Anything for Love Page #7

I don't get it, she told me

she was an executive assistant.

Executive assistant?

She most certainly is not,

and from what I understand,

you are not a doctor.

Don't worry,

I haven't told her yet.

She'd be mortified to realize

she's been duped like this.

I'd like to spare her

the embarrassment.

What is this?

A check for $237.00 to at&t?

No. What?

Oh, sorry,

that's my phone bill.

Um...

Here we go.

Payable to you.

What's this for?

That is to tell her

you don't love her.

To walk away.

Permanently.

You're buying me off?

Jack...

She's a corporate giant.

Do you really think

she'll be interested in a nurse?

And one that's lied

to her, to boot?

Like this,

she may be hurt, perhaps,

think you're

a bit of a cad,

but at least

she'll never realize

what a shameful,

underhanded thing

you've done.

You will have

saved face for yourself,

but more so for Katherine.

If it's not enough,

I can go higher.

- I don't...

- Please, Jack.

Everybody has a price.

You know what, Charles?

I get the feeling

you wouldn't be

standing here

in front of

my cruddy house

in this low-rent

neighborhood

offering me an obscene

amount of money

if you were so sure

she was going to dump me

when she finds

out who I am.

No deal.

But...

You will regret this.

I'll take my chances.

Come on, girl.

Let's go, rox.

Come on!

Leave the bad man.

She lied to me.

All this time,

acting like I was in her league,

making me think

that I actually

had a shot with her.

Why would she do that?

Well, you lied

to her, too.

I don't know, man.

Maybe she wanted to see

how the other half lives.

So, what?

I was like some

social experiment?

Her millions don't

keep her occupied enough?

What if it's billions?

I took her bowling!

Of all things,

bowling.

I man, I am...

I am such a chump.

No.

You're a good,

decent guy.

Anybody who knows you,

knows this.

She's lucky to have you.

Yeah, when

I was a doctor,

and she was a secretary.

Hold on, listen,

if she loves you,

like, really loves you,

it's not because

she thought you were a doctor.

You just said that

women want doctors.

Yes, no, I did say that,

but, yeah, you can't

listen to me, man.

I'm a mess with women.

Come on!

Have some confidence, man.

You'll tell her

all about this,

you'll both

have a laugh,

and then, you know,

it'll be...

It'll be okay.

I promise.

In hindsight, though,

the bowling, that was...

That was...

A bad idea.

What happened?

Did something happen?

I know you're seeing

someone else, Katherine.

I'm sorry.

I was going to tell you.

He's not who

you think he is.

What?

Yeah.

I hired

a private investigator.

This Jack Cooper,

he's not a doctor.

Charles, he's

chief of obstetrics.

At this...

He's a nurse, Katherine.

You've got the wrong person.

He goes by "Jack."

His name is

Dr. j. Thomas Cooper.

Dr. j. Thomas...

Follow me.

Excuse me, miss,

would you be so kind

as to page

Dr. j. Thomas Cooper for us?

It's a bit of an emergency.

Dr. j. Thomas Cooper,

please report

to ccu, stat.

Dr. Cooper, ccu.

Thank you.

What made you think

it would be okay

to spy on me?

I did it to protect you.

That's unbelievable.

You made a mistake.

You're the one

that's made a mistake.

Did someone here

have me paged?

This couple.

Oh.

Sorry, I think there's been

a misunderstanding.

We were paging

Dr. j. Thomas Cooper.

Chief of obstetrics.

And here I am.

Katherine!

I'd like you

to meet someone.

This is my nurse,

Jack Cooper.

Plays one mean

game of chess.

Jack, this is

my daughter, Katherine.

What's the matter with you two?

You've been lying to me.

It seems you were lying

to me, too...

Katherine?

What the heck is going on here?

What's going on

is that your nurse

tried to convince Katherine

he's a doctor

so that she would

go out with him.

I wasn't the one that...

Is she the one

you've been talking about?

He's after your

money, Katherine.

Her-her money?

She told me...

You told me you were

an executive assistant.

What?

Dad, please...

I should have known

this was too good to be true.

I'm such a fool.

No...

You know, uh...

She made her choice.

You leave her alone.

You know this wasn't

about the money, right?

You know I love her.

Or is this about

something else?

You don't think a nurse is

good enough for your daughter.

Is that it?

Oh, Jack.

You're a good kid, but...

I'm sorry.

If your clients don't have

their funds into escrow

by the end of business,

I will pull the plug

on this thing

so fast they'll get seasick

going down the drain.

Did you get that email I sent

with the response to tillinger?

I need to get that out

immediately.

You can't send that.

I'm sick and tired of him

walking all over me.

It's about time

I threw down the gauntlet.

What is going on

with you?

You've been acting like

Attila the hun all day.

Did something

happen with Jack?

Katherine!

Yeah.

He lied to me.

He's not a doctor, he's a nurse.

And I'm an idiot, I fell for it.

Well, you lied, too.

You both were pretending

to be something you weren't.

Yeah, I was not pretending

to be something

more desirable than I am.

I was pretending to be

something less desirable

than I...

I... I'm...

I didn't mean that, I'm sorry.

Maybe you should ask yourself

why you're really upset.

Because he lied,

or because you're a bigger snob

than you're willing to admit.

Where you been, weirdo?

Mad-dog milly's been

a real pain in the butt.

Your surgery is

scheduled for the morning.

No liquids after 10:00.

There's a light meal.

Okay, sure.

The duty nurse

will be in to wake you

around 6:
00

in the morning

and prep you.

Where are you

going to be?

Tomorrow's my day off.

Your day off?

Yeah, Brandon, I know

it's hard to believe,

but I have other things

other than

just being a nurse.

I have a life,

my own problems.

So you give me

this stupid book,

act like you're my friend,

like you actually care,

and you're not even

going to show up for this?

Listen, buddy...

"Buddy"? Right.

Brandon, I'm sorry.

Of course, I'll be here.

I'm all over this.

Know what, forget it.

All you adults

are a bunch of phonies.

Sometimes, I'm glad

I'm an old man.

You're not an old man.

Sure as heck

feel like it.

How is she?

Well, she won't talk about it.

Acts like

nothing even happened.

What I don't understand is

how she allowed herself

to be deceived like that.

She's usually so careful.

From what I can tell,

he's a professional con man

who won't take no for an answer.

What do you mean?

You talked to him?

Oh, well, I, uh...

Just a brief encounter.

I hope I didn't

overstep my bounds,

but I do feel I have a stake

in the matter.

Out with it, Charles.

I offered him some money...

To break it off with her.

But he declined.

He said he'd prefer

to take his chances

and that she'd still want him.

Can you believe that?

Hey...

Get better,

all right?

That son of a gun.

Hey, Brandon!

Hey, buddy.

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