Okay, so this is what happened before on Star.
There's a big music festival coming here to Atlanta,
the perfect venue to introduce you to the world.
You got to submit a demo, and the deadline
is in two days. Yes!
- You don't think people will see us? - That's the point, Simone.
So, you really don't think people aren't gonna be looking for us.
Star! Stop it! You killed him!
I'm looking for Star.
They at the hospital with her sister.
Most girls come when I call.
You're going to have to do a lot more than call to make me come.
I didn't sign up for trafficking women.
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Maggie's gonna be furious.
♪ And I don't need no man to make me happy ♪
♪ I really want you, but I don't need no man. ♪
Where's my daughter?
I guess it's onward and upward,
but it ain't that easy.
Not when the devil catches up to your ass.
All right, y'all. Rickey Smiley Morning Show.
Hey. Listen for your chance to win tickets
to the already sold out Taylor Brothers Hair Show,
the wildest hair battle in the ATL.
God's Blessings.
More Rickey Smiley Morning Show coming up next.
Y'all heard that?
Baby, we in there this year. We winning.
And don't be late.
Them Scissor Siblings, baby, they don't even know
what I'm gonna to do to them.
You said that last year and lost.
Doris, I'm-a need you to worry about paying for
your hair on time, something you never do.
Yeah. But you did say that last year.
Oh, no, I'm serious this year, baby. Watch.
They don't know how I'm getting ready to slay them.
Where's Danielle?
She went to ask her aunt for a favor.
You know, the girls are performing
a Gladys Knight remix at the hair show.
Here we go with this Gladys Knight stuff again. I can't...
Y'all know damn good and well that girl
ain't no kin to Gladys Knight.
She been saying that same lie for years.
Why do you always have something to say?
Why we ain't never met her?
Well, why everybody got to be a liar, Bruce?
And at this point, anything will help.
Gladys Knight?
Uh-huh. Did I ever tell you
I was six months pregnant by Tyler Perry?
Shut up, Bruce.
Sorry about that. Where were we?
Uh, don't mind me.
Beautiful girls you got here, Carlotta.
Are the black kids yours?
No, they ain't mine.
Might as well be, though.
Y'all are funny.
And I ain't talking about those sweet boys
you got here.
All right, you've been straight up with me.
So I'm gonna be straight up with you.
Why you want to work here?
Well,
the shop is missing one thing.
What?
Men.
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You missing men.
And I ain't talking about them little sweet boys you got
- running around here. - Hold on, don't get it twisted, sweetie.
I'm more of a man than you will ever be
and more of a woman than you will ever get.
Carlotta, you better get Sheba out of here.
Oh, no. Come on. Don't get it wrong.
Ain't nothing wrong with a little sugar in your tank, baby.
Women ain't the only ones that want to look good.
I'm just laying out facts.
Think about it.
Man comes in, gets a haircut. He leaves looking all smooth,
feeling good, goes home. His lady's gonna ask him
where he got his hair cut.
Next thing you know, they're both calling here
booking appointments.
Get up, he's here. Get up, he's here.
- No. Who? - Otis.
What?
Oh, no, it's too... It's... Mm-mm.
- It's too early for this. - No, I heard him talking to Miss Carlotta.
What if he's telling her that you tried to kill him?
Okay. What you heard is that medication
- they got you on. - Girl, wake up.
- You know it have side effects. - I know what them doctors said.
If you don't quit touching me...
You know what?
I swear to God.
He better be down there or I'm-a kill you, too.
I swear he's down there.
I know what I heard.
I'm not playing with you today.
Um, Miss Carlotta,
was there a man down here a minute ago?
Well, good morning to you, too.
Yeah. He was applying for a job.
A man, though, right?
Yeah. Why you want to know?
Stay out my business.
You sounding more like Star.
Some people actually want to work.
I actually want to go to bed.
While you up, I need these cleaned, separated and labeled.
Miss Carlotta, it's the crack of dawn.
If you want to win the hair show this year, don't you think
your main attraction should get some sleep?
Lazy.
Hey, Ma, they have been rehearsing all night.
Thank you, Kai.
All right. Go on back to bed,
but don't think you getting out of working that booth.
