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Uh, Derek?

Derek,

the kids. The kids are outside.

Hi,

baby.

Hey, hey.

How was school today, baby?

Good. Daddy, Mommy, why was the door closed? We're usually always waiting for

when we get home.

Um, you guys hungry? Let's go get a snack.

Dear Lord, thank you for this food and the hands that prepared it.

Keep us in good health. Keep us safe.

And please, Lord, look after Renee on her business trip.

Keep her in safe passage.

In Jesus' name we pray.

Amen.

Amen.

Mom, where are you going this time?

I'm going to Colorado, sweetie.

It's a beautiful place with tall mountains and lots and lots of snow.

like a snow playground.

You got mountains as tall as the sky.

Mountains as tall as the sky? Yeah.

It says here that the tallest is Mount Albert and it's 14 ,440 feet tall.

How tall is that, Daddy?

Well, if you think about our house, right, our house is about two stories.

you took seven of our houses and stacked them one by one on top of each other,

that would be one 14 -story building, right?

Now, if you took 114 -story buildings and stacked them way to the sky, that's

what you're looking at.

What? That's like out of this.

Baby, I can think of a couple different ways we'll spend our last night

together. Oh, really?

Mm -hmm.

I'm so tired, though, baby. I've got to go to sleep.

Tonight.

That's how you do your husband?

You already left me hanging heavy.

Now you about to leave me for days?

With me on full?

Oh, Derek.

No, hell no.

You gonna miss me?

Let me show you how much I'm gonna miss you.

Boy, you are always horny, ain't you?

That's what you do to me, baby.

Keep me excited.

Baby, I'm tired.

Just cuddle with me, okay?

All right, all right, you big baby.

Baby, I'm gone.

You want to get up?

Don't sleep too long, okay?

I'll try not to.

Bye, Fixie. Bye.

Dear Lord, thank you for this new day, and thank you for this life that you

allow me to lead.

All right, good morning, everyone.

Let's get right into it.

Derek, how are we doing on the Backstreet account?

We're looking pretty good. We're on track.

The new models are learning very, very well. I should have the preliminary

predictions in by the end of the week.

Terrific. Excellent. That's what I like to hear.

That is great.

How did you manage to cram the data stream into predictive form given

computational limitations?

Well, they say attention is all you need, right? So I just kind of combined

transformers with the graph neural nets.

They captured all the data. And, wow, that was it.

Got it.

I'd love to get up to speed on that at some point.

Of course.

Guys, listen, this is our firm's biggest project right now. And if we can get

these cars self -driving, we will own this place.

So let's keep it up.

Sounds good. 10 -4, buddy.

Good afternoon.

Good afternoon.

Um, you must be Mr.

Culver. Yes, and you are what? The new mail lady?

Just a temporary replacement.

You look a little bit young to be the new mail girl.

But what happened to Debra?

I'm older than I look.

Um, Debra had a sudden stroke over the weekend.

My God, is she going to be okay?

Yeah, I'm just filling in until we learn more.

I'm Sloane, by the way.

Sloane, you can call me Derek.

Unfortunate circumstances, but it's always good to have a new face in the

neighborhood.

You're so sweaty,

it's making me hot.

It's like it's contagious or something.

I know.

Do I have anything else?

Oh, yeah.

Oh,

I got you. I got you. Thank you. Thank you.

Bills, bills, bills.

Well, I'm going to get back in here and get back to work.

Yeah, yeah. I have so much mail to deliver.

Well, it was nice to meet you.

Yes, don't work too hard.

Okay. Try to stay cool, okay?

Dear Lord, thank you for this food and the hands that prepared it.

Blessed are our bodies.

Amir!

Hey, watch your flank!

I got it, I got it, I got it, I got it.

I got his ass in here, though.

Woo!

You see that?

You see that?

That's how you put it down, boy.

Hey, handsome.

Hey, baby.

You still going?

Must be pretty busy out there.

Oh, my God. You would not believe it. I had a meeting today with the head buyer

of the Ritz -Carlton Group, and he was interested in featuring our brand in

their mini bars.

Wow. Baby, it sounds like you're making some waves out there.

I'm trying.

I mean, if these leads turns into something real, I just know it'll put me

for the next big promotion.

I have no doubt about it. You're going to do well.

I hope you're right, because I'm so tired of feeling small at work.

I mean, all this fake, submissive, working in white America shit is killing

I mean, in the way that I shine, Lord knows that I should be leading the show.

Oh, baby.

You are my queen.

My goddess.

Now, you got to do me a favor.

