Maurice gives Jaylin a pep talk.
The episode begins with Martell at his uncle’s suit shop. While at the shop, Uncle Dexter talks to Martell about Martell’s impending divorce. He warns Martell to be careful as this divorce can get bad for the kids. During the conversation, Martell calls Melody sneaky. Martell also brings up how his business partner doesn’t want him openly involved in “Holt Manor,” which could end up costing him $250,000.
Later that night, Jaylin is at Maurice’s office and Maurice is ready to give him a pep talk. Jaylin hears from Maurice that he needs to take initiative regarding his entrepreneurial career. But Jaylin is only working a 9 to 5 job.
Melody and Martell clash over finances.
The next day, Martell is gearing up for another meeting with Melody. When Melody shows up, Martell asks that they both keep things above board and positive. During their talk, he lets her know about the land deal that’s souring. Things get tense when they bring up M’Brace beauty. Martell feels he deserves the 15 percent ownership he was promised.
Martell gets really emotional yet Melody remains calm. When Martell then says he wants 50 percent of MBrace, Melody says she’s dissolving it. Of course, Martell brings up Melody’s alleged cheating. In her interview, Melody reveals she was talking to men when she left home herself two times prior. However, Melody claims she never slept with anyone while they were married.
At this point, Melody gets up to leave and Martell walks out wanting to talk about money Melody took out of their joint account.
Destiny and LaTisha become friendly.
Meanwhile, Destiny’s at her shop with her baby when LaTisha stops by to shop. Destiny helps her shop and they are seemingly getting along. They talk about how the pandemic is affecting them and their family and business. LaTisha invites Destiny to be a guest on her podcast. LaTisha tells Destiny Kimmi will be on the episode and Destiny asks about Kimmi. This leads to Destiny saying how she and Kimmi got off on the wrong foot.
Destiny then asks if LaTisha talked to Melody and LaTisha says no. Destiny believes all four of them need to have a sit-down and LaTisha agrees.
Later on, LaTisha and Marsau are with their uncle Michael who is designing their home. All of a sudden, Martell’s friend and business partner Chris stops by. Chris asks Marsau if he’s interested in bidding on a project that’s supposed to be built on the 47 acres Martell and Melody own. Marsau is willing to take Chris up on the offer if everything seems legit. When Chris leaves, LaTisha says she isn’t interested in working with the Holts. But when Marsau reveals Martell and Melody are selling the land, LaTisha changes her tune. Uncle Michael also suggests they find out who the new investors are.
Wanda crashes Kimmi’s celebration for Jaylin.
Eventually, it’s time for Kimmi and Maurice’s celebration for Jaylin. They are hoping for the best because Martell and Melody will be at the event. They want to keep it drama free. Melody shows up and LaTisha, Marsau, and Destiny are already there. LaTisha brings up her podcast and Destiny and Kimmi are happy to do it. Destiny suggests Melody joins. Of course, Melody has no desire to join the podcast.
Wada shows up later and Melody suddenly gets the urge to leave. However, Kimmi gets Melody to stay a little while longer. Kimmi and Maurice give a speech to celebrate Jaylin and they present a watch to him. Kimmi then surprises Jaylin and Maurice with a cap and gown for the impromptu grad ceremony and photos.
As pictures are taken, Martell walks over and Melody is really uncomfortable. In fact, the two of them don’t even acknowledge one another. Melody’s getting ready to go and Wanda insists on talking to Melody. As they’re walking out to the car, Wanda tells Melody there’s someone better for her.
Wanda is confronted by Martell.
Martell sees them talking and he makes a beeline for them both. He then accuses Wanda of talking about his daughters on her live. Meanwhile, LaTisha and Kimmi have a discussion about Wanda even coming in the first place. LaTisha feels Kimmi was rude to feel some type of way about Wanda showing up even though she wasn’t invited. Wanda and Martell go back and forth with Martell standing firm on his accusations. Wanda is adamant, however, that she was not talking about his children. But she proudly claims she was talking about Martell himself and how Melody could do much better than him.
In the parking lot, Martell and Wanda are arguing as Melody is walking away.
LaTisha and Marsau hear what’s going on and they go to see what happened. Back at the party, Kimmi jokes to Maurice and Jaylin that they could’ve just eaten at home.
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