom,
if I put half of it in my own business,
let me tell you, I would be in the same class
with Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Otedola, Dangote.
- Um-hmm, if you making all of that money
and you doing that much work,
then you need to be paying for my manis and my pedis.
I need to start seeing some business,
you need to work harder.
If you gonna ask me for money,
you need to work harder up there.
- You know I put in the work, work, work, work, work, work.
And beside, my rap album is about to come out.
I will blow my sobriety for you.
- Oh, so why don't you just blow outta here.
Go.
Bye, bye, beat it, beat it.
Blow, bye- - You're not gonna
give me money? - I'm tired of this.
- I'm gonna close the shop.
- Okay. - I'm gone.
- I'll be all right. - You don't wanna go?
- I can take care of myself.
- Oh, come on, just one last time.
- I thought so.
- You want this. (man laughing)
You need this. - Yeah, one last time.
- Yeah. - All right, yeah.
How are the kids?
- Oh, they're they're getting better.
I mean, no crisis in a week.
- Thank goodness.
- Thanks for asking though.
- Is he in? - Yeah, uh no.
I mean, yes.
- Pick an answer, Susan.
- He's in a meeting right now.
But I think you should wait and come back tomorrow
so you don't have to wait.
- Fola, what are you doing here?
- I'm sorry, Mrs. Seymour.
- You cleared the account, so I brought the bills.
- I cleared out the account.
Ms. Montgomery, please give me a moment
to attend to my ex-wife.
Please have a seat.
Fola, must I remind you that this is my place of business?
If you wanna talk to me,
you have to make an appointment like everybody else,
everybody else.
Also, point of correction, I cleared out my account,
not ours.
Good luck.
Ms. Montgomery.
- Let me see what you have.
Okay.
Hey.
Here, take this with you.
- Is that job still available?
I'll take it.
Deji, he cleared the accounts.
- How does he expect you to survive?
- After everything, all the years I gave him,
the verbal, the emotional abuse,
he took everything, everything.
- Now wait a minute, don't tell me you had a pre-nup.
- No, no pre-nup, no.
The bargain- - What's that?
- Just something I just signed when we were younger.
- Can you get me a copy?
- I don't have it.
Hi Tunde, I've been trying to reach you.
Could you please call me back or send me a message?
(melancholy music)
- Let me guess, your at home workout.
- What's up? - Nothing doll.
I guess I wanted to ask you something.
I don't really know how to do that
so I'm just gonna go ahead and ask you anyways.
Are you and Tunde divorced or getting a divorce?
Hello?
Hello, Ro, are you there?
- I'm here.
Why do you ask?
- Um, maybe because that clown came into my hotel
the other day where I'm a manager with his fiancee
looking for a wedding venue.
- That's impossible. - Why?
- We're not yet divorced.
- Oh my God, Ro, I'm so, so sorry.
I knew he was terrible.
Since you guys kept married,
he just kept you away from all of your friends.
Do you know that clown didn't even recognize me?
- Can I call you back, please?
I need to sort something out.
- Sure, honey, take all of the time you need.
It's just so unfortunate, you know.
A leopard never changes his spots.
Talk to you soon, okay? - Yeah, thanks.
- So you got your meeting.
What?
- The signal,
how could you do this?
- How could I do what, Fola?
- Plan for a wedding when you're not yet divorced.
- Because I can.
Okay, Fola, I asked you to sign the divorce papers
in a specific amount of time and I gave you enough time
allotted for you to get your stipend and you refused,
you refused.
You have dragged this process on and on and on,
so I'm gonna ask you one more time, one more time.
What do you want?
Hmm? - Tunde, let this be
the last time you ever raise your voice at me.
Never again.
I have called you incessantly.
Have you deigned to even return my calls?
No.
I want what is rightfully mine.
- What is rightfully yours.
What is that?
- What we agreed to in the bargain.
- Ah, yes, the bargain.
Let's see.
No, there is nothing in this bargain that says
I have to give you anything.
Fola, you are a smart woman.
You graduated top of class in your law school.
Come on.
Why would you sign something without seeking proper counsel?
You don't even have a copy.
Come on, very smart, counselor, very smart.
- You blame me for falling in love, Tunde.
I trusted you.
- Did I put a gun to your head, hmm?
Did I chain you down like a slave and tell you not to work?