Do you trust me?

Yes. Now, you got to make me a promise now.

Okay, Derek, what?

All right, look, for the next 24 hours at this work conference, I need you to

not play anything small.

I need you to be the queen that you are. No matter who you're talking to or what

situation arises, I need you to play it like it's your last and just see where

it lands.

Okay, I can do that. No, no, no, I'm serious.

I mean it. Now, if you're too scared to really go for it, I understand, Renee.

When you walk in that room, people are going to feel that energy.

And if they don't feel it, you just make them an offer that they can't refuse.

Right.

So, how is everything? How are my babies?

They miss you, just like I do.

Want you to be home.

Did you know the mail lady, Debra, had a stroke?

What? That's terrible.

Yeah, they got some temporary as a replacement. She kind of told me about

See, and baby, that's why you are so right. You know about what you said

not playing things small and living right? Because you just never know.

because you never know what the tide might bring in.

Well, I'm sorry, handsome. I love you, but I have to go.

Baby, don't leave me already.

Can you talk to me a little while longer?

No, I know you got to go.

Get some rest. I love you, and I'll talk to you tomorrow, okay?

Okay. Good night. Good night.

Dear Lord, thank you.

Thank you for this new day and for this life that you allow me to lead.

Good afternoon, Miss Sloan.

Nice to see you again, Mr. Culver.

You're looking a little less sweaty than the last time I saw you.

I know, right?

But, uh, how's Debra doing?

It looks like Debra's gonna make a full recovery.

That's great news.

Mm -hmm.

But, um, you're stuck with me until the end of the week, minimum?

Damn, that's a little long, eh?

Well, uh...

Here's to hoping that Debra takes all the time that she needs to recover.

So what if she wanted to come back a little bit sooner?

I'd have to make her an offer she can't refuse.

I heard that before.

What the hell do you know about the Godfather?

Leave the gun.

Take the cannoli.

Look at you.

You surprise me day by day.

Oh, and you surprised me, Mr. Culver. I mean, this one says Dr.

Culver, but then this one says AP Consulting.

Somebody's being nosy, I take it? Oh, nosy.

I actually have a PhD in data science, but naturally I was drawn to consulting.

So you work in AI technology?

I do. That's crazy.

I've heard so much about it recently. I do ASMR on the side, so people have been

saying it might be useful.

A -S -M -R. A -S -M -R. What is that?

Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response.

Wait.

So you give people goosebumps for a living?

Something like that.

Wow.

You should check it out.

Really? Yeah, I mean you should check out my page first. Did I go live a

nights ago?

You go live your page.

Yeah. I'll send you an airdrop.

I guess I can check it out. Here.

Got that?

I'll, um... Yeah.

Well, I will see you tomorrow, Mr. Culver.

Take care.

I mean, or tonight.

See you later, Sloan. I'll see you tonight.

Bad Sloan, I should say.

She's dangerous.

Hey, you won't believe it. Your advice was a game changer. What? How so?

The two hotels are in a bidding war over the brand. It's unbelievable.

No way.

Yeah, this will be the biggest deal that the firm has closed in years.

I am so proud of you.

I'm disappointed.

Dear Lord, thank you.

Thank you for this new day and for this life that you allow me to live.

Hello, Sloan.

I have a package that needs your signature.

I hope

I didn't scare you off last night.

No, no, no, no. Not at all. It was just...

Well, I hope it was also exciting.

It most definitely was.

It was just a little too exciting.

Well, you left before the climax.

I forgot to mention I have a private live session just for you if you want to

see me tonight.

Whew.

Baby, I'm so drained.

See you tomorrow?

Yeah, I'll see you tomorrow.

I love you.

I'm glad you decided to join me.

I wouldn't miss it.

Oh, you like that?

You deserve it.

You've been working so hard, haven't you, Dr. Culver?

Yes.

Mm -hmm.

I walked by your place.

I felt that tendency.

Screamed. Like a caged bull.

I want to release you.

I want to break you out.

Will you let me help you relax?

I wish I were there with you right now.

You can feel that.

It's because of this.

This is your mic.

You like it when I touch your mic, don't you?

I'm gonna break you free.

Don't you want to be free with me?

Yes.

Okay, girl.

You should be.

Come on. Yes.

Will you pull it out and touch it for me?

Thank you for this new day.

To wash.

Wash away the old.

And bring in nothing but the new.

You're cooking lunch?

Smells amazing in here. I had to hook it up.

Welcome home. I missed you.

Missed you, too.

So, the deal is done.

