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a tippy -long socket.

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What do you think you're doing?

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Oh, he was making sure I got in safely.

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I'm in, and I'm safe.

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No, you're not.

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Run, girl, run!

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Pam! No, Mama.

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No, you don't know, or you wouldn't walk
in my house at this hour, and you

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definitely wouldn't bring a boy with
you.

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You weren't doing anything.

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Why do you always have to go there?

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My daddy doesn't have a problem with my
friends.

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Well, this isn't your daddy's house.
It's mine.

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And as long as you live in my house,
you'll live by my rules.

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And if I don't? Then you'll live by St.
Peter's rules.

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My head would fit into your asp.

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Baby, you know the Lady Egyptian
convention is tomorrow.

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I'm only a few sales away from reaching
the sink.

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of natural fruit and berries, which
softens even the ashiest of skins.

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Miss Parker, that's really not... God,

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that feels good.

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Hi, I'm Mel Parker, Nikki's ex -husband.
Professor Stanley Ogilvie.

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Any chance of you two getting back
together?

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Soon?

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You visualize like I told you? Yeah, but
it didn't work.

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Really? What'd you visualize?

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The test being canceled.

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Next time, try visualizing with a book.

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Hey, hey, hey.

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Lighten up, Nikki, all right? It's just
the first semester.

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Excuse me.

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Daddy, this is Kim. Hey, nice to meet
you. Mel Parker.

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And this is Stevie.

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Hey, Mr. Parker. It's nice to finally
meet you. I can see where Kim gets her

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own.

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Okay, it was nice meeting you.

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Same here.

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Dad!

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Shh, shh, shh.

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Y 'all hear that?

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Sound like I hear a mall calling.

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You got good ears, Dad.

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Don't speak.

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You need to buckle down on your study.

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She'll buckle down tomorrow. We got
dinner and movie plans tonight.

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Hold up.

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coming from a woman with an ass on her
head.

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No. This from a woman who's raising her
daughter to understand nothing in life

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will be given to her.

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Mel, these get anything you want
shopping sprees are too much, okay?

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Okay, you guys. I love these
heartwarming family moments, but we

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daddy loves to spend money on me.

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Okay, all right, all right, all right.

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I hear you, okay? And I ain't gonna
start being mean right now.

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Uh -uh. I'm 18.

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I'm fine.

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Now, will you go on?

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But you better keep it down. Aw, Deb,
you were young.

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Once.

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Kim, I'm serious.

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Now, if I can hear you under my dryer, I
know deaf -ass Sister Humphrey can hear

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you.

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Aw, Deb, the party's one of them. It'll
be done in five minutes.

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Pope might be here.

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You're going to need to keep it down.

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Oh, no problem, officer. I feel much
better now. I'll take my beer.

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Beer?

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Let me translate.

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That's Ebonics for... I'm going to need
to see some ID.

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No, that's not it.

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I

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can't

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believe we're the only ones at that...
party who didn't have fake IDs.

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I got one, but it says I'm 18.

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But you are 18.

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I got it when I was 13.

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I forgot to renew it.

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Where the hell are they?

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Oh, mama. Oh, my God, we're dead.

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We? Believe me, she's got enough beat
down for the boat.

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doesn't live in my house.

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You're always treating me like a kid.

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That's because you always act like one.

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Well, my daddy doesn't treat me like
one.

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You know, I'm sick and tired of hearing
about your daddy.

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If you can't get with my program, then
maybe you need to be with your daddy.

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Mother, I guess you got to be pretty
handy, huh? And when you're just single,

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you have to be even handier.

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Give me that hammer, will you?

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All right.

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Here you go.

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There. That ought to keep an ungrateful
butt out.

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and she's been standing at her father's
all week. But other than that, I just

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love her.

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I'm sorry to hear that.

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Well, you know, when Moesha ran... You
know what burns me?

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I'm the one who put my dreams aside to
have Kim and help put Mel through

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If it wasn't for me, he wouldn't have
that fancy law degree and that big house

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in Hancock Park.

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Nikki, you gotta let some stuff go.

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He's doing well, because I'm perfectly
capable of taking care of me and my

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child. I don't need his money. I don't
need not one rib, none of his money, D.

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You're going to pay cash for this,
right?

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Look, Nikki, I know you're hurting now,
and really, I don't blame you.

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But she is your only daughter.

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And every minute that you spend angry
and apart is a minute that you cannot

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back.

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Go on over there and get your baby,
girl.

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She's probably over there crying her
eyes out right now.

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Hi, I'm sorry to bother you. This is 515
Lorraine Boulevard, isn't it? Yes, and

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you are?

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Nikki Parker.

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Oh, yes, yes, you're Kim's mother. I've
heard...

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many wonderful things about you. You
have?

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Oh, sure.

