A Rising Tide Page #2

The food here is amazing.

- Yes, it is.

- I hope you enjoy it.

- I've been here before.

It's great, thank you.

- Okay, we'll see you at the

party, have a nice night.

- Hit me again.

- Hey!

You okay?

- Hello there.

- I think you

could use a ride home.

- No.

No, no.

I'm an excellent drunk driver.

Hey.

- Come on.

Let's go.

Switch with me.

- Alright.

- I mean,

on the news, the governors

in Washington saying

they got all this money,

I put in my claim five months

ago, I still got nothing.

I mean I'm staying in

Glasboro with my sister.

The house is a wreck, the first

floor has mud on the floor,

and it has to be gutted.

The whole thing is just,

it just gets to a point

where you just wonder,

is it time to give it up?

Go find work somewhere else.

God, I lived there

my whole life.

- Um, hi, ma'am.

Uh, your husband...

- He's not my husband.

- I'm not, she's not my,

I'm not her husband.

- Oh.

- I run his company.

- Honey, I'm home.

- Is he drunk?

- Of all the things

I own, this spot,

the best thing I

ever spent money on.

- It's a hell of a view.

- Yeah, it took a beating during

the storm, but we rebuilt.

- Here you go.

- Oh, um, thanks.

- Coffee? Come on.

- Thank you for driving him.

- Yeah.

- Ah.

You should really try that.

It's Belvenie, thirty years old.

It's a limited edition.

- Oh.

- Oh?

- Yeah.

This is amazing, right?

- It's good.

- I am so hungry.

- Yeah?

- Are you hungry?

- So, one of my mentors

in culinary school

told me cuisine is the

mark of a healthy society.

Barbarians, Vikings, aren't

known for their food.

If you're focused on survival,

you only have time for,

for what's good enough.

But cuisine isn't about

what's good enough.

It's about how good can it be.

- You went to culinary school?

- New York.

- Oh, mmm, thank you.

Oh, my god.

I have had eggs like

a million times.

They've never been so soft.

- You outta open your own place.

- I did.

- You did, what happened?

- I'm workin' in

my Dad's kitchen,

what do you think happened?

- Well, you've got talent.

- In my experience, talent

and hard work rarely pay off.

Connections, capital

and willingness

to appeal to the lowest

common denominator?

Cha-ching.

Uh, thank you for the drink,

but I should probably go, I

got some friends waiting on me.

- Now, where you headed?

- The Clove.

- Can I come?

Hey!

- This is my friend,

Mister Blake.

- Hi, Tom.

Tom.

Nice to meet you.

How's it goin'?

Next round is on me.

You know you got me

goin' out of my mind

And I would take a

bullet for these fancy lies

You know you got me

goin' out of my mind

- Six shots.

- Yeah.

- I need money.

- How much?

- Uh, like, like, 30?

- No, no, no, hey, hey, hey!

Hey, hey, hey!

I got it!

- Alright.

What, what, hey!

What the hell are you doin'?

- Just zippin' up.

- Just get in the car.

Get in, get in, get in, get in!

- Hey, come back here.

- Bye.

This is a crazy f***ing city!

Yeah! Whoo!

- I haven't done

that in a long time.

- Make out with a

girl half your age?

- No, just go out and have

fun just for the hell of it.

People I like.

- I thought maybe that

girl at your house,

maybe you two had a...

- Charlie? No.

- Huh?

- It's all business with her.

She just stays at the

shore house during

the summer 'cause our

office is in Philly.

Most of the people I spend

time with are just business,

they're not my friends,

they're not my kind of people.

- Me and my "f***-wad"

friends are?

- More than you know.

- You went out

clubbing last night?

- Yeah, I did.

- It's time to leave for

work in a few minutes.

- Relax, Dad.

I'll be ready in a few minutes.

Just blowin' off a little steam.

It's not like I'm not

working hard, Dad.

Just trust me.

- Heard that before.

Now, my Dad was

at that restaurant

seven days a week

building up; me, too.

I thought you said

after the storm,

after what happened,

we were all gonna work together.

- Sarah, it's Mom.

Are you coming by today?

They say tomorrow

may be another scan.

I hope to see you.

I love you.

- The Prescott's.

- David and Barbara.

They have their own firm.

- Okay, good.

The Coleman's.

- Greta and David.

Real estate.

- Good, Pop.

- Teddy.

Widowed.

Former "Goldman-Sachs"

from New York.

- Very good, honey.

Uh, Tom Blake.

- The guy that we

met the other night?

- Uh-huh.

- I don't know.

Zip me up?

- Yeah, okay.

Tom Blake, venture capitalist.

Deep pockets.

- What should I know?

- Uh, nobody knows

how he got his money.

I think his wife

died in an accident.

Heard it's a tragic story,

don't bring up his past.

I want to keep him

talking about business.

I don't want it to

get all serious.

Okay, who's next?

The Rubens.

Babe, come on.

We're getting our

game face on here.

I need your charm.

These guys love talkin' to you.

What is it?

Yeah.

I know.

I thought we were gonna

try moving on from this.

I know.

I miss her, too.

You know what I think?

I think you need

to occupy yourself.

What about that store you're

gonna open for all this?

What would you need

to get started?

- Money.

- Let's see, four months rent,

plus security

deposit, that's 10K.

What do you spend on

materials here a month?

- It depends.

- On average, what do you spend?

- Uh, 1,500?

- Okay, 1,500 times four,

plus you gotta pay yourself.

Early employee advertising.

Let's make it a nice round 30K.

Sound good?

So, I'm gonna transfer an extra

30K into our joint account

right now.

You're all ready to get started.

The money's all yours.

So try it,

because I need you

to get over this.

Sarah, honey, it's been months.

- We good?

- Sam.

- Great, thanks.

Hors d'oeuvres?

- It's a win-win.

You put the shopping center

in the tourism district.

You make money.

The state doesn't have

to front any capital,

and they're very committed

to some deep tax cuts.

So, it's low risk.

It's good for you,

it's good for them,

it's a public/private

partnership.

- Charlie has my full confidence

to handle all the details.

- Great.

And you know what?

It's good for the

economy, it creates jobs.

- Yeah, but could

you imagine working

for minimum wage at

one of those chains?

- Well, a job is

better than no job.

- Yeah, but I mean, if someone's

own business went under

after the storm, and they're

making half of what they

used to at a fast food

place, is that recovery?

I mean, I'm glad

you're doing the deal.

- Right.

- I'm happy for you.

I'm just saying, what is it

really gonna take to recover?

- That's a very

interesting point.

I've been reading about this.

- I'm sorry, I have to

interrupt you there, because

the thing is those jobs just

aren't out there anymore.

I mean my hand to God I wish

they were, but they're not.

So.

But you know what you should do?

You should open a dress shop,

and you should pay

people whatever you want.

- You're opening a dress shop?

- Um, maybe.

- You design dresses,

did you make that?

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