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Kiara, you are my star.

Milestone, you are my moon.

With this ring, you join the chain of my ancestors that goes back centuries.

Thank you for being mine.

Thank you for being you.

You fill me with love. You fill me with light.

No, no, no, no you play too much you already know I gotta wake up early I

open up the gym Tell

me

why you love this song again Cuz the first time already Also struck by

it. I immediately had to figure out who's by so I can listen to it all the

Just like the first one I saw you

I also struck by you. I had to find out who you were so I could find a way to

get next to you every single day.

Kind of creepy.

I think you're going to like how this night ends.

When I studied in Benin, I realized the Vodun teachings my grandmother gave me

connect me to generations of strength, beauty, love.

I want to help others change their perspective on Vodun.

And that's what you should write?

Changing my dissertation course at this point would set us back so much.

I should just finish and get a teaching job.

And as we... You gotta write what you love.

The gym is actually doing really good, so we don't have to worry about it. I

this right now.

When the bestseller checks start rolling in.

That'll be your sugar mama? Mm -hmm.

I'm going to keep my fade tight, my body right, and that's it.

That's all you need to do.

I'll keep you around.

The chain that held me together is broken, Miles.

I'm broken.

I can't be fixed.

The rituals about the drink and protection don't work.

I don't think I'd be able to carry on without you.

I better not mess this up.

Are you going to put a root on me and stick pins in my voodoo doll?

Keep joking and you might invite the wrath.

Is that what you did?

You put a root on me?

Because it does feel like you got me into some kind of spell.

You're not giving my text?

I... There was a... There was...

There was a buzzing sound.

I came out here and... The lights weren't working and the door was open

and then... And then it wasn't.

But the record player... The record player was playing on its...

And it wouldn't stop.

I swear it was.

Look, you obviously have had a lot to drink, so you're probably just hearing

things.

I know what I heard, Miles. It wasn't...

Is this you?

He thought you played a little joke.

It's not funny.

I don't know what you're talking about.

I sent you at least five texts today telling you I was coming to get my

We got to be out of here so the realtor can show the house over the weekend.

Word about me with the rest of my shit, huh?

Because I'm not trying to be stuck here forever.

No, you heard it.

You heard it.

You heard it. Whoa, can you...

Good.

Relax, relax. It's fine.

Just sit down.

Just sit down.

You're still wearing it.

Yeah, sometimes it's just a tear.

I'm supposed to take a breath for a little bit and hope you get this shit

and ready to go.

Just leave it.

I can do it myself.

And you're not going to be able to do this yourself.

And you can get rid of that.

You know that record player is my favorite birthday gift?

It's broken.

Why don't you just get some sleep, Keora?

I'll tell you what else I've got to do. I think you should just get some sleep.

Oakland, California gives us Miles Williams.

One of the best fighters we've seen out of there in a long time.

This is a nightmare matchup. Oh, he's got a tap. He's got a tap.

You hate to see something happen to that much promise.

Sabrina? Sorry, I can't understand.

With this ring, you join the chain of my ancestors that goes back centuries.

You fill me with light.

What's going on here?

That's what I would like to know.

The room didn't just unpack itself, Miles.

This is insane.

Well, the movers are going to be here in 30 minutes.

Go ahead and go.

I can't help. I used to live here, too.

A lot of help, this is.

I don't know why you have an attitude. I'm not the one who spent the whole

reminiscing. I got an attitude because the broken record player must have sent

you a message from the ancestors to come and do a bunch of dumb shit and empty

out all the boxes that are supposed to be on the moving truck in 30 minutes.

Or maybe it wasn't the broken record player. Maybe it was the vodka that made

you do this dumbass shit.

Yeah.

That's what it was, Miles.

It was vodka.

It was crazy drunk Kiara and her masks and her books and her spells.

Yeah.

That's what it was.

Crazy drunk Kiara.

Go on.

Let crazy Kiara take care of everything in a drunken stupor.

To that, it's completely out of her mind.

You know what?

This is turning into something I don't even need to do right now.

Obviously, you got something you need to say to me. You want to tell me.

You're going about it the wrong way.

What's up?

No, why don't you use your words, Miles? All I have done is talk and talk and

tell you and try to communicate with you, but you don't listen. You never

fucking listen. All I do is listen. We went to therapy for months, and I sat

there, and I listened, and I listened. All therapy did was satisfy your hero

complex. Hero complex, narcissism. All you did was use therapy to get a bunch

new words to use against me. You watched the words come out of my mouth, and you

refused to hear me!

