Hey, y'all, we're gonna need a gurney out here.
-There's a kid. I think it's pretty bad. -Gurney!
We're gonna, we're gonna need some help.
Are you the boy's mother?
Please, follow me.
Is that your boy?
-No. -No?
What happened to him?
I think he got hit by a car.
That was his mother, went through there.
-She said he was hit by a car. -Hit and run?
Like I said, I don't know. I picked them up...
Listen, I need to file a police report if it was a hit and run.
Well, shit, I don't even know the people.
I wouldn't know what to write.
I wouldn't know the first thing about it.
Just stay, tell the police what you did, what you saw.
It'll take you 5 minutes. I promise.
Wait! Wait! Wait!
That's my baby!
I know you're not supposed to move people and everything,
but, shit, I didn't know what else to do.
I mean, the boy was laying there, and the woman was hysterical.
I just did the best I could do.
I just thought I'd better lug him in the car
and get on to here as quick as I could, so that's what I did.
All right. Well, you did a good job.
-So you were just passing by? -Yeah, I was just passing by.
I don't know that lady at all.
I'm gonna give you my card.
We're gonna do a follow-up...
If we get anything, okay?
And we might call you as well if we need to.
-That's all right. -That'd be all right?
-Whatever you need me to do. -I got your number right there.
All right.
Is that it? Can I go?
Yeah. Thanks.
That boy make it all right?
No. He died.
Mrs. Musgrove, I'm gonna give you my card,
and you feel free to call me
anytime that you can remember anything about this, okay?
And I am so sorry.
Ma'am, could you get me something to clean that off?
That's my... That's my bag.
Let me go.
-Here's your purse. -He gone. My baby.
Yes, ma'am.
He gone. He gone.
You gonna take her home, ain't you?
I don't really know her.
-I'll take her home. -I think that's a good idea.
Yeah, I'll take her.
Could you do me a favor and throw that away for me?
-Yes, sir. -I'd appreciate that.
Take care, ma'am.
Now, where do you live, hon?
Ma'am, you're gonna have to tell me where you live.
Now, I'm gonna go in your purse. I'm just letting you know.
I'm going in your purse to try to find an address on you, all right?
You probably ought to call some of your kin people
or one of your friends or something.
I'm gonna have to go.
You gonna be all right?
Police told me to call the coroner's office in the morning.
I'm sorry?
They told me to call the coroner's office.
Said they gonna do an autopsy.
I don't know why they gonna do an autopsy.
He was hit by a car.
Well, I imagine it'll help them find out who did it.
You really believe they gonna do that?
I believe they'll try their best, I do.
He's a black kid. You think they gonna do that?
Here's your bag. I'm just gonna leave it on the floor here.
I'm real sorry.
Mr. Grotowski?
Just wanted to say sorry about Sonny. We liked him a lot.
We feel bad, sir.
Which one of y'all is Willie, and which one of you's Harry?
This is Willie. That's Darryl.
I'll see you. I appreciate that.
I'm going over to the cafe. Do you want me to give you a ride?
Sure you don't mind?
I'm going that way, anyway.
Is this music all right with you?
-'Cause I can change it. -No, it's cool.
You ain't got a car?
It's broke.
I'm saving to get me another one.
$8.64. Thank you.
Thank you.
You have a good shift, okay?
Thanks.
Thank you.
Hey, Pop.
-Lookie here. -What are those for?
I bought a gas station.
That right?
It's all bought and paid for. We own it.
Don't say "we."
You own it.
I didn't buy it.
Yeah, well...
I wouldn't have bought no gas station.
Is that right?
I would've stuck to what I knew best.
-What's that? -Corrections Officer.
Right.
Well, I ain't a Corrections Officer no more. I'm a gas station owner.
I already made the deal. It's too late, Pop.
-You want me to fix you something? -No.
Suit yourself.
Hey.
There you go.
How you doing?
I'm all right.
Tired.
-You gonna eat something? -Chocolate ice cream.
Plastic spoon.
You got it.
Thank you.
Are you set?
About time for you to get off, isn't it?
Did you want me to give you a ride?
No. I... I wouldn't think to ask you to do that.
It's right on the way home.
-Sure you don't mind? -No, I'd be happy to.
Okay.
-The one on Prospect Street. -Clement's?
-Yeah, Clement's. -You bought Clement's?
Yeah.
I know Clement. Can't stand that man.
Well, he ain't gonna be running it. I am.
Well, that's good.
Thanks for the ride.
Can I ask you a question?
Why did you help me?
What do you mean?
When you took me and my baby to the hospital,
why'd you do that?
I don't know. I guess...
I just...
You know, doing the right thing, I guess.
My son died.
And...
Well, he...
He died, and then...
I never was a very good father.
He was a good kid.
I guess that somehow I just...