One of the hotels, they caved their innings. What?

Yes. I knew it. I knew you would kill it. I just decided to take your advice

stop playing it small.

Okay. And guess what? What?

The offer is now four times the original deal.

What do you mean?

Four times? Yes.

Oh,

but there's more.

So I've been talking to this Hollywood party promoter.

You expecting somebody?

At this time?

Special delivery.

I got you a gift.

Look.

Sloan, thank you. Can you open it now? I gotta talk to you later. No, I really

want to see your face when you open it.

I gotta go. Please.

You see, I think that knowledge is like a sunrise.

You know, I mean, every day it's a little bit new and different, but it's

beautiful and it's a little bit hopeful.

You know?

Thank you, really.

But after last night, I can't do this anymore. I wrote you a letter, too. It's

in the red envelope. You should read it.

I meant every word.

Oh, really?

You understand what I'm saying?

We can't be so friendly.

We can't.

I shouldn't have... Derek.

We didn't hurt anybody, okay?

Derek?

You got anything to pull there?

Wait, can I meet her? No, no, no, not right now. Derek?

Not like this, not like this.

I just want to say hi.

Derek, I just want to meet her.

Boy, what are you doing?

Oh, no.

Hey, baby.

Um, what took you so long, and why did you close the front door?

You remember Debra, the mail lady, having a stroke?

Yeah. Okay, yeah, I got an update from the mailman. He was just telling me

she's going to have a full recovery.

Oh, okay.

That's good news.

That's great news.

So you know what that means?

What? By the time she gets back, you're going to close the deal with the

Hollywood Party Plan.

All right.

Now tell me more. Okay, so I was thinking...

So, I tell her, we got a rival involved, right? Because I knew that was going to

put the pressure on her, kind of fear it, lost her and everything.

And I tell her, like, look, this is the Ritz Carlton. If you're not interested

in... Who the hell texted me?

Oh, that's not a text. That's an airdrop. We get them all the time at the

conference.

Um, who's airdropping you?

Hmm, looks like it's a...

Okay, well, let me see, because you got to turn off airdrops for everybody or it

gets a little kooky. No, no, no, no, no, no. I got it, baby.

Let me just set it to... Damn.

Contact only.

Okay. Back to what you were saying, baby.

ASMR girl?

What was that?

ASMRLY girl wants to send you a pic.

No.

Must be one of them damn badass white kids playing around.

Yeah.

But anyway, he really tried to play hardball with me like they wanted to get

into a real bidding war.

Hello, Captain Culver.

Let's explore another round, shall we?

Here's another link for tonight.

Don't turn this bad girl into a fat girl.

I want to serve you.

Hey, uh, so what were you saying you wanted to talk about?

Hey, let me put it in the chat.

All right.

Oh, wait.

So your mail lady does ASMR, and you and her both got off on a private session?

And then she tried to send an air job to Renee?

She's gonna find out she's funny, man. Fuck you.

That's fucking wild. You gotta admit.

Wait.

This is your male lady?

Yes, yes, yes. Holy fuck, she bad, bro.

Yeah, bro.

And check this out.

There's an invite tonight.

I wanna jump on just so I can squash shit, but I'm not thinking clearly right

now. You know what I'm saying?

Nah, nah, you can't go to that, bro. You crazy?

How about some outgoing mail?

You write a letter, but make sure it's typed so that way you can have some

deniability just in case she shows anyone.

Yeah, that would work.

But honestly, bro, I don't think it's that deep.

But this one right here, bro, for some reason he seemed a little crazy, so it's

like I got to let her ass down.

You know, I just wish my dumb ass wouldn't even have opened that door.

Derek?

that is. That's the Colonel fam, so I'm gonna kick it with you later, bruh.

And then mommy came up with the most genius idea.

Celebrity events.

Like Beyonce?

Like Beyonce.

Okay, got it.

I don't know, man.

Slump, you have to read this. I gotta go.

My wife's in the house.

The other night was a mistake.

While we didn't do anything physical, it still was way too much.

We need to set boundaries.

Our relationship needs to remain professional.

You know I'm married, and I care about my family.

We can't continue like this.

So no gifts, no letters.

No long conversations.

I'm sure a woman as beautiful and smart as you will have no problem finding a

new playmate. If I wasn't married, I would give us a shot.

But I am married.

And happily so.

We'll always have our little secret.

But let's leave it there.

Derek, I'm sorry to send another letter, but I had to make it clear that I

understand. We crossed a line.

I guess.

But it was harmless.

