James goes home and discovers that he too has been cuckolded: His wife, Bridget, has been messing around with a male stripper named Big Man, whom James discovers cowering in a kitchen cabinet. (The victim turns out to be Twan, Gwendolyn’s ex-con brother.) Sylvester is then menaced by a spatula-wielding neighbor, Rosie. James (the cop) arrives at Sylvester and Gwendolyn’s place, there is a struggle over a gun, and someone is shot in the shoulder. Chuck is a deacon at Rufus’ church, by the way). (Also, Gwendolyn’s friend Roxanne is pally with Chuck, Rufus’ man-lover. And Gwendolyn knew about Rufus’ infidelity because she went to high school with Cathy. Lo and behold, James, the police officer who issued Sylvester’s speeding ticket, has been sleeping with Gwendolyn. Sylvester finally makes it home and-after a torrid roll in the hay with Gwendolyn-discovers a used condom on his bed. Is Gwendolyn having an affair? Sylvester rushes out of Cathy and Rufus’ place and is pulled over for speeding while en route to his house. Sylvester fires his gun in the air and then phones his wife, Gwendolyn. More bickering, more threats of violence. Rufus reveals that he has been having an affair with a man, Chuck. Rufus enters and begins making love to Cathy, but Sylvester’s cell phone rings before he can put it on vibrate, and he is discovered. He’s forced to hide in the bedroom closet when Cathy hears her husband, Rufus, coming up the stairs.

Kelly) wakes up in the bed of a strange woman (Cathy) whom he picked up the previous evening in a nightclub. Kelly’s 23 “chapter” R&B opus, here’s a brief synopsis.

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