When I seen what you're going through there,
it made me think about something,
or it reminded me of something, I don't know.
You know when you feel like you can't breathe?
And, you can't get out to...
From inside yourself, you know?
Really.
Do you want to come inside?
I like these curtains.
I got these here curtains on credit.
I never heard of anybody getting curtains on credit before, that I know of.
What you think? They cute. Ain't they cute?
I love these curtains.
They're good and red, all right.
I got...
I got these curtains right here on credit,
and the man told me
that I really wasn't supposed to get this deal.
But I think he kind of liked me,
and he told me I could have these curtains on credit.
I said, "Hey, what the hell?
"Some red curtains would be great for my place."
So I said, "Hey, I'll take it." So I got me some red curtains.
Damn straight, huh? Just...
Boy, you sure suck that whiskey down, don't you?
I mean... Lord have mercy.
My husband used to love him
some Jack Daniels.
Well, like I said, it's... Yeah, it's a good drink.
You wait right here. I'm gonna show you something.
Okay.
Sit right here.
What you got there, some kind of a,
some kind of an annual, a school annual or something?
No. These...
These pictures right here.
These are my husband's drawings right here.
Lawrence.
My husband, he drew those.
He got himself electrocuted over there in Jackson.
He got himself...
These right here, these are my son Tyrell's.
He drew these.
-He drew all of these right here. -Yeah.
Got his talent from the old man, then, I guess.
Didn't he?
That's the only thing that Negro ever gave that boy,
was some drawing.
Taught him how to draw.
-It runs in families, things like that. -Yeah.
You know, he's...
He was a good kid, you know? He was a really good kid.
He was so good.
He was... He really loved me.
-He really loved me. -I understand.
He was so fat.
He was so fat, he wouldn't...
I don't care what I brought in this house, he'd just eat it up.
I don't care what it was I brought in here.
I bring some Popeyes Chicken,
that boy eat the whole thing before I even get a chance
to get me a bite of the chicken...
He'd just eat it up! He would eat his ass off!
You ain't never seen nobody eat like...
He would eat candy and gumballs.
He made me take him over up there to the super Kmart...
Yeah?
...and he put them quarters in that gumball machine.
Yeah.
He had to wait till he get the red gumball. He had...
He always had to get the red gumball.
He sounds like a character, I guess.
He'd get that red gumball, and he'd just eat on that red gumball.
I was a good mother.
I did every single thing I can think to do.
I was really good. I was really good. I was a good mother.
I was a really good mom.
I didn't want him to be fat like that.
I did not want my baby to be fat like that,
'cause I know, a black man in America,
you can't be like that, and I tried to...
I was just trying to tell him you can't be like that.
You can't be like that in America and a black man.
I was just...
I'm not sure... I'm not sure what you want me to do.
I want... You know what I want.
I want you to make me feel better. I want you to make me feel better.
I want you to make me feel good. Just make me feel good.
I just want you to make me feel good.
Can you make me feel good? Can you make me feel good?
-Feel good! Make me feel good! -I'll help you feel good.
Just make me feel good.
I want... I want to feel good. I want to feel...
Fill me up. Fill me up. Fill me up.
Oh, my God.
Fill me. Fill me.
I felt you.
I needed you. I needed you so much.
I needed you so much.
I haven't felt anything in so long.
Thank you. Thank you.
You okay?
Me getting sick back there
doesn't have anything to do with you, all right?
Pop?
Hey, Pop?
I'm in the damn bathroom!
What the hell happened to you?
Twisted my ankle trying to take a bath.
Dadgummit, I told you to be careful.
-Shit. -Oh, goddamn.
Wiggle your toes.
-You feel that? Yeah. -Yeah?
I'm sinking.
-What are you talking about? -I ain't worth shit.
-You stop that. -I can't clean myself.
Can't walk to the kitchen without falling.
Can't get to the phone before it stops ringing.
I don't feel like a man anymore.
You're a man, Pop.
Can't even remember what a woman smells like.
-What, baby? -There's a man.
Where?
All right.
Thank you.
How you doing?
-Hey, how you doing? -All right.
What can I do for you?
I got this '89 Comanche out there,
and it needs a lube job and points and plugs,
and I was kind of wondering if you could work on it for me.
Yeah. Well, when... When do you need it by?
Just quick as you can, really.
Maggie.
Leave that alone, baby. Put that down.
Yeah.
I can get that to you about tomorrow afternoon,
late tomorrow night.
I'd appreciate it.
Maybe those boys of yours can...
If they're not doing anything, if they're not busy,
you know, they could wash it and wax it and everything.
-I'm selling it. -All right.
Yeah, I'll ask them. You know, tell them about it.
I'm sure they won't mind.
I can't take this.
It was my son's. It'd mean a lot to him.
I'm sure he'd want it that way,
want somebody to have it to get some use out of it.
