How to break up in civil way [2]

[ How to Break up in a Civil Way: Saying Goodbye Through a 3rd Party ]

Natalie hurries after him, asking him what he means. He looks at her and asks how she doesn’t get it. It’s Over! He emphasizes ‘over’ with his arms in a caput motion. She starts to ask if Kelvin really said that, grabbing at his arm. He utters an ‘Aish!’ and snaps at her, asking if he has to spell it out for her. She scrambles after him. He yells at her that Kelvin’s obviously avoiding her. If he doesn't answer the phone, he doesn't want to talk. If he doesn't want to meet, then he doesn't want to meet! Cairo climbs into his car, groaning about how clueless she is.

Natalie starts to pound on the glass of the driver’s window. She wants an explanation. He tries to drive off but she steps in front of his car, blocking him. He stops, a little freaked out that he almost hit her with his car. She climbs into the passenger side of the car. Cairo can’t understand why she’s in his car and yells at her to get out! She yells back asking him how he can run off without explaining what he said! Cairo groans, exasperated and cranes his neck to look for his aunt’s car. He mutters that he’s going insane. Natalie asks what the reason is, that Kelvin is breaking up with her.

Cairo tries counting. One. She’s not listening. She asks if it’s because she didn’t want him to leave the hotel? How could he want to break up because of that? Cairo replies that of course it’s not because of that. Two. Natalie asks if it’s because there’s another girl. Cairo retorts that other girls have higher standards than she does. Ouch! Three! Stricken at the thought, she asks if Kelvin’s sick. Cairo laughs with disbelief. Is she really ignoring the obvious? He yells that Kelvin ran away because she wanted marriage! He climbs out of the car. She sits, stunned and sad.

Mom and Aunt arrive. Aunt spots Cairo as he comes around the car and opens the door to tell Natalie to get out. Natalie has started crying. Not sloppy crying, but the crying you do when you’re stunned and the tears fall down your cheeks without you realizing. It’s sinking in: Kelvin ran away because she wanted marriage. Cairo yanks her out of the car. She still doesn’t want to believe it. Sweetie, listen to him, please! Trying to be in denial, she protests that it’s just what he thinks. She needs to hear it from Kelvin!

Aunt’s going to get out of the car, but Mom tells her to wait. She’s watching their conversation and from where she’s standing, it looks like the pair know each other well. Like dating. Cairo sighs with frustration and remarks that he’s never pitied Kelvin before now, but what guy wouldn't run away from such a clingy girl? She has enough sense to be a little offended with how he’s acting. She asks him to repeat what he said. Cairo sighs and says that he’ll explain so the slowest person could understand. He’s just a little condescending here. Just like Natalie’s after Kelvin's money, he wanted her pretty face and body, ok? She can’t speak. She just blinks at him and cries, she’s so offended.

Rocco arrives with Cairo’s grapefruit juice. Natalie grabs it, rips off the lid and throws it in Cairo’s face. Which he wasn’t expecting at all, so it hurt twice as much. Especially because it’s a citrus drink. Ouch. But it’s deserved! Aunt and Mom wince as they watch. Cairo’s choking on the juice. It went up his nose. Livid, she asks how he dares to say that about her feelings for Kelvin! He starts to yell back but she cuts him off, yelling that it wasn't Kelvin's money! Cairo stops, stunned. Natalie is heartbroken and declares that she… loved him. The tears rolled down her face. She closes her eyes to catch her breath and slowly walks away. Cairo is affected by it. He can’t believe that she wasn’t a Candy girl. He and Rocco watch Natalie slowly walk away, sobbing. Cairo sighs and wipes off his face with his hand. He knows he just broke this girl’s sincere heart. Something Kelvin should have had the nerve to do himself.

Aunt asks about how Cairo got yet another shower. Aunt mentions Cairo talking about a girl sincerely wanting marriage. Is she the girl he went to the hotel with? A girl who wants to get married? Mom looks back at Cairo, who’s still frustrated. I think Mom’s wheels are turning… uh-oh!

