Josiah proposes to Yasmen while she excitedly plans their future soul-food restaurant, certain their life together will be permanent.

Yasmen returns home to find Josiah and chef Vashti sitting close together with her children, confirming the two are a couple.

Josiah tells Yasmen that no one in his entire life has ever hurt him as much as she has.

Kassim's teacher reveals he may need grade acceleration but is preoccupied with death and family loss, and suggests counseling.

At a family meeting, Josiah shocks Yasmen by promising to start therapy at the same time Kassim does.

A flashback reveals Josiah destroying the mural in Henry's nursery with paint before Yasmen finally demands a divorce.

Yasmen arrives at Josiah's house to retrieve a forgotten item and finds Vashti there dressed in his clothes.

Restaurant manager Harvey announces that Grits can expand to a second location near Charlotte, requiring Yasmen and Josiah to travel together.

Yasmen and Josiah arrive in Charlotte and discover they have been booked into a single hotel room with one bed.

Yasmen and Josiah grieve their son Henry together openly for the first time and then spend a passionate night together.

Yasmen ends her relationship with Mark after returning from Charlotte, unable to continue after her night with Josiah.

On New Year's Eve, Yasmen throws her necklace and wedding ring into the Skyland fountain, then jumps in to retrieve them.

Deja finds Yasmen and Josiah together in the bedroom and reveals she overheard the night Yasmen asked for the divorce.

Yasmen confesses her love to Josiah and asks him to come home, but he cannot bring himself to respond.

Josiah arrives at Yasmen's home with a suitcase and tells their children he is coming home.

This pool follows the central story of Yasmen and Josiah Wade, a divorced couple who co-own a restaurant in Atlanta's Skyland neighborhood. Beginning with Josiah's early proposal, the events trace the fault lines that broke their marriage, revealed in a painful flashback to the night Yasmen demanded a divorce. Their co-parenting responsibilities force them into regular contact, and their son Kassim's emotional struggles become the unexpected catalyst for both parents seeking therapy. A business trip to Charlotte forces a long-overdue reckoning, as the couple grieve their stillborn son Henry together and reignite their physical connection. After a dramatic New Year's Eve confrontation with her own feelings and a tense standoff over reconciliation, Josiah ultimately arrives at Yasmen's home with a suitcase and tells their children he is coming home.

The headline events of Yasmen and Josiah's journey from divorce to reconciliation.

Yasmen nearly has a panic attack in the restaurant hallway where she fell during her pregnancy and lost her son Henry.

Yasmen privately admits to her friends at her birthday dinner that she still misses Josiah and remains attracted to him.

Josiah secretly requests Hendrix's favorite song from the DJ at the food-truck festival, and Yasmen thanks him in ASL.

Deja tells Josiah she hopes she grows out of looking like her mother, revealing the depth of her resentment toward Yasmen.

Real estate developer Mark Lancaster asks Yasmen out for a date at the Skyland Screen on the Green event.

Kassim attends his first therapy appointment, and Josiah surprises everyone by showing up to support his son in person.

Josiah opens up about his love for Aunt Byrd and admits the divorce was not his decision during his first therapy session.

Yasmen goes on her first date with Mark, which is pleasant but does nothing to ease her feelings for Josiah.

Josiah watches Yasmen and Mark kiss on his home security camera and is overwhelmed with longing and grief.

Yasmen invites Vashti to Thanksgiving dinner at her home despite her jealousy, hoping to demonstrate she has moved on.

Josiah is overcome with emotion at Thanksgiving when he realizes Yasmen made Aunt Byrd's stuffing from her own recipe.

Josiah ends his relationship with Vashti, admitting his feelings for Yasmen are too intense to commit to anyone else.

Yasmen's therapist helps her accept that the divorce decision she made during her depression deserves compassion rather than judgment.

Deja embraces Yasmen after Yasmen explains how her depression controlled her choices, including her decision to end the marriage.

Josiah presents Yasmen with an engagement ring inscribed with the word 'wheel' and proposes to her again at a New Year's Eve party.

This pool highlights the secondary events and relationships that provide crucial texture for Yasmen and Josiah's reconciliation. Yasmen's close friendships with Hendrix and Soledad anchor her recovery, while her brief romance with Mark and Josiah's relationship with Vashti create the romantic tension that forces both protagonists to confront their lingering attachment to one another. Kassim's therapy journey becomes the unexpected catalyst for Josiah's own willingness to seek help, and the Thanksgiving dinner becomes a pivotal scene where food, family, and unresolved grief visibly converge. Josiah ends his relationship with Vashti and Yasmen finds the courage, with her therapist's help, to forgive herself for the divorce she initiated during her deepest depression. The pool ends with a second New Year's Eve proposal, a full-circle moment that promises a lasting new beginning for the Wade family.

The supporting moments, relationships, and revelations that shaped Yasmen and Josiah's path back to each other.

Josiah defends Yasmen's depression to Deja at the river and privately admits he should have been more understanding during their marriage.

Bookstore owner Deidre tells Yasmen she is glad she is still alive, acknowledging how few people understand the magnitude of pregnancy loss.

Yasmen discovers Josiah's prized Jordan sneakers hidden in her closet, a sign of the attachment she has never fully released.

Josiah tells Deja that Yasmen's open grieving after their losses was something he himself was never able to do.

Yasmen and Josiah have a sexually charged encounter in their office before their business manager arrives and interrupts them.

At Thanksgiving, Kassim announces he is most grateful for his therapist, prompting Josiah to recognize his son's emotional bravery.

Yasmen overhears Josiah admit to their manager Harvey on a phone call that he has ended his relationship with Vashti.

Restaurant owner Merry takes Yasmen aside privately and tells her she senses Josiah wants another chance with her.

Josiah asks Yasmen in their Charlotte hotel room whether she ever struggled with suicidal thoughts during her depression.

At the barbershop, Josiah privately admits he has been consumed by thoughts of Yasmen since their night together in Charlotte.

At Deja's birthday party, Josiah pulls Yasmen close and says he is touching her now after she jokes he would not go near her.

On a snow day, Yasmen buys a pregnancy test and realizes clearly that she wants Josiah to return home and live with their family.

Josiah erupts in anger and fear when Yasmen proposes reconciliation, unable to trust that she will not leave him again.

Josiah weeps in therapy after fully confronting his lifelong fear of loss, recognizing it has prevented him from pursuing happiness with Yasmen.

Josiah tells Yasmen he would like them to see a therapist together as part of their new commitment to each other.

This pool focuses on the decisive moments that shift the emotional landscape of Yasmen and Josiah's story from beneath the surface. From Josiah's telling defense of Yasmen's grief to their daughter Deja, to Yasmen's hidden Jordan sneakers and their charged office encounter, these events reveal the depth of a bond neither could fully sever. Their late-night hotel conversations in Charlotte bring long-suppressed honesty about depression, suicidal ideation, and shared grief that their marriage never allowed. Back in Atlanta, a barbershop confession, a possible pregnancy scare, and a bold moment of physical honesty at a birthday party all push the couple toward an inevitable reckoning. The pool closes with Josiah's therapeutic breakthrough and his suggestion of couples therapy, representing the authentic emotional foundation their reconciliation is truly built on.

The quiet discoveries, charged confrontations, and emotional breakthroughs that unlocked Yasmen and Josiah's healing.