No.
You're lazy and you enjoy not working.
Now you wanna walk up into my office
and tell me that we're equal partners (laughing)?
What, what, what?
Fola and Tunde (laughing), equal partners, come on.
- Every night I opened my legs and you came.
That was work.
Those children, those kids, our kids,
that is work.
They deserve a life, I deserve everything.
And if you can't give us that, shame on you.
- Mrs. Seymour, I am so sorry I'm late.
I'm so sorry.
Timothy had a small crisis last night
and I had to rush him to the hospital.
He's all right though.
- I'm so sorry to hear that.
You are strong woman, you know that?
- Thank you.
I really just wanted to personally thank you
for everything that you've done for me and the boys.
I mean, financially and otherwise.
Your contributions to their sickle cell treatments,
they mean the world to me.
- No worries at all.
You know that I try to make me happy,
even if that's selfish (laughing).
I try to make everyone happy around me.
- I know. - I'm so glad
that I'm in your life. - Thank you.
- You could've just called, that's fine.
- No, no, listen, I wanted to thank you personally.
I overheard your conversation with Mr. Seymour, sort of,
the other day.
And I felt like this was my big chance to do something.
So here you go, I got this for you.
- What is it?
- Take it, please.
It's the bargain.
Please, I went to great lengths to get it.
Mr. Seymour was out of town for the weekend.
Please don't tell him I got this for you.
He would just fire me immediately if he found out.
- You're a lifesaver.
Thank you. - Oh, you're welcome.
- Thank you.
- I've got to go. (melancholy music)
- You trust me, right? - Um-hmm.
- You believe things that I tell you?
- Yes.
- Okay, so you will believe me when I tell you,
you are a genius.
You're a genius.
- I take it you won the case then.
- Won the case, that's an understatement.
We murdered it.
We just killed the defense team.
They were just, uh.
And I took your word.
You were absolutely correct.
I got the witnesses, I re-interviewed all of them
and there were lapses in their narrations.
You were absolutely correct.
Cut a long story short, those officers are behind bars
and our committee, everyone is excited, home free.
Good job, good job.
I owe you one, I do.
- Deji. - Yeah.
- I got it, the bargain.
- Okay, so when is the deadline?
Okay.
Okay, I will have it delivered.
Okay.
- I'm ready.
- Ready for what?
- Bargain or no bargain, I'm ready to give every ounce
of my blood.
Are you with me on this?
- Yes, absolutely.
- Thank you.
- I think this is a setup.
It doesn't look like a friendly agreement to me.
It's a pre-nup, or at least that's what he was trying
to create.
- Well, I'll be damned.
- He might as well have asked you to sign a post-nup.
- A post-nup?
- Yeah, that's something lots of criminal lawyers
don't know anything about.
- (laughing) You've got jokes.
- Hey. - What?
- When did you get married again?
- First December 2000.
- First September in the year 2000
but you were not yet married, right?
Perhaps he even signed it himself.
- I signed that...
No, no, no, I didn't date it, I signed it.
- Begin somewhere.
This dude is shady.
He is.
Do you know what?
There was a similar case in Oklahoma in 1980.
I have it in my files.
Let's see.
We'll start going through these.
Check it out, it was something similar.
Maybe we should continue tomorrow.
- No, Deji, there has to be a way out.
(hopeful music)
I love that song.
I'm so intoxicated from work.
- Okay, I remember that song.
We used to dance to it when we were kids.
No, oh whoa.
Listen, Folake. - What?
- I don't dance anymore.
- Yes, you do.
Yes, you do.
♪ Makes you feel so strong ♪
♪ Makes you feel so strong, brother ♪
♪ Let me see your true colors ♪
- Over the past several days,
we have heard testimonies from both sides.
However, in the case of Seymour versus Seymour,
I find in favor of the plaintiff.
As such, Mr. Seymour shall pay Mrs. Seymour
a monthly alimony of $10,000 and $15,000 in child support.
Mr. Seymour shall have visitation rights
every other weekend.
But Mrs. Seymour shall have full legal custody.
Mrs. Seymour will keep the house in Atlanta, Georgia
and Mr. Seymour shall keep the home in the Poconos
and the two businesses, while Mrs. Seymour gets
the office building on Montgomery Avenue
and the vacation home in Malibu.
