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that's good advice.

- Nobody came, right?

- What?

The Hello Kitty bag.

Nobody came, right?

It's only been four days, kid.

Don't get your hopes up.

Hey.

- Hello.

- Hello.

- After you, my love.

- Thank you.

Let's try...

- In here?

- No.

I am ready for something to drink.

How about you?

Or maybe something to eat.

Ooh, let's put you in the box.

Can you

hold your breath underwater?

- Yeah.

- You can?

How long do you think

you can hold it for?

- Seven.

- Really?

Uh-huh.

Look, Mommy.

Look how high I can jump.

Are you trying to break your new bed

on the first night?

- No.

- Don't break your bed.

OK. Look, Mommy.

I am going to reach the ceiling.

What is that?

Looks like a leak.

How?

I will have to tell them about that

in the morning.

Horrible.

Anyway, what shall we read?

Wow.

The sound really carries.

Yeah.

- Mommy.

- Hm?

- Can you fix my hair?

- I'd love to fix your hair.

What do you want?

Do you want a ponytail? Or a braid?

- A braid.

- OK.

You want to practice for today?

OK.

Boys and girls,

today I want you to meet

your new classmate.

Her name is Cecilia Williams.

Everyone say hello to Cecilia.

- Hi, Cecilia.

- Hi.

I think

you can do better than that.

Do you want to try again?

OK.

- Hi, Cecilia.

- Hi, everybody.

That's my girl.

That's my smart,

beautiful, beautiful girl.

How's that?

It's perfect.

You do it perfect.

You get your shoes on,

which are right there.

Keys, which are...

I know where they are.

Sh*t. Sh*t.

- Mommy.

- What?

- You cursed.

- Put your shoes on, OK?

OK.

- Do you need help with those?

- Yeah.

Pick up your finger paints

from the back of the room.

Remember to mix the colors.

Red and yellow make...

- Orange.

- Great.

Good morning. Hi.

Hi, Cecilia. You know what?

We are going to have so much fun today.

We're finger-painting, so we're going to

get all messy. Look. See?

- The messier the better.

- That's fine.

Are you ready to come

meet all your new friends?

Great. Why don't you come with me,

sweetheart?

- Bye, sweetheart.

- Want to say goodbye to your mama?

Bye, darling girl.

- I will be here at 3:30 to pick you up.

- Love you, Mommy.

Oh, I love you so much.

Go have fun.

Come on, sweetheart.

OK, everybody.

Listen up, now.

I want you to give a big, warm, huge

welcome to our new friend Cecilia.

- Hi, Cecilia.

- Hi, everybody. I am Cecilia.

Hi, Cecilia.

Wow, that was great.

You want the elevator? Uh...

Actually, I was looking for you. Um...

There's a leak

in my bedroom ceiling.

Breaking news, huh?

Pipes is 30 years old.

Leaks all over the building.

So does that mean

you won't fix it?

Fix a leak? Look,

all I can do is patch up the ceiling.

If you want to fix the leak,

you got to get Murray to call a plumber.

- Mr. Murray.

- Mr. Murray.

OK. I will call him.

Do.

OK.

So, you worked

as a copy editor?

Yeah. Back in Seattle,

I did copy editing and some fact checking.

Why do you want this job? Pay's not that

good, sure as hell ain't interesting.

Oh, I'd try something different, you know?

I have always been interested in medicine.

Medicine?

Oh, honey, this ain't medicine.

See, what you do is you Xerox

their insurance card, hand them a form,

and give them

a pitcher of bug-juice to drink.

Are you sure

you want to do this?

Come on, you can tell me.

I am not exactly a model citizen.

I am separated from my husband.

My daughter and I

just moved to Roosevelt Island.

You're a five-minute subway ride,

the hours are perfect,

and you have a medical plan.

Well, you're hired, honey.

But you got to promise me one thing.

What?

In six months' time,

when you find a better job,

please take me with you.

OK. Thank you.

- Hello.

- Hi. Mr. Murray?

- Yeah.

- Hi. It's Dahlia Williams.

- Dahlia Williams.

- From 9F.

- 9F.

- Yeah.

Hey,

how was that paint job?

- Yeah...

- Great work, right?

Thank you, but, um... Actually,

I have a leak in my bedroom ceiling.

- A leak?

- Yeah.

Did you tell Mr. Veeck?

I did, I told him.

He said that he could patch the ceiling,

but that to repair the leak,

you would need to call a plumber.

I don't know

what he's talking about.

If he needs to open the ceiling

and fix the pipe, he can do it.

He doesn't need a plumber.

Listen up.

Just tell him I said... Just tell him

Mr. Murray said that he should fix the leak.

OK. I will... I will try.

Listen, say hello

to little Cathy for me, too, OK?

Ceci.

Ceci. I am sorry.

OK.

OK. Bye-bye.

Yes.

- Hi.

- It's lunch hour.

Just quickly.

I spoke to Mr. Murray,

and he said that you should

fix that leak that I told you about.

Look, I am not a plumber.

I keep telling him.

I am not responsible

for building's plumbing.

My job is make sure

boiler's working,

mop floors, put out the garbage,

but I am not a plumber.

No, I understand. It's just Murray said

that you could fix it.

Well, I can't.

- Hello.

- Wouldn't stop, right? Took you up to ten?

Yeah, it does that sometimes. It just

goes up to ten, no one's even called for it.

I think when it rains a lot, it messes with

the contacts or something. Which floor?

- Nine, please.

- OK, we will take you back up,

and then I will go down.

OK. Thank you.

Sh*t. Come on.

Who did this?

This building is falling apart.

- Bye.

- See you later.

I have talked to Veeck

twice now,

and he says he's not a plumber

and he can't fix it,

so I am wondering, is there a super from

one of the other buildings who could do it?

I can't do that.

See, C is Veeck, and Veeck is C.

If I do that, then I have the union

screaming at me about violating work rules.

It's really coming down now, and I can

hear there's running water upstairs, so...

You know, it might not even be a leak.

It might be flooded or something.

- Did you say "upstairs"?

- Right above me.

- In 10F?

- Upstairs.

You know, maybe it's their tub that's

overflowed or something, I don't know.

No, that can't be right.

Listen, I will tell you what I am going to do.

I am going to call Mr. Veeck personally, OK?

I am going to take care of this right away.

So don't worry about it.

I am going to get right on it.

I am sorry, I am with a client right now. I will

call you later, as soon as I take care of it, OK?

- Thank you.

- OK. No problem. Bye-bye.

Mommy, wake up.

Ceci?

Hello.

Hello.

Hello.

Oh, God.

Oh, God.

What are you doing here?

Take it easy.

It's flooded.

The f***ing brats.

I am going to kill them.

- You see them coming out of here?

- Who?

A**hole Steve. 3F.

And his buddy, dumb Billy, 7E.

- You don't know them?

- No.

Look.

Here's the story.

Father's left the country.

Where the mother is,

God knows.

They have been away for months.

Probably not coming back.

Those punks have stolen a key

and get in here.

- Why?

- What do I know?

Drugs.

Wacky baccy, you know.

Look, I clean up this place, and then...

Then I come down to your place, huh?

Murray called me.

I tell him I take care of it.

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