So please don't feel guilty or ashamed. It's just the internet.

But I understand your concerns.

I'd love to have you to myself.

You know, to serve you in all the ways your wife won't.

Does she even give you head?

I'd give you the best head you ever got in your entire life. Every night for the

rest of your life.

You can have any part of me, Captain.

My mouth.

My kitty.

My ass.

My... throat, my heart, my mind, my soul.

Wear me out, Captain.

I'm just giving you a taste of what you're missing.

Don't worry.

Your message is clear.

You can trust me.

P .S. There's been a setback with Debra's recovery.

See you tomorrow, Captain.

Thank you.

Thank you for this new day and for this life that you allowed me to lead.

Derek, have you looked at this again?

Because the client sent it back to me and they're wondering what's going on.

It's off by two orders of magnitude.

That's impossible.

I was on point. I stayed up all night doing it.

I assure you it's possible. I'm looking at it right now.

And on day two, I moved with the event planner.

Wow, okay.

You seem like you got everything figured out.

That's so incredible you know that.

Really? Yeah.

You think so?

I know so.

Take a picture, baby.

Selfie goals.

A couple goals.

Follow your Instagram followers.

You like that?

Really? A lot.

Mm -hmm.

Show me.

Is that a number?

Mm -hmm.

Oh, you ain't gonna tell me twice.

Mm -hmm.

Maybe two.

Maybe time will play.

Mm -hmm.

Mm -hmm.

Who could that be?

Um, baby, no, I got it.

What? No.

Right, right here. Got it.

Oh, hi!

Here, you come on in. It's four o 'clock.

Thank you.

You must be the new substitute male lady?

Yeah, that's me.

And you must be?

Mrs. Culvert. Call me Renee.

Thank you.

I never know how casual I can be, you know, with people in the neighborhood.

sometimes I can be so uptight, you know. We don't have to worry about any of

that when you come to the Culvert's house.

We know how to have a good time.

Okay.

Thank you. I love your dress.

Thank you. And you look like you must be the life of the party.

I know it might seem that way, but my husband, Derek, is actually a big old

nerd. Like, seriously, he's into math and anime and competitive gaming.

Anime, huh?

I never would have guessed.

You know, honestly, I mean, that sounds horrible, but I honestly thought that

you were, like, an Instagram model, and he was just, like, your NFL Kobe

husband. Girl, he grew up a preacher's kid.

Besides, I would never date a football player.

Are you married?

Boyfriend? Well, I'm actually seeing someone right now, but, you know, it's

Well, can I give you some advice?

Instead of chasing the star guy, find you a loyal nerd that really loves you,

and then you can build him up and trap his butt with a baby.

Yeah, thank you so much. All right. Well, it was so nice to meet you. You

All right. Well, I'll see you around, okay? All right.

Amir, bro.

Tell me something, man.

So I really got into my dark web discord back on this one.

Her full name is Sloane Amanda Redding.

She's 26.

Joined the army at 18.

Moved up to our corporal by 23.

Served in Iraq.

Two tours.

Bro, Iraq?

Two tours?

Yeah. She wasn't just a regular soldier.

She was part of a combat engineer unit. Those folks see some intense action.

Bro, combat engineer?

Yeah, they deal with everything from building bases to disarming IEDs.

It's high stress, high danger.

So what you're telling me is that this girl has seen some serious violence?

Worse.

Half her unit was killed in an IED attack.

I mean, who knows what's really going on in her head.

What the fuck?

Bro, so what do I do right now?

Well, sounds like you're caught in a duel with a Legion commander.

And she's got blade mail.

It's time to crank up that DPS.

You're right.

I guess it's time to strike back, right?

Strike back?

Fuck that.

Hi.

Sloane, we've received a complaint about you.

A complaint?

From who?

Well, the complaint alleges that you've been acting inappropriately with a

customer. Leaving personal letters, gifts, making unscheduled visits.

I don't know what to say.

That's not true.

Sloan, you're a great worker.

You're dedicated and hardworking, but this?

This is serious.

I think it's time we move you to a different route.

No.

Please. You can't do that.

Okay, this is the best route I've had so far. I love the trees and the scenery

and the dogs and the neighbors are really nice. It's been very good for my

mental health.

this is your only chance, Sloan. You need to maintain a professional distance

from now on. Understood?

Understood. Thank you.

I have a package that needs a signature.

This is not my package.

Are you alone?

Yes. No, I want to apologize.

For what?

I have OCD.

It's, um... It's something I struggled with since Iraq.

I'm a veteran.

