Speaker 1: Go home.
Speaker 2: You know you're done here.
Speaker 3: No one bought that I was attacking you. You're desperate.
It's a bad look.
Speaker 4: Frankly, get the hell out of my way.
Speaker 1: I want you out.
Speaker 3: I saw what you did. You could have killed someone
pulling that fire alarm.
Speaker 4: Do you privilege boomers ever? Get tired of being so sanctimonious.
I need to find Deacon move.
Speaker 3: You won't be seeing him or Geo tonight.
Speaker 1: Someone get me Deacon now, Luah.
Speaker 3: Your voice, they don't work for you. Just turn around
and leave.
Speaker 4: I'm not competing for Deacon's attention, not from his little
twink college sweetheart, and certainly not from his rapidly aging mother.
Speaker 1: Out of my way.
Speaker 3: Let's not pretend that you didn't ruin their relationship and
Deacon's life.
Speaker 4: I'll be sure to tell your grantson how you feel
about his existence. I noticed your hubby Bradley was a
no show. I'm curious. Did he not want to supp
or Deacon or did he just not want to be
seen in public next to you? You really are pathetic, Helena.
Your son thirty eight years old, but you guard him
like an old troll under a bridge.
Speaker 3: You made a fool of yourself tonight running around here
shouting and try to keep Deacon and Geo apart.
Speaker 1: Oh are you done?
Speaker 3: It's a good thing. JJ's sister isn't here to see
what you did to her brother. Beth Andy Gina would
never approve of you. I saw him walking earlier with Geo.
He's a shell of himself.
Speaker 2: Shame on you.
Speaker 4: He's never felt more free. JJ's comfortable in his skin.
His libido is through the roof. Oh, I see what
you did there. That was a weak attempt at a pivot, Helena.
I will have words with Deacon now.
Speaker 3: Confidence is silent and security is allowed. Geo's presence seems
to have struck a blaring chord with you.
Speaker 1: Oh Jesus, lady, what do I have to do to
get you to back off? Huh? Do I physically have
to stop you?
Speaker 5: Do?
Speaker 3: Ida's Can you escort this her off the property?
Speaker 1: Please? Thank you? Oh, don't you touch me. This is
my hotel.
Speaker 3: You have my permission to throw her out in the street.
Speaker 1: She just threatened me back off. I was leaving anyway night.
Speaker 6: Oh bitch, this is mother sitar.
Speaker 7: Dickon is someone yelling?
Speaker 2: I'm not worried about it. Gee, do you want to blanket?
It's getting chilly out here.
Speaker 7: No, No, I'm good. Thanks. You must have a million
things to do. Don't let me stop.
Speaker 2: Oh no, No, they've got it handled. It's a false alarm.
Everyone's leaving.
Speaker 7: Come sit. You must be exhausted and.
Speaker 2: Certainly coming down from an adrenaline rush. Felt better once
the fire department told me someone pulled the alarm and
no one got hurt. Wow, it's uh, it's really you.
I can't believe you're here.
Speaker 7: I'm having one of those hot today, cant hear moments myself.
I came up to Monticito for a prospective architecture job.
I never expected to be sitting next to you tonight, and.
Speaker 2: Yet here we are. Has it been a decade longer?
Thirteen years? Make sure you don't want to blanket.
Speaker 7: I'm just comfortable, I promise, Okay, thirteen years.
Speaker 2: It's still hard for me to believe. I've played that
night out of my head a million different ways.
Speaker 7: It wasn't easy. I just hope you're not still beating
yourself up over it.
Speaker 2: You you were incredibly selfless that night.
Speaker 7: And you you were brave, having your son brought into
the world under those conditions.
Speaker 2: Ah, well, I was a surprise to me. I never
intended to put you in that position. I was worried
that if I followed my heart with you, I'd have
to keep up a relationship with my son and therefore
repeat the sins of the father all over again.
Speaker 7: I knew how important it was that you were there
for him the way your father wasn't there for you. Well,
you left to give me a life with my son.
But the truth is that, well when you walked away,
so did everything else. It's not easy to admit that
after all this time, if we're being honest, I never
got over it myself. My life hasn't been the same.
I like to think we did the right thing. Jeer,
you did nothing wrong. Come here, I'll come closer if
you want speaking. There are people around, they might see us.
Speaker 2: I'm gonna give myself permission to be myself for two minutes.
Just I'm glad you're here. That's really close and loud.
That's good in my bumble. That is, unless you're uncomfortable
with that. We don't have to we did. Just say
good night here or.
Speaker 7: Yes, dig in. I'm totally comfortable with that. I'd be
happy to.
Speaker 5: Helena. I was surprised to hear you ring the gate.
Is everything all right?
Speaker 1: Yes?
Speaker 3: Yes, I was driving home on Cad Show and decided
to pull over and see if you were still up.
Speaker 2: I want to talk now.
Speaker 5: It's pretty late, I mean, can't it?
