- ♪ MTV ♪
- Is that Luis’ car?
\h- When did Luis come and, like, how did that happen?
\h\h\h- I think his mom must have spoke to him.
- Go say bye to your dad.
\h- No. - Why?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- No. - That’s your dad. Be nice.
- No, no, no, no, no.
- I keep giving Luis chances \h\h\h\h\h\h\hand I feel like
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI need to just give him just one more.
And if he doesn’t fall through,
\h\h\h\h\hI need to contact some type of lawyer maybe.
- I noticed that I have a lump \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hin my breast.
My doctor called and said \h\hit is a benign tumor
which we’ll continue to follow.
\h\h- Everyone knows that I was addicted to the pain medication
that they prescribed me before.
But I really am worried about what my boob will look like.
- Don’t necessarily forget \h\habout your appearance,
but forget about it
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hand make sure you take care of yourself.
\h\h\h\h- Found out Ashley was throwing me a graduation party.
It was supposed to \h\hbe a surprise,
\h\hbut my mom decided to call me and tell me.
\h\hThe fact that I’m going to college just feels good.
\hIt’d be a good look for Holly I feel like
to be able to look at her mom \hand dad completing college.
Understand that she’s Black, \h\h\h\h\hbut I also want her
to understand that there is \h\h\h\h\h\h\hnothing wrong
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hwith being white and also wanting to understand
there’s nothing wrong \h\hwith being Black.
\h\h\h- I don’t have no choice but to go hard, get education,
get all As, give my daughter \h\h\h\heverything she want.
I don’t have no room to slack.
- I need to get back to Dover \h\h\h\h\hbecause it’s clear
\h\h\h\hthat Chris is not a huge part of Lux’ life.
- I think you should--you \h\h\h\h\h\h\hlove Chris.
- I do.
- But you just don’t \h\hlike him anymore?
- Well, yeah.
- They’re just taking time away \hfrom each other for a while.
- Right. When I told the kids \h\h\h\hthat I was pregnant,
I thought they were gonna have \ha bunch of questions for me.
\h\h\h\h\h\hAnd they didn’t. They were just like, "Okay.’
’Cause I flat out asked, \h\h\h\h\h\h\hI was like,
\h\hyou know who their dad is. They were like, "Yeah, Chris."
- So he was at the birth.
- To my surprise, I will say \h\h\hhe was very supportive.
\h\hWe didn’t argue. It was--it was good.
- She misses going \h\hto her daycare.
Like he’s been sitting at home \h\h\h\h\hso why would I pay to
to sit her--send her
\h\h\h\hto a daycare if he’s sitting at--
- Yeah, but I’m about \h\h\h\h\hto not be.
I wanna be able to control \h\h\hsomething I’m doing.
- What are you talking about? \hI don’t control your life.
\h- You just had a problem with how I wanted to do it.
- I’m not tired!
- You want some milk \h\h\h\hor something?
I feel like lately,
Kloie has been going through, \h\h\h\h\h\hlike, this phase.
Me and Sean have been butting heads about, like, parenting.
- That’s it.
Stop talking over me. Stop talking over me.
You’re [bleep] embarrassing \h\h\hme on [bleep] camera.
\h\h\h\h\h\hLike I don’t know how to [bleep] parent my kid.
- But I’m saying she’s not \h\h\h\hresponding to that.
- Well, and I’m not responding to this.
- Okay, fine. I mean, you’re \h\hthe one sounding psycho.
\h- You’re the one who [bleep] acts like you know everything.
[upbeat rock music]
♪ ♪
[racoon cries]
- I’m bringing Creed \h\h\hto his dad’s,
and I’ll pick him up \h\h\h\hlater today.
Lux is already there, \h\hand he’s spending
the weekend with him.
Chris hasn’t really been \h\h\ha part of the show
even though I coparent \h\h\h\h\h\hwith him.
\h- [crying] [phone rings]
Hold on. Don’t hang up.
- I’m taking Creed to Chris.
If he’s off nap time,
he’s gonna be thrown off \h\h\hfor bedtime and...
- Yeah, so that’s, like, \h\hreally my main thing.
My coparenting with Chris \h\h\h\his ever-evolving
and I’ve learned over time that myself and my actions
are the only things that I can control.
\hI’ve gone back and forth about having Chris involved
\h\h\h\hor not being involved but I’ve never been somebody
who keeps my kids from their dads.
And really, I just need to let my kids decide for themselves,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hyou know, how they feel about their dad
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hand, you know, develop their own relationship.
\h\hI don’t need to be projecting my feelings
about Chris onto the kids.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHi, biggie boy. You gon’ go with your daddy?