And, um, I latched on to you, okay? And I misconstrued your kindness, and I let

my imagination run wild, and I'm sorry, because that wasn't fair in my class.

So what happens next?

I promise to welcome you.

I've alerted my therapist, and they're going to help me work through it.

Good. Yeah. So, um...

No more gifts.

Or letters.

Or, um... I, uh...

I promise to maintain professionalism.

And keep it up.

Let's... Let's just get back to normal.

Okay.

Thank you.

Dr. Cole.

Take care.

Goodbye.

Derek, I'm loving what I'm seeing here.

Really great stuff.

Thanks, man. Even the Smurfs.

Fantastic.

Are you sure that you called about the car, Derek?

Yes. He said he sent it out like three times already.

You know, if you don't want me to have a car for my trip, you can just say that.

Renee, that's not it. What are you even talking about?

Look, I get it, okay?

You don't think that I should spend my own money to advance my career.

But if I spend their money, then they get to take all the credit.

You sound crazy.

You get so caught up in your work and all your little IG stuff, trying to

impress all these people that you haven't seen since college, that you

put family first.

Oh, so now because I want to be successful and independent, I don't care

my family. Is that it, Derek? That's not what I'm saying. You know what? I

already sacrificed years of my career for the kids.

And now that I'm finally starting to catch up, you think you're going to hold

back?

You don't get it.

Name a bigger supporter than me.

Matter of fact, name somebody for my job.

What?

What does that have to do with anything?

I'll wait.

Name one of Caden's friends from school.

Name one of his teachers. Miss Diamond.

Miss Diamond.

This shows you how far you've moved from us.

Miss Diamond was his teacher from two years ago.

I bet you right now, if I call Caden up here right now, he knows about Mommy's

boss, Mommy's co -workers.

Mommy's life.

Everyone on IG knows the life they try to construct for now.

But you're never here with us.

You know what? Forgive me, Derek.

I'm sorry that I have a life.

I'm sorry that I want to travel and see the world and accomplish things other

than just riding a bike down a damn street.

You know what you're talking about not being here.

Your whole life is digital. What you need to do is get a life instead of

to micromanage mine.

You do know.

That my job was actually hard, right?

Though, refuse to discuss the math with me.

You know, even when I'm off work, I'm really not.

Because I got the kids.

You travel 10 days out of the month.

10.

I don't even bother having any hobbies.

Then when I bring it up to you, you do this.

You tell me I'm trying to block you from succeeding.

Which is crazy. You're supposed to be a team. Okay, Derek.

My mom was just saying how she wants to spend more time with the kids, so I'll

reach out to her and maybe she can take them for a couple of days while I'm

gone.

That would help a lot.

What would really help is if you're here with us when you're actually here.

I'll call my mom tomorrow.

And we're just going to have to finish this some other time because I don't

all night to sit up and sort this out with you. I want to finish it now.

I got an early flight to catch in the morning. I got all day.

Can you please send me at least $5 ,000 so that I can make sure these clients

have a good time?

Forgot I'm an ATM.

$5 ,000?

I tell you what.

I'll give you $5 ,000 if you can tell me one of your son's coach's names.

How about that?

You know what? Whatever, Derek, okay?

Just forget I fucking asked.

I'll take care of it my damn self.

I forgot about it.

Kid, your grandma here.

Hey,

Miss Bell. How you doing, baby?

Hey, baby. How you doing?

Yeah, well, I talked to Renee.

Well,

you know, every story has its bump in the road.

Yeah, it does. But you know what?

I was thinking, with all the money you make, you put things she would be happy

to be like. Grandma! Hey, my baby!

Y 'all ready to stay with Grandma?

Yes. Yes, well, I am ready for you. Well, looks like it's just you. Give

daddy a hug. Bye, Daddy.

Have a good time, all right? Behave, behave, behave.

All right. All right, well, I'll see you later. Okay, I'll see you. All right.

Take care.

Y 'all be good, all right?

He's in the bushes.

I'm here gang.

Oh, yeah, I see one of those right there Hey

Me

kicking ass breath

I was in the neighborhood and I knew you were alone.

And I just wanted to deliver you something special in person.

Holy shit.

Wait, wait, wait.

Listen, this is not a good idea if you need to be here.

Why don't you...

No, no, no. I can't. I can't. I got a wife and two kids. I can't.

Yes.

I can't.

No, no.

Please, please, please.

Let's just think about this.

Let's play it cool. I don't want to.

Listen, this is not that I signed up for what I think.

Lord, help me.

We can't do this.

