Ethelrida sits on her porch late at night, overwhelmed by the uncertainty of her future and her family's mysterious visitors. Her father, Thurman, attempts to shield her from their dire financial reality with gentle reassurance and the comfort of a childhood routine.
ETHELRIDA: What’s gonna happen to me, dad? In the world.
THURMAN: Oh, hon. It’s gonna be okay. There’s a place fer all of us on this Earth. We just have to find it. Now come on in.
ETHELRIDA: Who were those guys? In the kitchen.
THURMAN: Well -- we’re just havin some money trouble right now, yer mom
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