Come here, come here, \h\h\h\h\hcome here.
[slow guitar music]
Patrick, can you hear me?
\h- He--he was like, "Lux, do you wanna go with Mommy
\hto see Lincoln train?" And Lux was like, "Yeah."
\hSo I guess Lux is coming with me to go see Lincoln.
- All right, see you later.
All right. Be good.
- Hi! You’re coming with me?
You ready? \h\h- Yes.
- He’s at football.
We’re gonna go see him \h\h\h\h\hat football.
- Luis came by again this week \h\h\h\h\h\h\hto visit Stella.
\h\h\hAnd today, both girls are going to see their dads,
which hardly ever happens.
Nova, did you text your dad? \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Yeah.
\h\h\h- Did he tell you what time he’s coming?
- No.
- I think Luis is coming over \hto spend time with Stella.
- Well, he can watch the dogs \h\hand his [bleep] daughter.
They’re all animals.
- I’m gonna probably \h\hrun a few errands
because I don’t want to be here \h\h\h\h\h\hwhen Luis is here.
- Yeah, I might leave too, \h\h\hjust so you know so.
- That’s fine.
She’ll be okay with him. \h\h\h\h\hHe’ll be fine.
He’s only really coming around ’cause Mom spoke to Luis’ mom.
- So his mom’s knowing \h\h\h\h\h\h\hthe truth
about her bum ass son.
- Well, I know Devoin \hfor sure is coming.
I just don’t know about Luis.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- No. - What do you mean no?
- No.
- Yes. \h- No.
- You’re gonna spend time \h\h\h\h\hwith your dad.
\h\h\h\h\h- No. - You have to.
\h\h\h- No. - Why not?
- ’Cause I don’t want to.
\h- She’s in a mood today. I’m excited ’cause you know
who she’s going to give \h\h\h\hthat hell too?
Her father.
- Luis said he’s on his way.
- No.
No!
- No, we’re not doing this \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hso stop it.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- No! - What’s wrong with my kids.
Listen, your dad is coming \h\hand I’m going somewhere
\hso I need you to be on your best behavior
\h\h’cause right now you’re not behaving.
\h\h\h\h- No. - No nothing.
\h\h\h\h\h\hKeep saying no, watch what’s gonna happen.
\h\hYour dad is gonna come and you’re gonna spend time
with him.
I’m gonna take you upstairs. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- No.
- Come on. That’s it. \h\h\h\hYou’re done.
- No! No!
Ow!
- Let’s go. \h\h\h- No!
- You’re going to your room. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- No!
[screaming] No, no!
- Come, come. Come. Come. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h- [crying]
- Hey, your dad’s coming. \h\hHe’s just pulling up.
Put on your shoes.
- All right, see you later. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI love you.
[Stella crying] - Listen to me.
Enough. You don’t throw stuff. \h\h\h\hI don’t appreciate it.
Do you understand? \h\h\h\hLook at me.
I’m done with your behavior.
I don’t like it. \hIt’s not nice.
You’re being mean \hand obnoxious.
Let’s go to the bathroom and wash your tears away.
Now. Let’s go.
\h\hGet down. [dog barking]
Go to the bathroom. \h\h\h\h\hLet’s go.
- [crying]
- Why don’t you have \h\hto act like that?
[water running]
You need to go take a nap? \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- No.
[coughs]
[crying]
[upbeat punk music]
- Sean and I sometimes disagree
on how to parent Kloie.
And he isn't happy being a stay-at-home dad,
which creates a lot of tension.
But we're trying to figure it out
so we can both take our careers to the next level.
- Hey, chill, baby. No, no, no, no, no, no.
Not right now. Not right now, honey.
Not right now. Please stop and get out.
One, two. Go see what mommy's doing.
- Just texted you. - For real?
- Hey. - Hey.
- What you been doing?
- She's been a little monster. She's not listening.
She's just in one of those moods.
What are you doing?
- Kloie, don't want that thing in your butt.
- We ain't even gon' go there.
- Stop putting them in your pull up.
- Oh, oh, oh, oh. - [laughing]
- Stop. It's just ridiculous.
I should not be digging Cheerios
out of your butt crack. - [laughing]
- Stop. It's time for bed. - Uh-uh!
- Now. To bed.
To bed.
- I'll see you in a little bit, Klo-bug.
- Change your attitude.
- So what's up?
- I'm looking at that other salon and I think
it would be a good move. A good transition.
- That's cool. I know you say your lease is ending
and you always wanted a big salon.
I feel like this is the beginning of that.