I tried to help us move forward. What's so bad about that?

Sorry I couldn't move on.

Sorry you left.

I can't believe you even said that.

You have no idea how hard it was for me to leave.

And now you can pity me from afar and say you didn't crumble. You wear it like

fucking badge.

I mean... What?

What?

Now you feel guilty?

I was willing to forgive you, but you let him come between us. Fuck you!

The movies are here.

Don't make any sense.

Sorry, hold on, hold on.

Try the back door.

Okay.

Nice

neighborhood,

though. Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, it's really quiet.

Hey!

I mean, who books movers and doesn't show up? Crazy, right?

Hey, you can't pay me!

What's the rule, 15 minutes? Yeah, you can leave a note.

Wait! Don't leave me here!

I am sore.

Move.

Open the door!

Open the door!

Open the door!

Do you hear that?

I don't hear shit.

I'm about to go change clothes.

Hello?

What are you doing?

What are you doing? You okay?

Nothing.

Nothing.

Nothing.

Are you okay?

It's nothing. I... I can't.

What'd you say? What?

I think there's a Vodun spirit in the house.

No, no, no, no.

Don't start with that.

What else could it be, Miles?

I remember a legend in Benin about a spirit.

It's bullshit.

Just stop.

I'm not crazy.

I'm not crazy, Miles.

You said so yourself. You don't have faith in that anymore.

All the root work there is practitioner shit.

Your ancestors are connected to love because if that was true, we wouldn't

be in this situation at all. So do not say that to me.

Think about it, Miles.

What dragged you across the room?

Miles? What, you were here trying to do a seance?

Look.

Look at what?

You don't see the symbol?

I see a blank page in a notebook that's on top of a box.

You can't see it?

It's a blank page right there.

It's the Oya.

It represents the African goddess of death and rebirth.

The spirit's trying to communicate with us.

And what are you going to say to it, Ki? What are you going to say to the spirit

that's trying to communicate?

Do not say anything to me unless you have an actual plan that's going to get

out of here. I already told you what's going on.

That's your problem. You never want to deal with real life what's actually in

front of you.

You think this is my fault?

If you would have taken accountability for your actions, we would have never

ended up in this situation at all.

You literally burnt down every single thing that we built together.

Or is it the fact that every time something gets too hard, you give up?

Coward.

I'm a fucking coward. Yeah.

Good luck dealing with all the shit that's happening in this house by

And when this whole thing is over, we never have to see each other again.

What?

What now? What?

Dear Key, a .k .a. Key Money, I can't believe you done broke me down

to a guy who writes love letters.

Leavis has got to get his head off the line.

It's a gator walk into a guillotine. That is a recipe for 90 nights.

And you know I'm no James Baldwin or Kiara Guillory with the words, you feel

But the first time I saw you, I knew I didn't want to spend another day without

you in my life.

He's now got his head off the line.

He's bobbing and weaving.

He's the guy we thought we were going to see.

Here comes the rear naked show.

Way to go, Miles Williams, the back of the fight.

I was training today.

I couldn't stop thinking about you.

My wife was happening to me.

It's crazy to be thinking about one person this much. Is this normal?

You have a mysterious vibe I just can't quite put my finger on.

I feel like I'm drowning in your death.

I wish I understood it.

But maybe it's better I can't.

Slip.

Slip. And remember, you gotta keep your hands up. I admire your spirit, King.

It's so free.

It's scary how much I'm wrapped into you.

You know you got me.

I love you.

My milestone.

I fancy myself a writer, but when I try to find the words to express how you

make me feel, words fail me.

That's how you know it's true love.

When I look into your eyes, The world falls away.

Time stops, and I find myself gazing at my wildest dream,

one I never want to wake up from, a dream I want to last forever,

a dream where I can take flight and soar to the highest heights in

the safety of your arms, where nothing can hurt me.

And then you smile.

And I fall in love all over again.

No one has ever loved me the way you do.

I love you.

You are my moon.

Yara Yara

VR.

Hey.

I can't be real.

KG!

Key.

Key. Key.

Wake up.

Hey. Wake up.

Key. Key. Key, are you okay?

Oh, God.

Damn.

Oh, I have a headache.

Of course you do.

You've been drinking all day.

People get headaches when they land a house and fucking drink all day.

What's wrong now?

What do you think is wrong, Key?

You're laying there stiff. I can't even tell if you're breathing or not. I

thought you... You thought what?

Sorry, baby.

Not your lucky day. Stop.

Stop what?

Stop, stop, stop breathing.

Key, please.

That'd be a dream come true.