We know.
Star, I swear it was him.
You got to stop doing this.
You're driving yourself crazy, Simone.
You won't sleep. You won't let nobody else sleep now.
You got to let this go.
Otis isn't alive, 'cause he's dead,
'cause I killed him.
Please try to remember that.
Hey, Miss Ruby. What's going on?
Hey, little girl.
Go ask Bruce to get me a blunt.
Grandma, go inside.
I won't. Go ask Bruce.
And you take your ass to work.
She right. Let me get to work.
So, you're gonna be at work all day?
Why? You got a better offer?
I just might.
You know about the hair show, right?
Yeah, we know about it. What you know about
- the hair show? - Grandma, please!
I know about that damn hair show every year,
'cause every year Carlotta and Bruce
lose to the Scissor Siblings.
Wait, they got y'all going?
Performing. Bruce is styling
and we're singing Gladys Knight.
So, God's Blessing actually may
bring home the trophy this year, then.
I don't know. It's the full-on retro sound
and look, crazy wigs and all.
You should see Star. She looks like a blonde mushroom.
So, you finally invite me to hear you sing.
Yeah.
Too bad you're gonna be at work.
Mmm. Well, I wonder if there's anything
I wouldn't do for you.
We're on at 3:00 sharp.
I'll see what I can do.
- Can I come? - No.
Ugh. Girlie,
go tell Bruce to bring me a hit.
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Hmm?
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♪ I bring me ♪
♪ Get mine, 'bout mine, go hard ♪
♪ Looking for another like me ♪
♪ Boy, stop ♪
♪ I bring me ♪
♪ Whose love is the tightest? ♪
- ♪ Whose kiss is the nicest? ♪ - ♪ Me ♪
- ♪ Whose touch is the rightest? ♪ - ♪ Me ♪
- ♪ Bad bitch ♪ - ♪ That's me ♪
- ♪ That bitch ♪ - ♪ That's me ♪
- ♪ Game bitch ♪ - ♪ That's me ♪
- ♪ Lame bitch ♪ - ♪ Not me ♪
♪ What you get is what you see ♪
♪ And I bring, I bring ♪
♪ I bring, I bring me. ♪
Rehearsal, we need to be rehearsing.
Yes. Hold up.
You good?
Yeah.
What's going on?
Simone's being crazy.
Come on, you guys.
We need to be ready for tonight.
I need your attention, ladies.
What's up, bro?
What do you want?
You need to learn some respect, little girl.
Here, take a look at this. Go ahead.
Read it. Tell me what it says.
"Congratulations, you've been selected for the next round
of the Atlanta NextFest at the Honda Stage Competition."
All right, look. I just spoke with the reps. Now they want
to see a video of you all doing a live performance.
That means we got a new deadline, two weeks.
Okay, well Derek's having a Black Lives Matter event.
Maybe we can do it then.
Nah, I don't want to do political.
Why don't we sing at Miss Carlotta's church benefit?
You're so cute, you little nut job.
No, that's not sexy enough.
We need these stiffs to stand up.
What about the hair show we're performing at tonight?
We're already doing it, and the judges at Atlanta NextFest
would never expect us to do a Gladys Knight song.
You know, that's retro. Shows your history, shows your taste.
I like it.
- Bow down to Gladys. - Well, you know what?
That's... That's why I love you. Come here. That is a great idea.
I mean, there's gonna be, like, hundreds of people there, right?
- Thousands. - All right.
Hair show it is.
Well, come on.
Show me what you got. Let's go.
We did it!
What... come on. Five more minutes.
I'm gonna be late for the show.
Right. The hair show that you didn't invite me to.
Aw.
I'm kidding.
You know I want you there.
Rules.
Right.
Rules.
Very important rules.
What exactly can't we do?
No sex before a performance.
Well, I think I might've found a loophole.
Let me borrow your hair tie.
Okay.
Oh, my God, you're crazier than me.
How do I look?
Adorable.
Knock yourself out.
Eva?
ÿEstás aquí?
Eva.
ÿEstás aquí? Oye.
ÿEstás bien?
ÿQué? ÿQué pasó? ÿQué pasó?