Cairo goes to work and changes his clothes. He throws his shirt across the room in frustration. Kelvin appears and meekly says Cairo’s name. Cairo sighs, not in the mood – especially because of what just happened – and tells Kelvin to get out. Kelvin pouts with his index finger in his mouth – basically making fun of Cairo. Cairo picks up something to throw at Kelvin so Kelvin runs. Cairo starts to button his spare shirt and says to himself in the mirror that he feels like crap. Breaking a sincere heart will do that. And Kelvin’s such a jerk because he doesn’t get it.

Natalie slowly walks as she pushes her bike. She’s in a daze. She stops and sighs, trying not to break down. She cries because she can’t hold it in. She pulls out her phone and texts Kelvin, saying that Cairo told her something weird. She asks what’s Cairo’s problem. What did he mean? It's not true is it? It's not true right? I hate that she’s so pathetic right now. That’s one thing I like about her, she’s really loyal!

Aunt and Mom pull up beside Natalie. Natalie doesn’t notice until Mom gets out of the car and gets her attention. She tells Natalie that her son must be giving her a hard time. Mom is smiling kindly as she asks if Natalie was at the hotel with him, eh? Natalie thinks Mom is talking about Kelvin. She asks if Mom is “his” mom. Mom nods. Natalie gives her a deep respectful bow and introduces herself. Natalie remarks that she didn’t think she would meet Mom like this. Mom replies that it’s the only way they could've met. Wow, she knows her son, if her son had a secret girlfriend. Mom asks if her son is running away right now. She must want to get married. Mom smiles and tells Natalie to come to their house tomorrow evening. She shouldn’t worry about upsetting him; she’s the one inviting her. Aw.

Kelvin – the jerk – updates his SMS status to read, “A New Start.” He smiles. He’s at Cairo’s practice. Cairo walks by and smacks him on the back of the head with his clipboard. Yes! Deserved! Kelvin smiles and asks if Cairo feels better now. At least Kelvin knows that it's deserved. Angrily, Cairo tells Kelvin to clean up his own poop next time. Heh. Kelvin smarms an apology; he never thought she'd be so clingy. Cairo throws down the clipboard in frustration and sighs.

After a moment Cairo asks Kelvin what Natalie was to him (how he felt about her). Not looking up from his phone, Kelvin replies that she was just a girl, of course. What else would she be? She seemed different at first. But after a while, getting to know her, she was no different than any other girl. Cairo takes a breath. He doesn’t seem to really like Kelvin’s answer. Cairo replies that Natalie seemed to be sincere. Kelvin sighs and rolls his eyes. She's so sincere it's too much! Another eye roll. Cairo looks away, almost like he wishes he could find a sincere girl who wasn’t after his money. Kelvin thanks Cairo again; because of Cairo, he can have a new start. Kelvin gives him the ‘OK’ hand signal and clicks his tongue. Cairo starts to hit Kelvin again with his clipboard, but Kelvin protests for Cairo to stop.

Fabulous women enter Cairo’s practice. At least that’s what the music says. She’s wearing sunglasses inside. I guess that means she’s fabulous. Everyone turns to look at her and Kelvin’s mouth drops. Cairo glances her direction and then goes back to looking over the chart he’s carrying. Fabulous women – who the cast list says is Isla – is there for an appointment. Kelvin gawks after her, declaring that his destiny is calling. Cairo glances at Isla and asks if she's pretty. Like she just looks ordinary to him. Heh. Kelvin declares that he hates church but she makes him believe in God. That is God's masterpiece! Cairo replies that she’s *his* masterpiece. Heh.

Kelvin tells his brother to set him up with her. Cairo replies that Kelvin already knows her. Kelvin’s shocked. Does he know this goddess? Isla appears, wearing a robe. Indifferently, Cairo asks if she’s changed her clothes already. She snarks that she didn't have much on to begin with. Kelvin recognizes her now, but he can’t say anything. He just sits there pointing at her with his mouth hanging wide open. Cairo puts on his glasses and they go off for their appointment. As Cairo walks by Kelvin, he gives him another whack on the head. Watching them go, Kelvin mutters to himself, shocked that they’re still dating. So this is Cairo’s girlfriend? Or, I guess, ex-girlfriend.

