A Rising Tide Page #7

double it again.

It's a dangerous thing

when someone gets money

who knows what money is worth.

So, that is how

I mask my wealth.

Due mostly to my,

my good fortune.

- I don't know if

I'd call it that.

- All I know is when I got

the check, I didn't know if

it was right or wrong, I just

knew sure as sh*t I wanted it.

And then a few months

ago, I got another letter

from another lawyer,

settling Catherine's estate.

She had told them to

send it after her death.

And her letter,

she said that she

always loved me,

and that she thought once about

leaving her husband for me,

but when she found out she was

pregnant, she couldn't do it.

It's been so long being

so hungry to make money.

If I could give up that money,

and have Catherine be in

my life, to have a family,

and live the kind of life

that other guy lived,

I would do it in a heartbeat.

All we ever really have is what

we have in any given moment.

So we decide what we do with

it, and who we share it with.

I want to hold on

to what I have now,

who I have, while they're here.

You don't have to know

how you go on without her,

if you go on without

her, you just,

you just will.

This is not a bad view.

- It's not as nice as yours.

- Sometimes it's nice

to see another one.

- Sun's up.

You should go home

and get some rest.

- I'll go when I'm done.

This bar looked great before.

I want to get it

perfect for you.

- It's not gonna be perfect.

But it will be good enough

to serve people food,

and that will be enough.

Go home, rest.

- You rest.

You gotta cook tonight.

- I do,

'cause I'm a chef,

it's what I'm good at.

I'm not good at

inspiring people,

making a staff

feel like a family,

not like you're good at it.

That's why you have to go home,

come back fresh, ready

to lead a staff all day.

That's why I had this drawn up.

Sign it, and half

this place is yours.

It's the way it was

always supposed to be.

- Alek, I couldn't sleep, I

was worried, where were you?

- At Sam's, working.

- You were working all night?

Don't you have to

go to work today?

- Not anymore.

They fired me.

- Where you going?

- Work.

Someone has to.

- I still have these.

- I never asked for them back.

- How are you feeling?

- Awful.

How's your boyfriend?

- He's not my boyfriend.

We're not together.

- It seems like you

two are together.

- Not after this.

- You really don't

want to be with him?

- I don't want to

be with anyone.

I just want to go

away, be alone.

Figure things out.

I'm sorry things

turned out this way.

I meant it then, when

I told you I would

be with you for the

rest of my life.

- What about now?

- Now I'm gonna go.

- Sarah?

I'm sorry.

- Good morning.

- What are you grinning for?

- Let's just hope nobody

leans on the walls.

It looks good.

- They were short

on the skate wing.

I got what they had, but

it's not enough for the main.

- F*** it, squid ink

risotto, Jersey Shore style.

You can do that, right?

Just add a little more garlic.

Keep it simmering, just a few

minutes, don't over do it.

- 20 minutes.

- What if no one comes?

- We're gonna have

a lot of leftovers.

- I need a drink.

- You need a drink?

- Hey, you guys got any rope?

- Rope?

- Well, poster

tape or something.

- What's the hell's

he talking about?

- Something to control the line.

- Hey, who are all of those

people in the nice clothes?

- Oh, I may have told

everyone in my Rolodex

that this was the

place to be tonight.

- Thank you.

So much, for everything.

- Yeah, mwuah!

It is a beautiful thing,

seeing all of you here tonight,

at the opening of

my son's restaurant.

When my last place went

under, and I said I was

gonna open another, at

this time in this town,

I was told "You're crazy".

At first I listened

to those voices.

I wasn't crazy enough

to take the risk,

and it is risky, doing this.

But if you know my son,

this business is who he is.

And a man who pretends

to be anything

other than what he is

becomes his shadow.

So many of you helped

put this place together.

Tonight only happened

because you let yourselves

believe in the crazy

that was somebody else's.

And when you find those people,

that person, who sees our

crazy and still shows up,

then you agree to

be who you are.

And that's the only way to be.

- Please leave

a message and I'll

call you back.

- Hey. It's me.

I know you said not

to call, but I had to.

Hear that?

Like the sound of

hundred people inside.

I tried to do this once before

in New York, and I couldn't.

I think maybe

it only worked out this

time because I had you.

It feels like you should

be here, you know?

I should feel happy but I can't

be 'cause you're not here.

Feels wrong if you're not here.

Anyway, I know that you

need some time to think, but

if you wanted to come

by, just for tonight to

see this, I'd love that.

And if not, know I'm here,

whenever you're done

thinking, I'll be here.

No bullshit.

This could well become

another super storm,

Hurricane Ingrid.

- Head

north toward the East Coast,

head west to New Mexico,

dissipate at sea.

What we do know is right now...

Hurricane, if it's path

runs up the eastern

seaboard, it could make land

fall at the Jersey Shore

in four to five days.

- Hey.

- Hey, Mister Blake.

- Alek, great to see you.

Uh, saw the sandbags,

you getting nervous?

- We're gonna be as

ready as we can be.

You goin' up tonight?

- Yeah.

Is Sam here?

- He's in the back.

- You didn't tell him

to take the night off?

- I tried, he's a partner now,

I can't tell him sh*t anymore.

- So, you decide?

- Not yet, apparently.

- You'd be proud of her.

She's worked really hard

to open up this shop.

- Yeah, she sent me this.

- Place is great.

Shop only opens once.

Come see it.

- I don't know if

she wants me to.

We haven't talked much; a

few emails and texts, so.

Look, the place is slammed,

I've got a possible storm

coming in four days.

She said she'd let me know

when she wanted to talk.

Just tryin' to do

what she asked.

- You still think

you're in love with her?

- I know I am.

- You once told me that

making good things happen

was about knowing your

moment, and taking it.

That was good advice.

I'm gonna go grab

a bite at the bar

and hit the road in

about 30 minutes.

- Yeah.

- Excuse me.

You made it.

- Of course.

Oh, I had to come

check on my investment.

- Everything's going so well.

It's a good crowd, I think

it's gonna be a good opening.

- I'm so proud of you.

I'm gonna go get a drink.

- I didn't know if

you were gonna come.

- I didn't know if

you wanted me to come.

- Well, I know you

have the place to run

and the storm is coming.

- None of that matters.

'Cause,

I love you.

There's always gonna be a storm,

there's always gonna

be things to deal with.

And that you've got this

place now, it's amazing.

I'm not asking you

to give any of it up.

I'm two hours away

we can figure it out.

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