For Colored Girls

l was so scared. 497 00:38:44,072 --> 00:38:47,199 l went to this apartment on 1 38th. 498 00:38:49,536 --> 00:38:52,955 A red building in the middle of the block. 499 00:38:53,039 --> 00:38:56,834 Down a back alley. Apartment 331 . 500 00:38:58,878 --> 00:39:01,922 l didn't have money for no college application. 501 00:39:07,303 --> 00:39:10,097 But l wasn't pregnant anymore. 502 00:39:15,979 --> 00:39:18,230 l'm not giving you any money. 503 00:39:22,610 --> 00:39:24,361 l'm not pregnant. 504 00:39:40,253 --> 00:39:42,963 l've been trying to reach you all night. 505 00:39:45,175 --> 00:39:47,342 Yeah, my battery died. 506 00:39:47,427 --> 00:39:52,181 Your battery died. And you couldn't call me from another phone and tell me that? 507 00:40:04,652 --> 00:40:10,032 You know, Carl, l was so worried about you that l even called the police. 508 00:40:10,116 --> 00:40:13,243 You called the police? What they say? 509 00:40:13,328 --> 00:40:17,998 They told me to call back in 24 hours, but you could have at least called me. 510 00:40:18,083 --> 00:40:19,333 Fine, Jo. 511 00:40:22,087 --> 00:40:25,214 This is about the fight the other night, isn't it? 512 00:40:25,298 --> 00:40:28,425 No. l said my battery died. 513 00:40:28,510 --> 00:40:32,554 Yeah. You're still angry. l can hear it all in your voice. You're still mad. 514 00:40:32,639 --> 00:40:34,932 Jo, l'm not mad, l'm not angry. 515 00:40:37,352 --> 00:40:40,187 Good, 'cause you don't have a right to be. 516 00:40:42,232 --> 00:40:44,942 Well, you could have told me, you know? 517 00:40:47,153 --> 00:40:49,947 -l could have told you. l could have told you. -Yeah, you could have told me. 518 00:40:50,031 --> 00:40:52,908 l could have told you just the same way you could have told me 519 00:40:52,992 --> 00:40:58,372 that you were gonna take $200,000 of my money, put it in some stock, 520 00:40:58,456 --> 00:41:01,792 and you didn't check with me, not one time, Carl. 521 00:41:01,876 --> 00:41:04,086 lt's always about you and your damn money. 522 00:41:04,170 --> 00:41:06,171 Yes, it is. lt is. l earned it. 523 00:41:06,965 --> 00:41:08,590 Jo, l'm a broker. 524 00:41:09,008 --> 00:41:11,343 Everybody down at the firm knows who you are. 525 00:41:11,761 --> 00:41:13,053 lt's embarrassing to me 526 00:41:13,429 --> 00:41:18,559 that l can't come home and make a decision as a man in this house, so l took it. 527 00:41:19,644 --> 00:41:24,231 Okay? l took it, and l said l was sorry. l don't want to talk about this shit anymore. 528 00:41:24,315 --> 00:41:27,401 That's fine. Don't talk about it. 529 00:41:27,485 --> 00:41:30,279 You're gonna listen. Yeah, you're gonna listen, Carl. 530 00:41:30,363 --> 00:41:32,781 l know l have issues with trust, 531 00:41:32,866 --> 00:41:37,161 but when you make choices like this, it doesn't help me, not one bit. 532 00:41:37,245 --> 00:41:41,707 You don't just have trust issues, you got issues. 533 00:41:44,711 --> 00:41:45,878 l'm gonna go take a shower. 534 00:41:46,588 --> 00:41:49,840 Can l take a shower? Do l have permission to take a shower? 535 00:41:50,258 --> 00:41:51,592 Thank you. 536 00:42:03,479 --> 00:42:05,564 -Hey. -Hey. 537 00:42:07,358 --> 00:42:09,234 You're up late. 538 00:42:09,319 --> 00:42:10,861 l can't sleep. 539 00:42:16,326 --> 00:42:19,703 -How was the rest of your day? -lt's where l left it. 540 00:42:22,123 --> 00:42:25,334 l understand that. 541 00:42:25,418 --> 00:42:28,587 -Are you hungry? -No, babe. 542 00:42:29,255 --> 00:42:34,176 -You want to know what happened? -You want to tell me what happened? 543 00:42:35,011 --> 00:42:37,137 Do you remember my friends from college? 544 00:42:37,222 --> 00:42:39,973 -Kiana and Nicole? -Yeah. 545 00:42:40,767 --> 00:42:43,852 "The three of us were like a pyramid Three friends 546 00:42:43,937 --> 00:42:50,484 "One laugh, one music One flowered shawl knotted on each neck 547 00:42:51,444 --> 00:42:55,030 "We all saw him at the same time 548 00:42:55,114 --> 00:42:56,615 "And he saw us 549 00:42:58,534 --> 00:43:02,037 "l felt a thump in each one of us Didn't know what to do 550 00:43:02,121 --> 00:43:06,458 "We all wanted what was coming our way So we split 551 00:43:06,542 --> 00:43:07,668 "But 552 00:43:09,087 --> 00:43:10,462 "He found one 553 00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:16,134 "And l loved him" 554 00:43:18,137 --> 00:43:19,221 Okay. 555 00:43:19,305 --> 00:43:21,765 "The other tzo were tickled 556 00:43:21,849 --> 00:43:25,519 "And spurned his advances When the one who loved him wasn't there 557 00:43:25,853 --> 00:43:30,941 "l couldn't figure out what was happening 558 00:43:34,362 --> 00:43:36,029 "And then the rose 559 00:43:37,657 --> 00:43:39,449 "l left by his pillow 560 00:43:41,953 --> 00:43:44,663 "l found on my friend's desk" 561 00:43:46,958 --> 00:43:48,959 There was nothing to say. 562 00:43:53,631 --> 00:43:58,010 Eight months later l woke up with the worst cramps in my life. 563 00:44:01,055 --> 00:44:03,390 A...