- Yeah. Like I've always wanted to run,
like, a big, like, storefront.
- So what do you think is going to happen when,
like, your salon gets huge
and Kloie, babysitter, you know?
Right now, y'all just watching her at home.
- Yeah, she goes to daycare like here and there but...
she'll definitely be going to daycare like full-time
'cause Sean watches her mostly while I'm at work.
But it's, like, annoying for him.
He doesn't like watching her.
- So how are things between you and Sean?
- We've been fighting more. I think he's stressed.
He's doing his, like, music [bleep]
so he's starting to make money though
off--like little money here and there.
I'm like, "I'm gonna let you pursue your dreams this year.
"I'm not going to bitch to you about, you know,
"oh, you need to do this
or get a job out here and do this."
- So how you gon' feel when he starts traveling
and working with people and going to all these places?
Oh. - Get that paper, boo-boo.
- [laughs]
[electronic pop music]
- ♪ Hey, listen up 'cause we're gonna shoot ♪
♪ Man, I feel bad 'cause now we're on top ♪
♪ So jump down and give it all that you got ♪
- I'm a few weeks away
from getting my associate's degree
and Bar has been taking classes too.
- This is cute little furniture.
Haven't been back here.
This is--this is a table for--
- A toddler. - For Holly.
So you excited, like, we're almost done with school?
- I know.
- So what are you going to do after this?
Like, what's the next--
you're trying to get into nursing school?
- So I graduate next month
with associates of applied science.
But then I need to take that,
those credits and take them to a nursing program.
- Right. - And like do, like,
I think it's 14 months in a nursing program to do my RN.
- I feel like you're the type of person
that's never gonna be done. - I know.
- You're just going to be like, "Well, I'll just do the next."
- I like school. I don't know why.
It's weird. - Weird.
- I feel like I need--like, I like learning.
I am a short ways away from getting my associate's degree.
I have one class left. I did in my own way.
I did it with my kid and I did it with a 3.8.
I'm very happy and very proud of myself.
And I'm also excited that Bar's actually in college
because I feel like it's important for Holly
to have two parents that are striving for education,
doing something with their lives,
because hopefully,
that will make her want to take it seriously.
[moody pop music]
♪ ♪
- So how everything been going, man?
- Everything is rolling smooth right now.
I'm not like ass broke.
I'm not, like, hella drunk all day.
I don't wake up and pop a bottle
at 10:00 in the morning no more.
Like, you feel me. It's just everything lined up.
- You gon' go back to drinking or you gonna move it along?
- I'm one of those people that--it sounds dumb,
but I could feel like I know when it's a problem for sure.
And I've known alcohol is a problem for me for a long time.
I just didn't want to fix it. That's what it was.
I didn't want fix it.
- It was your run away.
- Yeah, that's what I would run away to.
Nothing--nothing was stable, bro.
Nothing in my life was stable at all.
I'm in a different place in life.
- I ain't gonna lie I'm like a--like a week
behind right now,
but I gotta--I gotta get--get back into it.
But I ain't got complete stability,
but [bleep] is a lot better.
[rock music]
- The ultrasound of my tumor is later this week,
and I'll finally know if I need surgery.
[knocking] Hi, buddy.
- What's up, partner? - What's up?
- What's up, partner? How are you doing?
How are you feeling now? You've got a doctor appointment
coming up for your second ultrasound.
- I-I mean, I'm all right.
So the last time I went, they would monitor it and see
if it would continue to grow or not.
Really, I didn't have
a whole lot of information at the first appointment.
I was just like, "Let's go get an ultrasound."
And then from there--I mean,
it's probably been past the six months.
And although I don't think that it's anything cancerous,
I don't--I don't--I really don't know
until I go and talk to him.
- Like, what are your feelings going into this?
Like, do you need to make any--
- My feelings are I'm a mom and I don't wanna be down.
I really am a little bit emotionless right now.
Maybe I won't be after the appointment.
- But--but why?
Are you putting up your guard? Is that what it is?
- I have been to many different appointments with Ali.
I'm, like, used to that
like being nervous about appointment.
I feel like I go in with a brave face every single time.
And I can still put the brave face on for my own appointment.
But it's different because God forbid
something happened to a parent,
then what--what would the kids do?
You know what I mean?
Going into the appointment, I mean, I'm definitely anxious,
but I always try to remain optimistic.
I think that I've been through
some of the most uncertain times with Ali's diagnosis
that it's almost like I face uncertainty different.
