The Single Moms Club

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[Chattering ]

[ Man ] Your Honor, Mr. Massey is asking

for a drastic reduction...

in spousal support and child support.

Mrs. Massey has continued

to overspend and has not looked for work.

Here are her last month's financials.

I have three kids at home.

Mr. Massey's clientele

has weaned drastically...

since the collapse of the housing market.

He already gave her the house.

[Judge]

I get the picture, Counselor.

I'll take the matter under advisement.

We'll reconvene in three days,

and I'll give you my decision then.

- That's good.

- Great job, right?

- Yeah, I agree.

- It's looking good. it's looking real good.

- Is he going to win?

- I don't know.

What do you think?

Look, just remain calm, all right?

I'll get this straight.

You're gonna be late for your meeting

at your daughter's school.

Oh. Thank you. I forgot.

Good-bye.

[ Man ] Well, Jan, we've been looking over

your performance reports...

over the past few months...

and compared to a few years ago...

they have declined by almost 40%.

Well, the publishing market

has changed dramatically.

We understand that,

but this decline is particularly based...

on a bit of a difference

we've noticed in your commitment.

I'm confused.

We want you to make partner.

But we're just not sure you have the time.

I'm here 9:
00 to 6:00 every day,

just like everyone else.

Yes. But as you know,

this job requires a lot more time than that.

Case in point...

you've looked at your watch several times

since you've been here.

Do you have somewhere to go?

No.

Not for about 3O minutes anyway.

Oh. Let me guess.

An appointment with your daughter.

- Yes.

- Well, if that's the case...

you'd better go and take care of it.

We'll discuss this when you get back.

Go ahead.

Thank you.

- Your 11:
00 a.m. has been waiting.

- Oh, I forgot all about her.

[ Clears Throat]

This is May Miller.

- Oh!

- Jan Malkovitch.

- Hi. it's so nice to meet you.

- Nice to meet you.

Thank you for taking the time out today.

Um- I'm a writer.

I work for The Avonda/e Times.

I've been a writer for a really long time.

Um, I really appreciate you-

Oh, and you know what?

I found out a bit of interesting trivia.

Our kids actually go to the same school.

Merryville.

Your daughter's there. My son is there.

- I thought that was kind of cool.

- Oh. Interesting.

Well, urn, I'm actually short on time

because I have a parent-teacher conference.

So do I. With Principal Walters?

- Principal Walters, yes. Yes.

- Yes.

So do I. Interesting.

- Yeah, I'm supposed to be there at 12:00.

- Oh. So am I.

Let me just get right to the point then.

Um, this was great, but it's not for us.

We won't be publishing it. But thank you

so much for submitting it to us.

Well, do you think that you could, um,

maybe tell me what's wrong with it?

Uh, there's nothing wrong with it.

It's just the publishing houses I deal with

would never take it on.

Um, the subject matter

is a little off the grid.

- Is it too black?

- I never said that.

Well, you can say that, but I can't say that.

I would never say that again.

- So thank you.

- Oh, thank you.

Um- Okay, well, maybe you can point me

in the right direction.

Well, the elevators are to your right,

she'll validate your parking...

and thank you so much for stopping by.

[ Scoffs ]

Wow.

[ Dogs Barking ]

Oh, my God! Baby, get up. Get up.

- Why? What's going on? - He does this

to me all the time. Veronica's here.

Veronica's here?

All right. Good. I can meet her. Let's go.

Meet her?

Are you crazy? You're naked.

Well, I'll get dressed.

I don't have a problem getting dressed.

- Baby, go. Go, go, go. Get dressed.

- Wait, wait, wait.

What's going on with you?

Are you crazy?

- Take your socks! - We can get up

and we can have breakfast together.

- Breakfast? - I can say hi to her

and we can get to meet each other.

- Come on.

- Wait, wait, wait.

- Come on!

- I'm trying to leave, but- [ Muttering ]

Baby Hu

' God?' up'

This thing won't open!

- Baby, I'm so sorry.

- No, I'm going.

Put it on! Put it on!

[ Doorbell Ringing ]

I found it.

- Give me a kiss.

- All right, honey. Bye.

- It doesn't have to be this way.

- Baby, I'm so sorry. I'll make it up to you.

[ Doorbell Ringing ]

I'll be at the restaurant tonight.

Okay, baby. I'll see you tonight. Okay?

- [ Sighs 1

" [ Knocking ]

[ Knocking ]

What took you so long?

[ Exhales]

I was sleeping.

It's almost noon.

- What are you looking at?

- My house.

Your house? What are you doing here,

and where's Veronica?

She's still at school, but I needed to tell you

that I can't make the conference.

- You're gonna have to go. - When it's

time for you to discipline her, you leave.

Get dressed.

You've got to be there in half hour.

Next time call before you come over too.

What fun would that be?

[ Sighs ]

[ May Groans ]

Kick me when I'm down.

[ Sighs ]

Okay, positive, negative-

[ Exhales]

Just breathe, May.

Breathe. You got this.

Hey.

- Oh, hi. Can you help me?

- Yeah. Yeah.

Please. I- I think my battery's dead.

The car's been cutting off all day.

I don't really know what's going on.

Oh, no, the battery's not dead.

This is loose.

- Oh.

- Yeah.

Why don't you try it?

- Really?

- Yeah.

Oh, my gosh, thank you. You have no idea.

I'm late for my son's school.

I have a meeting.

Where you want these?

Just throw them in the backseat is fine.

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