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What-What did he look like?
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It's because I let you girls go.
All right, here's what we're gonna do.
We're gonna get out of here.
We're open seven days a week,
so just call and make an appointment anytime.
We'll be more than happy to take you, okay?
Your hair is beautiful, by the way.
That's right, baby, we got wigs, closures,
- weaves, anything you need, baby. - And I want to give you one of these
because I think this would be a great texture for you.
Mm, mm, mm.
Ugh.
What is this?
Just tired.
The ugly sisters.
Y'all got five seconds
to get y'all peculiar ass from my booth.
Let it go. It ain't worth it.
- Oh, really? That ain't what Yelp said. - Mm.
One.
What was it the review said?
Oh, let me find out.
Two.
Scissor Siblings ranked
best beauty salon in Atlanta.
Three.
Or was it the best beauty salon period?
- Four. - Mm-hmm, look,
do you remember how many stars we got?
Let's count them up.
- Five. - Five. Five.
Enough. Save it for the stage.
We already did that.
Y'all ain't make no noise.
Oh, honey, we left that stage in awe, though.
You gonna have to do a whole lot more
than them little synthetic dresses, baby.
You left 'em in "Aw, hell nah."
And you're too young to have your hair like that anyway.
S'up, Hunter?
Surprised to see you here.
Oh, I'm just here being a supportive boyfriend.
Boyfriend?
Yeah.
Who's this?
This is Eva.
Eva?
Never seen her around before.
She your latest addition to Magic City?
Actually, she's my niece.
My brother sent her to stay with me for a little while.
Where are the girls?
Uh, in the back getting ready.
All right, look, do me a favor.
Keep an eye on her for a minute. Thanks.
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And listen,
keep your hands to yourself.
You're not from around here, are you?
Hola.
Step close because up next on the main stage,
another live performance
from one of Atlanta's hottest new salons.
Don't you miss it.
Girl, is she gonna be okay?
- Simone? - Yes.
She's gonna be fine. She don't have a choice.
Look, you can't make her
do something if she's not ready.
You and I can handle it.
Right, and she did just get out the hospital.
What if she's tired?
Thank you.
We started this together.
We're gonna finish this together.
Girl, look at her.
You gonna do something to get ready?
You know what?
So obnoxious, yo.
Ladies, I have someone
who would like to wish you good luck.
I want you to meet my Aunt Gladys.
How you guys doing?
How are you?
Oh, you have got to be kidding me.
Oh, my God, hi.
- Hi. - My mother loved you.
- Oh, thank you so much. - Hi.
Ms. Knight, I know you
probably won't remember me, but...
Roland's daughter.
Yeah.
- Of course I remember you. - Wow.
When you did the piano duet with Alicia Keys.
Oh, my God, I was so nervous.
You were brilliant.
And your dad?
He's in New York right now.
So, what are you doing here?
Well, you told me to chase my dreams, so here I am.
You've done something brave.
Believing in yourself is half the battle,
and if nothing else happens, you've already won.
Oh, my God, really?
Come on, man. I need y'all to focus.
Cotton, why you in the mirror?
Miss Bruce.
Hey.
My Aunt Gladys.
Well, I'll be damned.
Hey, you guys, I'm gonna let you go, okay.
I know you got to get ready.
- I'll be out there watching. - Okay.
Let's get our seats before we lose them.
Let's get our seats.
- Ms. Knight, before you go... - Yes?
...I'd like to ask you a huge favor.
Welcome back to this year's legendary
Taylor Brothers Hair Battle.
And what a battle it has been.
Scissor Siblings versus Yolanda's Nappy Kitchen
versus God's Blessings Salon.
And can we please give a round of applause
for our esteemed judges:
Keena 360,
Terrence Davidson and Porsha Porsche.
We have a special guest here
to introduce one of her favorite salons.
And I want to just say it's an honor for me
to be able to bring her up onstage.
She's a living legend,
an icon, Ms. Gladys Knight.
I am so proud to introduce,
and I'm honored that they're performing for you tonight
one of my favorite songs.
Ladies and gentlemen,
God's Blessings Beauty Salon.
