Cafe Society Page #9

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one of his gorgeous young discoveries,

as he likes to call them.

And so...you know,

his reputation is not so great,

but we adore him, he's lovely.

He welcomed us off in Catalina on his yacht,

and he couldn't have been a more gracious host.

And Irene, is...

a bit...

gorgeous in person. Proper.

So, we were at Busby Berkeley's party and,

she was asked to have a puff of a cigar.

It was as if she was asked

to take her clothes off!

She was absolutely mortified.

And then Errol leans in and introduces

us to this teenage starlet.

And then she asks if she is his daughter.

Without missing a beat,

Errol looks at her and says:

No...my granddaughter.

I died! Died!

And then in London, he was mobbed.

I didn't know but he is

a great hero to the British.

I love London.

I could live there.

So damn civilized.

Really?

I love it. But I love Paris, more.

Yes.

And Venice. We keep fowling to get a place there.

We do...

Bob Montgomery and his wife had one.

Have you ever met them?

They are lovely.

Just a gorgeous, gorgeous couple.

Little Bobby...

Wow! You really made it big, Robert.

I always knew you make it

one way or another.

I was breaking this kid as an agent

and he said he preferred New York.

Which I completely understand.

You know, you'll have to excuse me.

I didn't expect a madhouse tonight.

We will be in town, 4-5 weeks.

Oh! And congratulations

on becoming a young dad!

Aw! Absolutely!

Hey Frank, let me have a scotch.

Hey Bobby! How's your wife?

Oh! Good. She's fine, thank you.

Never see her around anymore.

You know, she's has become very domestic,

since our daughter came.

Yeah. That's what happens.

They become mothers, and everything falls off.

If you know what I mean.

No, right.

Because of the hormones.

Sometimes they never come back.

Suddenly, it's diapers all I see.

Night. Night.

Listen.

If you say I told you, I'll deny it.

But the District Attorney's Office

has had a serious discussion,

about your brother

... and his business friends.

Meaning?

I don't know yet,

but it's possible things could get hot.

So, I'm just givin' you a heads up.

Thank you. Can you do something about it?

Can I help if we had a clean Mayor?.

Alright so what are they looking at?

Racketeering, extortion, tax evasion...

Hmm.

Maybe worse for Ben.

My advice to your brother:

is to go some place for a while.

Yeah.

He likes Havana.

Yeah, I'll definitely tell him, thank you.

Yeah thank you for the heads-up.

Hey! Are you looking for something?

Just you. Wanted to say hello.

Yah! Are you kidding me?

Meaning what?

Meaning, you should listen to yourself?

You've become everything you poked fun,

that you couldn't stand.

Well you know...

time passes, life moves on.

People change.

Yes, but all that talk of the simple life...

It would be comical if you weren't so sad.

Well you are not necessarily

the same person either.

No, no...yes you're right.

Yeah, life moves on, people...

yeah, people grow.

Have lunch with me.

Right you can impress me with name dropping

and all the fancy parties you've to go to?

No, I'll behave myself and not

babble on like a Hollywood wife,

if you promise going easy on me

for running off with Phil.

Let's just...let's just turn back

the clock and take a walk..

You can do it.

Phil's on business and

I have a lotta time on my hands.

I'm dying to know,

what's going on with you.

I'll say, you are still

amazingly beautiful.

I haven't seen our next door

neighbor quite a while.

Maybe he's away.

He's always out watering the lawn.

It's getting brown.

And his mail is piling up.

You think somethings wrong?

You think he's on the floor with

a heart attack or somethin'?

Listen, count your blessing!

Serves him right if he drops dead.

Don't say that! Take that back.

Do I ask the police come check?

I wouldn't. It's not our business.

Of course, it's our business.

People are responsible for one another,

even the louse.

I go if I were you.

What's that supposed to mean?

Is there something you're not tellin' me?

I'm worried, Leonard.

Why, Evelyn?

Oh God! I...

Is there something I don't know about?

I may have done something wrong.

What are you keeping from me?

When we saw Veronica and Bobby's baby,

I told Ben that we were having a lotta

problems with our neighbor...

and the police were not very helpful.

Ben?

I was scared of him, Leonard!

We have a child.

He was a volatile neighbor,

he was a drinker, he was nasty.

He constantly made trouble, he was a security guard,

so I know he owned a gun.

Who knows if he fly off the handle!

What!? You didn't have Ben threaten him?

Or, or, or hurt them?

I just asked Ben, if he could talk to him.

You tried speaking to him.

but you're so mild mannered!

I thought Ben would tell him

if he didn't start behaving himself...

What Evelyn?

He would start breaking his legs?

Has he broken his legs?

I just asked Ben to talk to him.

What!?

Ben is a thug. Ben is a gangster.

So what did he do?

Did he put him in the hospital?

I do not know, Leonard.

And I don't wanna know.

It's wrong.

It's wrong.

Is it a proportionate response

that this guy is laying

in the hospital, all beat up?

It's delicious.

Hmm.

And I love this place.

Reminds me of our little Mexican joint.

It's a dump!

It is.

I know it's not the Brown Derby, you know.

Or Busby Berkeley's party,

You are running into Fred Astaire.

How's your wife. Tell me about her.

I'm curious.

Oh! She is lovely.

What's her name?

Veronica.

No it's not!

It is.

Stop it!

It's Veronica, she pronounces it differently.

I'm flattered.

I know...

life is a comedy

written by a sadistic comedy writer though.

I loved you and you decided

to marry my uncle,

which makes you...my aunt. Oh God!

Aunt Vonnie.

I think I still have a crush on you, Aunt Vonnie.

I'm in here.

Hi!

Hi.

What is that?

Flowers!?

Yes, yes, yes.

I can't believe you got me flowers.

Why?Why?

What's the occasion!?

What's the occasion?

The occasion is that I haven't

got you flowers in a long time.

Well, you have been up mood all weekend on flowers.

Yeah.

Did your number just come in?

Or are you guilty of something?

Well look at that!

A husband can't get his wife wife flowers

without getting the 3rd Degree.

No. I love them.

Ok.

Of course you can.

Ok. I love you.

Thank you.

With Phil busy, Bobby used every

excuse to spend time with Vonnie.

He took her to Manhattan,

showed her Coney Island.

And when she remembered she still owed him that

dinner she never gotta cook for him in Hollywood,

he arranged for her to do it downtown.

I hope that it's perfect.

I make it the same every time,

but I've been going about it for years now,

I hope it's good.

Listen, I know it will be perfect.

If not we'll go back in the kitchen.

Oh! You cooked the whole thing!

You can put that Giacomo cheese on it.

I know it will be fine.

In fact I've known Pugioni for years, am I right?

Long time.

How long, Vito?

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