Broken Flowers Page #3

Lolita, I said you- Lolita!

I said you could have a taste.

Now, come on.

That's enough of that.

That's not cool.

Lolita. Interesting choice

of name, Laura.

What?

So, Donny, I heard you made it big

in business a few years ago?

What are you into?

It was computers.

Oh, high-tech stuff.

More high tech

than pencils, I guess.

Mr. Fancy Pants!

Yeah, my pants are fancy.

So what?

So I see you're having

a yard sale?

Uh, you got me.

It's something we do

on Saturdays.

Yeah, Larry had all this crap

in the garage, and-

And then I got this neighbor

to paint a sign for us.

It's fun.

Are you gonna be selling

any old, uh, typewriters?

No.

Wh-

That's so 20th century.

Did you come all the way down here

to get a typewriter, Don?

What do you want a typewriter for?

An old friend asked me

if I would look around

for a typewriter.

So... I just remembered it.

Well-

You know,

I forgot to make dessert.

Oh, Don doesn't like Popsicles.

Donny.

What are you doing here?

I was just looking

for a typewriter.

Oh.

I remember.

Bye.

Hey.

Bye, Don.

Good-bye, Laura.

Come back sometime.

See you, Laura.

Lo! Go.

Put some clothes on.

Can I help you?

Dora?

Yes.

It's me, Don.

Remember me?

Oh, Don!

What-What are you doing here?

I brought these flowers.

So beautiful.

Wanna come in?

So,

what brings you out here?

Well, I was kind of in the area,

so I thought I'd drop in.

I see.

How- How did you

track me down, exactly?

Uh, on the computer.

They can do anything.

Nice place you've got here.

Oh, thank you.

It's a nice example.

My husband and I

are in real estate.

We sell landscape lots...

and preconstructed designer homes.

Or do you already have this information

from your computer?

No.

Your card is pink.

Yes.

Ron, my husband, thought it would be cute

if mine were pink and his blue.

I like those pearls.

Did I give you those?

I don't think so.

I should have.

It's very strange,

your showing up like this.

Yeah, it is strange.

It's my husband.

Hey! Where's my perfect little wi-

Well, what have we here?

Hi. Don Johnston.

I'm a really old

friend of Dora's.

Oh.

You don't look really old.

Just kinda old.

I'm Ron.

Don Johnston.

Mm-hmm.

That's an old flame of yours,

right, honey?

Don just dropped in

completely unexpectedly.

Wow! Nice to meet you, Don.

Ron and Don.

Hey, uh, is Don gonna stay

for dinner? I hope.

No. I really couldn't.

Well, sure you could.

Right? Honey?

Computers, huh? Wow.

That's gotta be a lucrative field.

Yeah, I've done pretty well.

Hmm. Well, the real estate biz

has been very good to us.

Right, hon?

At first I had the idea

of going into bottled water.

I think in the near future,

water will be worth more

than oil or gold.

Yeah. You're dying of thirst,

you can't take a swig of oil.

Right?

Or gold, for that matter.

Boy, you are certainly

right about that.

But for right now,

we decided that real estate

and quality prefab homes...

was the right way to go.

And it has been

quite lucrative.

Hon, those are

beautiful flowers.

Mmm.

Hey!

Don, I want to

show you something.

Excuse me.

Isn't this

the coolest photo?

Wow. Yeah.

Yeah?

This is crazy, right?

My straight little Dora.

My adorable little Dora.

Mmm.

Young hippie chick.

That is great, Ron.

Now, could you please

put it back?

Sorry, baby.

Probably brings back

one or two memories, huh, Don?

I took that photo,

didn't I?

Mm-hmm.

Well, you know, it's strange...

how people's lives change,

isn't it?

So, any kids?

Well, that's-

that's kind of a touchy subject.

See, I always wanted

to have kids with Dora.

You know,

I mean, kids of our own.

But she didn't, really,

so I respect that.

Oh, I don't know if I would have

had the time and patience

to be a good mother...

to- to Ron's children.

I'm just happy to have my Dora.

What about you, Don?

You married?

No, I'm still a bachelor.

A bachelor?

Wow.

But any kids?

He said he was still

a bachelor.

Well, honey, you know-

You never know.

One or two could have gotten away.

No. No kids I know of.

Hello, Winston.

Just a crazy guess.

Look, I don't know

what I'm doing up here.

I'm gettin' nowhere.

Yeah, I saw her.

Yeah, I saw her too.

Yesterday.

No. No clues.

No typewriters.

Couldn't you have rented me,

like, a Porsche or some car

that I might really drive?

I'm a stalker in a Taurus.

I have done everything

that you wanted me to do, you know.

l-l-I've really had enough of this.

I think I oughta go back today.

Yeah, but l- I don't-

I don't think I wanna see her.

No, Winston-

Winston, let me-

let me talk to you later, okay?

Can I just-Yeah.

Let me talk to you later.

Please?

Okay? Thanks.

I'll talk to you in a while.

Okay?

Ladies and gentlemen,

we're now on our final descent.

Please return to your seats

and make sure your seat belts

are securely fastened. Thank you.

I heard what you said.

And I heard

what Dr. Markowski said.

You have to believe

in yourself.

I have a lot of respect for you.

I understand how you feel.

I understand, and I'll try

to do better next time.

Hi.

It takes a lot of courage

to say what you said.

I'm very proud of you.

And I want you to know that

I think you're doing very, very well...

and I believe in you.

Yeah, she definitely

speaks to iguanas.

Okay. That's right.

Call back on Monday

and we'll happily schedule you and Iggy.

Sure.

Mm-kay. Thank you.

I'm sorry, Mr. Johnston,

but Dr. Markowski

only takes appointments,

and she's in a session

right now.

Is your animal friend

with you?

Uh, no, l-l-I don't have

an animal friend.

I'm an old friend of Carm-

uh, Dr. Markowski's.

Um, Carmen has

a really tight schedule.

She may have a minute,

if you want to sit down.

Yeah, okay.

No, no, no.

Of course I won't forget you, Cleo.

Yes, I promise.

Thank you,

Dr. Markowski.

Mm-hmm.

- Bye now.

- Bye, Cleo.

See you next week,

Mrs. Dorston.

So, what do we have next?

Don?

So, you're an animal psychic?

No.

I'm a communicator.

And you're a doctor now?

Mmm.

When we were together,

you were so passionate

about becoming a lawyer.

I mean, you were...

very passionate.

Yeah, well,

passion's a funny thing.

I have a doctorate

in animal behavior.

But that was

sort of after the fact.

It's an odd story.

I'm getting into odd stories.

Well, I was a very successful lawyer.

I had no life, though,

outside my work,

except for my dog,

Winston.

Your dog's named Winston?

Yes.

But then he died...

suddenly.

I'm sorry.

Oh, no.

It was, uh-

It was years ago.

But my new ability was this gift.

This gift from Winston.

All right,

you can come in again.

Anyway,

after Winston died

I got this gift.

To-

To read animals' minds?

No. I told you-

- No.

- I'm a communicator.

You see,

soon after Winston died...

I realized that I could

hear animals speak to me.

I mean, I certainly hadn't

been aware of that before.

And I don't

read animals' minds.

But when they want

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