My Brother's Wedding

Was lost,

but now, I'm found.

Was blind, but now...

.

Lookie, lookie.

Oh.

There.

Look at your belly.

See, baby?

See, baby?

Oh.

Hey, Pierce!

Come see my sister's baby.

What kind of friend

are you if you don't

wanna see my sister's baby?

I gotta go see

Soldier's mother.

Soldier's mother sick?

- No, but I gotta get - Over there and back

before my mother leaves.

Oh, boy, come on.

You got something against

my sister or something?

You got more excuses.

Come on.

Come on.

Hey.

Pick her up.

She's too little.

Pick her up.

I might hurt her or break her.

Haven't you

ever held a baby before?

No.

Who's the daddy?

You can - Be, if you want to.

I don't need

no responsibilities.

Oh, you make me sick.

I wish there was some way I

didn't have to deal with men.

Look, I came over here to

see a baby, not to be insulted

behind somebody else's dirt.

- Hey, there's a bright - Side to everything.

- Won't you run to - The store for me,

- and get some milk and - Cigarettes, please?

Look, I don't mean to be mean.

- I told you... I gotta go - See Soldier's mother.

But it's just

around the corner.

Hello, Pierce.

There's something I had

to tell you, but I forgot.

I guess it wasn't that

important then, huh?

Do you, uh... do you...

Do... do I what?

Never mind.

I'll ask you later when my mind

is better, because I forgot.

You not gonna say goodbye?

Bye.

Come in.

Hello, Mrs. Richards.

You think Soldier

will ever act his age

and stay out of trouble?

He wrote me a

letter, saying, when

he got outta jail this time,

he said, he ain't going back.

- He even asked me to - Look for him a job.

Mrs. Richards, you know,

Soldier may get into trouble,

but he's never done anything

that was evil or vicious.

I mean, he's never sold dope.

He ain't nothing like these

kids walking the streets today.

And, well, if you look

at it, Soldier and I

are pretty much alike.

You and your brother

never got into trouble.

And your brother's

getting married.

Yeah.

He's getting married.

He's marrying a girl whose

parents got a lot of money.

Old man's a doctor.

She just don't seem real.

I mean, she's always

talking about how lucky

she was when she was a kid.

Fish and hunting...

You're his best friend,

and if you can influence him

to do the right thing

and stay out of trouble,

if you do that for me, I

will forever be in your debt.

You don't have to worry,

Mrs. Richards, I promise you,

I'll do whatever I can to

keep him outta trouble.

Hello, Pierce.

Pierce, be sure to

mark in all the specials

and keep them separate.

- And then mark in the rest - Of the clothes so we can get

- started the first - Thing in the morning.

Yes, sir.

- See what your mother - Can do with those.

Tell her those are my

church-going trousers,

- and I have to have - Those back right away.

Mom.

Yeah, son?

Mr. Bitterfield is in.

Wants you to fix these.

Just tell him we'll

fix them and just

throw them in the trash.

When he comes back, we'll

tell him they got lost,

and we'll give him a pair

of those unclaimed pants.

Yes, sir.

Why don't you, um...

come back tomorrow?

My boy... you don't mind me

calling you "boy," do you?

Young people seem to

thing an old person has to say.

But, my boy, I got a piece

of good advice for you.

You marry someone

just like your mother.

She works miracles.

Pierce, - Have you ever had

your hands on my prayer book?

Here it is.

When you get old, everything

happens to your memory.

- Hey, you got me, - But let me show you.

Oh, both of you, act your age.

- You're too old to - Be carrying on so.

Can I help you?

I'm looking for work.

- I was wondering, maybe, - If you might have

some work you need done here.

I'm sorry, but

there's no work here.

I've got two grown men

out back to do everything.

Yes, well, uh...

thank you anyway.

Sure.

I got two grown

men acting a fool.

Son, never

underestimate an old man.

Forgot your hat.

You ought not to do your

father's hat like that.

Now, darling, I

proved I really love you.

And I've always been real true.

But I can't believe you anymore.

You promised me...

- That was your - Brother on the phone.

He's coming by and bringing

his sweet, little girlfriend.

That sweetness you call is

about as fake as a $3 bill.

- Don't you act ugly in - Front of her tonight,

and don't say one

word out of place.

Don't worry.

I don't have to be there.

- You be there, because - I want her to see

that you can be civilized.