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Well, good morning, everybody.

Good morning, Ms. Carl, Mr.

Brown. I'm mad.

That's what I am. I'm mad.

Already? You two didn't go on your walk.

Corey, did you stand him up again? I didn't stand him up, Ms. Anastasia. We

go on our walk. Well, that should have put you in a good mood. So why are you

mad? I'm not just mad. I'm hot mad. Hot mad. Wow.

He's just mad because they was driving fast up and down the road. No, they

wasn't just driving up and down the street fast. They driving up and down

street like demons.

They just acting like demons, Cora. Mr.

Brown, they were driving fast, but don't call them demons.

Okay, you're right. I'm not calling them demons. I'm calling them evil demons,

Cora. Evil demons. No, no, Mr. Brown is right, though. They drive down that road

very fast.

Well, yeah, I guess they do.

Well, what you doing, Mr. Brown? I'm calling somebody.

Well, who are you calling?

I'm going to call anybody who knows somebody that can get somebody to do

something about it. Now, this really got him riled up. Yeah, you know, we have

our assisted living facility here. Then there's another one across the street.

And a lot of the elderly like to walk up and down this room.

Mr. Brown, you should call our councilman.

They ain't going to do nothing.

They can put a speed bump on those cameras.

You know, that gives tickets.

There's a lot they can do. Oh, really?

Well, I'm a college counselor. I'm a college. Well, actually, for our

it's Councilwoman.

What's her name?

Councilwoman Sylvia Hinton.

Oh. Look, Mr. Byrne, you know, she spoke bad at the church. I know how to get in

touch with her. Oh, huh?

Yeah. Of course, she was a little tanky under the arm. Mr. Byrne, don't do that.

I'm a college counselor.

Good morning, y 'all.

Hey, we want to thank you guys for helping us make Phillip feel special.

Y 'all gave him the money? We did.

He was so excited.

He wanted to know if there was rules on how he could spend it. What did you say?

I told him he could spend it however he wants.

You didn't tell him he should save some of it. I mean, normally we do.

But, you know, we've been so hard on Phillip about everything lately. So we

decided to let him do his thing.

Yeah, we want him to know that we're happy and we're proud of him. Well,

Phillip on the honor roll.

Okay. Some of our speeches must be coming through. Of course they are.

Hey, you guys.

Hey, baby girl.

Hey, honey.

What are you doing today?

Uh, nothing.

Oh. Are you ready for today?

I think so. Let me tell you what I'm doing.

What the hell?

Come on, baby.

I am sick of my daughter not talking to me, Jeremy. That's what.

Yeah. Cancel me here. Yeah.

Bye, bye, bye.

Okay, tell me now. It sounds like this is about Landon. Well, who else?

So, did you do your workout by the lacrosse practice?

I did, and it was so perfect. I went for a run, and then I ended the run right

as they were ending.

Oh, that's good. And I didn't go too hard. I made sure I was still looking

We know how to look cute during a workout. A girl must master. Exactly.

So, did he notice you?

Oh, I made sure he did. I was over there panting like I was out of breath while

drinking from my cute water bottle.

But you didn't act like you noticed him. Oh, no, of course not. You taught me

well. And, of course, he came right over.

I know he did.

What did he say? Okay, he was all like, hey, it's Sandra, right? And I acted

like I was so surprised.

I was like, hey.

And he was like, you're in my wellness class.

And I was like, oh, yeah, you're the...

teacher's assistant, right?

He was like, hi, my name's Landon. And I was like, nice to meet you, Landon. As

if I didn't know his name, dormitory sports schedule major.

Oh, good girl.

So, when are you guys going out?

How do you know we're going out? Oh, come on, girl. You went to the Anastasia

school for how to catch a man.

I know he asked you out.

Miss Anastasia, you are so good at this.

Okay, he did ask me if I want to go to lunch after class.

Lunch after class. I love that for a first pseudo date. Me too. It's perfect.

Now, last thing.

Don't eat like you eat here.

No, but I like to eat, Miss Anastasia.

I know. That's why I said this.

Order a salad, an acai bowl, something light and cute.

Oh. Do I have to eat like that all the time? No.

You're just going to let him bring you around to the burger and fries, and

you'll eventually give in reluctantly.

Good.

Okay, Miss Anastasia, I got to go to study group.

See you later.