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Cam talks about you all the time.

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I'm sorry. Do you work here or
something?

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No.

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I'm Mel's girlfriend, Kelly.

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I'm sorry. I thought I just heard you
say you were Mel's girlfriend.

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Yeah, that's what I said.

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Won't you come in?

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You know, I have to tell you, I really
respect you for going back to school.

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I mean, I know.

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how tough it can be. I went back to get
my second master's degree.

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But then again, I didn't have any kids
to raise, so I tip my hat to you.

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So, you're really Mel's girlfriend?

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Mel, look who's here.

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Nikki.

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Well, if you'll excuse me, I have some
fresh cookies in the oven.

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So, Nikki, it was nice meeting you, and
don't be a stranger.

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divorce you a few years later, this
would all be mine.

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Guess it got lucky, huh?

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So, what brings you by?

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I just came by to see how Kim is doing.

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I didn't know you were having a party.

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No, no, it's more like a little get
-together for Kim, you know. I thought

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enjoy having some family friends over.

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Cheer up.

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Is that your crazy encore?

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Mickey, hey, baby.

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You're looking good.

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Give your encore some sugar.

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You know Mel's got a white girlfriend.

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All right,

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that's enough.

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Hey, Nikki, what up? Hey, baby.

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Hey, Cor, you got next game, right?

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Excuse me, Nikki. Let me go take this
child's money.

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Mama, what are you doing here?

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Look, I'm going to let you two talk,
okay?

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I didn't know your daddy was living this
large.

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Well, you always told me. you didn't
want to hear about Daddy.

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You look happy.

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Happy, being treated like an adult.

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It's a great combo.

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Look, I just wanted to come by to say I
love you and I miss you.

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Well, I guess you want to get back to
your party with your friends.

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See you.

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Bye, Mama.

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Nick, can I talk to you for a minute?

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You know, I'm really glad you're here.

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I've been thinking, you've got a lot
going on these days with school and Lady

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Egyptian.

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Maybe it'd work out better for everybody
if Kim moved in with me permanently.

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You're kidding me, right?

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No, I'm serious.

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Look, I know I wasn't ready before, but
now I'm ready. I want to be a part of my

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daughter's growing up.

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Mel, you've missed it.

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She's grown, thanks to me.

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Oh, and did she go to jail the other
night, thanks to you?

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What is that supposed to mean? I know
that you and Kim are, you know,

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having some problems.

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You know what?

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I don't think that you're the right one
to handle her anymore.

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Who in the hell are you to tell me
something like that?

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You're not around. Oh, come on, come on,
Nikki.

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Please, don't embarrass yourself, all
right? You know I've been there for both

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you and Kim.

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Oh, being there is not picking your
child up every other weekend.

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Being there is not taking her shopping.

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Being there is certainly not that check
you write. Being there is exactly what

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it says every day.

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Whether she's sick or healthy, happy or
sad, the child you dreamed of was just a

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regular pain in the ass. So until you've
done that, plus carried her for 18

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months with swollen ankles, don't you
tell me how to handle my daughter.

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I can say whatever the hell I want. I am
her father.

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Stop beating yourself up. You were just
upset with Mel.

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I know, but I shouldn't have let that
hurt my baby girl.

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Did she hear you?

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Oh, damn.

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I have looked everywhere.

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Where could she be?

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I don't know. I checked with all her
friends.

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Nikki, I'm sorry.

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Look, guys, she's a big girl now.

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She just needs some time.

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Be strong, Mel.

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I see you already are.

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Okay.

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Kim!

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Oh, baby!

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Oh, are you okay? Are you all right?

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I'm fine.

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I feel like I'm being arrested again.

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Nikki, Nikki, Nikki, she said she's all
right, okay?

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Hey, baby, we were worried about you.

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Well, you don't have to worry anymore.

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Look, honey, I want you to know that the
day you were born was the happiest day

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of my life.

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You're right.

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Kim, I was young and stupid.

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Baby, it wasn't that I didn't want you.
I was a kid.

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I wasn't ready.

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Listen, I was wrong, okay? I was very
wrong.

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And I was wrong for bringing it up.

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You know you've never heard me say
anything bad about your dad.

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Because he's a good man.

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And a great father.

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Daddy Wade.

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Look, I'm not mad at you anymore.

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Now, I know you're young and stupid.

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I'm young and stupid.

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I love you both, but I gotta stay here
and work things out with Mama.

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I understand, baby.

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Is that okay with you, Mama?

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Because I know I've been a pain in the
butt, and I'm sorry.

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I promise to try to do better.

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I wouldn't have it any other way,
Puddin'. Thank you, Mama.

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Y 'all pushing me.

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Lady Egyptian, something's happening.

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And as long as you live in my house,
you'll live by my rule.