Speaker 6: Wait?
Speaker 1: Oh, I'll only be a minute.
Speaker 3: Is Mina here?
Speaker 1: No good?
Speaker 3: I'm frankly appalled that you and Mina were so public
tonight at Deacon's gala. It's disrespectful to him, and you
weren't invited.
Speaker 5: You drove up here to fight your son's battles. That's
what this is about.
Speaker 3: No, No, I'm here to remind you that our families
have known each other for a very long time. My husband,
Bradley and I considered your father a great friend. We
should remain amicable.
Speaker 5: No games, Well, you really shouldn't be telling me how
to behave well.
Speaker 7: Someone will do.
Speaker 3: Where is your sister these days?
Speaker 5: Am I a somewhere in New York? I haven't heard
from beth Andy Gina in months?
Speaker 3: Why she only knew how reckless you've been. I would
imagine that she would not be happy. Why did you
spring Geo on the party and trick him into coming?
Speaker 5: Will I ever hear the end of that.
Speaker 3: I'm only asking you to stop messing with Deacon. I'm
not here to fight. Your father would appreciate the tough
love i'm giving you. You get your act together, and
you stay away from Mina.
Speaker 5: I don't require any parenting, not from you, not from
dead dad. I certainly don't need my big sister to
keep me in line. I don't need any late night
unsolicited advice either. Good night, Helena.
Speaker 7: Wow, Deacon, this space is fantastic.
Speaker 2: The idea was to modernize the classic beach bungalow.
Speaker 7: Well, you definitely did that. I love the exposed collar ties. Elmwood.
Speaker 2: Yes, yeah, all the beams are reclaimed Elmwood. Good eye.
I forgot that you're an architecture major.
Speaker 5: Yeah.
Speaker 7: I still carry some useless knowledge with me from those days,
enough to recognize how impressive this place is.
Speaker 2: I'm glad you like it. You're welcome to spend the night.
I can move to another room. It's late, you know,
but no pressure, as.
Speaker 7: Long as you're okay with it.
Speaker 2: Is it odd being back at Manciito after all this time.
Speaker 7: I'm a stranger in my hometown. How I remember it?
But is different?
Speaker 6: Yeah?
Speaker 2: I can understand that. You know, I haven't used this
fireplace yet. I'm going to start it up.
Speaker 7: No, that'll be nice, but don't do it just for me,
though I feel bad your party was ruined.
Speaker 2: Oh, I didn't have very high hopes for it. Honestly,
I've been putting off the grand opening. I was dreading it.
It means I can't hide bind it anymore. I had
to get back to reality.
Speaker 7: Whenever that is.
Speaker 2: There another minute or two and we will have a
proper roaring fire.
Speaker 7: I have things improved at all with Mina Mina.
Speaker 2: Mina Meina Mina is the same. My relationship is basically nothing.
Sometimes I get in my car and I just want
to drive, drive out of Montecito. I have California. Yeah,
I got in this habit of always keeping my keys
on me just to remind myself that I can escape.
Speaker 7: But I'm sure that being a father to Diego grounds
you right. It must be gratifying in the beginning.
Speaker 2: Yes, I did have a moment of weakness early on
that I'm not proud of. I ran a rapid DNA
test on Diego. It came back a match I relived
that night when I blacked out, so many times and
eventually came to a place of acceptance. From that moment,
Don I remembered my commitment to him as a father
and would never want to put him through family court.
That's why I'm still married to me Now. I know
what it's like to come from a repeatedly broken home.
I don't want Diego to have a childhood like mine.
Speaker 7: I'm sure it was worth it in that respect.
Speaker 2: I wish it was. I wish that Diego and I
were closer, and that all mean I did was trapping
with a baby. But she has a way of spinning
a whamb you can't get out of.
Speaker 7: And how have you managed your sexuality this whole time?
I hope you didn't go back into the closet for mina.
Speaker 2: Much like everything else about me, when you loved I
kind of just faded away. I lost myself a long
time ago. I buried myself in work. I accepted, I committed.
Speaker 7: You're not resentful I was.
Speaker 2: I guess that's the lamb, but I can't think about it.
I haven't really allowed myself to go there. Rejecting my
identity in this day and age was humbling. Jill.
Speaker 7: It sounds painful.
Speaker 2: I just I just don't talk about it. I'm married
to Mina, for our family, for Diego. Any labels after
that are unnecessary.
Speaker 7: Necessary and important. You matter, Deacon. Who you are matters.
Speaker 2: I'm not resentful tonight. I am a peace because you're.
Speaker 7: Here for the first time in a long time. You too,
I forget how easy it is to talk with you.
Speaker 2: You could always get me to open up like no
one else. Now, tell me about you. Tell me about
your life.
