Death in Love Page #2

I'm just practicing.

I'll play it for you later.

I can't wait.

Mom!

The yams are boiling!

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

I made you a soup, and I have

salmon and a green salad.

Great. That sounds great.

And I also made

some extra chicken.

If the salmon isn't enough.

Well, I'm sure

the salmon will be...

Also some mashed potatoes.

I'm sure the salmon...

He said the salmon

would be enough.

I have some mashed potatoes

from yesterday.

- What are all these yams?

- If you're still hungry.

I eat two yams.

Two!

Well, I just

put a few extra.

I eat two yams!

If you cook all these, you're

gonna have to throw them out.

All right, I'll take them out.

I'll take them out.

Okay, all right.

I take them out.

I'm gonna go to the bathroom.

Does anybody

need to use the bathroom?

- No.

- No.

'Cause I'm gonna use it,

so if anybody needs to use it,

use it now.

It's fine.

Mom, why do you let him

push you around like that?

It's okay,

I just put too many yams on.

What...

You shouldn't

be cooking for him anyway.

He shouldn't even

be living here.

You haven't seen him

for a while.

You don't know how weak he is.

He's better now,

but you don't see him.

He's been so weak.

I see him.

I'm here, aren't I?

You don't see him

the way I see him.

You don't see how weak he is.

He's weak because you let him

get away with being weak.

You don't ask him

to do anything.

How long are you gonna let him

emotionally blackmail you?

Can't you just stop it?

How about you?

You still

seeing that beautiful girl?

No.

Well, but she wasn't for you.

I didn't say anything,

but she wasn't for you.

If she was,

I guess she'd be here, huh?

You need someone

who's more your equal.

Equal in what?

It's not a competition, is it?

You need to find someone

who can...

Someone who can help you.

Help me?

She left me.

Maybe I didn't have anything

to give to her, mom.

You ever thought about that?

Hmmph.

Maybe I have nothing

to give to anyone.

That ever crossed your mind?

You just

need to find the right girl.

So how's work?

I'm not working.

It's important

to keep working.

Why? What's so great

about work?

You work all the time.

What's so great about your life

I'm alive.

After the war,

when I came back to Paris

living with my mother,

men chased me

all around the city.

I didn't care.

I wanted my freedom.

Mom!

I'm gonna start

the carrots now, mom.

The more I ignored them,

the more they chased me.

The more they chased me,

the less I wanted them.

There was a boy,

a handsome boy from Sweden,

whose family

had a lot of money...

Millionaires.

I didn't care.

He wanted me to marry him.

He asked me to marry him

every day.

That's how she tells it.

But I finally told him

I don't want to see him anymore

but then his mother called

one night, crying,

saying he was with a gun

in his room,

and he was

going to kill himself

unless I went to see him.

I told her, he can kill himself

if he wants to.

I am not going to see him.

And I hung up the phone.

No one was going to pin me down,

not me.

Your yams are on the stove,

two of them.

You can finish it yourself.

Oh, you'll find the right girl.

Yeah, you know what?

I...

I know you cooked

and everything,

but I'm gonna go.

Are you gonna leave this house

without giving your mother

a kiss?

I'm gonna be late for school.

First go give your mother

a good morning kiss.

Maybe you can

give her a kiss today.

I kiss her,

but to start her day,

she needs a good morning kiss

from you.

I can give her a kiss.

You can kiss her after school.

In the morning, she needs a kiss

from your big brother.

Now, come on.

Let's get your things.

Slap!

Oh!

No.

Slap!

Oh, God, so good.

Slap!

No.

Mm.

Mm.

Mm, no.

What are you doing?

What do you mean,

"what am I doing?"

I want to make love to you.

- We can't do that.

- What?

You've been

with too many girls.

I haven't

been with that many girls.

Too many girls.

I haven't.

Too many girls.

Thud!

Too many girls.

Hey.

Sorry... sorry if I scared you.

I let myself in.

I just couldn't...

Hey.

Hey, what's going on?

I just can't deal

with mom and dad.

I'm going crazy.

I mean, they put on a show

when you come over,

but they're fighting

all the time.

And then

when he tries to be nice to her

and get close to her,

she goes and calls her guys,

you know, her friends,

and makes plans with them.

She makes plans

and does nothing.

She's an ice queen.

Ice queen, with that temper?

The deeper the ice,

the louder it cracks.

She's frigid.

You know, I don't think

she's ever had an orgasm, man.

Hey.

Hey, it's all right.

You don't

have to talk like that.

I don't think she's had sex

with dad since you were born.

But who cares?

It's their life.

You shouldn't be there anyway.

I know,

but I don't know what to do.

You should start working.

That's what you should do.

Get out in the world

and make a living.

Play some music, man;

Make some money.

Do something so you

can get the hell out of there.

You think it's so easy.

I mean, I'm trying.

- I'm not say...

- You don't give me any credit.

Credit?

You know, it's a miracle

I'm not in a hospital right now

it's because you won't eat.

Why won't you eat?

You have to eat

like a normal human being.

Just please f***ing eat

like a normal human being.

Stop making mom

cook yams and potatoes

for you all the time.

Start taking care of yourself.

Jesus, man, come on.

Look, you should stay here.

Okay, thanks.

I'll sleep on the couch.

I'll be gone

by the time you wake up...

No, I mean, you should...

You should come

live in this apartment

and get out of mom and dad's.

Well, I... I don't know

if now is such a good time.

I mean, they're not

getting along,

and she's really on edge.

I wouldn't want

to rock the boat.

Rock the boat?

Jesus,

this will steady the boat.

Get out of there

and come stay here.

Well, this place is tiny.

You've got girls to bring over.

I won't be here.

What do you mean?

I mean, I'm staying

at this woman's place anyway.

Well, I thought

you broke up with...

No, no, no, not her.

The, um...

The Asian one.

You remember her?

Oh, yeah.

Do I?

She's like, wild.

There's a lot of them

out there, man.

They're all over the place.

I mean, the world's crawling

with Asian...

Not for me.

What do you mean, not for you?

Of course not for you

unless you get out of the house.

You've got

to get out of the house...

Okay, let's just

not talk about it, okay?

,

I mean, yeah, I'll move in here

but if you're gonna pressure me

about girls and about going out,

then I'll just... I won't;

You know, I'll go back.

- Hey, look, all right.

- I don't need to be here.

Take it easy.

I'm not pressuring you.

We're just

having a conversation, okay?

Just get all your sh*t

and come stay here.

Well, what about my piano?

We'll get the movers

and bring it here.

You can, um...

You can move all that sh*t

away from the wall there

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