Oh, hey, Mom. Hey, baby girl. Later.

Bye, Sandra.

Oh, there we go. Right there.

What you doing?

Oh, I'm going to have a meeting.

Here? Yes, sir.

Well, I mean, so what are you having a meeting about? I'm having a meeting

SD, Cora. SD?

SD. What is that?

Speed demons.

Oh, so who are you having a meeting with? Well, I'm going to have a city

councilwoman and a few concerned citizens that are going to come and join

meeting. Really? Yes.

Oh, are you serious about this, aren't you? Yes, Cora. I done had it up to her

right there, Cora. Up to there? Up to her?

Up to there?

Okay. Mr. Johnson and Mrs. Mays are here.

Yes, please. We're preparatory for the meeting as we speak right now.

Yes, I am Leroy N .S .D. Brown.

The NSD is for no speed damage.

Johnson, Earl Johnson.

Yeah, how you doing, Mr. Johnson? Yes, how you doing? Yes, Ms.

Aletha Maria Mays. Oh, Ms.

Aletha Mays, wait a minute. You got a strong grip. You bit my knuckle.

Have a seat. What are you doing here, Mr. Johnson? Ms. Mays, I'm Cora, Mr.

Brown's daughter. Yes, thank you all for joining us. I'm glad you could get off

of work early.

You don't work.

Okay, well, that's even better. Thank you so much. Well, we're waiting on the

other guests, so please. Mr. Brown, you have a few other guests.

Oh, please, please.

Come on, come on. You look like James Brown. Please.

Just come right here. Thank you. You, Ms. Pearlson.

Don't get over there. Don't get over there. Thank you so much for joining us.

Yes. Point of order.

Point of conversation.

We're gathered here today for this crazy thing called life.

Life is.

Let's get crazy and let's go nuts.

People have been speeding through this community without any regards for people

that live in this community.

Right, right. Yes.

Oh, here she comes. All rise, all rise, rise for the incoming of the

councilwoman. Thank you, sit.

Thank you. Oh, it is so good to see you.

You must be Leroy. Yes, I am Leroy Brown, a concerned citizen of the United

States. God bless America, and God bless us all.

Leroy, I applaud you for seeing an issue in our community and doing something

about it. Most people stand by and watch.

It takes people like Leroy and all of you who decide to stand up and say

something. Yes, mainly people like me. Thank you.

I'm so glad that you could be here with us for this great and wonderful

experience. Well, you got me here.

So let's hear it. Well, as you may know, or as you may not know, but if you

know, you will know now.

People in our community are angry about people driving.

neighborhoods, to and fro, seeking who they may destroy.

Am I right about it? Yes. Am I right about it? Yes, that's my concern, that

somebody's going to get killed. Eventually, somebody could die, even.

have senior citizen centers that live around here, assisted living people that

live around here. And yes, some of us like to walk, and it is very dangerous.

Well, I can help. I absolutely can help. Well, but what can we do?

What we could do is speed bumps. I come up with that myself.

Speed bumps. We put six -foot speed bumps. A car that comes along, hit that

speed bump, jump from right on out the city.

That's what we do.

Right on out the city. That's what we'll do.

Well, it's a major road.

And it's commercial. So it would not be zoned for speed bumps.

No speed bumps.

No speed bumps. Well, what we got off of?

Maybe.

I got another.

Tell me if you can help me with this.

We get light poles.

And put cameras on them with tasers.

And when the cars come by, yeah, we tase them. And the car just stops right

there in the middle of a busy highway.

Only the people that speak can get stuck.

What do you think about that?

That is a possibility.

But it takes some time and money.

But I have an even better and factored solution.

But we pay our taxes. Yes, we should get what we want. We pay taxes.

I can set up patrol cars and speed traps all along this road.

We've had great success with these programs in other communities.

Once people start getting pulled over all the time, at all hours of the day,

speed drastically changes, and fast.

Now, you can do that, Councilwoman. I can.

And I will. Y 'all give it a thought. Give it. God bless America.

God bless America.

Oh, man, Grandpa, you crazy, man.

I know, man. See, see that young fool thought he was going to race me. See,

these guys look at me and they think because I'm old, I won't speed their

to the ground. I sent that fool and his sports dog crying out to his mama in

Latin.

This is outrageous. Who is this? That's Vinnie, the big dumb speed dummy.