Cairo dispassionately is looking at the work he’s done on Isla’s chest. She asks him if touch ups will be necessary – almost as if she’s trying to get a response out of him. He replies, all business, that they won’t be if she’s satisfied. Even though the exam is done and the nurse has been dismissed, she’s still holding her robe open. Isla remarks that she doesn’t like her chest size and asks what Cairo thinks… Cairo gets up off his stool as he says that big breasts are not trendy anymore. Her current size is proportionate to her body. So it wasn’t before? Nevermind. They move to Cairo’s desk. It’s still throwing me that they’re spelling his name in English Cairo. Cairo declares her breasts a masterpiece.

Isla tells him that his skills are good...but it’s too bad he doesn't have better equipment. She tells him to come to work at her hospital. Where they have that fancy equipment. Not even looking up from her paperwork, he asks why she just didn’t get her job done at her state-of-the-art hospital, then. She replies that she couldn't perform surgery on herself and he's the second best surgeon she knows. Next to her, of course. Not buttering him up at all. She doesn’t want to get back together, either. No, not at all. Cairo replies that he’s sure there's a long line of applicants at her hospital. She replies that he told her to get a better guy than him... 3 years ago. Cairo doesn’t remember saying that. She replies that maybe it was some other guy. She leaves to go change. But given his current state of mind, he’s a little bothered that he said that to her.

Natalie is out at a bar, calling Kelvin again. Oh, no, she’s drunk dialing! She asks him if he’s really going to be like this. If he keeps this up... she could get back at him…with his mom. She slaps her phone shut and takes another swig of her drink.

Flashback on their relationship. Kelvin stops her from drinking, telling her that she’ll get drunk. She replies that that's what liquor is for. She starts to go to the bathroom, but falls off her stool. Kelvin catches her. They look at each other. He tells her that he’s trying to control himself but she’s not helping him. He leans and they kiss. It’s a nice, sweet moment.

Switch to… Natalie stuffing her mouth full of lettuce. Kelvin coos over her eating. Smiling very cutesy-like, Kelvin declares that he hates girls who eat like birds. He loves the way she eats… his piglet! Natalie smiles and declares that she eats to get full! Kelvin makes her another wrap to eat. They’re totally cutesy as she eats, with him making cute noises.

Natalie's feet are killing her from the high heels that she has to wear for work. Kelvin appears and gives her some comfortable shoes. They might even be his. They are his. She asks him what he’s going to wear. He declares that he’ll wear her shoes and starts dancing around wearing them. Fade to now, her sitting in the same place, alone. She starts to cry again as she tells herself that he still cared about her.

Zoe arrives and tells Natalie that she needs to figure things out with Kelvin’s mom. Even though we know it’s actually Cairo’s Mom. Natalie doesn’t want to. Zoe argues that if she wants to get married, the parents will become more important. If the parents make the decision, he'll have to obey them. Natalie responds that she doesn’t want that kind of marriage. Zoe asks if Natalie has any regrets. Natalie declares she doesn’t. She doesn’t need a jerk like him.

Natalie nicely dressed, carrying a cake in a box, walking up to Kelvin’s house. For that dinner that Cairo’s Mom invited her to. Except she thinks it was Kelvin’s mom. Once she’s there, she argues with herself about whether or not she should be there. Anyway his mom invited her. No, it's over. It's useless. But his mom invited her. But this is pathetic. No! Kelvin’s mother arrives. She asks who Natalie is and why she’s lurking around her house? Natalie says that she was invited. K.MOM wants to know by whom. Natalie replies that it was Kelvin's mom and K.MOM is surprised. She never invited Natalie. Natalie doesn’t get it, that she’s made a mistake.

Natalie smiles, chuckles, and waves to K.MOM, saying that it wasn’t her who gave the invitation, but Kelvin's mom. Cairo drives up to the house. K.MOM treats Natalie like she’s stupid as K.MOM declares that she's Kelvin's mom. Cairo wonders what’s going on. He mutters to himself about how stubborn she is. K.MOM gets out of the car and asks if Natalie’s her… the girl that Kelvin politely tried to break up with and she keeps clinging to him. She’s the one that's been tormenting Kelvin, isn’t she? Polite breaking up? Of course he would tell his mother that. He’s been anything but polite. Natalie starts to reply when K.MOM declares that Natalie’s been stalking Kelvin.