That doesn't take away how I'm--guess
how I'm feeling in the moment and how I'm feeling
in the moment is definitely a little anxious
and concerned about my own health
and making sure that I take care of myself
so I can be around for my daughters.
I think that honestly if anything scares me the most,
it would be that my girls not having me around.
[melancholy piano music]
♪ ♪
- You need to stop. \h- [coughs, cries]
- You are three years old,
and you don’t need \hto act like that.
Today was a very difficult day.
This is like the first time
\h\hI’ve ever seen Stella have, like,
\h\h\h\h\h\ha complete meltdown when it came to her dad coming.
Hey.
\hLuis is pretty much a stranger to Stella.
Stella would not be acting like this if Luis came around more.
I can’t force her \hto do anything.
I thought it was a good idea
so that they could spend time \h\h\h\h\h\h\hwith each other.
I struggle with this daily \h\h\h\h\h\hwhether or not
Luis should continue \h\hcoming in and out
or just stay away forever.
My father’s not in my life \h\h\h\hand I wish he was,
\h\h\hbut then it’s like, what if he was in my life
\h\hbut he was [bleep], would I wish that he wasn’t around?
I don’t know.
I’m really worried about Luis being inconsistent.
\hBut Devoin’s been showing up for Nova,
\h\hand today I let him pick her up from school.
- How was school?
\h\h\h- Good. - Good good?
[indistinct]
- Nova’s on her way back home \h\h\h\hwith Devoin and Stella
wanted to see him so we’re \h\hwaiting in the garage.
So how I bought you pizza \hand you decided to get
\h\h\h\hLunchable for dinner? I don’t understand you, girl.
- Let’s do it.
- Hi, you look so cute.
\h\h\h\h\hYou tired? How was school today?
- Good. - Yeah.
- Sup, Stella. What’s going on?
What up? What up?
- All right. Well, go inside. \h\h\h\h\h\hWash your hands.
- She didn’t really eat eat.
- Well, there’s food here. \h\h\h\h\h\h\hShe can eat.
And I did groceries so all your snacks are stocked up.
- I need to take a shower. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Yep.
\hLet her know she needs to shower and wash her hands.
\h\h- Yeah! - Wa-pshh!
- Okay.
- Don’t hurt yourself. \h\h\h\h\h\h[dog barks]
All right, B. See ya later. \h\h\h\h\h- All right. Bye.
- Bye, Stella. \h\h\h\h- Bye.
Bye!
\h\h\h\h- Lux had fun at Lincoln’s practice
and I brought him back \h\hto Chris’s earlier
and now I’m picking up Creed.
- All right...
- Good. Strap him in while \h\h\h\h\h\h\hyou’re at it.
Hey yo, my boy.
\h[Creed crying] Oh, oh, oh. Stop.
You was just doing so good.
\h\h\h\h[Creed crying] You was doing so good.
- Here. Go make a bottle. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- What?
- Dump that out and make him \h\h\h\h\h\ha bottle, please.
- Oh, bro, be asking \h\h\h\h[inaudible].
All right.
- What happened, Papi? Talk to me. Talk to me.
Did you have a good time \h\h\h\h\hat your dad’s?
\hOh, my goodness, you have a toother.
You have a toother coming out!
Look, here comes your daddy.
I know. Here he comes.
Did you see his tooth?
- Where?
- In his mouth, Chris.
\h- Lemme see it. Where it at, boy.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Look. Look at the little white thing.
- That’s why he was doing \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hso much.
\h\hThere you go. - Say thank you.
- [laughs]
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAll right, I’ma give my son a kiss.
\h\h\h\h[smooches] I love you, buddy.
I’ll see you tomorrow. \h\h\hI better see you.
\h\h\h- Tomorrow? - What you mean?
- When are you gonna \h\hsee him tomorrow?
- When I drop my other son off. \h\h\h\h\h\h- He’ll be asleep.
- No the [bleep] he won’t.
\h\h\h\h- Yeah, he goes--starts getting ready for bed at 6:00.
\h\h\h- He starts, he starts. My son will be there at 6:00.
Talking ’bout?
What you staring at? \h[bleep] outta here.
We ain’t friends, [bleep]. \h\h\h\h\h\hRemember that.
Remember how you be treating? \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[bleep] it.
- Yes, that’s my land.
- You don’t know where [bleep] is.
- No, you didn’t. \h\h- Yes, I did.
- No, you didn’t. Go change \h\hyour nasty ass clothes.
All right?
- Close my door. \h\h\hClose my--
- Close the door!
Get the [bleep] out of my car. \h\h\h\h\h\hGet out of my car.
- Y’all actually be wanting me \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hin here.