Oh, shit.

Oh.

Wait a minute.

Slow, slow, slow.

This is not right.

You just, you was just my...

Thank you.

I'll take the phone.

See you later.

Hey, Frank, I'm sorry for missing it, man. You know, this never happens, but I

had a family emergency with my daughter.

Derek, I get it. Life happens.

Okay, just let us know ahead of time.

Hey, Frank, thanks, man. I appreciate that.

Of course.

Yeah, so we can still expect that report first thing in the morning, right?

Yeah, yeah, for sure, for sure.

Hey, Frank, this is my wife right here.

Okay. I'll talk to you later.

Hey, what's up, babe?

What kind of shit are you playing with me, Derek?

What are you talking about?

After all these years, this is how you treat me?

Wait a minute, you lost me.

What's going on?

The credit card, Derek.

It's already maxed out. What?

I look like a fucking idiot out here.

Miss Big Shot.

Miss, I'll take care of everything.

And now this shit happens?

Renee, how's these new cars being maxed out already?

It must be a bank year or something.

And where the fuck would I even do that to you?

To ruin my career?

You put that credit card on the front porch, didn't you?

That don't make sense, Renee.

And why would you go out and test the cars for you trying to spend it on all

these big purges and whatnot?

Buy a damn candy bar or something.

Baby, there's a lot of things that I can take.

Like... You being gone all the time?

You not making love to me for five months or longer?

After all the things that I do for you and this family, this the things that I

get, Renee?

Accusations? I'm going to talk to you later, okay?

Bye.

That was impressive.

What are you still doing here?

Where else would I be?

At work.

Home.

He called up just for you.

Ain't that so sweet of you?

Look,

look, look.

I need to ask you a question.

Don't lie to me either.

Okay.

What the hell did you do with those credit cards that were sent to his

I don't want to play stupid.

What happened to those credit cards?

The bank issued out three credit cards and it was sent directly to his address.

All of a sudden, he disappeared.

We never got him.

Did you have anything to do with those cards?

Stop, stop, stop, stop.

This is not a game, Sloan.

You're causing issues in my household.

It already is. You've been in our household.

You know, since you think this is a game all the time,

I'm going to have to ask you to leave.

I made you breakfast.

I don't want it.

After this, this kind of makes me feel uneasy. I don't want to be around you

right now. I'll talk to you later.

Derek.

Come on.

Go have some breakfast. I made it.

Once again, that's a no.

So...

I'll ask you to leave.

And I'll talk to you later, Sloan. Okay?

So, please, sweetheart.

And let's go.

Okay.

Bring the nigga. This is not ballerina class.

Okay.

Let's get out of here.

Listen, listen.

Yeah.

Everything's been cool with us.

I appreciate the time that we had.

This cannot go on.

What can't?

None of this. What we're doing now. This is not good.

What do you mean?

This is not good. What we're doing right now. Stop.

Come on.

Please, please, please, please. I have a wife and two kids. I can't pretend like

you're my wife because you're not. And you're in our house.

This is not good. I'm picking love over my marriage.

You have to go. This is it. You're smarter than this.

You're smarter than this, Derek. You're so much smarter than this.

Please. No, you know this isn't it.

Please don't make this harder than what it is. Please.

I'm trying to help you.

In what way?

I'm trying to free you from this.

This.

This is a cage.

But I'm happy. This is a cage. No, you're not. No, you're not. You think

are, but you don't know what you're talking about.

You don't understand.

And you, can you look at me, okay?

I can help you.

I can show you.

But you need to trust me.

And you need to believe me, and you need to look at me, and you need to see me.

You're going crazy. I'm not going crazy.

It's not the way it's supposed to be. This is exactly the way it's supposed to

be.

This is exactly the way it's supposed to be, and I need you. You're going crazy

right now. No, you're going crazy.

This is making you crazy. No, no, no, we cannot do this. This is making you

crazy, and you need to see that I'm trying to help.

No. And you need to let me in. I need to let you in. Let you in where?

In my house.

Let you where?

I can't let you in my heart.

This is what happened. This is the fucking big mistake that I made.

I can't put it on you. Assume me, okay?

I let you in. I'm sorry.

I'll let them do this to you. You have to go. I'll let them do this to you.

Don't just... No, Derek! No!

You have to go! I can't! I can't! No, I can't! You can't! I can't do it! You

can't say no! I can't say... You can't fight love, Derek!

No! You can't do it! This ain't love! This is crazy!

No, it's not!

This is crazy! I'm not crazy!