Natalie says that she was invited. She starts to say something about her relationship with Kelvin when K.MOM cuts her off and says that Natalie got drunk and tried to get Kelvin into bed. Natalie can’t believe that that’s what Kelvin said. I can't either. He's even more of a puts than I thought he was. Cairo, who’s heard the whole exchange, sighs. Because his friend is being a jerk to this girl who is actually a nice person. K.MOM goes on to tell Natalie that she heard Natalie’s really greedy, including how she eats. K.MOM’s face is full of scorn, hurting Natalie more. K.MOM continues how she heard about the big party Natalie threw with the hotel room and a cake. Does Natalie know how surprised K.MOM’s poor boy was?!

Natalie is Dandled, embarrassed. She asked if the jerk really said that?! K.MOM takes offence at how Natalie called her son a jerk. K.MOM grabs the cake box and hurls it to the ground. The cake splatters on the road. K.MOM scornfully tells Natalie that Kelvin tried to be considerate of Natalie so that she would save face, but it’s time Natalie gave up. How dare Natalie come to her house? How impolite. Natalie repeats that: she’s impolite? What about the jerk who just avoids someone he dated for a whole year? He's hiding behind his friend and mom. Is that being polite?!

K.MOM’s about to get physical again. Cairo decides to get out of his car. Natalie declares that she understands now what that jerk is up to. She just wants to hear from the jerk himself. K.MOM should tell him to say goodbye himself and tell him to act civilly, at least on their last day. K.MOM sputters and Natalie walks away. She happens to walk in Cairo’s direction, so she stops when she sees him. They look at each other. Cairo’s face says that he feels bad for her. They don’t say anything to each other. K.MOM sees Cairo and is so happy to see him! K.MOM asks why Cairo’s there, sugary sweet to him. Cairo says that he came to apologize about the blind date. Natalie begins walking again, with Cairo looking behind him as she goes. He sighs.

At Cairo’s family's house, Mom is sitting with Dad, Aunt, and Grandma, with dinner on the table. They are waiting for Cairo and Natalie to arrive. Aunt wants Grandma to give her the green light to eat, but Grandma tells her to wait. Aunt asks Mom if she can call Cairo. Mom says not to. Dad sighs and says that he’s going to his office to read some papers. Grandma mutters at him how it looks like he won’t be home tonight, either. Dad apologizes and says they don’t need to see him out. Mom goes after him anyway. Grandma mutters that Cairo hasn't come home for 3 years. Why would his girlfriend come there? Aunt replies that Mom’s mind is set. The girl will come. Grandma mutters that she’s starving and eats one of the shrimp.

Outside, Mom walks Dad out, giving him his briefcase. He smiles, takes it, gets in his car and waves as he drives away. Mom pulls out her phone and asks if she’s reached the real estate agency. All does not feel right in this relationship.

Fried Chicken Stand. I'm going to call it the Chicken Shack. Natalie’s parents don’t speak to one another. Dad writes on a board his questions and Mom texts him back. Dad wants to know where Natalie is. Mom doesn’t know. When is she coming? Don’t know. Ask her. Mom tells him he should. But Natalie arrives. She asks them if they have to act like this. Mom pulls Natalie aside and asks when she’s going to bring Kelvin by. Natalie said she'd get married. Is it because his family doesn't like that their family sells liquor? Natalie protests that that’s not it. Mom declares that she wouldn't want a beer-selling daughter-in-law either. She should tell her Dad to close this dang place. Dad replies, to Natalie, of course, that business is business. Natalie needs to tell her mom not to beg for a restaurant. They snipe back and forth at each other some more.

Finally Natalie can’t take it anymore. She yells at them to stop and to face each other when they fight! They should throw the TV and break flowerpots like before! At least they were like a real couple then. Natalie gets a text message. She reads it, slaps her phone shut, grabs a beer from the fridge and chugs it down. Her parents yell at her but she ignores them. When the beer is done, she leaves the restaurant without a word. Her parents start to ask each other what’s going on, but then remember that they’re not talking to each other.

[ How to Break up in a Civil Way : Text Messaging ]

Natalie saw: a text from Kelvin that says:

Thanks.

Sorry.

Be happy.