Speaker 7: Me h, well, I mean, I've been living in San Diego,
La Joya. I've been married before, but I couldn't make
it work. I got really into yoga and meditation. I
love a sound bath. I had reset in my life
a few dozen times. Adulting is complicated. The truth is
I could never get past you. I wanted to move on,
but I never really moved on. I wanted to do
the right thing. I forgot the way that you look
at me. Oh, your eyes.
Speaker 2: Just stare into my soul.
Speaker 7: I'm so happy to be here with you, me too.
Speaker 2: Can I kiss you?
Speaker 3: Jo?
Speaker 2: I think you should stay here tonight.
Speaker 1: Get out of bed.
Speaker 5: JJ, What the hell, Mina, I'm trying to sleep.
Speaker 4: You're not going to get away with this not with me, babe.
Speaker 5: I'm stoned and half dead. I don't want to fight.
Speaker 1: What was that earlier?
Speaker 4: How dare you bring Geovanni Carreri to my husband's grand opening?
Speaker 1: That was an f you to me, wasn't it.
Speaker 5: I told you I only did that to mess with Deacon.
Calm down here, take my weep in JJ.
Speaker 1: I'm upset. Deacon is my husband.
Speaker 4: You're an idiot if you don't see how Geo's presence
is a direct threat to my life. I am missus,
Deacon Grandville, and that's not changing ever.
Speaker 5: Okay, okay, I apologize. I'm sorry again. I messed up,
But don't.
Speaker 4: I've given you the world ten times over. I'm your
right hand at Wrigalton Worldwide and you turn around and
actively disrespect me.
Speaker 1: You do this, you go out of your way to
create havoc and chaos. You've hurt me. This was malicious
and it was personal.
Speaker 5: You're right, I took it too far. But now I
think you're getting a little carried away. Just take a breath.
Let's sit down and smoke a little bit.
Speaker 1: Oh do you like to embarrass women? Set them up?
Laugh at them? Mina stop you wanted to see me
fight is that it?
Speaker 5: Please? Get out of my face.
Speaker 4: Oh like the way you paraded Geo in front of
mine earlier.
Speaker 5: Babe, you need to cool down. Let's talk about something else.
Forget Geo. How about Harry and Megan. I'm sure they
showed up for a photo, right.
Speaker 4: I'm serious. I control the narrative in this dynamic. Yet
the only one I see benefiting from this arrangement is you.
Do you have any respect for me? You put me
in the middle of your feud with Deacon, and I
will not be used.
Speaker 5: You are taking it too far. You're right, this is
between me and Deacon. That's why I didn't tell you.
I thought you'd laugh about it.
Speaker 4: You know you're lucky to have me. You've done enough
drugs for the two of us. You're a sad addict
who treats women like garbage.
Speaker 1: That's it. I don't need to hear this.
Speaker 7: Get out.
Speaker 1: Oh oh, you're throwing me out. You're out of control.
I said, get out outside?
Speaker 8: Really, jj JJ, you better let me in. You do
not get to do this to me. You will not
shut me out.
Speaker 4: Do you hear me?
Speaker 1: We are not done jj JJ opened the dark.
Speaker 9: Menah, stop it?
Speaker 2: Mean I just go home.
Speaker 5: Oh my god, Oh my god, Mina, huh, who's there?
Speaker 1: Who's there? Put the taser down?
Speaker 5: Hello?
Speaker 1: Who's there? Who did this?
Speaker 4: It's me, Jj, it's your sister, Bethany Gina.
Speaker 2: What are you doing here?
Speaker 4: You're paying hookers?
Speaker 3: Now? Who is this piece of trash?
Speaker 2: And why was she forcing her way into your room?
Speaker 5: Oh my god, she's unconscious.
Speaker 1: What did you do?
Speaker 8: I thought she was an intruder trying to break into
my house.
Speaker 1: Now what are we going to do about this mess?
Speaker 9: Next on Montecito, Bethany Gina and Mina get off on
the wrong foot.
Speaker 1: Much like me last night. You don't have a leg
to stand.
Speaker 6: On, and Mina makes it personal.
Speaker 4: You put me in this hospital, then attempt a pathetic
excuse of an apology, and then propose that I help
you puppet your brother, as if I need your.
Speaker 1: Help to do that. What's that supposed to me?
Speaker 6: Oh, Bethany Gina, if you only knew.
Speaker 9: This has been Montecito created and executive produced by Grant Rutterer.
Executive story editor is Andrew Pemberton Follower. Supervising sound editor
is Trey Boody. This episode featured performances by Crystal Chappelle
as Helena Granville Belasco, Mike Manning as JJ Roman, Peter
Porte as Deacon Grandville, Chelsea Rendon as Mina rast Granville,
em Rilan as Bethany, Gina Roman Quinn, and Marc Anthony
Samuel as Geo Carreri. This episode was written by Grant
Rutter and Andrew Pemperton Fowler. Music furnished by Epidemic Sound.
Original theme music composed by Patrick Emil, voiceover by Rick Hurst.
Production support provided by Soacast. This production is recorded under
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