Listen, you have to stick to what we talked about. We had an agreement, okay?

Don't give me that look, please.

Fuck, you have to go.

You have to leave.

What are you doing?

About what? This is over. No more conversation.

I can't do this.

You have to leave.

I'm going to call the police if you don't leave. I have to go.

You're crazy.

You need help. You're sick.

Go!

Look at you.

What the fuck are you doing here?

Sweaty is the first day I met you.

So you just let yourself into people's houses?

Relax, I forgot my keys.

What was I supposed to do?

So you got your shit.

Now it's time for you to get the fuck out.

Come here.

You gotta go.

I'm about to play you a game.

As long as you need to go be her.

You know these lost are child's play for a girl like me.

Listen.

Stop. Stop.

If I catch you coming into my house getting on your nose, I'm gonna shoot

the ass.

You understand me?

Bye.

I wanted to do a follow -up.

I had a complaint regarding to one of your mail carriers in the area on Kent

Street.

I made a report last week.

Nothing has changed, it's only gotten worse.

Yes, yes.

The young lady claims she has PTSD.

I think she's a danger to herself and others.

Mm -hmm.

And she actually claimed that she, uh...

She carries with a firearm. She actually showed it to me as well.

Hi.

So my question is now is, what happens next?

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

Yeah, because somebody can get hurt. There must be some misunderstanding.

He said, she said, it doesn't matter, Ms. Redding. Multiple people don't just

call for no reason.

And the firearm, it matches the description of one of the firearms you

registered in your name.

We're placing you on leave.

Thank you.

You okay?

Yeah, I am. I mean, I've had some time to think.

Derek, I've been too focused on work.

It's not fair to you or to the kids.

Renee, it's not about you or the kids.

It's about us.

I know.

I've let this clout -chasing bullshit get the best of me, and I promise I'm so

sorry, Derek.

Things are going to change.

We're a team.

We are.

But what brought this home?

The credit card incident.

The way they responded.

I mean, I've been trying so hard to impress these empty souls who don't even

love anything except the appearance of progress.

Stock buybacks, financially engineered bullshit.

I mean, they don't have a mission.

It's all a game, and I need real.

They won't be there for me like you and the kids. May, we love you so much.

So much.

And I need my queen back.

I know.

I'll be back in two days, okay?

Let's have a proper anniversary dinner then.

I can call my mom to watch the kids and it'll be just me and you.

I like that. A lot.

So how are you?

How's work?

Tell me about math.

Work is work.

Work is work.

It's looking like I got to pull an all -nighter to finish this report.

But other than that, everything is okay.

Derek,

baby, you are my king, okay?

Don't play it small.

I love you.

Good night. You know you'll always be my little superwoman.

I love you, too.

Hey Frank, what's up?

Report was already sent.

Wait, what?

Yeah, I'll get on it right now.

Are you out of your mind, Derek?

What are you talking about?

Are you out of your fucking mind?

Huh?

What is this?

There was an audio leak of you talking down about me and about the client.

What? Call me a Jew clown, Derek.

I would never, man. And then you go off and run your goddamn mouth about trade

secrets.

That would have been enough alone.

And somehow it got sent to all the client's emails.

How is that even possible?

How is it even possible? I'm sending it to you right now.

If you don't already know, you can take a listen to it.

And then you can take some time to think about what you're going to do for work

next. I don't know how you're going to get another job. Once everybody in town

hears about this.

Frank, come on, man. Because you're fucking fired.

Frank, wait.

Frank Goldberg?

He's a fucking Jew clown.

Jews claim to be the smart bunch.

Well, he's definitely not one of them.

But hey, at least he gives us something to laugh at, right?

Serve you soon, Captain.

Hey, baby.

You're home so early. Yes, I booked the first flight and got the hell out of

there.

Oh, man, how was your trip?

Oh, baby.

You did miss me, huh?

Yes, I did.

Oh, man, look at you. You're so tired. Did you get any rest?

Not really.

Well, did you finish your project?

Not quite.

That's going to cause some problems.

Well, I don't care what happens, baby.

I'm here for you and I'm not going anywhere.

What you need is some rest.

Because you and I are going to have a romantic dinner tonight.

Okay? So come on and let me put you to bed.

And put all those worries on pause.

Well, look who's awake.

Did you sleep well, baby?

Yeah, pretty deep.

Yeah, it was so much needed.

What's going on here?

Hi, Mr. Culver. It's good to see you.