Too bad. [bleep] y’all. \h\h\h\h\h[bleep] you.
- They can hear you. \h- [bleep] you too.
- They can see you. - [bleep] you too.
- You’re gonna be on the show.
\h\h- Yeah, you. - You know what?
I hope they show you.
- They can’t. \h- They can.
- [bleep] you. You too. \h- They can show you.
- [bleep] [bleep] [bleep] \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[bleep].
\h\h\h\hNot if I’m saying that. [bleep] [bleep] [bleep] [bleep]
\h[bleep] [bleep] [bleep] [bleep].
\h- They literally just bleeped it up. Get out.
\h\h\h\h\h\h- [bleep] - Take this with you.
[aggressive pop music]
- I'm looking at new salon spaces today,
and Sean's home with Kloie working on his music.
- You want the light on? Okay.
- Today all day I've been looking at some retail spaces
that are for rent,
like, in my area. So I'm really excited.
I feel like I really just want to expand everything
that I've been growing over the last year and a half.
So hopefully soon I will be in a new space
running a more fuller scale salon.
- Hey, Sean.
- What's up? - The room looks good, man.
- Thanks. Appreciate it. It's not even done yet.
I got a lot of stuff in the works right now.
With music, it's cool. That's why I like it so much
'cause you--you're creating your own song
and even after you die, your legacy's still here.
- Yeah.
- So that's why I [bleep] with it so heavily.
- So I mean, like, Jade is looking at, you know,
expanding her business thing.
It seems like you're doing your thing.
Are you guys--did you guys plan this?
Are you guys, like, aligned? Like how did this--
- Well, I mean you kinda have to be on somewhat
of the same page, you know, as far as growth
because like she can't blow up and me stay here, you know?
'Cause then I'm like,
"What the [bleep] am I going to do to contribute, you know?"
Like we've got to both be striving for, like,
the same end goal.
I'm trying to get a bigger client base
so that I can, you know, start making bank off this.
- Relationship-wise you feel like things are still good?
- We still have a lot to work on, you know,
like every couple does.
You know, we could be more communicative,
but, like, I'm not really the type of person
to talk about my feelings very much.
When at a young age, I learned to block that [bleep] out.
You know, like I didn't like how it made me feel
so I just don't deal with it, you know?
And she's very emotional creature.
She loves to talk about her feelings.
[chuckles]
- Okay.
[singer vocalizing]
- The semester's almost over, and I can't wait to graduate.
I'm also happy with all the positive changes
happening in Bar's life.
- Best daddy ever, best mommy ever.
- I'm the best mommy now?
- You're the best daddy.
- I was gonna say, baby. You gotta figure it out.
- Mommy's the best mommy. Dad is the best daddy.
Mom is the best daddy. Oh.
[laughter]
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- So what--what--what kind of math you doing now?
- I have no idea.
Cartesian coordinates. I hate math.
It's--I don't understand why anyone needs to know it.
- So this--this the last class you gotta take, right?
- Yep. The last--
- What's after? What's next?
- Graduation.
- Are you excited to be graduating?
- Yeah. Yeah, I'll have my associate's in science.
- You have your associate's in science?
- Associates of science in medical assisting.
- Okay.
- Which allows me to take that and transfer that
to a nursing program
and get my ADM without having to do my bachelor's.
- Right, right, right, right, right, right, right.
- What's going on with your classes?
- My only complaint is really is that
I can't go on campus, you know?
- Well, online is hard because you have to
be disciplined yourself. - It's discipline.
And that's my problem
is I don't have that much discipline in school anyways.
I got a class at 6:00 in the morning.
It's not what I thought it was--what
I was expecting it to be yet, but I got--I got
some assignments I need to catch up with.
I ain't gonna lie.
- ♪ Back against the wall now ♪
♪ Yeah, you're grasping at a straw now ♪
What?
[exhales]
Jesus Christ.
- What are you doing over there?
- Baby. - Hm?
- I missed the midterm.
Oh my God, bro.
- It’s so hard seeing Stella \h\h\hreact this way to Luis
\h\h\h\h\hso I decided to contact the lawyer.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hJavi and I are still doing very well.
\h\h\hAnd since he’s a dad, it helps to get his opinion
on this kind of stuff.
Hi. Oh, my room. I’m so tired.
Welcome to my castle. \h\h\h\hHow are you?
- Good. How are you?
- Tired per usual.
- Per ush. - Per ush.
- So how are the girls?
- The girls are fine.
\h\h\h\hI ended up setting up a consultation with a lawyer
to speak about, \h\h\h\h\hlike,
\h\h\h\h\h\hmy options, custody, child support.
