Cold Turkey Page #3

pose, Nin.

Thanks.

You still practice?

Hell no.

Warrior 3.

Come on,

straighten those arms up.

Dude, I'm not even warm, yet.

Really? How long you been out

here?

Like ten minutes.

That's funny, I feel great.

Whoo!

Splits.

Shouldn't you be locking

your standing leg?

You know what?

Have fun.

A little early for that, no?

I'm so sorry, Jacob.

Uh, for what?

Everything.

Well, please...

it's fine.

Thanks.

Well... I'd better go

walk Peanut.

Uh...

W- don't you wanna

hang out?

Love you.

Love you.

Jacob?

Ah, Poppy.

What's wrong?

Nothing.

So... should we go into town?

I was thinking it might not

be a bad idea,

why with the weather,

and potentially we could get

a few things...

Poppy, I need to talk to you.

Why, what is it?

I need some money.

Of course... how much?

Oh g- oh, Poppy...

thank you so much!

You welcome.

What- what's it for?

Um...

Aah... yeah...

Uh... uh...

It's okay, Jacob.

You can tell me.

Well um...

It's uh- it's- there's...

Poppy, they threw a brick

through our window.

They keep calling me and

sending me these awful texts,

I keep lying to Missy.

Jacob, what happened?

Poppy, it was

a good investment,

I swear to God.

Vacation property

in Nicaragua,

at a great price.

We wet gonna call it

El Paradiso.

he said that the value was

definitely gonna double

after it got developed.

The- the property was 100k,

all I needed

was a downpayment,

like 20k from these loan

guys,

I could get the rest

from the bank,

the mortgage loaner bank

for like 80k.

What was the interest rate?

Well, it was like 10 percent

a year from the bank.

It was totally reasonable.

What was the interest rate

from the brick-throwing

loan sharks, Jacob?

Um...

Compound interest

at 100 percent.

What does that mean,

compound interest

at 100 percent?

I swear to god,

the value was gonna double

once it got developed,

so, I was gonna flip it

for like 200k, so...

I'd owe the bank like 75k,

which would leave me 85k.

Poppy, that's pretty good,

considering that none of it

was my own money...

Answer the question, Jacob.

One thing led to another,

and it never got developed,

so I had to unload it

for like 30k.

So now, I owe the bank, uh...

What was the deal

with the loan sharks, Jacob?

Well, like I said, uh...

it was compound interest

at 100 percent.

Meaning?

Well... uh...

In my particular case...

meaning...

It doubled every six months,

uh...

The amount I owed them

doubled every six months.

I'm sorry.

Did you say

every six months?

When did you take

this loan out?

Um... like two years ago.

So, um... 20k doubled

like 3 times, so it's at...

Yeah, that's right. $160,000

at present.

More importantly,

if I don't pay now,

they're gonna break

both my legs

and get me kicked

out of law school.

And you still owe the bank...

$68,000, as well.

Which means you currently owe

various people...

$228,000.

buying undeveloped vacation

property in Nicaragua

was a sound

business investment.

I, uh...

Listen, I only need $20,000,

and they said they'd put

a hold on it,

and I can pay the rest off

after I've been at the firm

for like a year, and...

Hey, Poppy, look at

the bright side,

I don't have any student loans

because you and Mom, you...

Poppy, please.

I'll cover the rest.

Looking back...

Do you still consider it a

sound business investment?

I'll think about it.

What!?

You- you just said of course!

I know what I said.

Did my mom really hit Nina?

What?

When Nina was a teenager.

Dd my mom really hit her?

And that's why she hasn't

been to Pasadena in so long?

Who told you that?

Nina, years ago.

Of course she did.

What?

Nina hit her.

Really?

- Yeah.

Wow.

Nina's grasp on reality can be

a little touch and go at times.

I know.

We like this.

Ooh!

- Whoa.

Hey look!

- What?

Hey, it' like glow in the

dark.

I was just thinking that!

- It is like glow in the dark!

Well, let's see

what we can do.

LEt's give him some buttons,

shall we?

Okay.

Why don't you

help me out over here?

Alright.

Yo, we're doing buttons

over here.

what about stickin'

with the dudes.

I think they can tell you

don't need any help down there.

Levi likes the ladies.

I dunno. I've heard.

So good, you guys.

So, hey, is that like...

post-hipster knitting,

or like, pre-second wave

feminist knitting?

I just sometimes like to make

things for people.

Oh...

Got it.

Nice! Look at this!

Hey.

- Hi, sweetie.

Good job!

- How was your run?

Good.

Hello.

Hi.

Has anyone seen Poppy?

Book room!

Come in.

How was your run?

Uh... good.

Can we talk?

Of course. Sit down.

Lindsay, what's wrong?

I know Nina can be very

difficult sometimes, she...

It's not Nina.

Okay?

I need money.

Of course.

What for?

Well...

Is, uh, TJ doing okay?

TJ is fine.

But I mean financially.

He's great. I mean he made

partner 10 years ago,

we're great.

Good.

What do you

need money for?

Well, I can't ask TJ or it.

Uh... So, I gathered that.

you remember Dave,

from high school.

Oh, God dammit.

I know, I know. It's not

what you think, it's uh...

I can't keep paying for this

guy's drug addiction.

You really can't ask TJ for

it?

no, I can't ask TJ for it.

I can't ask TJ for anything

right now.

We've been having...

problems, you know,

with other people, and...

with fidelity.

I got it.

Anyway, Dave is really

the one person who I just...

you know... just 'cause

he was my first...

real... boyfriend,

and we had this

really intense past, and...

he's just the one person who if

I were ever to get involved...

But you have been involved,

for years.

But TJ doesn't know that.

I'm sorry.

Look, it's our baby.

Dave's and mine.

She's... 17.

And she's shown up.

She wanted to find

her birth parents,

she's found Dave.

And... they wanna start a life

together.

Good for them.

Yeah.. well...

She wants to go to college,

and of course Dave's promised

to pay for it and...

that means I have to find

the tuition.

Because if I don't,

he'll tell TJ,

and that really is

the end of my marriage.

No.

No?

This child is...

not your responsibility.

And she certainly is not

my responsibility.

But... Poppy, your dad

wasn't around.

Leave my father out of it!

Okay.

I just thought...

you had a parent

that wasn't present, so...

you might...

know something about...

how it would feel if that

parent then contributed to edu...

Yes?

Are you all right,

Jim?

I'm fine.

Whatcha doin' in

there, Poppy?

Nothin, Nina.

Where's Lindsay,

Poppy?

Nina, I'm in here,

just go away!

Look...

Let's talk about this later,

okay?

You promise to think about it?

Of co- course

I'll think about it.

Hey.

- Hi.

Shouldn't Poppy be carving

the turkey?

Because he's the one

in charge.

I dunno, I just do

what I'm told, kid.

Hey Deborah!

Hey!

How's it lookin' TJ?

Levi, how're we lookin'?

Eh...

'Bout four minutes,

five minutes,

maybe three minutes.

Okay, three minutes.

You get the napkins,

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