Your mama's a speed dummy. Your mama's a speed dummy. Your auntie with no toes

and one of her flip -flops is a speed dummy. Oh, okay. Your mama with no legs,

they call her Eileen, is a speed dummy. Whoa, you're strong enough, sister, as a

speed dummy. All right, enough is enough. We have guests.

Hey. Hey.

Ooh, y 'all look busy.

Yes, I am just helping Mr. F .A. with his college application.

College application?

Wow! I know.

Isn't that amazing?

You know, and it all started with Sandra's exercise of doing a vision

her school.

Ms. Kimberly suggested I do one because it was a good idea. Because of my age, I

had stopped dreaming.

Oh, then that's not good, Mr. F .A. You never can stop dreaming now. With a lot

of heartache and self -reflection.

A lot of heartache?

Heartache. Yeah, we both had a lot of heartache.

Well, why is that?

Well, we didn't know what we wanted to do with the rest of our lives.

You two?

Yeah, but the vision board put a lot of things into perspective. Well, you know

what? That is so good. Y 'all make me want to go back and update my vision

board. It was the best thing I ever did.

Oh, so you're going back to college. Ah, yes. You know, Ms. Cora, I have a

bachelor's. But I never did anything with it.

But I want to teach.

Oh, that is great. You want to teach. Yes, yes. And Ms. Kimberly said that she

will help me. And I'll help you, too. You know I'm... I was a teacher for

Oh, yes, I know. You know, I would take any help I can get. But first, I have to

get my teacher credential.

All right. Well, I found this online program through my college that allows

people with a bachelor's to get teaching credential, and then it sets them up to

get a master's in education.

Oh.

Mr. Effing, you're going to inspire so many people around here. Oh, I would

that. Damn it, damn it, damn it. Brown, Brown, Brown, where?

How are you? Where's God's little Christian?

I gotta find him. What's wrong with you?

Oh, man, I am so mad. Oh, my God. I'm a... Oh!

Wait till I get my hands on him. Now, why are you coming in all this cussing?

Look, look, your daddy made me cuss, okay? And I got some more cuss words

find this little lad. Oh, my God. This is the second speeding ticket I got this

week. Well, that's what you get. You need to stop racing and speeding down

road. Miss Cora, I need to correct you. I do not speed.

A drive with a purpose.

Hey,

Miss Anastasia.

Sandra, I have been dying for an update.

How's it been going with Landon?

Things are going really well.

So you've been letting it take its time?

Of course. I'm not for thirsty.

Thirsty? Oh, it's like when you're desperate or doing too much. Oh, I got

Yes, girlfriend. Never be thirsty.

So lunch went well?

Lunch went really well, and now a couple days later, we're having lunch every

day after class.

And he's walking me to our lit class. Oh, lunch and walks. I love it. I know.

And he's texting me, good morning, and how's your day, and how's lit class.

Oh, Sandra, you have played this perfectly.

Of course I have, because I've had the best coach in the world.

Thank you, Anastasia.

Love you more.

Thanks, Sandra.

miss? Uh, nothing.

Well, it didn't look like nothing.

I was just talking to Miss Anastasia.

Hello?

Mom.

What? What? Girl, Mom, what? I won't end. I'm your mother.

Mom, you're being thirsty.

Yeah, you are.

Okay, I'm off to my study group.

Bye.

Bye. Bye.

Okay, Miss Anastasia.

I'm going to need your help with this.

With what, Leah?

With Sondra opening up to me.

Oh, she will, Leah.

Not if you keep being her best friend.

Are you upset with me? I am.

Why? What do you want me to do? Not talk to her?

Well, yes.

Are you serious?

Very.

She just wants advice about a boy. Well, then you need to tell her to talk to

me. I'm her mother.

Leah.

Your daughter loves and respects you. I'm no threat to you. You are a threat

me, Ms. Anastasia. If she is running and talking to you, then she is not running

and talking to me, and I'm sick of it.

Fine. I will stop talking to her.

Thank you.

I can't even have my own daughter.

I don't know why she's got to be talking to my daughter all the time.

Woo! Hey, you seen Mr. Brown?

No, I ain't seen him. Why?

I just got a speeding ticket. I wasn't even going that fast.

Oh, come on, Jeremy.

How much is it? $300.

Boy, we can't afford no more tickets. You need to slow your butt down.

