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your friend's son, he didn't show up today.

- Really? - Yeah.

Well, yeah, you know how busy it gets there at lunch,

and one of my guys was out, so it really put me

in this tough situation because, you know, I was depending on him.

I'm so sorry, it won't happen again.

I'll call him right away, you know, and...

No, don't worry about that. It's all right.

You know, I gave him a chance, and I got to do what's best there.

You know? It's my job, so...

I'm sure that you understand, Nolan.

Please, of course. You know, I'm sorry.

- Yeah. - You gave him a shot.

- Yeah. - I'm so sorry.

Yeah, I'm sorry, too, Nolan.

- All right, I'll see you. - See you.

Who is it?

Me.

Who?

Nolan!

I can't right now. You need to come back.

I need to talk to you, Leo.

I can't right now.

No, I'd really like to talk.

What are you doing? We can talk about this later.

Aren't you supposed to be somewhere?

Wh... what?

The restaurant? My friend, she gave you a job.

She wasn't particularly happy about you not showing up.

Sh*t, I forgot. Look, we'll talk about this later, okay?

No.

We're gonna talk about it now.

- What are you doing? - I went out on a limb for you.

That was my best friend's girlfriend and...

What the hell is this?

Look, man, I don't want no problems.

Listen, you need to go. You have no right to be here.

Right, huh? Really? What gives him the right to be here?

What? Is he paying you, too?

Okay, you gotta go, like, right now or I'm f***ing calling the police, okay?

Now you're calling the police, huh?

Yeah, I am. Now get out of my house.

House? What kind of house is this?

It's a dump. It's a cesspool.

Then get out of it!

Okay, listen, I'm sorry, okay?

- I didn't mean that. - No.

I'm just saying you don't need to have these people in your life.

- No! - You don't need to be doing this.

- No! Get the f*** out of my house! - Okay!

I got it! I'm sorry! All right.

I'm sorry, all right?

Listen, I'm just trying to help you. I don't...

- I need to talk to you. - Kermit the Frog.

I need to talk to you about something, Dad, okay?

And I need you to listen

'cause I know somewhere in there, you can hear me.

I wanna talk about that time we went to the beach.

Summer of 1965, I think it was.

We checked into this little motel.

12 years old.

You, me and Mom.

If you had any idea what a journey that was.

Still sticks with me to this day.

Ridiculous.

Something happened that summer, Dad.

At first, I couldn't figure it out. I didn't want to.

But I knew.

I knew that all the wishing and praying in the world

couldn't change the fact that I was gay.

I didn't do anything about it.

I didn't tell you...

or Mom or anyone.

It was my secret.

And suddenly I'm 60 years old.

It's like I'm still there, like nothing happened.

Like I'm still waiting for something I felt was promised to me that day,

something that never came, and I'm angry about it.

And I'm still sitting on that beach, and I'm still 12 years old,

and nothing's changed, and I'm still sorry about it.

That was some summer, huh, Dad?

Okay.

Hey, you.

I was just checking on you.

Go back to sleep, okay?

Stay here, please.

Hey, I was thinking.

I was thinking about the cruise, you know?

And I was wondering what month do you think

would be good for us?

Do we really wanna go on a cruise?

Yeah, I thought...

Hey, we'll talk about it.

Nolan...

stay here with me tonight.

Please?

Just for tonight.

- Okay. - Okay?

Yeah.

Who is it?

What do you mean?

It's just someone I talk to.

You could talk to me.

I know.

We have separate beds,

separate lives, separate rooms.

I don't know how much more separate we could be.

I should go wash up.

No.

No.

Don't leave.

I love you, Nolan.

I love you, too.

Joy?

Joy?

Hey, Joy?

Joy?

- Hey. - Hey.

Where are you going?

The ESL conference, remember? Cat, of course, is an hour early.

As always.

Early bird gets the free donuts and coffee.

- Hey, Nolan, long time, no see. - Hey, Cat. Good to see you.

And thanks for letting me borrow your wife here.

I put the number where we're gonna be right there,

so call if you need me.

Otherwise, we're good to go.

Same place? Savannah Stud Farm?

You told him. Bye-bye, Nolan. I'll be outside.

Okay. So call me if you wanna talk.

We'll be back Sunday afternoon.

Uh-huh.

Oh, and, uh, the cruise sent a DVD.

If you wanna take a look at it, I put it by the TV.

- Of course. - Okay.

Bye, Nolan.

See you.

Nolan, what the hell?

God, you're kidding. Our lunch?

I'm so sorry.

Beaumont's got me prepping for this promotion,

and I've been all over the place.

- What's going on? - I'm sorry.

Sorry, so... but what's happening?

'Cause I can't tell, you know.

I mean, you had the black eye that you didn't want to discuss.

You asked me to get a job for a friend of a relative

and he never shows up.

Can we... can we go for a walk or something?

There's too many people doing math around here.

Of course, but everything's fine, okay?

Everything is fine. It's just two guys talking.

I mean, I bank here, so you'd be chatting with a client.

Just two guys taking a walk, right?

I mean, I do my banking, so...

Taking a walk with a longtime customer.

Yeah, you got it, of course.

Hmm.

Just give me a moment, okay?

Yeah.

- What are you doing here? - I need help, okay?

- What's wrong? - I had to come here.

To my work? No. No, we can't talk here.

We have to go outside. Come on.

We really need to go outside. Can we do that?

All right, yeah.

Hey, Walt, we're just talking.

- You okay, Mr. Nolan? - I'm good.

What is it that you want? Money? Is that what this is all about?

He knows you work at a bank.

I work here, I don't own it. The kid's an idiot.

Look, if... if I don't get the money, he said he'll kill me.

- That's good to know. - What are you doing?

Calling the police, that's what I'm doing.

Why?

Because threatening someone's life is against the law.

- No, you can't just call the police. - Why the hell not?

Because you can't. Look, if you're not gonna help me,

okay, I'm just gonna go.

- No, no, wait. - I'm just gonna go.

Wait, wait, wait.

Can't believe I'm saying this. How much?

$3,200.

$3,200? Are you kidding me?

Do you know how much money that is? Does he think I'm made of money?

Look, like I said, if you're not gonna help me, then I'm just gonna go.

- No, no, wait, wait. - Okay, I'm just...

is he here? Is that what this is all about?

- Is he here with you? - Yeah, I'm right f***ing here.

You got trouble with the ATM machine?

All you gotta do is hit it and the cash comes out.

Just stay right there. Stay right there.

- No, no, don't come any closer. - Look, he's gonna...

Shut the f*** up.

How many times I gotta tell you? Shut your f***ing mouth.

You know, you really know how to overcomplicate things, you know that?

Listen, you see those people? We can't do this here, all right?

- You have to leave now, okay? - Oh, I don't think so, man.

See, I just came to do some banking. So I don't see any problem in there.

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