![]() ![]() Brenda returns once more, this time bringing the paralyzed Charles to Helen, claiming that she cannot take care of him anymore and that she is not a care giver. Helen finally tells him of her troubles and the two become friends. Helen apologizes to Orlando, but Orlando blocks her advance, claiming that she is only doing so because she found out that he was rich. Madea then recognizes Orlando in a magazine as a successful and wealthy business owner. Helen scolds him for what seems as though trying to flirt with her. Meanwhile, Helen receives a package from a delivery man named Orlando (Moore). But, upon realizing that Helen really placed the blame on Charles, Brenda, and (lamentably) God, Myrtle turns back and urges her to direct her anger at the devil and reevaluate her faith in Christ. Following this incident, Helen and Myrtle have a heated argument about the situation, leading Myrtle to almost wash her hands of her daughter. As Helen snatches the wig from the horrified Brenda, Madea attempts to shoot the mistress. Myrtle arrives just in time to tell her daughter about Charles' car accident and keep her from killing Brenda. ![]() When Brenda taunts Helen about the break-up, Helen grabs a gun in an attempt to "accidentally" kill Brenda. However, when Brenda comes over, things start to escalate. The next day, Madea comes to visit Helen, trying to encourage her. After humiliating Helen, Charles leaves her, telling her she can have the house and $2,000 a month. ![]() Finally, on the night of the anniversary, Charles admits to Helen that he has not been happy for quite sometime, and also tells her that he wants a divorce, revealing that he has been having an affair with another woman, who is Helen's friend Brenda. Helen also reveals that Charles has also been abusing her physically after trying to cover up a bruise she received with a story claiming to have " hit herself in the eye with a cabinet door."Īs their anniversary approaches, the McCarters continue to argue more and more. He knows that Helen loves Charles, exclaiming to his son later in the play, "I dunno why she loves you, but she loves you to death." Helen also confides in her friend, Brenda (Robinson), an attorney who also works at Charles' firm, and her mother, Myrtle (Mann), who also thinks that Helen's marriage is still going well. Charles' father, an elderly mail clerk by the name of Daddy Charles (Perry), talks to Helen, realizing that she is not as happy as she seems. It appears that Helen is living the perfect life, but things are not as they seem, seeing as how Helen and Charles' marriage seems to be slowly falling apart. For twenty years, they have lived in a mansion on the inner part of the city. Helen McCarter (King) is a loving wife to her successful millionaire husband and attorney, Charles McCarter (Blake). ![]()
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