1.7: The Lost Son
Sophia: Yeah, I could see her suggesting it with her eyes. And then she left me feeling all guilty.
Ellis: Why?
Sophia: Cause a part of me wish she was right.
Ellis: What?
Sophia: I can’t believe I’m saying this outloud, but I’m in love with her. Completely and totally in love with her.
Ellis: You love your boss? Sophia, are you sure this isn’t a bit of a rebound thing?
Sophia: No Ellis, I thought maybe… but when I kissed her I knew–
Ellis: Wait, wait, you kissed her.
Sophia: It was a mistake, at least for her it was a mistake. We pushed it to the side and moved passed it.
Ellis: Sis, you’re so screwed. You can’t just move passed this. And you can’t constantly be around someone you’re secretly in love with, someone who doesn’t return your feelings. You can’t bottle these feeling up and play the good friend. It’ll tear you up.
Sophia: It would hurt more not to be around her. I wake up looking forward to being with her and go to sleep thinking about her. I know I can never have it all with her, but isn’t close enough, good enough.
Ellis: No, didn’t you learn that with Dre?
Sophia: This isn’t like Dre. Dre and I never took the time to look beyond the surface. We were never really friends, we were just in love. This is completely different, we’re connected on some deeper level. Dre and I never had that.
Ellis: And Dre didn’t have kids. That woman has a family and this has the potential to hurt those children that you claim you care about if it goes to far. These children have a father who’s married to there mother.
(Sophia moved away from her brother. She didn’t need to hear him defend the invisible husband.)
Sophia: I know that, but he’s never around!! I am!! And when I’m with her and the kids, it feels so right. Like we’re a family. I love that feeling. And I want to be with her all the time, so I wonder how can this Francisco guy be away so much and claim to love her? And what about his kids? The babies have never even met him, he’s a stranger. I’m real to them, he’s not. And when Dawn needs something I’m there for her, because I love her. Obviously way more than her so-called husband does.
Ellis: You need to quit your job. This is way too intense.
Sophia: I’m not quitting!!! I know where the line is and I’m not going to cross it.
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