Now, as for the bargain,
this document is declared null and void.
You know, in all my years of being a judge,
I have never seen such a document.
Nor have I seen anybody who has taken such advantage
over someone who they were previously married to.
Let this be a lesson to you, Mrs. Seymour,
never sign anything unless you read it first.
You know, I am appalled and outraged
over this ridiculous and fraudulent document.
This is my judgment (gavel pounding).
(slow music)
- Hey missy.
Aw, it's okay, I understand.
I'm trying to celebrate myself.
You know, the heart does whatever it wants.
Well, shopping would do me good.
Oh, I love Linda's, I love, yeah.
I've never been there, um-um.
Oh, that would be nice.
Okay, then, see you.
Give me a ring then.
All right, bye.
- What you doing out here, girl?
- Nothing, getting a drink.
I'm just fixing myself a drink.
- Ah, I see, yes.
I see Deji is really great with the kids.
- Um-hmm, he's amazing.
He's been a true friend to me.
I don't know what I've done without him.
- Friends. - Um-hmm.
- You know, I can see that being married to Tunde
got your mind all messed up.
- What are you on about?
- So Ro, do you ever see Deji with a woman?
Do you think he has a girlfriend or anything?
If you can't see that that man is crazy about you,
then I don't know what's wrong with you.
- We've been friends forever.
He's like my brother. - Um-hmm, yeah,
and he's cute too.
I'm just saying. (both laughing)
You know that. - Um-um.
You know something.
Uh-huh. (hopeful music)
All right, mama, you got a hot date tonight?
Looking all sexy over there and everything.
- Date, not me.
- (laughing) Speaking of men,
what do we think about Deji, mama?
- Don't even get me started on that one.
I've always known that Deji is such a wonderful young man
from get-go.
I've always said the same to my daughter
but she never listens, with her knuckle head.
She never listens.
- We can't both be wrong.
- No, we can't.
Mama knows best, always does.
- You want some tequila, mom.
- You hear this girl, tequila.
Uh-huh, avoidance.
- That's the way she does, that's the way she does.
- Truth juice, right?
♪ Just to look at you honey ♪
♪ When I'm holding you my lovely ♪
♪ Oh, now baby ♪
- Hello. - Hello,
welcome to Linda Bazarian Haute Couture.
My name is Linda Bazarian.
How can I help you?
- She'd like to see some different things.
♪ We got one life to live (one life to live) ♪
♪ Baby live it with me (baby live it with me) ♪
♪ Hey, come on, feel it in the air (feel it in the air) ♪
♪ Feel the love in the air (feel the love in the air) ♪
♪ Feel it in the air (feel it in the air) ♪
♪ Come on, come on, come on. ♪
♪ Do the dance now, do the dance now ♪
- Excuse me, I'll be back.
- So, tell me, what size?
- Hello. - Hello.
- Hi, welcome to Linda Bazarian Haute Couture.
My name is Linda Bazarian.
How can I help you?
- Well, we're here shopping for wedding gowns.
- Yes, yes, we are.
- Wow.
This is the right place.
Thank you for coming.
Let's get started. - Thank you.
- Let's see what you look like.
Shit (laughing).
- What size?
- Oh my God, look at you.
Wow, you look beautiful.
- I'm gonna be Mrs. Seymour.
I never thought this day would come.
I didn't believe you would finally leave that little girl.
- Of course I would.
Why would I need a little girl when I have
all this woman right here.
All this. - Um, yes, when you put it
that way.
(slow music)
(intense music)
- Strong, handsome African-
- (clapping) Look at this. - Aw, shit.
- So now you, now you have him.
So now you are hugging my husband?
- Fola, not here.
Don't be dramatic.
Don't do this here, okay?
- You, please.
I expect everything I've taken from you.
Every single thing I expected.
But from her, my sister, someone I call blood.
You, how many years?
How many years, Priscilla?
- Please, please. - Priscilla, how many years?
- 12 years.
- Jesus, 12, 12 years.
The late nights, the phone calls.
- Okay, Prissy, look. - Was it good?
- You know. - Okay, look,
you don't owe her an explanation.
We don't owe you an explanation, Fola, okay?
Infidelity was not part of the agreement.
Your job was to take care of the kids,
I bring home the bacon, period.
I held my end of the bargain, okay?
