
also advises him against the engagement, and Jenae's girlfriends point out that Tim is flirtatious and Jenae somewhat controlling. Robbie finds that her house is required as collateral for the Upper Crust loan, and having been homeless in the past, she is upset at the idea of risking the loss of the place for the sake of the loan. Line cook Erma urges Tim to put Jenae's desires first, and Charles and Tim end up arguing about Charles' role in the restaurant and his cousin's sense of authority over him, though Robbie quickly handles the dispute. Nevertheless, Tim brings Robbie along to a pawn shop to find an engagement ring, though when Tim sets his sights on a unique yellow diamond, Robbie notes that she wants it for herself.

Jenae, who works part-time at Sweetie Pie's, is annoyed when Tim hires an attractive young woman as a waitress, feeling that he may not care about her qualifications, and Tim's cousin Monique informs him that he is not ready to get married. Robbie's sisters, including Charles' mother, run the second restaurant, and they debate about where the unhelpful Charles is best used. Tim reveals that he intends to propose to Jenae, though Robbie is preoccupied with her plans for another, much larger restaurant, the "Upper Crust," explaining that she wants to own the new building rather than rent it and requires a large bank loan to do so.

Tim met his girlfriend Jenae, who is now pregnant with their first child, at Sweetie Pie's, and she explains that he was upfront with her about his time spent in prison for drug-dealing and robbery. Robbie's nephew Charles works as an all-purpose handyman, though without much enthusiasm for the job, and the restaurant serves 2,000 guests a week for lunch and dinner. She opened the first Sweetie Pie's restaurant in 1996, followed by a second, larger establishment, and she explains that her son Tim is her business partner and personal confidante. In this episode, restaurant owner Robbie Montgomery explains that she was once an "Ikette," a backup singer for Ike and Tina Turner, and then used her cooking talents to begin a new career after suffering a collapsed lung.
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