Well, I need to talk to Mr. Brown.

Like, right now, because this is getting out of hand. This is crazy.

The police pulling everybody over there coming through there.

What's wrong with you?

You got that look in your face from years ago when you was about to beat

Roberts' ass for trying to talk to me. Good.

Because now it's Anastasia Devereaux.

What? You know, I caught her looking at my ass the other day.

I don't know what it is. I just got this energy about me, babe. I don't even be

trying. Jeremy, no. That is not it, okay?

She is always talking to my daughter.

Oh, my God.

You still pissed about that? You got to let that go. No, I don't have to let

that go, Jeremy.

Like, she is not talking to me. She's always running and talking to me. Miss

Anastasia.

So you mad at Miss Anastasia about that?

I am.

And I got her ass today, Jeremy.

Uh -uh. Oh, my God. Tell me you didn't. Oh, I did.

What'd you do?

Hmm. I told her that she better stop talking to my daughter.

Babe, listen. What?

Look, I'm just happy that our child is talking to somebody, okay?

Now, I know you want to be there and be everything for them, but we can't do it

all by ourselves.

It's not alarming to anybody that my daughter is not talking to me. Hello?

Relax. Calm down. Please, can you sit down? Please? Let me tell you something.

Please, thank you.

Don't push me.

Look,

Sandra loves and respects you, all right? You got to chill out.

When she's ready to talk to you, she will. And she'll tell you everything

she told Miss Anastasia and more.

You really think so?

I know so. Come on now, Miss Anastasia ain't no threat to you. You're an

mother. When I saw them talking, Jeremy, you should have seen them. It was...

What is that? What is that?

Where is all this coming from?

Oh, wait.

I know.

What? It's because you're pregnant.

Mm -hmm.

You think that's what it is? Yeah. Yeah, that's it.

Oh, no.

So you think I should go apologize to Miss Anastasia?

Uh, you think?

Why?

I really just wanted to wham her head through the window, Jeremy. That's what

really wanted to do.

Your ass is crazy.

You are. I am not crazy. I'm only crazy when provoked. And it was too much

cheating and chatting and going on in there.

Calm down. You all right? You okay?

You all right? You all right? Loosen up a little bit.

Yo, you wild.

Come on. It's all right.

Baby. She was talking to me. I don't know why she don't talk to you. Don't

with me.

I'm going to go in here and apologize to her. You better keep it cool, buddy.

Go pay that ticket.

Where you going? Is it a super speeder?

I'm doing like five over.

Pay the ticket, boy.

Miss Anastasia, look, Leah, I want to apologize.

You are absolutely right.

No, no, no.

I'm sorry. I let my feelings and my emotions get the best of me, and I think

this pregnancy is getting to me.

No, but I need to encourage her to talk to you, too. No, Miss Anastasia, no.

She'll talk to me when she's ready.

You know, sometimes we as parents...

Have a hard time accepting the fact that we're no longer everything to our kids

when they get a certain age. But you are everything to them. They just don't

tell you.

I get it.

Do you?

I never want you to be upset with me.

No, no.

I'm sorry.

I mean, I saw you talking to my daughter and I got jealous.

And these hormones being all over the place did not help.

Do you want me to bring you up to speed?

Yes, but no.

No, I don't want you to break our confidence, Miss Anastasia.

Thank you for talking to me. I felt terrible. Miss Anastasia.

Thank you for loving my child and being a friend to her.

I love you both.

We both love you, too

It wasn't supposed to be me. Everybody but me. It's supposed to be everybody

me. What is wrong, man? I'm mad. That's what's wrong.

I already know what happened. Yeah, I know, too.

You try to catch everybody else, speeding has consumed you.

Right.

Calm down, man. Just calm down. Ain't nobody calm down. Do I look calmed up

Do I look calmed up?

So what done happened now?

Carver, I'm riding down the street, watching ladies go by watching me.

I'm in my car, and I got my hand like this on the steering wheel, and I just

flipped the switch.

And I hit the switch, Carver, and here he come.

Right behind me. He gonna get out the car.

You got license and registration like that? I ain't got no license and

registration. This car ain't been registered in about 30 years.

He ain't going to give me a ticket for $300.

What am I going to do with the $300?

You're going to pay it.

I wasn't going to have a 55.

And a 30.

I hope your teeth fall out in your sample.