Kelvin looks at the text and sighs. He is really making me struggle. What a chicken! Cairo arrives at his restaurant. It looks like Isla is waiting to have dinner with him, because he notices her when she waves and tells her to hold on a second. He gets Kelvin’s attention and tells Kelvin that they need to talk. Kelvin thinks it’s about the scene at his house; he tells Cairo that he heard all about what happened from K.MOM. Cairo tells him that he needs to meet with Natalie. He should say goodbye to her directly. Because Isla’s at the next table, she can’t help but overhear.

Kelvin asks Cairo why he looks so serious? He shouldn’t worry. Natalie won't bother him anymore. And she’s not going to ever show up again. Kelvin says that he ended it for good this time. There’s a crash. It’s a drunk Natalie stumbling through the door. She sees Kelvin and looks at him with crazy eyes. I'm not kidding. Crazy eyes. Kelvin sees her and is horrified. He’s actually going to have to face her and feel her wrath instead of running and hiding! Cairo sees and his face says that he knows something bad’s coming.

Rocco approaches Natalie and asks if she came to see him this time, eh? She couldn't have come for Kelvin again. Aw, he’s being nice. She grabs the beer he has on his tray and chugs the whole thing. Cairo sighs because it’s about to get messy. Kelvin tries to look like he’s happy to see Natalie and gives her a smile and a tiny wave. She stumbles and walks toward Kelvin, pointing the bottle in his direction. Kelvin backs away, telling her to hold on and not come any closer. Rocco remarks to himself that things are getting interesting. Kelvin keeps backing away with Natalie stumbling after him, asking where he’s going.

Natalie slurs that she finally gets to see Kelvin. She asks why he didn’t call her. Kelvin asks if she didn’t see his text? She starts laughing and clapping her hands at the idea that he sent her a text. She pulls out her phone and reads the pathetic blow-off text out loud. Cairo sighs because Kelvin is lame. He can’t do anything but watch. Natalie slurs at Kelvin his text: that he’s grateful for the past. He’s sorry for being a jerk... but they should end it. And lastly… he doesn’t want her to come back a loser. Kelvin can only smile uncomfortably.

Natalie declares that she might be slow but she knows this much. Kelvin smiles and starts snapping in Cairo’s direction, telling Cairo to get over there and help him! Cairo does nothing. She pokes his chest with the bottle and tells him that Kelvin made a fool of her with that text. He thinks she doesn't know? He tells her to put down the weapon. She starts to scream at him. The past where she loved him! The present where she’s so hurt and the future she dreamt of with him! How can he throw it all in the trash with a single text? She gets so angry, she goes to hit him, with the hand holding the bottle which she forgot she was holding. Kelvin ducks, but Cairo steps up and stops her hand.

Kelvin’s cowering on the floor, screaming. No one else says anything. When Kelvin realises that Cairo has stepped in, he scrambles downstairs where he calls the police and tells them that he’s being threatened by a stalker. They need to save him. He’ll die! And I now want to hit him with a beer bottle. This is beyond shady.

Natalie looks at the person holding her wrist. Him again? Cairo declares that he’s helping her. She should be grateful. She shouts in his face, asking what? Is he afraid that she’ll be super pathetic? He sneers at that one. Because right now she's being totally pathetic. She declares that she knows how pitiful she is right now. But what else can she do? She can't do breakups in a cool, civil way like him and Kelvin! She needs to face Kelvin even if it's pathetic! She just needs to see that bastard right now! She’s shrieking and sobbing by the end of it. Rocco and Isla feel bad for her. Because now everyone in the restaurant is watching. So does Cairo. He lets go of her wrist and tells her to go ahead. She walks after where Kelvin went. Cairo decides to go after her.

Kelvin sees her coming and goes and hides in the bathroom. Natalie starts pounding on the door with the bottle, telling him to come out. She shrieks at him that if he wants to end it with her, he needs to look her in the eyes and tell her to go away with his own mouth. Then she'll go away, adding that he’s a bastard! Kelvin cowers behind the door. Cairo tries to tell her to wait and not do this now. He grabs her wrist. She wrenches it free, accidentally hitting him in the face with the bottle. He staggers backward, holding his face. Isla and Rocco have come downstairs and rush to see if he’s okay. Cairo looks at his hand and his nose is bleeding.