\h\h- Since I split with my baby moms,
\h\h\h\h\h\hthey recommended me to put myself on child support
\h\hthat way I can get the solidified rights,
\h\h\h\h\hand then you gotta do blood work to prove paternity.
It’s like [bleep] show.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
\h- I just wanna know what my options are.
\hWhat can I do and can’t do and just take it from there.
- Yeah.
Luis came over but before that, \h\hStella was, like, so upset.
Like she was just like,
"Nah, I’m not [bleep] with you, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hbro."
\h\h\hAnd like she has much of a closer bond to Devoin.
Like when Devoin comes around, \h\h\hlike she goes up to him.
\h\h\h\hShe says hi to him. It’s not like with her dad
\h\h\h\h\h\hwhere she’s, like, hiding under the table saying,
\h\h"No, I don’t love my dad. I don’t want to talk to him."
So it’s kinda crazy. \h\hSo I want to see
if it’s an option to have Luis \h\h\h\h\h\hgive up his rights.
- I just think you should do \h\h\hwhat’s best for Stella.
\h\h\h\hSo whatever you feel in your heart is best for Stella,
\h\hI think you should do that ’cause you have good judgment.
- Well, I always struggle \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hwith it.
I always struggled like, well, that’s her dad, no matter what,
but then it’s like, [bleep] \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hthat man.
So it’s just like ah.
- Stella’s what’s important \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI guess.
\h- I know. - You know?
- So hope I get some good news.
\h\hI don’t know what the right decision is
\h\h\hwhen it comes to Luis and Stella.
I don’t know if it’s best \h\h\hto let him continue
coming in and out and be flaky \h\h\hor completely cut it off.
This is why I really wanna talk \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hto somebody
that may know a little bit more
because I just wanna know, \h\h\h\hlike, what can I do
\h\hwhen it comes to an absent father to protect my daughter.
But I feel like this is just my next step.
\hThis is something that has to happen.
- ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
\h\h\h\h- Although I’m anxious about my ultrasound tomorrow,
I’m trying to just be present \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hfor the girls.
- I wanna do--
- I’m being kind letting you \h\h\h\h\huse my wine glasses
for your sweet tea. Please be careful.
- Get me more of those.
- Please. Where’s your manners? \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Please.
\h- Her manners are in the garbage can.
- Yes, she does.
- Addie, you wanna \h\hsay the grace?
\h\h\h\h\h- Yeah. - Okay, come on.
- Uh...
I’m happy for this food,
and you go.
- Did you say go?
- I’m grateful for this food.
\h\h\hI’m grateful for the time that we get to spend together.
Yeah, thank you for everything \h\hthat you do for our family.
In Jesus name.
both: Amen.
\h\h- I think that’s a positive thing that’s came out of COVID
is that we’ve gotten to spend \h\h\ha lot of time together
and dinners like this.
- Mommy, I can’t cut it. \h\h\h\h\h\h- It’s okay.
\h\h\h- I’ll help. No, mom, I’ll help.
- You got so many pieces.
- I’ll help. Mom, I’ll help. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI’ll help.
- Okay.
- "Cause when we’re older, \h\hyou’re going to be dead
and I have to help.
\h\h\h\h\h- Jeez. - She’ll be dead.
\h\h\h- Stop saying that I’ll be dead.
What the?
\h\h\hI mean, I just think that’s a little aggressive.
I’m going to live a very long \h\h\h\h\hand prosperous life
\h\h\h\h\h\hbecause I keep up with my health and wellness.
\h\h\h- Sure. - I work out.
- And you vape.
- I’m going to do everything \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hin my power
to always take care of myself.
And I go to all of my doctor’s \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\happointments,
which reminds me I have a checkup
\hfor the tumor on my breast. But you want to--you want me
\hto be honest with you what I’m really--what’s
\h\h\h\h\hbothering me a little bit mentally?
My biggest concern would be
that the tumor would \h\h\h\hbe cancerous.
- Will I die if I have \h\h\h\hthe procedure?
No.
- Are you gonna have \h\h\ha smaller boob?
\h\h- I don’t know. A lot of the times,
it does make girls feel a certain way
if they have a procedure done \h\h\h\h\h\hto their breast.
\h\h\h\hLike it messes with their self-esteem.
\h\h- Even if you get that procedure done,
you’ll still look beautiful to us.
- [chuckles] Thank you.
[soft music]
♪ ♪
[soft dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- I missed the midterm.
- You're probably gonna fail 'cause of that.
- I am.
Definitely failing business 100% right now.
All the way.
