>> If that corner stays, we lose the entrance plaza and two floors of parking. The numbers don’t work, Julian. >> Then run them again. >> I’ve run them three times this week. What is so special about that one corner building? >> Run them again. >> You asked what this store really is. This book is 30 years of tabs I never collected.
Nurses who lived upstairs between paychecks. Men from the plant after the layoffs. And Earl, after his shop flooded, a whole year of groceries. >> You never asked any of them to pay? >> This block is my family. You don’t send your family a bill. >> Loretta, I’ll make this quick. My buyer is ready to close early, and I’m not turning down early money.
I’m moving your deadline up 3 weeks. This coming Monday. >> Monday? You promised me the end of next month. We’re still $11,000 short. >> I’m sorry. Monday is Monday. Bring me the 40,000 by then, or this building goes with the rest of the block. >> Then we raise it. A cookout Saturday at Little Pine Park. We sell plates, Earl does haircuts, and the whole block comes out.
>> The landlord just moved this block’s deadline up 3 weeks. He says his buyer wants to close early. Is that us? Nothing moves before the vote, Julian. You asked for 6 weeks, and you have them. >> Then call that landlord today and tell him Riverline is in no hurry. I mean today. >> Consider it handled. Go enjoy your corner store.
>> That burger is on fire. Give me that spatula before you burn down the only park we’ve got. >> Mhm. >> It isn’t on fire. >> Mhm. >> It’s well done. >> Mhm. >> Very, very well done. >> You build 40-story towers, and you can’t cook a hamburger. I’m putting that on a sign. Stop arguing over there.
Earl did 22 haircuts under that tree, and I just finished counting. How much, Mama? Tell me it’s good. $4,000. >> Yeah. >> $4,000 in 1 Saturday. It’s the most this block has ever raised for anything. >> Yeah. >> That still leaves us 7,000 short. And Monday is 2 days away. >> Then on Monday I go see that landlord and ask for more time. >> Mhm.
>> I’ve known that man 20 years. >> Mhm. >> He can look me in the eye and tell me no. >> Mrs. Bridges, today was something. >> Mhm. >> I’ve been to fundraisers with chandeliers that didn’t feel half this good. >> Mhm. >> That’s because nobody at those parties needed it. >> Mhm. >> Everybody here needed it. >> [music] >> How many sunflowers do you have left? >> Most of the bucket, baby.
Slow day. Everybody spent their money on plates. >> Then I’ll take every last one. So you can go home early and rest your feet. >> Well, bless you. I haven’t sold out on a Saturday since spring. >> Thank you, Mr. Holloway. Nobody has given me flowers in a very long time. I should go help my mother with the tables before she lifts them herself.
>> You look at that girl like she hung the sun in the sky. >> Is it that obvious? I’ve known her a year and only really talked to her for a few weeks. >> Sometimes a few weeks is all it takes. I knew my husband for 4 days before I told my sister I’d marry him. >> Did you? >> 41 years. >> Mhm. >> And I’ll tell you what he told me.
Whatever you need to say to that girl, say it plain and don’t wait too long. >> Plain and soon. I’ll remember that. >> Look at all these people who came out for us today. It’s going to be all right, Imani. I can feel it. >> When I finish these, I need to sit down with both of you. There’s something I should have said a long time ago.
>> That sounds serious. Did you finally learn how to cook? >> Mama went to the landlord earlier. He wouldn’t give us one more day. Whatever you have to say, I hope it’s good news. >> Boss. Didn’t know you’d be here for this. The board closed with the landlord first thing this morning, so the block belongs to Riverline now.
We’re posting demolition signs on every building. >> The board closed? This morning? Who signed it? >> The board did, sir. I figured you knew. It’s your company. >> His company? >> Mhm. >> Whose company do you work for? >> Riverline Partners, ma’am. >> Ma’am? [music] >> Mr. Holloway owns it. >> Is that true? Riverline is yours? >> Yes.
It’s mine. I didn’t know they’d closed, but it’s mine. >> How long have you known this was my block? >> Since the first day. I followed Imani here from the road. I heard you two talking about the landlord, and I knew. >> Since the first day? Every ride, every lunch, you knew the whole time. >> Imani, I was going to tell you today.
That’s what I was about to say. Let me explain everything. >> Please go. >> Just give me 5 minutes with both of you. >> Look at my mother’s face, [clears throat] please. Just go. >> [music] [music] >> This chart doesn’t mean anything anymore. The building belongs to River Line now. It belongs to him. What do we do with the money in the can, Mama? $27,000 and nowhere to put it.
>> We keep it. If they put us out of here, we’re going to need every penny of it to start over somewhere. >> I have to go back to work tomorrow. We still need the money, whatever happens to this building. How are you going to walk into that man’s house and clean it after this? I’ll call the agency tonight. I’ll ask them to schedule me only on days he’s at the office.
I’ll never have to see him. >> I don’t blame you one bit. I don’t know if I could stand in a room with him, either. >> [music] [music] [music] [music]
>> The agency kept its word. He was at the office all day. Mama, I’ve never heard that house so quiet. Quiet is what you asked for. >> Mhm. >> It’s been quiet here, too. I’ve been packing the back room all afternoon. I found something on his desk. Drawings, stacks of them. Our store is drawn into every one, Mama.
Over and over, like he couldn’t stop trying. Trying to do what? Fit us in the corner of his tower like a souvenir? I don’t know what it means anymore. I don’t know what any of it meant. I still carry this. Every day. I don’t know why I can’t throw it away. >> Because you’re my daughter. And you don’t throw away things that matter just because they hurt.
>> I walked that road again today, Mama. >> [music] >> 10 miles there and 10 miles back. My feet remembered every step of [music] it. >> You don’t have to walk for this building anymore. There’s no building left to walk for. >> 14 months I walked that road. Every single day. >> [snorts] >> And I still lost the thing I was walking for.
I don’t know how to start over somewhere else. I [snorts] don’t know how to fix any of this. >> Can I tell you something? I love that man like family. I fed him at my counter. I let him count change in my store. I trusted him with my daughter. That hurts me, too, Imani. You’re not the only one carrying it. Should we talk to him? Should we at least let him say what he was going to say on Monday? The letter from Riverline came this morning.
We have until the end of the month to get out. 30 years in this building and I have 3 weeks to put it in boxes. >> [snorts] >> You called me out here to tell me something in person. The vote is in 3 days. Please tell me you’re ready. You told me nothing moves before the vote. Then you closed on that block behind my back.
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