Natalie is clueless that she hit Cairo with the bottle. She’s still pounding on the door, screaming at Kelvin. Is it so hard to say goodbye to her face? Kelvin’s still cowering in the bathroom. Natalie says that she thinks she could understand if she saw his face, why and how it's become like this. She says she could understand, if she saw his eyes. She whimpered now. They were both in love. How can he want to break up like this?

Kelvin calls the police back and tells them to hurry. He’s scared to death. Because he is a Weasley coward. She’s able to get the door open. Kelvin stumbles backward and cowers on the floor. Seeing his face, Natalie gets it. Who he is. She drops the bottle. Emotionally drained, she says that now she understands since she sees his face. The tears start falling as she says that she sees now: she was the only one in love. All by herself. Kelvin actually looks like he finally gets what he’s been doing. Rocco and Cairo feel badly for her. More tears fall as she stands there.

Police station. Cairo sits, with tissue stuffed up both his nostrils from the nose bleed. Heh. Natalie sits next to him, falling asleep after the booze and a hard evening. The cop slaps the desk to get her attention and asks why she did what she did. She replies that she just missed him! Cairo looks like he feels bad for her. Natalie declares that she loved Kelvin. She wanted to see him! Is it a sin to go and see someone because you miss them? She puts both her hands around her eyes and holds her eyes open really wide. She wanted to touch him! Grabbing motions from her hands. She declares that that's being together! Real love!

Cairo’s about to say something, but there’s a drunk guy behind them who chimes in that she’s exactly right! Drunk guy declares that people are depressed because they lack human touch! Policeman says that Kelvin said no. If Natalie keeps at it, it's a crime. Natalie moans that she didn't know that he didn't want her. Cairo swallows, because he knows this is true. His friend is a scumbag when it comes to women! Natalie moans that she thought she could change him. She tried to change him. Another uncomfortable look from Cairo. Natalie moans that later, she wanted to end it nicely. She almost starts to cry again when the drunk guy chimes in again.

Policemen yell at Drunk Guy to be quiet. Natalie asks what drunk guy is there for. Cop replies that a drunk guy molested a colleague at a company dinner after trying to get her drunk. She kept saying no but he wouldn’t listen. Drunk guy protests that he loves his coworkers! He looks at the cute ones! Was it wrong to give her a pat on the butt? Cairo snorts – through the tissue – at that one. Drunk guy tells Natalie not to be so upset. They call it an assault and stalking, when it's all innocent. They're all like that! Cairo winces, because this guy really is a stalker.

But a drunk Natalie starts to cry. She declares that she stalked him. She was a stalker! She starts weeping loudly! Then she remembers. She asks if the policeman can find a missing person for her? This woman invited her to her house, when she wasn't Kelvin’s mom. The woman said she was, but it turned out she wasn't. Then who was that woman who invited her? Why did that kind looking lady do that? Policeman asks Cairo if Cairo knows what she’s talking about. He has no idea. Because he hasn’t figured it out yet. Natalie slurs that it’s so weird. Who was that woman? Natalie declares that she needs to see that woman. Cairo laughs at how weird a drunk Natalie is.

Later, he’s relaxing in his fancy bathtub with his glass of wine. He thinks about Natalie, her heart-broken face, her tears. He sighs and calls her a fool. He kept telling her. He asks why go there (thinking about Natalie) and takes a sip of wine. He thinks back to the police station. Natalie is basically asleep sitting up. He asks the policeman what’s going to happen to Natalie, since it's her first offence. Policeman declares that Natalie’s going to have to go to court. Cairo asks if they couldn’t just settle it with a fine and avoid court. Cop asks him why he cares. Didn't she assault him, too? Cairo realizes how bad it looks and quickly pulls the tissue out of his nose. Heh. He says that it’s nothing and he did it himself. Cop smiles. Cop goes back to his paperwork and says that Kelvin’s mother wants there to be severe punishment. So no settling. K.MOM is a witch.

Back in the bath, Cairo splashes some water on his face and wonders if the court date was today. The doorbell rings. Cairo makes a face, wondering who is disturbing his bath. More urgent doorbell ringing. Cairo turns up his music and then some more, because the bell keeps ringing. Cairo tries to just relax, but then he hears the keypad as someone comes into his house.