[fly buzzing]
There's a fly in here.
I got commitment issues when it comes to school.
It's--it's so hard.
My brain, I got to--it's not an excuse,
but it doesn't--it be so much [bleep] going on in my head.
Like it doesn't--it doesn't pop into my head where I go,
"Oh, you got to sit down
and do--and do homework right now."
My brain, like my [bleep] being in--everywhere else.
- You--you need to stop using that your brain
be everywhere else. So does mine.
It was a surprise for me that Bar missed his midterm
because I did see him doing a lot of homework
and communicating with his teachers.
I'm not upset at him.
I feel like he has to get into the swing of how heavy
and how serious and time-consuming
college really is.
I've been doing school my whole life.
I'm true to this. He's new to this.
He's going to have to get his feet wet.
It makes all the difference
that Holly has two educated parents.
And I think that Bar has to develop that discipline,
that timing, that scheduling in order to succeed.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- I'm waiting to hear back about my application
for the salon space.
And things are still tense with Sean
especially since he's been home with Kloie all day.
Wanna sit on my lap? - Mm-mm.
- Wanna sit with dad? - Mm-mm.
- Did you miss me while I was working?
Do you miss me? - Mm, yeah.
- So what's up with the salon?
You went and looked at the building and stuff?
- Yeah. - What did you think about it?
- I thought it's a lot of potential,
but it needs like a lot of work.
So I know I'm going to have to spend a lot of money
when it comes to renovating it and stuff.
- No, no, no. You ain't messing with the dog.
Stop. Let go of him.
God damn, dude.
Why does she want to hurt him so much?
- 'Cause she's just jealous of him.
Go into your room. - Nuh-uh-uh.
- I'm getting embarrassed
and I don't want to have these cameras up,
but this is how it's going to be literally
every single time we film. Every single time.
It's embarrassing because the world looks like
we have a demon kid
and we're [bleep] parents or something.
- Well, you're half right.
We're not [bleep] parents, but we do have a demon child.
- I seriously don't get why she keeps doing this.
Oh, my God, I just need a break.
I feel like I--I've been working for two weeks straight
and I'm just tired.
I come home and literally I'm like in my car, like,
"Oh, my gosh, how's this going to go when I get inside here?
"Is it going to be her screaming
"and throwing stuff today?
Or is she going to be in a good mood and happy to see me?"
I just want to hang out with her
and spend time with her. I don't know.
She's just going through this phase
it's, like, draining me.
- Yeah, me too.
- And I'm not talking to my parents right now
so it's like, there's no one that helps--helps out at all
to take off any type of relief or a break.
Like it's been a long [bleep] day.
I've been up since this morning working. I'm just tired.
And now I come home to work again.
I don't even care to do this anymore.
I really don't.
- Like chill the [bleep] out. - Oh my God, I'm so [bleep].
- You're the one that signed us up
for the show in the first place.
- You don't have a problem cashing the [bleep] checks.
The [bleep].
- You don't give a [bleep] if I'm having a bad day
but everybody's supposed to care when you have a bad day?
- Oh, my God. Just shut up.
I'm just tired of speaking to you.
This isn't going anywhere 'cause this is
how--this is how it goes when, like, we're overwhelmed.
- She doesn't get her way.
- How--put the [bleep] cameras down.
Put the cameras down. Because this is how it goes.
We're not even on the same page.
That's what I'm saying. We're not.
- No, we're clearly not because you're still going on
about the same [bleep] I stopped talking about.
- I'm uncomfortable. I'm, like, done
[soft pop music]
- ♪ Why you gotta be like \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hthat? ♪
- Why did you--why did you get \h\h\hso many [bleep] animals?
- I didn’t want them. \h\hIt was the kids.
I don’t give a [bleep] \h\h\h\hwhat they want.
They’re not old enough to know what they want.
\h\h\h\h\hTired of all these [bleep] animals.
House [bleep] stinks \h\h\h\hlike a farm.
The bird could go fly away \h\h\h\h\h\h\hand the snake
could go slithering \h\hsomewhere else.
- No, don’t say that.
- I don’t like the way \h\h\h\h\h\h\hit looks.
It’s just the color of a penis. \h\h\h\h\h\h\hI don’t like it.
[barks]
- So I found a possible lawyer \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hto speak about
Luis signing away rights,
but I’m gonna call them now \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hto confirm
and see when I can get a spot \h\hin and see what they say.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Okay. ♪ We’re taking it to court ♪
♪ We’re taking it to court, we’re taking it to court ♪
- [inaudible] Law Firm.
