Seven Days in June

Cece knows there are gaping holes in the Shane and Eva story, and she needs to get all the details. She also needs to get publicity before the awards this weekend, so she hatches a plan and decides to do what she does best—plan a party. Across town, Shane rings the buzzer at Eva's house. While Shane is still waiting on the stoop, Ty calls him and asks for $200. When Shane asks why he needs the money, Ty explains that his sister has a producer friend, and rap could be his way out. Shane pressures him a little bit about his decision, asking how dedicated to rap he is, and if he trusts his sister’s friend to come through. Ultimately, he doesn’t send the money, explaining that Ty and he will talk about it later. Ty, frustrated, hangs up, and Eva finally lets Shane in.

Eva introduces Shane to Audre, and they clear up that Eva did not seduce Shane. They explain that they have been friends since high school, and that was all the picture was, just friends from college catching up with each other. However, Shane says that their relationship is hard to define. He tells the story of a turtle he met in Nicaragua; he loved it when he saw it. He would do anything for this turtle, but the turtle didn’t come back one day, and he was gutted. In her best psychologist voice, Audre asks if he thought it was weird that he was so attached to this turtle. He responds that it was weird, but even though they floated back and forth in each other’s lives, they were always friends—and his relationship with Eva was similar. Audre asks more questions about what her mother was like as a teenager. Eventually, Audre leaves to return to her painting of Lizette. Shane is happy to meet Audre and tells her that she reminds him of her mother and that she is very impressive. Before she leaves, she asks Eva and Shane which one is the turtle, the one who comes and goes.

Shane and Eva are saying goodbye on the porch, and Eva tells him that the director of the Cursed film wants to make the characters white, and Shane discourages it. She argues that her responsibility is no longer to these characters but to make money protecting her daughter. She explains that so much of her life has been about her daughter: Eva has woven together a story about her family, Lizette, her past to make it more palatable; and she has mothered from bed due to her disability; she doesn’t want to fail her daughter. In a moment of vulnerability, Eva leans against Shane but recoils angrily that he is making her fall for him again. Finally, she asks the question she has waited 15 years to get the answer to: Where did he go? When she woke up all those years ago, after almost overdosing, he was gone. He made her believe that he would never leave, and yet he did. Shane explains; he was the one who had called her mother when Eva overdosed. He was so scared that he called the police, and Lizette sent him to prison.