Adam Page #3

Great. Okay. I'll see you.

Hi.

- Do you have a minute?

- Oh, hey, Beth. Sure. Come on in.

Thank you.

Oh, you think it's a bad sign

when the description of a school...

bores its director?

Um

What do you know about Asperger's syndrome?

Oh.

Well, it's a developmental disorder,

kind of a high-functioning autism.

What does that mean exactly?

Well, there's a broad range.

It could be hard to tell.

- It could be severe social interaction problems.

- Uh-huh.

Maybe I should get in on this,

interview the child and we can get some ser

Oh, no, no. It's my neighbor.

He has it.

But he's really, really sweet...

and kind of interesting.

Yeah, sometimes they can be quite brilliant.

It is on the autism spectrum.

Oh, you know, actually I think I have a

This is a first-person account.

Pretending to be Normal.

Oh, no, it's it's not it's not serious

- Hmm. Okay.

- Thank you.

Sure.

Oh, Beth? Would you

just take a look at this for me, please?

Sure.

So, you're saying, really,

that he's not prime relationship material.

- Right?

- Um

Not really.

- Well, well, it

- No. That's okay.

Thanks.

So, um, subtracting your father's liabilities

uh, credit card debt,

funeral costs, fees, et cetera

from his assets reduces the, uh- the estate-

roughly, $25,000.

And he bequeathed $5,000...

to the Kids at Risk Music Fund...

$ 10,000 to you, Mr. Keats.

Oh.

So, as his primary beneficiary, AdamAdam?

You inherit the remainder.

That would be the death benefit from Juilliard...

and the funds from the T.I.A.A. retirement plan.

Also, there's approximately

$300,000 worth of equity in the apartment.

- So, assuming you sell,

after closing fees and taxes, et cetera-

- Sell what?

We presumed that you'd be moving

to a smaller place.

Move?

Without your father's income,

the mortgage payments are-

I don't wanna move.

Easy.

Think of it as an opportunity.

You might wanna try a different city.

Mr. Wardlow...

Adam has never been out of the city

alone in his life.

Well closer to home then.

- With the income from your job

- I don't have a job. I was fired from my job.

Oh. Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. That makes

the equity in the apartment even more valuable.

- Changes like this are hard.

- I won't sell my house.

- Mr. Raki, I

- Go away! You're hurting my ears!

- I'm not gonna sell my house.

I'm not selling my house!

- Calm down.

Cross your arms over your chest.

Mr. Wardlow, are we done?

There are papers to be signed.

- Can you send them?

- They need to be notar

Yes. Yes. Yes. We, uhWe can do that.

Come on, Adam, let's go.

I can't

I ca I can't move.

All right.

Come on.

You're not 10 years old anymore. You need a job.

- I got fired.

- So what?

You know how many times I've been fired?

When your dad and I came back from the service...

I might as well have had a three-day week.

Day one, I hate the freakin' job.

Day two, I hate the freakin' boss.

Day three, I hit someone

and I gotta start all over.

I didn't hit anyone. I never hit anyone.

Adam, you're 29 years old.

You can't pay your mortgage

without finding a job.

So what are you gonna do?

Hey, Bethy-boo.

Just wanted to make sure you got home okay.

You home okay? Call us.

Beth. Are you there?

Look, maybe the whole point was for me

to find out what an amazing thing we have.

You're not really gonna throw this awa-

A-Adam? Wha

What?

Get in here!

Wh-What? What in the world

were you doing out there?

You could have been killed.

- How were you gonna get down?

- Climb up.

- Climb?

- It's rated for 3,000 pounds.

You said you couldn't see out of your windows.

I'm sorry!

Why did you scream like that?

Because I walked into my apartment

and there was this strange man in my window.

- It was me!

- But I didn't know that.

Oh.

I guess not.

Thank you for trying to

You're welcome.

Would you, um

Would you like some tea?

Uh

- Sure.

- Okay.

Harlan said I should send out application letters

and worry about the interviews later.

Interviews?

Interviews usually don't go very well.

But you put in some applications?

Eighty-seven.

- Eighty-seven?

- Mm-hmm.

Applications and letters of inquiry.

- You applied for 87 jobs?

- Including the letters of inquiry.

- Today?

- Mm-hmm.

- Wow.

- "Wow"?

I mean, that's a lot.

Well, I don't wanna move.

Yeah.

This is very good-smelling tea.

English breakfast. My father calls it

coffee without the bad breath.

Maybe I should go.

I'm sorry. I'm just

S-Sorry? You're s

- I'm a little upset.

- Oh.

My father's an accountant...

and he's been accused

of doing something illegal.

Oh. Did he do it?

No. No.

But tonight he said it looks like

he will probably have to go on trial...

and I know that your father just passed away,

so I shouldn't even

Um, I

I can see that you're upset...

but I don't know what to do.

Could you give me a hug?

Yes.

Adam, I'd like you to give me a hug.

"'But he's naked, 'cried a little boy.

"All the people whispered among each other.

'He's naked!

"There's a little boy

who says the king is naked!'

"The king shivered, for he was sure

that the boy was right, but he thought...

"'I must bear it until the procession is over.'

And he walked even more proudly

all the way back to the palace."

So, what do we think?

He was naked.

He ran around the whole town naked.

Yes, okay, he was naked. Anything else?

The little boy was bad.

Really? Why do you say that, Stephanie?

- Because he told.

- That's dumb!

- Bruce.

- But he was naked!

Don't you think the king

needed to know that he was naked?

Well, he didn't have to yell it out.

He could have just gone over to him

and whispered it in his ear.

Everybody else was just lying

so nobody'd think they were stupid...

and because they were afraid

of seeing the king's weenie.

- Weenie!

- Weenie!

I like the boy.

I do too.

Maybe we should go.

Our table's next.

You can't eat macaroni and cheese every night.

- Why not?

- Because it's a meager life. Lacks stimulation.

Thanks for coming. I-I know it's hard.

Okay.

This is better, right?

Hello. I'm Rom with an "M."

I see you have drinks. Would you like

a wine list, or may I describe the specials?

It's all right. Um, we know what we'd like.

We'll take two tricolored salads...

one grilled salmon on lentils

with roasted potatoes and a Penne Alfredo.

- And Ron?

- It's Rom.

Sorry. Rom. Could we get that all to go?

It's macaroni and cheese!

- When in Rom.

- What?

How's the job hunt going?

A lot of them were already taken.

I'm still getting responses though.

I'm sure the right thing will come along.

How can you be sure of that?

I mean, I hope the right thing comes along.

My dad and I came out here

to watch Hale-Bopp for five nights in a row.

Voyager 2 will pass within

in approximately 196,000 years.

I brought you something.

Oh. Are there supposed to be presents?

No, no. It was just

a spur of the moment kind of thing.

"How to Find Work That Works

for People with Asper-"

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