Brain on Fire Page #3

- Oh, my God.

It's okay.

I'm good, I'm good.

Let me make this clear to you.

The publicist, that represents that

Senator, is not just about him.

They represent celebrities, and

athletes, and everybody else.

And with all of those people,

that we may wanna talk to, we

can't even get them on the phone.

Because of what you did here!

That is gonna be a problem for me!

That is gonna be a problem for my boss!

That is a problem for this paper!

You should be fired!

You should be fired!

Get out of here. Get out now!

I honestly don't know.

I know that she's been acting strange.

For sure, for like a week.

Is she drinking a lot?

She looks hungover.

Yeah, I don't know. I mean,

I don't think so.

But I don't know what she

does with her boyfriend.

- Is she on drugs?

- No. Really?

- I don't know, I'm asking.

- I don't think so.

- You sure?

- Yeah.

I'm definitely sure she's not on drugs.

I don't think she's acting normal,

but I don't think she's on drugs.

Just let me keep my eye on her.

Just for a little while.

All right, but I'm gonna tell you this.

You keep me informed,

because if this keeps up,

she's gonna have to start

working from home.

I don't know what's going on with her.

Look, I'm serious.

Yeah, I understand.

- I understand.

- Great.

Susannah? Susannah?

Stop talking in your sleep.

Susannah! Stop.

Susannah!

What..

Susannah?

Susannah!

- Stephen.

- What?

You're gonna get me out of here.

You gotta..

What?

You gotta get me out of here.

I can't be here any longer.

- No, Susannah.

- Come on, uh..

Susannah, we can't leave

until someone looks at you.

- Stephen, I don't give a sh*t.

- Well, you should.

If you're not gonna help me, I

don't know why you're in here.

- Did they give any explanation?

- No, but they said she had a seizure.

Why didn't you call us?

Why didn't you call me?

I didn't have your numbers.

- The whole thing happened really fast..

- You didn't have our numbers?

Did you not think to look on her phone

under Mom and Dad?

What kind of idiot doesn't know how to

look at a cellphone under Mom and Dad?

I don't know, I just panicked.

I had to get her an ambulance.

- What kind of doctors are?

- A nurse. It was a nurse, I think.

- You think, it was a nurse?

- Uh-huh, I don't.. I don't know.

The whole thing, they just

said that she had a seizure

- and, uh.. and..

- What is wrong with you?

Do you care about her or not?

What were you doing in that..

Yes, of course, I do...

Thomas! Okay, okay.

You know what?

Thank you for taking care of her.

Come on.

Susannah, I think it's best

that you come home with us.

I'm sorry, that's.. That's

really sweet of you.

No, thank you.

Susannah, I think it's a good idea.

Oh, really, Stephen? Well,

then go and get stuff, huh?

- Susannah, it's not like that.

- No problem. You know what, you should go.

I know it's really hard for you.

Stephen, why don't you go home?

And just get some rest, and

I'm gonna take care of her.

- It's a good idea.

- I'm gonna gather some of your things.

No! You're not gonna be

gathering anything, okay?

'Cause this is my home, all right?

I call the decisions when I'm here.

- I'm not leaving. I'm not going anywhere.

- Hey, Stephen.

If anything like that ever happens

again, you call me, okay?

Of course.

Where's your toothbrush?

In the bathroom, Mom, where

all the toothbrush is left.

I love you.

Hey Susannah, come talk to me!

Susannah, come on, down!

Hey, honey!

What are you doing?

I'm swimming, Mom. I'm just swimming.

Come on in.

Swim to me.

She was not herself.

I mean, I didn't recognize her.

I'm looking in her eyes,

she's looking at me.

And I can tell that she's not there.

It was like she was in a trance.

We're gonna get through this, okay?

- Hey.

- Susannah.

Oh, no.

I just think you really need to..

You know,

get some good sleep. Maybe,

we gotta think about a trip.

- Go to the lake, maybe.

- Jrvelle rentoutumaan.

- Eat great food.

- Absolutely.

That's what I feel like.

I could use it.

It's Stephen.

It's not all his fault.

I can't handle it. It's young love.

I can't handle it anymore.

It's too much for me.

I have to tell him.

What's the Post?

How does the Post. I'm unhappy.

I'm so unhappy there. Oh, it's

my editor, Richard. It's Margo.

I'm so unhappy.

I need to go back to school.

I need to go back to school!

I have to change it up!

I gotta change the oil!

I gotta find a career that

actually has some legs, you know?

I gotta change. I gotta do it.

That's it. That's it!

No, no.

No, no, no, God.

No, it's New York.

- It's New York. I'm unhappy.

- It's okay, baby.

I'm unhappy, I'm unhappy.

I'm so unhappy there.

And I can't, I can't handle it.

- Susannah?

- Susannah?

Oh, my God!

- Am I okay?

- It's not for me to say, but

you seem kind to me.

I've seen this dozens of times before,

usually, but bankers and Wall Street guys

who come in here are all stressed out.

There's nothing wrong with them, it's

all in their heads.

Look into my eyes and tell me honestly,

because there's no judgements here.

How much alcohol are you drinking a day?

Maybe a glass of wine at night.

You know, when my boyfriend comes over.

Or we split a bottle, but

nothing major.

- Beer gigs.

- Any drug use?

Not in a while.

Plain and simple. She's partying too hard,

she's not sleeping and

she's working too hard.

I've seen this happened a lot in

young adults making a transition

from college to working full-time.

- It's a changing life.

- That's what you think this is?

Mrs. Nack, I've nearly 20 years

experience in this city.

I've seen it all.

Just make sure she doesn't drink,

she takes the anti-seizure meds I'd

prescribed, and everything should be fine.

Okay, great. Thank you.

I can't do this anymore!

What the hell?

What the hell?

Hey! No, no, no.

- Listen, Susannah. What is going..

- What are you looking at, huh?

Susannah, sit down.

Everybody's fine. I don't know

what I'm doing. I'm broke.

I'm gonna lose my job, Stephen

doesn't love me. No one loves me!

I'm lost right now, Margo.

I have nowhere to go! Nowhere!

Honey, honey, you're in the office.

You need to relax a little bit.

Babe.

- I'm so happy.

- Honey.

Margo, I'm so happy!

I know what to do!

Yes! Goddamn, yes!

This is it!

I'm so happy!

Margo! God!

Richard! Richard! Yes!

Yes, Richard! Come here,

I need to talk to you!

Yes! Yes! God, yes!

Okay, goodbye. Let's go!

Richard, come on!

There's nothing funny. Go to,

get to work now. Now!

- Richard, we gotta talk!

- Okay, I'm here.

- Come on!

- I'm here. Yeah.

Okay.

What the hell is going on with you? What

are you doing? I was in the meeting.

I need bigger stories,

better stories, Richard.

I need to be able to be a

hard-hitting investigator.

And I'm ready for it.

I'm ready for it.

Susannah, you're screaming

through the office,

you're talking a mile a minute.

- What the hell is going on with you?

- I'm excited, Richard!

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