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- That was it.

So why aren't you still doing it?

We had to work the store

when daddy got sick.

Do you take the dog on walks?

Sometimes.

Could I take him on a walk?

You better put this leash on him.

If he scents a deer, he'll strike out.

You can come if you want.

If you're almost the same person...

and have the same feelings as my dad,

did you love my mom too?

No.

Did she love you?

No.

Why not, if you're the same as him?

We're not exactly the same.

What's different?

Little things. I'm a half inch taller.

He's better at math.

Things like that.

So how'd it happen?

Talking about twins?

Uh-huh.

You know about the eggs

in a woman's ovaries?

Yeah, they teach us that in school.

They come from one egg

that splits in two.

They form two people that are

genetic copies of each other.

Did you ask the court to make it illegal

for my dad to see me?

You no good motherf***er,

you never stop, do you?

How the f*** you gonna tell James

I had Darrius barred from seeing him?

'Cause it's the truth.

He left us first. Why the hell

you didn't tell him that truth?

How you gonna fill his head with some

f***ed-up bullshit about his father loving him...

making him out like some goddamn hero

and me some crazy woman?

He left us like a f***ing coward.

Look...

Are we gonna start this again?

Hell, yeah. If you gonna

poison my child against me...

like the only other person I loved

against me...

You never loved Darrius.

You only wanted what he could offer you.

Why you don't know sh*t

about your own twin?

It took our dad a whole lifetime to

save up enough to buy this property...

and you just think you can walk in our lives

in one day and piss that all away?

That's a pretty f***ed-up kind of love,

don't you think?

A f***ed-up kind of love?

Let me tell you

what's a f***ed-up kind of love...

Being so terrified of your brother wanting...

You were an addict, Marlee.

- Where was that money really going to?

- F*** you!

You were so terrified of him having something

out of life, wanting something different...

you was willing to destroy

his whole damn family! Huh?

Weren't you?

For what?

To be caught in some

sick little prison of yours?

That's a truly f***ed-up kind of love!

You will never comprehend

my love for him.

You call that sh*t love?

That bullshit you whispered in his ear

about me was love?

Look what your love did to him!

I don't think selling the store

is a good idea.

Like you said, it's a good solid business.

It's making money.

I can't help you.

That's okay.

So, I don't know how that would work.

I can do it myself.

I can get James to help me.

I can do it. I can.

I'm a hard worker.

And when I feel passion about something,

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