♪ Ooh, I love you so ♪
♪ But why I love you, I'll never know ♪
♪ You found a reason... ♪
That's my auntie.
- Yeah. - You know?
♪ Soon as I gave my love to you ♪
♪ Oh, I ♪
♪ I'm brokenhearted once again ♪
♪ I'm being dismissed by my man ♪
♪ Why don't you just understand? ♪
♪ I can't handle every night ♪
♪ I'm lonely, wishing I could feel your touch ♪
♪ Wanting, waiting, missing you so much ♪
♪ Baby, stop playing ♪
♪ Night after night I lay here crying and praying ♪
♪ Oh, I really want you by my side ♪
♪ I wanna be your lover in your life ♪
♪ But all I get is your good-bye ♪
♪ But even though you're leaving, cheating ♪
♪ Causing me this grief ♪
♪ I'm clinging to this love, baby ♪
♪ Maybe, eventually, you'll fall in love and stay with me ♪
- ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ - ♪ Ooh ♪
- ♪ I love you so ♪ - ♪ I love you so ♪
♪ But why I love you, I'll never know ♪
♪ I'll never know-oh ♪
♪ You found a reason for leaving ♪
♪ Soon as I gave my love to you... ♪
- Oh, you made it! - I made it, I made it, I made it,
I made it, I made it, I made it. I cannot stay long,
but I did not want to miss this.
♪ Something's holding me ♪
♪ I'm a puppet ♪
♪ On a set of strings ♪
♪ Underneath the spell ♪
♪ Love sickness vexing me ♪
♪ I'm looking crazy to all of my friends ♪
♪ With my affair coming to an end ♪
♪ Ooh, I can't even start to comprehend ♪
- ♪ Why I keep on over again ♪ - ♪ If I thought I could ♪
- ♪ I just really would ♪ - ♪ Walk right out your life ♪
- ♪ For the last time ♪ - ♪ Leave all this behind ♪
- ♪ Erase you from my mind ♪ - ♪ And close the door on you ♪
♪ For all you put me through... ♪
I want you to meet my Aunt Gladys.
Nice to meet you.
It's such an honor.
♪ I need you to be in my life, baby ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ I love you so ♪
- ♪ I love you so ♪ - ♪ I love you so ♪
♪ But why I love you, I'll never know ♪
♪ I'll never know-oh ♪
- ♪ Ooh ♪ - ♪ You found a reason ♪
- ♪ You found a reason for leaving me ♪ - ♪ For leaving ♪
♪ Soon as I gave my love to you ♪
- ♪ Oh, I ♪ - ♪ Ooh ♪
♪ I love you so ♪
♪ But why I love you, I'll never know ♪
♪ I'll never know-oh ♪
♪ You found a reason for leaving ♪
♪ Soon as I gave my love to you ♪
- ♪ Oh, I ♪ - ♪ Oh. ♪
Let's give another round of applause for
God's Blessings Beauty Salon.
We need to get Simone out
- of here right now. - What? Why?
Please just go.
Girl, bye.
Alex, he's here.
Who?
Simone's foster dad is at the hair show.
That's him right there in the plaid.
- Has Simone seen him? - No, not yet.
- Please just go. - Stay close...
- All right. - Go.
...Yolanda's Nappy Kitchen.
- Where we going? - Back to Carlotta's.
Why? We just killed our performance.
We just need to go, okay?
I need your help.
He's here.
Yes.
Hey, little mama.
How you doing?
Where are we going?
Alex, hello? Hello?
Otis is here, Simone.
Now, I'm not leaving without my daughter.
Simone is not your daughter,
and she's not going anywhere with you.
Listen, girl, you do not want me to go to the police.
'Cause if I do, I'm gonna make sure your little white ass
is living up under the jail.
Your sister saw him.
He was in the audience. He saw us performing.
Where is she?
She went to go look for him, but it's okay.
- No. Let go of me. - Simone...
- I have to take you back to Carlotta's. - No, I...
- Just, please let's go, Simone. - Alex?
Call them.
And while you're at it,
tell them how you raped Simone.
How I saw you.
I like that.
Yeah, baby doll.
See, you, you stabbed me.
Tried to kill me.
