Complete Unknown Page #6
I needed something else.
Now, how did you two
end up together?
Oh, we're not together.
[Nina]
Wait, you're not a couple.
Oh, no.
No, we're friends.
He has a lovely wife
named Ramina.
-[Nina] Huh.
-[Roger] Here.
Something,
by the way of thanks.
It's grilled goat meat.
-[gasps]
-Eat.
Thanks.
It's not bad
for the the cholesterol.
You should tell
your patients.
It's a Haitian specialty.
I will let them know.
All right.
We slaughtered her
in a special ritual
so eating her flesh
makes you blessed.
[Nina laughs]
Stop it.
They're gonna think
you're serious.
He didn't take me serious.
You didn't think
I was serious, did you?
Not spicy enough.
He never makes it
spicy enough.
I had her one year,
one year in Port-au-Prince,
and she thinks
she's more Haitian than me.
-It's delicious.
-[cell phone rings]
-Have some more.
-[Tom] Ah, it's all right.
[Nina]
Well, I'm sure they want
to get on
with their evening.
[Roger]
I actually, before you go,
is there a chance
you could take
-a look at something?
-Oh, what?
Roger, no.
-Mm-mm.
-He's here. Okay?
Why not?
Her back has been
bothering her
because
of the osteoporosis.
Could you take a look?
-At her back?
-You don't mind?
-Sure. No problem.
-Just a little peak.
-[Nina] Oh, Roger.
-I've got you.
And let the good doctor
help you.
Help me? [groaning]
I don't know.
I was planning
on sleeping here all night.
It's chronic.
My mother had the same thing.
-Yeah, right.
- Ohh.
There you go.
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Go ahead.
-Tom?
-Yeah.
Maybe we should head off.
You've got that patient
who keeps calling.
Right, yeah.
[Tom] Wow, I was
completely absorbed.
[Alice]
Yeah, it's hard to stop.
Remember when we went to go
visit your parents?
And we had to stay
at that motel afterwards?
-You got so sick.
-You took care of me.
Well, you were burning up.
I had to keep getting ice
from the ice machine
all night.
It kept eating
your quarters.
Yeah.
Oh, and there was
that weird woman
at the front desk
when we checked out.
She kept...
[squeaks]
[both squeaking]
-Her wheezing.
-Yes, yeah.
Oh, my God,
I forgot about her.
Yeah.
Hey, you know...
I'm sorry about your dad.
He was a really great guy.
Yeah.
He was.
Did you think I'd run off
and killed myself?
Well, you said,
some pretty extreme things
about your life.
Well,
things were pretty extreme.
Look, I didn't want to be
responsible
for you leaving school.
You were supposed to have
this whole life.
Yeah, right.
You know, they used to lock
the building on Sundays
to make us stop practicing
and get out
You know, I didn't know
what to do with myself, I...
I went across town
and I remember seeing
the list of all
the different departments
you guys had.
I mean,
you could study anything.
You looked at me
so differently
when I told you
the truth about--
I was impressed.
I liked who you were.
No, you liked the idea
of who I was.
You liked
the incredible piano prodigy.
Anyway...
You weren't the reason
I disappeared.
I mean, you didn't help.
You were pretty
f***ing shitty in fact.
I mean, that speech
you gave me about--
Yeah, yeah, I know,
-about being on a path.
-Being on a path? God.
Look, I was jealous.
I mean, you already
seemed so driven.
And I...
I mean, you know
what I do for a living?
Basically, I write emails.
I've spent the last 13 years
suggesting guidelines.
Which honestly,
I get almost nothing out of.
Almost, which is in a way,
worse than nothing.
'Cause you think
if you just hold on,
and shift
one little thing,
you can...
I feel like...
You know, if I leave,
basically, I've failed.
Mm, anyway,
what else am I gonna do,
sell insurance?
-I sold insurance.
-[laughs]
Mm? Oh, really?
Yeah, f*** you.
So, it's not a coincidence
you're in New York,
is it?
I mean, did you invent Alice
just so you could...
see me?
And all the rest of it.
You just made it up
all the studying frogs...
No.
It's real.
Show me.
Show me. I want to see...
who you are now.
[keypad beeping]
[Alice]
Knock-knock.
-[man #2] Alice, hey.
-Hey. James, this is Tom.
Tom, James.
-We trade night shifts.
-Nice to meet you.
I thought you weren't back in
till Tuesday.
I'm not.
Tom's an old friend
just visiting
and I told him he has
to hear the frogs sing
before he leaves
in the morning.
Definitely.
Hey, C-group's hatching.
-Yeah?
-Mm-hmm.
Will you give me
a minute?
[frogs croaking]
[louder croaking]
[croaking continues]
[mouths]
Thanks.
Thank you.
So...
So what's next?
Now that you've seen me,
you just
become someone else?
I want to see how you do it.
Leaving.
[loud clatter]
This is-- Huh.
I mean, they're all
so totally different.
Yeah.
Were you married?
No. Not married.
How do you even
keep track of them all?
Well...
This is Mae, China.
Cut in two. Mm-hmm.
Vanessa.
South Africa.
Sasha.
She was the last one.
[sighs]
Keeping track
isn't the hard part.
It's when everyone
around you
thinks they know who you are,
and they try to lay claim
to you and...
Then you're trapped.
That's the hard part.
So, stop doing it.
[chuckles]
And be who?
Hmm.
I still remember watching
you practice, you know.
There was this one time
you were working on a passage.
It was Brahms, I think.
And you just wouldn't stop.
Just over
and over and over.
You were so...
determined.
To just master it,
you know?
You're still doing it.
I mean, that's what
all this is, right?
It's all you.
All of them.
And it's crazy
and f***ed up and...
it's also kind of amazing.
Want to come with me?
Time to go.
Ah, sh*t.
So, where next?
You should go now.
Wait, you mean,
you just want me
to leave you here?
Mm, okay.
Well, see you
in another 15 years maybe.
Maybe.
It was good
to see you again.
Thank you.
Take care of yourself.
You know where
to find me, I guess.
I've been thinking
about California and, uh...
[woman on PA system]
Attention, please.
This is the final call
for flight 421
to Amsterdam.
Departing passengers
should proceed to gate 52
for final boarding.
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