Mikey befriends Lexi's neighbor Lonnie, who is intrigued by Mikey's stories about his porn career and sexual encounters. They quarrel and Lexi hurls a coffee pot at Mikey. When Mikey disappears for a weekend with Strawberry, Lexi grows suspicious. Eventually, she invites him to share her bedroom. Strawberry and Mikey soon start a sexual relationship.Īfter sleeping on the couch for several nights, Mikey starts having sex with Lexi. He returns and persuades her to let him sell marijuana to the construction workers who frequent the shop.
Mikey is smitten with Strawberry, a 17-year-old girl who works at the counter. Mikey gives Lexi and Lil a month's rent in advance and takes them to a donut shop to celebrate. Leondria and her daughter June suspect that Mikey will smoke it himself, but after he returns with his earnings, their business arrangement continues. Desperate, Mikey persuades Leondria, a marijuana dealer, to give him his old job back selling marijuana. After Mikey admits to potential employers that he spent those years working as a porn star in Los Angeles, they refuse to hire him. Mikey tries to find work at a diner and a Dollar General store, but is hindered by a long gap in his résumé. They reluctantly agree but insist that he get a job and perform household chores.
Mikey begs Lexi and Lil to let him stay at their house. Badly bruised and destitute, Mikey arrives at the modest home shared by Lexi, his estranged wife, and her mother Lil. After a 17-year absence, Mikey Saber returns to Texas City, his Gulf Coast hometown.