Thought you did.
See, what you're gonna do
is you're gonna bring her to me
or I'm gonna call the cops.
- I got to go. - Where you going?
And that will be kidnapping,
assault with a deadly weapon,
attempted murder
and stealing my damn car.
Who does that?
Hey, hey, hey.
You can't just leave me here by myself, Cotton.
You looking at a long time, you little whore.
Oh.
Mm.
I'm going to be waiting on P3,
parked across from the exit in a silver car.
You got 15 minutes.
15 minutes, baby. Hmm?
There's always room for one more
if you want to join us.
I'd love to have you.
Hey, Miss Carlotta.
You looking good today.
What happened?
Did he hurt you?
I've got it under control.
What'd he do to you?
Simone was right.
That man was in my house this morning.
Who is he?
That's Otis, her foster father.
He came back for her.
- Where's Simone? - She's with Alexandra.
Okay, I'm calling the cops.
No, no, no, no, no. Carlotta, you can't.
You-You can't. We can't...
We can't call the cops.
Okay.
You need to tell me what happened.
You need to tell me everything.
When I finally found Simone,
he was on top of her,
raping her.
So I stabbed him, and I kept stabbing him
and I tried to kill him.
So, if you call the cops,
Simone's going back and I'm going to jail.
That's the whole story.
I won't let that happen.
And I damn sure ain't letting him get away with this.
Go home.
I'll handle it.
I need you to come up and meet me on the second floor now.
Where's my gun?
Bitch.
You did a really good job up there.
Have a good night.
Ooh, excuse me.
What's going on? What's the emergency?
- The gun is missing. - The gun?
- What do you need a gun for? - Simone's foster father is here.
He been raping that girl for years.
That's why they ran away.
Let's go handle business.
Okay.
Otis!
Hey, baby.
I ain't your baby!
I missed you.
Don't even flinch.
Come on now. You're not happy to see me?
Not even just a little bit?
Huh?
Oh.
You know you're still daddy's little girl.
Put the gun down.
I ain't going anywhere with you.
You hurt me!
All right.
Something you need to know, though.
No matter where you run,
how far you go, where you hide,
I'm gonna always find you.
Because you belong to me, Simone.
Hey, slow down.
- Where you been? - Don't worry about it.
I got to go.
We got finals still, so...
Guess I'll call you tomorrow.
Please give a round of applause for Keena 360.
She's paved the way for so...
...for so many artists that you see here today.
What happened to you?
Simone. Where is she?
She ran off.
We need to find her. She needs us.
I've looked for that girl everywhere. She's not here.
- Did you call her? - Yeah, a million times.
Keeps going straight to voice mail.
Yeah.
I knew this would happen.
I knew she would do something like this.
I've been trying to protect her.
We're gonna find her, all right?
We need to, fast, because she's crazy.
And we got to find her before she does something crazy.
Which one of you has my gun?
What are you talking about?
My gun is missing.
Simone.
What about Otis?
- Otis is dead. - He's dead.
All right, what's going on?
It's being handled.
Cotton and Alexandra are checking for her in the back.
Yeah, I pray they find her.
Pray? We need to find her right now.
We both know what'll happen if she's left alone.
Otis.
Call the girls and tell them we got her.
Hello. It's me.
We found her.
Carlotta wants y'all to come back.
Boy, you done been through more in your 16 years
than most people have in their lifetime.
But listen to me.
That chapter of your life is over.
You understand?
Could we have a minute?
Simone,
let me tell you something.
The smell of his cologne,
the sound of his voice,
the feeling...
of his nasty hands on your body...
Those memories are going to fade.
Okay? They will fade.
But you need to find something to focus on.
That's how that works.
All right?
Now, I know you don't care about all of this.
But look at where we are.
Look at how far we've come.
Hold onto that, okay?
I can. Okay.
And now,
the moment we've all been waiting for,
first place winner of this year's Taylor Brothers Hair Show
goes to...
God's Blessings Beauty Salon!
Yes!
Get it, girl!
There's an encore performance coming up.
God's Blessings won.
Let's go.
Come on.
We're gonna be strong.
These are done for.
I've been meaning to fix 'em.
