Brain on Fire Page #2

You're not even source to fact-check.

What the hell are you thinking?

Legal would have it fit!

You said that it would be done

by Thursday! It is a Monday!

Um..

Right, it's Monday.

Richard, Richard, I'm...

I'm sorry.

I haven't feeling myself lately.

I've been really unwell.

I haven't.. I haven't been sleeping.

I'm.. Um..

Go to your desk and rewrite, okay?

Watch your spell, watch your grammar.

Tonight. Cause this

sh*t is unreadable.

Even if you weren't feeling well, I didn't

even think you could do something this bad.

Now go to your desk and get it done.

Get out of here. Go.

And she's still here. She

heard I said, leave.

Hey!

Get your ass out of my office.

Even if you weren't feeling well, I didn't

even think you could do something this bad.

Are you okay?

Susannah, where are yout?

You are very, very late.

You're gonna get your ass in here.

You're gonna miss the 10:00 meeting.

Hello.

Susannah, I'm really pissed right now.

You're gonna miss the 10:00 meeting and

I don't wanna be doing this, okay?

I'm not your mother. Get your sh*t

together and come to your job!

I'm not making a call

like this to you again!

Goodbye.

Are you serious?

You know, your career as

a journalist is end when

you start pitching me

story about your mother!

Come on, man!

Susannah, thank you so much or joining us.

I'm glad you can make it.

Who's got something? Anybody?

Anything else?

Those panties? From the Senator?

They're still really hot right now.

We're gonna find all of that information,

because Susannah is on that, right?

Susannah, you got it?

The interview with the Senator this week.

Are you ready?

Uh-huh.

Yeah, totally. Yeah, right. Yeah.

- Are you good?

- Yes, Sir.

Okay. We're counting on you.

All right, let's switch topics.

Let's see what we got. Who's

got something juicy, guys?

Give me something hot and exciting.

Who's got something?

There's always a mystery on a

missing main whole covers.

Missing main whole covers? Okay,

we could figure that out.

I feel really sick, you know.

My head hurts and my stomach hurts.

My hands numb and my leg is numb.

I don't know. I don't

feel well, Stephen.

I don't feel well. I don't..

Are you even listening right now?

Are you on your guitar?

No.

- Oh, God.

- Yeah, I'm recording something right now.

- Is it like pain in needles?

- I don't know, okay.

I don't know. It just feels weird.

I've never felt this before. Never.

- Are you just hungover from last night?

- I don't know. I didn't even really drink.

- You're not pregnant, are you?

- Okay, you're unhelpful. Bye.

Hey, what the hell are you

doing under your desk?

- You know, Stephen, just...

- You wanna talk about it?

Do you want me to come

under the desk with you?

Yeah.

I'm just gonna go get a coffee.

You want anything?

I just wanna sit under my desk

and take some personal cough.

It's all the rage with the fussy blonde.

Susannah, what's going on?

I don't know. I guess, you could say

that I've had these flu-like symptoms.

I've had a lot of numbness

on my left arm and leg.

I feel my head really fuzzy all the time.

I don't know if it

correlates to any of these.

I have these..

These bed-bug bites on my arm.

- Let me have a look.

- Right there.

You see 'em?

- Any history of lyme disease?

- No.

Okay.

You can look at my nose.

Can you hold your arms out? Straighten

it in front of your palms like this?

And push against my hands.

Okay, good. You can put

your coat right now.

And have a seat.

I'd like to draw some blood

and do a routine workup.

And I'd like to get an MRI.

An MRI?

Everything looks normal, but

I just like to be safe.

There's a place down the street

that can do one right now.

That's it. You're all done.

What? What? Why won't you stop?

Do it again! Say it!

I didn't think so.

Hi, Susannah.

I do wanna let you know,

we've got some good news.

The MRI came back normal.

And we've eliminated the possibility

that yo have a stroke or blood clot.

Two things, that frankly,

I was worried about.

But, there's all sort of clear

that's what matters.

Thank you.

- Hey, it's me.

- Hey, um..

Aren't you gonna let me in?

Yeah, um.. Look, I'm really tired.

I think we should just do another day.

Okay, it's fine.

Because, I can figure it out.

Susannah, I just drove all

the way across the city.

Now is good for me.

Right, it's really dirty. I have

to clean up. I wasn't expecting..

What the hell is that smell, Susannah?

Dad, I said it's really dirty.

This place is a mess.

Susannah, what have you been doing in here?

Oh, that's Stephen's. That's not me.

I don't really drink..

Very much.

You have got to get yourself together.

You can't live like this.

You're an adult now.

You're not in college anymore.

Look, inbetween work and everything,

I barely have time, Dad.

Okay, let me take a look at this leak

and then we'll clean it up together.

- Wait, is it here? Or here?

- It's on the top, Dad.

Where all the normal drip comes from.

It was fine under here. It's all dry.

There's nothing going on here.

Let me see.

There's a drip.

It just happened, Dad.

- You didn't see that?

- Susannah, there's no drip.

There is a drip.

- So, work going okay?

- Yeah, it's good.

Hey listen, don't let the

place go like this again.

It is nice for me to know you live in some

kind of cleanliness and comfort here.

So, this Stephen.

- You really like him, huh?

- Yeah.

Yeah, I mean, he's a good guy.

And I think.. I think you'll like

him once you get to know him.

Yeah? Sure he's not some place holder?

Coz, a lot of guys, they

don't like to stick around.

Like you, Dad.

Okay, I'm gonna go.

I'm kidding. All right, love you.

Drive safe, okay?

- Get some trash bags.

- Ah, I will.

Love you!

Okay.

- Susannah, he's ready.

- What? Who?

The Senator.

Oh. Oh, God. Uh..

Oh, my God, okay.

Okay, uh.. Let me..

I'm not ready for this.

Just take a deep breath.

You have this.

Good luck.

- Hi.

- Hi.

Thank you for meeting me.

Okay, um.. What do you have

to say about your action?

And what do you have to say to

the good people of New Jersey?

Obviously, I'm deeply regret

for any of this to happen.

I've let myself down...

My family down, and..

And let your pants down?

Sorry.

Keep, keep, going with what you,

what you were saying. Sorry.

As I was saying, the people of New

Jersey who elected me are fine people.

And..

I'm sorry. It sounded just

like he said "erected".

I mean, you got it, man. But he

sounded pretty much like that.

- Are you all right, young lady?

- Yeah.

Yeah, no, I'm good.

No, um, I'm sorry.

- I have more questions.

- I'm sorry, this interview is over.

No, no, no!

I can't believe Richard let this happened.

Did Richard put you up to this?

- No. We haven't finished it.

- This is totally a joke.

Sit down!

- I'm not done with the interview!

- No, we have to leave right now.

I'm not done with this!

You're not leaving me!

- Oh, Jesus.

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