Why are you doing this to yourself? Doing what?

Can't take a nap, can't have a drink.

Have a drink with me.

I cannot keep living like this, Keith.

I'm telling you, I cannot keep doing this.

We gotta figure something out.

Because this, it has to stop.

And you can't?

Then don't.

Where are you going?

Where are you going?

Miles.

Stop. Miles.

Miles.

My milestone.

do that to me?

If I stay, then what?

What will it be if I stay?

Ryan.

You want to go?

Sorry. Miles.

Miles!

Why did I get right here?

You're okay.

What is that?

This is my grandmother's book of spells.

These are all unfinished.

Oh, Miles, I don't know.

There's my mom's handwriting.

Looks like she was trying to translate some notes.

She used to do these meditations.

Like rituals?

Yeah, like healing rituals.

But I was so young when she died, I never really held on to it.

She was a great teacher.

Yeah, I wish I could have met her.

She would have loved you.

I tried to conjure her spirit once when I was 16.

I wasn't powerful enough.

Did you ever try to conjure another spirit?

No.

Hold on.

What?

I didn't believe I was going to give this away.

The notes say millet flour, water,

and something personal like this amethyst necklace my mom gave me

could help lead me to my ancestors.

I found our old love letters.

Oh, no. How corny were they?

They were really sweet.

So super corny.

They reminded me of how we used to be.

When did we stop fighting for each other like that?

Did I say shit?

Yeah.

I know you don't like it, but the notes say we need to stay open and receive.

We never know what will be revealed in this realm.

Are you sure you want to do this?

We give thanks to the ancestors and the Most High.

Focus on our connections to the moments, the song, the visions,

the chaos, all of it.

What do you need us to know?

What are you trying to tell us?

Okay what's wrong?

Are you okay?

You are.

No. You're in our sacred place.

It's not your time to join us yet.

Who are you?

I'm a link in the chain of the Guillory women that live yesterday, today, and

tomorrow.

I'm so lost.

You know you must rejoin the chain.

But you can't do it alone.

The moon needs its star.

All that you need is sitting beside you now.

All you have to do is listen.

It's time for you to truly embrace us.

Dear Miles, I failed you.

I failed us.

The story wasn't supposed to end this way, but the weight of it all is

unbearable.

I don't want to be here anymore.

I have to end it all.

I'm so sorry.

I think I found a way for us to get out of here, Miles.

You ought to kill yourself.

Where you going?

I find your suicide note. You don't want to talk about it?

Key.

Key?

So what was all this for?

Was it just a show?

All the packing and the selling out. I took care of everything.

I did everything so that you wouldn't have to worry about anything. You did

take care of everything. You took care of everything except you.

I... I couldn't... There

was nothing left to take care of, Miles.

I was devastated every morning.

Because I woke up the night before.

I hate who I am. I can't stand to look at myself.

I'm not the same person you married.

That's okay.

I'm not the same man that you married.

I just wanted you to come to me.

I gotta finish this.

I know you don't believe any of this.

Whatever's in this house, need to know we honor it.

Bring the bottle tree so the evil spirits know to stay away.

The Nyame Duo will tell our ancestors we need their protection.

Crystals will channel our connection.

The circle of my mother's salt.

Candles will light our way.

Join me in the circle.

I'll try and remember the dance I saw in Benin that helped the matriarchs

connect with their spirits.

I think you're going to like how this night ends.

I have a surprise for you.

Suspense.

I what?

I love you.

I love you too.

I love you so much.

You are my moon. We are so blessed

to have this marriage and this love.

We get to grow our tribe.

Are we pregnant?

Wait,

let me see.

You can't hear the heartbeat yet.

My child has a strong heartbeat. I can probably hear it.

Okay, Jeremiah, it's party time. Let's get you dressed.

Uh, Mom, can I stay in for a little bit longer, please?

Please?

You want to open up one of your gifts early?

Happy birthday! Happy birthday! It's a Bell P -39 Aerocover remote control

plane. Yes, it is.

Now I can practice all of my flight maneuvers.

like the Tuskegee Airman.

I've always wanted one. Thank you. I love you so much. We love you, baby.

Oh, are you so happy?

Yeah, so super.

My little Tuskegee Airman.

Sit down. Let's take it for a test spin.

This is Bruce Lieutenant Jeremiah Walsh.

I copy. This is air traffic control, and I have your first mission ready, First

Lieutenant Jeremiah Williams. Only if you choose to accept it. Do you choose

accept your mission? Please let me know with a strong copy.

Max, you're the mission first?