This is Brianna speaking. \h\h\hHow can I help you?
- I’m calling in regards \h\hto the consultation.
I paid the fee and I filled out \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hthe intake form
\h\h\hand I was wondering what are the next steps.
Okay, thank you. Have a good day.
\h\h\h\h\hSo they just told me that they’re gonna call me back
\hto see if I’m going to be for Monday or for Wednesday
\h\hfor a consultation via Skype or whatever.
- You got your questions \hwritten down and stuff
so you don’t forget nothing?
- Yeah. One, what could we do \h\habout Luis being absent?
\h\h\h\hCan we remove him off the birth certificate
or is it best just to keep him \h\h\hon the birth certificate?
Signing away rights, like what can happen?
Child support for both dads?
We’ll just figure it out
and hopefully, they can lead me \h\h\h\hin the right direction
\h\h\h\h\h\hand help me, you know, file paperwork
\h\h\hor maybe he could even send out letters.
\h\h\hWhatever lawyers do. Having kids out of wedlock
\h\hand having kids so young and having kids with parents
that you don’t necessarily \h\h\h\h\h\hget along with,
something’s bound to happen \h\h\hlike this, you know?
- Yeah, I know.
- So this is just what happens \hwhen you don’t really choose
\h\h\h\h\h\hthe right people or make the right decisions.
- Thanks for the free birth \hcontrol. I appreciate it.
[singer vocalizing]
♪ ♪
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Yeah. - What are the kids doing?
- Oh, they’re playing games.
- I got first place again.
\h\h\h\h- Oh! - Here we go.
- Ready. \h- Whoo!
[laughter]
- Oh, my gosh.
\h\h\hAnyways, I’m going to the doctor later today
\h\hand wanted to see if you could babysit.
- Okay.
- So I have a tumor on my right breast.
Did I tell you that?
\h\h\h\h\hI don’t tell very many people that.
- How long have you had this? \h- I noticed it last summer.
And at that time, it was just like a little, like,
probably the size of a dime.
\h\h\h\h\hAnd now I’d say it’s every bit a nickel.
\h\h\h\hI can feel it, like, on my chest now.
From the last ultrasound that I had done, it seemed benign.
- Good.
- But they wanted to continue \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hto monitor it
and see if it was growing.
And if it continued to grow, \h\h\h\hthey would remove it.
- So if you have the surgery, \h\h\h\h\h\h\hhow long is it?
- I really don’t know.
\h\h\hI’m silently freaking out about it you know what I mean?
Like, just like what it will look like, how it will feel.
I can’t be prescribed \hany pain medication
because of being an addict \h\h\h\h\hand in recovery,
but I just--I’ll do whatever
is in the best interest \h\h\h\h\h\hfor myself,
because if--when I’m a-okay \h\hand my kids are a-okay.
- Does the girls know \h\h\h\habout your...
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Mm-hmm. - Breast situation? Okay.
- When I do have conversations \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hwith them,
it’s never to worry them.
\h\h\hLike this is something that we go through as women.
\h\hThis is something that I’m dealing with as a woman
\h\h\hand we will get through it together.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Right. - You know? I’m gonna cry.
[soft guitar music]
\h\h\h\hMost of the time, I don’t like have anyone.
\hAnd I was so scared because my only goal is to give them
\ha, like, really give them a life that I didn’t have.
- Absolutely.
\h- But I’m gonna go to this appointment.
\h- Okay. - And...
- Oh.
- I love you.
- We got this.
Everything’s gonna be good. \h\h\h\h\h\hDo you hear me?
\h\h\h\h- Yeah. - We got this.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Let me ignite the fire \h\h\hdown in your bones ♪
\h♪ Give me your nightmares, no need to face them alone ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Oh, no ♪
♪ ♪
♪ If you bring hard, I will bring soul ♪
\h\h♪ When we collide, I’ll make you whole ♪
\h\h\h\h♪ You set the pace if we’re moving too slow ♪
♪ Oh, oh ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Everything in you running \h\h\h\h\h\h\hside by side ♪
♪ Next to me ♪
\h\h♪ And this is where you belong ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ This is where you belong ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ You’ve known it all along ♪
♪ This is where you belong ♪
♪ Hey ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Hey ♪
- I have to serve 15 days in county.
- You can't parent over the phone.
- [cries] - I don't want you sad
because that's your daddy.
She's terrified of him.
- Sean's on a dating app.
You can take this [bleep] ring and shove it up your ass.
I'm done.
- I have court coming up with Chris.
He wants all summer.
[phone rings] - Oh, hold on.
This is the doctor.
Hello. What does that mean?