Yeah, we will. Come on.
Yes!
Congratulations.
Bitches.
Get it, girl.
There's a lot of people out there,
there's cameras everywhere.
Y'all need to get up on that stage.
It's called an alibi.
And we don't talk about this.
You understand?
And we have something coming up for you.
Not ever.
We have another surprise, an encore performance.
Now...
sparkle, Neely, sparkle.
And now, the moment we've all been waiting for...
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ I love you so ♪
♪ But why I love you ♪
♪ I'll never know ♪
♪ I'll never know, ooh ♪
♪ You found a reason for leaving ♪
♪ Soon as I gave my love ♪
♪ To you ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ I'm brokenhearted once again ♪
♪ I'm being dismissed by my man ♪
♪ Why don't you just understand? ♪
♪ I can't handle every night, I'm lonely ♪
♪ Wishing I could feel your touch ♪
♪ Wanting, waiting, missing you so much ♪
♪ Baby, stop playin' ♪
♪ Night after night I lay here crying and praying ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ I really want you by my side ♪
♪ I wanna be your lover in your life ♪
♪ But all I get is your good-bye ♪
♪ But even though you're leavin', cheatin' ♪
♪ Causin' me this grief, I'm clinging to this love, baby ♪
♪ Maybe eventually ♪
♪ You'll fall in love and stay with me ♪
- ♪ Ooh ♪ - ♪ Oh, yeah ♪
- ♪ I love you so ♪ - ♪ I love you so ♪
♪ But why I love you, I'll never know ♪
♪ I'll never know ♪
♪ You found a reason for leaving ♪
♪ Soon as I gave my love to you ♪
♪ If I thought I could ♪
- ♪ I just really would ♪ - ♪ Walk right out your life ♪
♪ For the last time ♪
- ♪ Leave all this behind ♪ - ♪ Erase you from my mind ♪
- ♪ And close the door on you ♪ - ♪ For all you put me through ♪
♪ Love sick is what I have become for you ♪
♪ No control, all out falling for you ♪
♪ And even though I'm hurting continuously ♪
♪ Need you to be in my life, baby ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
- ♪ I love you so ♪ - ♪ I love you so ♪
♪ But why I love you, I'll never know ♪
♪ I'll never know ♪
♪ You found a reason ♪
♪ You found a reason for leaving me ♪
♪ Soon as I gave my love ♪
♪ To you ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ I love you so ♪
♪ But why I love you ♪
♪ I'll never know ♪
♪ You found a reason for leaving ♪
♪ Soon as I gave my love to you ♪
♪ Oh, I. ♪
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Hi.
Where you gonna put it?
I don't know, I want to put it in my house,
but you know Carlotta ain't gonna go for that.
Ms. Gladys, thank you so much for doing this for us.
Now you know I loved it. Call me anytime.
And that niece of yours.
She all right when she want to be.
I love her.
Thank you, Auntie.
Why you always got to be starting something?
You better be glad Ms. Knight's sitting right here.
Is he always like that?
Unfortunately, yes.
You don't have to do that.
I heard rumblings that the transaction never went through.
Something's not right.
Yeah, well, this never happens.
There were four other exchanges that night,
and every single one of them went off without a hitch.
To be honest, I think he's lying.
I'll keep an eye on him.
If Jahil's up to something,
it's only a matter of time before he slips up.
So what are we supposed to do?
Hmm?
Just act like nothing ever happened?
That's exactly what you gonna do.
You girls been looking over your shoulders since you got here.
It's over now.
I don't know about y'all, but it's been a long day.
I'm going to bed.
Yeah, me, too.
I didn't do it.
I didn't kill Otis.
What?
Simone...
That's enough.
We know what happened.
Star, like, ease up off her.
You saw her, she had Carlotta's gun.
I wanted to kill him.
I just couldn't pull the trigger.
I'm so confused.
Simone, we're the last people you need to lie to.
We will protect you.
I didn't kill Otis!
I don't think I believe you.
I didn't!
All right,
okay.
Well, if Simone didn't kill him, then who did?
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Sometimes it all comes down to what you don't say.
That night, we all agreed: the devil is gone...
for now.