Trapped In The Closet (Chapter 27)

(album: Trapped In The Closet: Chapters 23–33 - 2012)

[R Kelly:]
Rufus begins to pray

[Rufus:]
God, if you can hear me now. Please change impossible to somehow

[Dr. William T. Perry:]
Mrs. Longs, wait!

[Cathy:]
I've waited long enough

[Perry:]
But, your husband's in there in pieces

[Cathy:]
Yeah, well I'm tired of picking him up

[Perry:]
Oh, you don't wanna be like that

[Cathy:]
Where's this damn elevator?

[Perry:]
In fact, I don't think you really mean that

[Cathy:]
Yeah, don't. And what do you know?

[Perry:]
I know you're pressing that elevator

[Cathy:]
Yeah, and?

[Perry:]
And, we on the first floor

[Cathy:]
...Well, I'll just take the stairs

[Perry:]
That'll be the basement. Cathy, wait
Now, sometimes, we all make mistakes. But, that doesn't mean you can't better. No, don't run away
Now you got a man in there, fight for y'all marriage, on his knees

[Cathy:]
Yeah, well what am I supposed to do about it, when that man hurt me so deep?

[Perry:]
Yeah, but that's why you both are here, to work it out

[Cathy:]
Yeah, but what is there to work-out when he said...

[Perry:]
Shh shh shh...

[Cathy:]
...When he said that he was still in love with that man? Whoa, whoa

[Perry:]
I know. Now listen to me. See once upon a time, I had this couple, and they both were paralyzed by their struggle
And I just couldn't get them to understand, the purpose for a woman and man, side to side, better or for worse, a marriage

[Cathy:]
Yeah, but what's that got to do with me and...

[Perry:]
Rufus?
With you and Rufus. Everything, Cathy. Because that same couple broke up fifteen years ago and to this day, they still not happy
Haunted by their past, and "What if". And I just think you guys got a real chance here

[R. Kelly:]
Now, meanwhile, Rufus is praying real hard going in, on them knees in the doctor's office asking God to forgive him for his sins

[Rufus:]
God, help me I'm so confused, and I just don't know what to do!
And you know that I love my wife, but Chuck is so hard to lose! Help!

[Cathy:]
I really, really want to forgive him, but it's the hardest

[Perry:]
I know

[Rufus:]
Help!

[Perry:]
But in all fairness, Ms. Cathy, you did have a man in your closet

[Rufus:]
Help!

[Perry:]
Look, you can do this

[Rufus:]
You said if I called on you, you would be there. Now, what are you gonna do?

[Cathy:]
Rufus, I... Baby, I forgive you. We'll work it out

[Rufus:]
Yes

[Cathy:]
We'll work it out

[Rufus:]
Oh

[Cathy:]
We'll work it out

[Rufus:]
I love you

[Cathy:]
I love you, too

[Rufus:]
I, uh... I mean, I really don't know what to say here

[Off-Screen Director:]
Talk about your life

[Rufus:]
Huh?

[Off-Screen Director:]
Chuck. You wife, Cathy

[Rufus:]
What?

[Off-Screen Director:]
You know, talk all about you having an affair

[Rufus:]
Wha...

[Off-Screen Director:]
With another man

[Rufus:]
Wait a minute, that wasn't the plan

[Off-Screen Director:]
Did you sleep with Chuck?

[Rufus:]
Sir, if you want to talk about the church and what it's doing for the community, you talk to me

[Off-Screen Director:]
But, the paper said...

[Rufus:]
Well, I'm a pastor, and I'm not here to put my family's business out on the streets

[Off-Screen Director:]
Yeah, that's right you're a pastor. So, why this confession so hard?

[Rufus:]
It's not, it's just that the only one I need to be confessing to, is God

[Off-Screen Director:]
Sir, will you...

[Rufus:]
This is over

[Off-Screen Director:]
Will you be appearing on the show to...

[Rufus:]
God bless you, and thank you

[Off-Screen Director:]
You can't do this! Does Chuck have AIDS? Is that what the package is?!
Sir? Sir, are you gonna answer the question?