Well, I ain't saying I don't want it.
I just can't take it.
Well, I want you to have it. I really do. It'd mean a lot to me.
Let's just take it for a little spin.
Come on.
I ain't even got my shoes on.
That's all right. We won't go far. Let's go. Come on.
Let's see how it drives.
-What the hell is this? -Stick shift.
All right, then.
Here's the insurance and title,
all that kind of thing, and all the papers you'll need.
-It's all set. -Okay.
Listen, I'd sure like to see you tonight, so...
-Well, we should do it. -Yeah? Is that all right?
Okay.
-I'll see you later. -Okay. See you.
Hank?
That's good. Right there.
Hello?
Hank!
It's Leticia.
I'm coming on in, Hank.
Hank?
Who are you?
You just walked in my house?
My bad.
I thought...
Hank? You looking for Hank?
Yes. Is he here?
Who are you?
My name is Leticia Musgrove, and...
Me and Hank is...friends.
Musgrove?
Please, little darling,
have you got a cigarette?
Yeah.
But it look to me like you don't really need to be smoking.
Come on. Have you got one?
Match?
So, is Hank here?
Yeah, yeah. He'll be back shortly.
I'm Buck, his father.
That for Hank?
Yeah. It's a gift.
I'll see he gets it.
Damn.
Hank must've done something right to deserve a fine hat like this.
Guess he did.
In my prime, I had a thing for nigger juice myself.
Hank just like his daddy.
He ain't a man till he split dark oak.
Hey, Leticia. Hang on. Where you going?
Hey, where you going? What happened?
-I met your daddy. -Listen, listen...
-Just get out and talk to me... -Get off me. Get your hands off me, Hank.
You at least gotta give me a chance, whatever he did.
It don't matter a whole lot, do it, Hank?
Please, give me a chance to prove to you...
-Get off me! -You're just gonna...
We're family.
I'm your father. Remember that.
Hank?
What's your problem?
I believe that's it. There you go.
Thank you.
I didn't date that thing there at the bottom line.
-I didn't know if... -No problem.
Anything below that line, I didn't do.
Now, you will take good care of him, won't you?
Oh, yes.
Because...
Well, I want him to go out in peace.
You must love him very much.
No, I don't.
But he's my father, so there it is.
They said they were going to get you a television set tomorrow.
Finally getting rid of me, huh?
They're gonna take care of you.
There's a telephone down at the end of the hall.
You can call me.
This is it.
I guess so.
I'm stuck.
Me, too.
I don't want to go out like this.
Me, neither.
Goodbye, Pop.
What?
-Do you want your car back? -No, I don't want the car back.
I meant for you to keep that.
What?
I just wanted you to know that I sent him away.
Well, I ain't got time to talk.
Well, I wish you would talk to me.
Y'all ready to order?
-How you doing, Ryrus? -Hey. How are you?
-I'm all right. -Who Leticia?
My girlfriend.
Sheriff's Department.
Hello?
-Who's knocking on my door? -It's the Sheriff's Department.
Time to go, lady.
-No, no. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. -It's time to go.
-No. Here, here, here. -No, no. I don't take anything.
You have to settle up with your landlord, then I go away.
I got the money. Here's the money.
Ma'am, I suggest you get fully dressed.
-Just give me a day. -I'm going to put you out.
-Nah, you ain't putting me out. -No, no.
I about got the money. I'm just still saving it...
I painted the ceiling and the wall and just fixed it up a little bit.
I figured that I ought to.
I'll move your stuff in, so you don't have to worry with it.
So...
You know, I'm going to go into the kitchen and get a thing or two,
so if you just want to...
Really, just, you know, relax, make yourself comfortable,
whatever you want to do with it.
This Tyrell's.
I thought I'd put it up there. That's my boy's room.
-So... -All right. Here.
You can go up if you want to.
Can I look at these?
Yeah. Go ahead.
That's him right there.
He don't look like you.
He got his mother in him.
I don't mind sleeping across the hall there if you want me to.
I mean, maybe you should sleep by yourself.
No. I wouldn't feel good if you left me in here all by myself.
I just want you to be comfortable in here.
I want you to be comfortable, too.
I want to take care of you.
Good.
Because I really need to be taken care of.
Can I touch you?
You sure?
Did you feel that?
Oh, yeah.
It felt good?
Yeah.
I didn't hurt you or anything?
Not in no bad way.
What?
Nothing. I just...
I'm gonna go out and buy some ice cream.
-Now? -Yeah.
It just feels right.
-Okay. -Well...
-Can you buy me some? -Yeah.
What kind you want?
Chocolate.
Hey.
I bought some chocolate ice cream.
Are you okay?
You sure?
You look real pretty.
Let's go down to the steps. You want to?
Let's go.
I went by our station on the way home.
I like the sign.
I think we're gonna be all right.