So, baby, you won't believe it, but my mom caught COVID, and I thought we were

going to have to cancel dinner, but as God would have it...

alone with delivering the mail. So we got to talking and, well, she's free

tonight and willing to help.

She's willing to help?

Really? So she's watching our kids tonight?

Eric!

No, he's fine.

I don't have any of my own yet.

But, um, I'm from the military, so if you are certified, I have a Heimlich

maneuver.

And, of course, funny of combat.

So funny intruders come in, they'll affect the wrong house.

See, isn't that wonderful?

Sounds like she's overqualified.

Sloan, have you ever watched kids before?

Well, baby, I was just coming to wake you. Our reservation is in 90 minutes,

you're not even dressed yet.

Come on, we have to get ready.

Chop, chop.

We can let this woman watch our kids.

Because I've been sleeping with her.

Hey, we can't let this lady watch our kids.

Why?

Because she's crazy.

Why is she crazy?

Okay, alright, alright.

You mean, ready?

Rock, paper, scissors, shoot.

You win. One more?

Rock, paper, scissors, shoot.

I win.

You know, Kaden, after your parents leave, we're gonna have a night to

okay? What do you mean by that?

We're gonna have so much fun.

I promise.

Derek!

You okay in there? It's been 30 minutes.

Yeah, baby, I think I ate something. My stomach's a little fucked up.

Okay, did you want me to push back the reservation?

Yeah, baby, I would.

Let's just sit this one out today. Let's go ahead and just chill.

But I most definitely got to sit this one out. My stomach is just so messed

It's okay, baby. I'm just going to go and grab you some medicine and some

Guess we can just go out tomorrow.

I'm so sorry, Sloane. I guess we won't be needing you tonight after all.

No worries, Renee.

I had so much planned for the kids, but, you know, I just hope that Derek feels

better soon.

Yeah, me too.

Well, I guess I'll see you around then.

Yeah. See you around.

Sorry, Mom.

Can't talk.

Not today.

Hello,

is that who you are?

Is that

you?

He didn't try to force you on him. Was somebody in our house? Renee, Renee,

listen, listen.

It's not what you think.

Renee. And that's wrong.

I know damn well you didn't... In our house?

Renee, listen.

She's not who you think she is.

She... She's obsessed with us. With me.

She's crazy.

Look. Look, I want you to listen to this. I know about alone.

I can't give you what you want. And let's be honest, Derek.

I've grown ugly and tired, uninterested and uninteresting.

She's beautiful and smart, and you all both have so much more in common. You

love her.

It's you, but it's not.

It's her. I don't want to hear it, Derek. She's crazy.

She's using AI.

She can mimic voices, videos.

She's been doing this thing for weeks.

That video on the TV is real, isn't it?

Listen, Renee.

Is this what you want?

No, no, no, no. This fucking fantasy bullshit?

No, no. So I'm not enough for you? You are.

110%. Renee.

Get out, Derek.

Can we talk? Out.

Baby, I'm just... Get out!

Are you okay? It's 1 o 'clock in the morning.

You fucking bitch.

What are you doing with my mom's phone?

It's her.

It's her.

Baby,

go get the kids and lock the door. Go get the kids and lock the door.

I'll let you know when it's safe to get out. Please, go, go, go.

Don't worry about that.

Call the police as soon as you get out of here!

Yes, 2 -4 -5 -5 -3 -10 -3.

Derek,

she's on me!

They're not going to make it in time.

Derek's not going to help you. He loves me.

Derek, you bitch.

I love Derek and Derek loves me.

You get that?

He's just here because he thinks that's what he's supposed to do, the right

thing. People just do things blindly all the time because they were born into

it.

You know, there are women who are afraid to show their hair in public because of

what their culture thinks. They say it's a sin.

They kill themselves.

For what?

A pay raise? A 3 % salary increase every year? A vacation?

A bonus?

Likes, comments on a post?

It's insanity.

They come and touch your brain. People serve their country and they die for

their country.

For all the things that they serve.

They don't give a fuck about the world.

They come and touch your brain. And that's what makes people sick.

And we're killing each other. And killing ourselves because of it. And

what's making people crazy. And people think that I'm crazy. I'm not crazy. I'm

just the only one.

Please, baby, don't make me shoot you.

Come on.

There are things that have to be done, and you do them, and you never talk

them.

You don't try to justify them. They can't be justified. You just do them,

you forget it.

Like when I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn't work that way, so I

stole a bike and asked for forgiveness.

I'm far away now, but one day, soon,

I'll fill back to you, Captain.

So keep your head up and your eyes open.

You never know what the tide will bring you.