Cairo quickly gets out of the tub, puts on a robe, and heads downstairs, demanding to know what these people are doing there. It’s a realtor with two obnoxiously loud women. Realtor apologizes for not knowing Cairo was there; he just came to show the place. Show the place? Cairo tells the Realtor that he’s mistaken. Realtor says that the owner said they needed a new tenant ASAP. They said he could come anytime, since it was urgent, and even gave Realtor the passcode. Realtor tells the women to go ahead and look around. Cairo groans, frustrated, and declares that the landlord is giving him trouble now too. The women love his place. Cairo declares that he remodeled the place himself. There must've been a misunderstanding. He’s not listing this place. When he asks them to leave, Realtor declares that they’ll make it really quick. Cairo screams in frustration, asking them to get out of his house!

Cairo’s meeting with Mom at his office. She’s the landlord. That’s what that call to the realtor was. Cairo says that he’s taking over the lease of the place. Mom replies that Cairo wants to solve everything with money. Cairo retorts that Mom’s the one who tried to solve things with real estate. Completely calm, Mom replies that she didn't know it'd be so effective. He even asked to see her. It's been years since she could sit and drink tea with him like this. She takes a sip of tea and declares that it's nice. Cairo rolls his eyes.

Mom tells Cairo that they should drink tea together every day once he moves back home. The implication being that he’s losing his apartment. Cairo declares that he will never give away that place. Mom tells him that he wants the place in her name but doesn’t want to live with her. He’s shameless. Cairo protests that this is why he said he’ll sign the contract and give her the deposit. Or is she wanting to sell it? Mom puts down her tea cup and remarks that she doesn’t know why he likes that house so much. There aren't many good memories there.

Mom tells Cairo that living alone will seem pitiful to others. Cairo shoots back that she’s the one who lives worrying about what other people think. Intense looks at each other. Mom declares that Cairo needs to bring the girl she invited over to the house. Cairo asks who she’s talking about, but then realizes that Mom is the woman Natalie was talking about. He asks Mom if *she’s* the one who invited Natalie?! Mom replies that they'll sign the rent contract at 10 AM tomorrow. He either brings the girl by then or moves home. Mom leaves his office.

Which brings us back to the beginning of the episode, with Cairo running for the courthouse. The judge asks Natalie if she acknowledges the charges of stalking. Natalie laughs. Cairo tries to get through security. Natalie declares that she’s the crazy bitch. She must've been insane! And the crazy eyes are going. Cairo begs to be let through because he has to testify in court. The guard asks his relation to the defendant. Natalie declares that this is what she said to the jerk… Cairo tells the guard that it's his fiancée… Natalie says she said, “Let's get married.” Cairo stumbles into the courtroom. Everyone sees him, including Natalie, who can’t believe that jerk has shown up again!

Cairo walks forward and asks if he can please testify. Natalie declares that she objects! Judge asks Cairo who he is. Cairo answers that he’s friends with the defendant and knows the whole story. Natalie protests that Cairo’s in it with the dude. Cairo declares that the victim should clearly reject the defendant for it to be a crime of stalking but Kelvin never once said no. He just avoided her. Natalie can’t believe what Cairo’s saying. Especially since she expected him not to be on her side.

Cairo declares that Natalie was dating Kelvin and he just disappeared. Isn't it natural that she kept looking for him? Kelvin kept hiding and then sent a single text to end it. A vague one, at that. Cairo tells Natalie to show the judge the evidence… Submit the text to His Honor. She starts to get out her phone but Judge says that he understands the situation. He accepts that the victim didn't say no clearly, but Natalie did drunkenly cause a commotion at his place of business, so he’s going to fine her 50 won.

Natalie glares over at Cairo. He sighs with relief and winks in her direction. She looks at the 50 won note and thinks that the price she needs to pay for her love is higher than jaywalking but lower than soliciting. Heh. She pays her fine.

Walking home from the courthouse, she thinks that her love ended, like urinating on the street. Love that image! Will she be able to love again? She looks up and there's Cairo. He smiles slightly to say hello. Natalie grimaces and tries to walk by Cairo. He steps in her path. She asks him what his problem is. He proposes that they go to his house, to meet with Mom. She's waiting for Natalie. Natalie can’t believe him and asks why she should. He replies that the mom who invited her is actually his mom. She’s shocked as he smiles at her.

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