Acrimony Page #3

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Her singing is like

going to church.

Listen.

(SOUL MUSIC PLAYING

ON RECORD PLAYER)

It's kind of sad.

I'm so sorry.

No, no, no. It's fine.

You can leave it on.

So how long have

you lived here?

A while.

I know it's not much, but

my uncle left it to me,

and my aunt lets me stay here

in the driveway for free.

Where are your parents?

My father's in prison.

And my mother left me

with my grandmother,

who raised me until she died

when I was 14.

Then I moved

out here with my aunt,

and I've been living

out here ever since.

I'm sorry to hear

about your mother.

She sounded like

a good lady.

Yeah.

Yeah, she was amazing.

You know, she...

It's okay.

Come here.

I'm sorry.

MELINDA:

There was something about

the way he said he was sorry

that made me believe it.

And the way he held me.

I know this sounds so stupid,

but you have to know,

I was a kid.

He made me feel safe

and strong, and...

You're beautiful.

Beautiful.

My mother wasn't even

cold in the ground yet,

and there I was.

What kind of man takes advantage

of a girl's grief, huh?

I'll tell you.

A low-life maggot of a

motherf***er, that's who.

He had to know that grief

can leave you open

to not knowing yourself at all.

Add that to me being so young.

He had my mind,

my heart, my head

and, let's not forget,

my virginity.

(SOUL MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING)

(MUSIC ENDS)

- (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING ON RECORD)

- (SOUL MUSIC PLAYING)

(SIGHS)

Oh. What are you

listening to in here?

You never heard

of Nina Simone?

Oh. That's

Mama's music.

Or it's that boy's.

You going out

with him again?

Yeah.

And I wish

you would stop saying "him."

His name is Robert,

and I really like him, okay?

And I want you

to like him, too.

Are you having

sex with him?

Well, it's

a fair question.

But what I wanna

know is,

who's paying when y'all going

out on all these dates?

What?

Look, Melinda.

Don't tell that boy

that Mama left you that

money and this house.

- I'm telling you.

- All right.

MELINDA:
Ugh. I hate to admit

it, but Brenda was right.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

I had made the mistake of

telling Robert about the house

and the $350,000

that my mom left me.

But that didn't

matter to him, right?

He wanted me.

Right?

So the name of the company is called

Prescott and Howard Industries.

Okay.

And the owner, David Prescott,

is a super cool guy.

Man, he's always looking

for the next big thing.

And he's a tree-hugger

billionaire

always talking about saving

the environment, you know?

So he finds people

who just have great ideas

and he changes

their lives.

You know, he's made millionaires

out of a lot of people

just by investing

in their project.

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