Now cut the crap.
- And Julia? - What about Julia?
- Wait, Julia? - Priscilla is the only woman
in my life, okay? (Folake laughing)
(speaking in foreign language)
No worry. - You know what,
I've got my man and I'm not giving him up.
- And I'm not going nowhere.
Now take your friend and go.
Have a good day, Fola.
- She'll try.
Oh, so hard.
That's a little too harsh.
Apologize for that.
How much is this?
I love it.
- Are you okay?
- I'm absolutely fine.
And there is nothing wrong here.
I called you 'cause hey,
I heard you passed your exams (chuckling).
Welcome to my world.
Welcome to the club of attorneys.
Congratulations.
- Thank you. - To your success.
- Thank you.
(intense music)
- There is something I really need
to discuss with you.
- What is that?
- No, it's not another present, okay,
funny as it may seem.
- Wait 'til I take my shoes off.
- Okay, what I'm about to tell you,
it's something that I've thought about
and it took me many years to realize,
that it is indeed an indubitable fact
that I do want to marry you.
- Deji, don't do this.
You're spoiling a good thing.
- I couldn't think about anybody else.
- Deji, my friend-
- That's the more reason why you should marry me.
- And I love you. - I love you too.
- I can't marry you, no.
Please, please, please, don't do this.
No, no, don't.
Don't, Deji, don't.
Please, don't do this.
(intense music)
- Now I don't know how you guys deal
with these African men.
- In Africa, we stay married.
We stay married.
It's for better or for worse.
- I guess you're stuck then.
Yeah, what's wrong with what she has on?
If you ask me, she looks amazing.
- Yeah, you would think that, wouldn't you?
For the record, no one asked you.
Why are you in my house?
Why is she in her house?
Didn't I tell you to stay away from this one?
- This one. - Fola, Fola-
- Oh, ouch. - Look at me!
Go upstairs, put on something presentable, decent of a wife.
I've had a hard day at work.
I am tired, I'm hungry.
You wanna have babies.
You expect me to have babies with you,
you're running around the streets with that.
- Oh, that! - That.
I'm sorry, Prissy.
I'm sorry you're not going to take another innocent woman
and corrupt her with your ways.
- (laughing) My ways. - This is a good woman
who is busy being a good wife.
Ain't that right, Fola?
A good wife, not this (mouth sneer).
- He's having an affair.
- He's not worth it.
Don't be upset, trust me.
- How could he do that to us after three kids?
After everything I've done for him,
after everything I gave up for him.
How? - That is the problem,
you gave up everything for that clown
and he doesn't even appreciate you.
So when you were pregnant with your second child,
I saw Tunde at a pub with another woman.
I tried to talk to him but he acted like he didn't see me.
- So, what do you mean you saw him?
What was he doing?
- He was kissing her.
What are you gonna do about it?
All along, my closest friend was the lead actress
in the story of my betrayal.
Judas taught her well.
I got your text message.
I didn't realize you still kept this house.
- Fola, of course.
This was supposed to be our first home as husband and wife.
- Heh, heh, heh, then you went off and got married.
How's the wife? - Divorced now.
- So, you chose wrong. - No, you chose wrong.
How is, what's his name again?
- Deji. - Yeah.
- Oh, he's brilliant.
It was his shoulders I used.
I cried on them during the divorce.
He's my BFF for life.
I just, I love him.
- Well, you never wanted me.
You would've waited.
What do you say we start over?
- Oh my God, after three children,
you make me feel like a girl.
- Well, you still look oh so beautiful.
- Thank you.
- Funny, we're right back where we started.
(both laughing)
Well, you look oh so beautiful.
- Thank you.
(melancholy music)
♪ I can feel it ♪
♪ It feels like a rushing wind ♪
♪ Time is passing by ♪
♪ Fading away ♪
♪ I can't help it ♪
♪ The thought of losing you ♪
♪ Keeps coming back and back again ♪
♪ But I can feel the wind taking me away ♪
♪ Taking me away ♪
♪ Fading away ♪
♪ I'm fading away ♪
♪ I'm losing (I'm losing) ♪
♪ And I'm losing (I'm losing) ♪
♪ I'm losing ♪
♪ I'm losing you (I'm losing you) ♪
♪ I'm losing you ♪
♪ Fading away ♪