Yeah, yeah, your first mission is to have an amazing birthday. Can you handle

that mission?

Of course I can, air traffic control.

Mission gladly accepted.

Roger that. The Bell P -39 Air Cobra.

You might need... Another one?

Oh, another one before it was time to open up the... Come on.

Birthdays only come once a year.

Ooh, how does it look, Mama?

The most handsome little pilot I ever saw.

Oh!

What time is it? I gotta... Oh, wait, hold on.

This is air traffic control. Go for me. What's happening?

Oh, unfortunately, I have to make another pit stop. Gotta pick up a few

But fly safe in my absence, please. Do you copy?

Great shit. Thank you for joining our party anyway. Last thing. I'll be right

back.

Okay, bye.

Okay, Lieutenant.

We gotta get you dressed.

You gotta be fresh for your birthday.

Boots for Godfriend.

Excuse me, First Lieutenant. No flying in the house.

Come on, please. I'm serious, baby.

Airmen only fly in the open sky.

Hi, Sabrina.

Hi, Kiara. How's it going?

Have you thought about your next book?

Oh, my God, yes.

Really? Absolutely. I have so many ideas about how to expand the world and the

characters. Great, because the publisher wants to get you on a book tour. Mommy,

I almost did it. Jeremiah, I'm on a call. I said no flying in the house.

Go out front, and I'll watch you from the window, okay?

Okay.

I love you.

Yeah, sorry, he's just, he's really excited about his gift.

God, yes, Monday's great. I would love that.

Fine, go Rubenine.

The New York Times?

They actually said that?

Oh, my God.

Yes.

Okay, so let's set up a call.

Yes, absolutely.

Okay, when?

Yeah. This is First Lieutenant Jeremiah, Second Lieutenant Friend, asserting

those live in T -minus.

Three, two, one.

Oh, no.

Thank you so much for believing in me, Sabrina.

Yeah, I'm gonna get back to cooking for this little man's party.

Of course.

Okay. Talk soon.

Mission Control Daddy is back with the good.

What's wrong?

Sabrina just called and said she just booked me a book tour.

Oh, well, let's get the party started then.

Yeah. Where's Jay? He's up front.

No, he's not.

You didn't see him?

No. Jeremiah!

Buddy!

He's not out there.

Where is this boy?

Probably hiding again.

Jeremiah! Jeremiah, come on. It's party time.

Jeremiah!

Jay!

If you want birthday cake, you gotta come out.

Jay! Okay, come out, baby. You know I don't like it when you do this.

Jeremiah!

Jay!

Jay!

Jay!

Oh, God.

Come on, baby.

Call 911.

Call 911.

Is he breathing? Did we just pull my son out of the pool?

Is he breathing yet? Keep pumping. Keep pumping his chest.

I need you to get here right now, please.

Jack, can you hear me? Breathe, buddy. Breathe.

It's not playtime anymore.

Jeremiah. It's okay.

No, it's okay.

him say I love you mommy I'll never kiss his forehead again

I'll never kiss his cheek

I'm not a mother anymore

you'll always be his mother just like

I'll always be his father no matter what

bring myself to say this to anybody.

But after the accident, I, um, I came out of this dream

with Jeremiah, and, um, in a dream, he was in a

pool.

But he was, like, he was happy.

He was laughing. He was smiling. He was, um...

He was asking me all kind of random questions.

And I call him First Lieutenant.

He's so beautiful in a dream.

He's perfect in a dream. Perfect.

And then I wake up. I'm in cold sweats.

So I just got to the point where, like...

I

was scared to go to sleep.

Because... I'd wake up and he'd still be...

So it was almost worse, like, seeing him all the time and then waking up and

he's like...

But then, I was losing you at the same time.

So when you called me a coward, you were right.

Because I was scared that I was going to break.

I just, I didn't know how to handle it.

I didn't know what to do. So I said I was moving forward, but really I was

scared.

I'm exhausted, King.

Absolutely exhausted.

You're the smart one, but I know we gotta find a way to get past this.

We gotta forgive ourselves for all of it.

Hi, Mommy.

Don't cry.

Don't be sad.

I'm not sad, baby.

I'm not sad. I'm so happy to see you.

Hi, Daddy.

I can't believe you're here.

I'm always here with you.

I wanted to help you and Daddy stay together.

You were here the whole time.

I had to fix the change that connects us.

I get to fly whenever I want now.

I miss you so much.

I love you.

May you fall.

First Lieutenant Jeremiah Williams, you have done a phenomenal job with your

mission.

Love, Laura Spiller.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.