Life of a King
Want to play again?
Give you a chance to get
those cigarettes back.
I'm scared, man.
Don't got too many
friends on the outside.
Not anymore.
Just keep your eye
on the end game.
Everything will fall into place.
I'm going to miss you, chess man.
Listen to me, Eugene.
Every day you out there,
you out there for me
and every other brother in here
who's never going
to be out there again.
I made this for you.
Take care of the king.
Everything else follows.
You good?
Yeah.
Jamal, I appreciate
you for this, my brother.
Hey, man, I...
I owe you one.
Well, since your memory
serves you so well,
think you can help me
find some work?
Honest work?
Yeah.
I think I can do something.
There's the
halfway house, my brother.
Pull over there.
Hey, you need a car?
Actually, I'm friends with Jamal.
I'm here about a job.
Right. Right. Yeah.
Well, we got some spots
in the night shift.
What kind of late hours you keep?
I keep whatever hours
you need me to keep.
That's a good answer.
That's a good answer.
All right, fill that out.
Great.
When could you start?
Whenever is clever.
A lot of guys who come in
here looking for work,
head cases.
Ex-cons at best.
When did you get out?
Sorry.
Hello, Eugene.
Trini?
Is that you, baby?
My goodness, Trini.
Y-You want your usual,
extra chocolate?
No, I can't.
I have class.
What are you studying?
Pre-law.
My daughter's going to be a lawyer.
Listen, Trini, I know
it's been a long time, but...
I'm-I'm sorry, I just...
I don't have time
for this right now.
But I wanted to come
tell you in person.
Marco's locked up.
He's been in juvenile detention
for almost a year now.
Selling drugs.
I really have to go now.
Wait, wait, Trini, please.
I really have to go, Eugene.
I'm sorry.
Take care.
Some things change...
other things
stay the same damn way.
I'll be damned.
What's up, buddy?
Been too long, man.
Yes, sir.
I'm out.
You got a place to stay?
Halfway house.
I can hook you up with a car.
Remember Andre?
Dre?
He's got a Crown Vic just sitting there.
Word?
Beat up.
On its last legs.
to take that off his hands.
Watch this.
I can grab it for you.
It'll do you some good.
I appreciate it. Yes, sir.
Thank you, my brother.
What I really need is a job,
though.
Money is just...
cash is tight, man.
Seems like nobody wants
to hire an ex-con.
Parole board didn't set you up?
There's a waiting list.
Maybe a couple of weeks at least.
Look, man, I do maintenance
over at the Maud Alton school.
I can try and put a good word in for you.
Is that right?
Yeah. It's not so bad
if you don't mind
hanging around the kids all day.
Psh.
I hung around a lot worse.
Can't make any promises now.
Hey, you know me. It's all good.
Okay.
What about Perry?
He still hang around?
Oh, yeah.
After you went in, he
became the man around here.
Word? - Yeah, he's got his hands
in some of everything, man.
Good for him.
What?
I'm glad you came home, Eugene.
I ain't got nowhere else to go.
Ma'am, I'm going
to cut to the chase.
I'm a real hard worker.
I'm disciplined. Keep to myself.
Well, I, I haven't even given you
a job description yet.
Well, whatever it is,
I'll get it done.
You know, we've been losing
our funding left and right.
So, the pay wouldn't be very good.
I understand.
How long have you known Billy?
Since I was 14.
Well, he speaks highly of you.
Like I said,
the-the pay won't be good
and the kids, well
they are a handful.
Well, I'm real good with children.
I got two beautiful kids of my own.
I know how to handle
them pretty good.
Well, when would you
be able to start?
Yesterday.
Well, well, well.
My brother, my brother.
Perry.
Look at you.
Look at you.
Just living the good life.
Hey.
So, you're out now.
I'm out.
Look, I just wanted to say, okay...
Perry, let's let the past
stay in the past, all right?
You're not even going to give me a
chance to say what I was going to say?
If you need anything,
anything, okay?
A job,
a lady,
I want you to give me a call,
all right?
The way I'm living now,
what I got now,
I owe you that.
Here's my number.
Don't be afraid to use it.
Hey, boys, you're looking
at a living legend.
One of the last true soldiers.
I used to run behind him.
They don't get it.
They ain't like us, Gene.
They don't appreciate.
Hey, I want you to call me,
all right?
Let's go.
What's going on here?
What is this?
Why you looking at me?
Why are you even in detention, Cliff?
Why do you even bother showing
up here if you don't give a damn
about anything, least of all,
your future at Maud Alton?
You're tripping, Ms. Gadbaw.
Why do you think
I'm up in here, huh?
These my best customers.
I want you both in Princi...
Shh.
Whoops.
Yeah.
Bye-bye.
Hey, did I tell you I saw Katrina?
My baby's going to be a lawyer.
Oh, yeah?
Trini?
Yes, sir.
Man.
She was always bright, that one.
Got that right.
How about Marco?
Excuse me.
Now, what exactly happened in here?
What are you talking
about, Ms. King?
I mean, where did Ms. Gadbaw go?
She won't be here for
the rest of the day.
Does that mean we get to be out
for the rest of the day, too?
No, that doesn't, T.
Now I'm going to find
a replacement monitor.
Each of you will act responsibly
while I do so.
Is that clear?
Ms. King.
Have a good day, now.
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