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Death in Love Page #6
I have a girl in there under 30.
I've been trying to work up
the courage to return her gaze.
I want to make some eye contact,
but I'm just not ready yet.
You know, you are
way too overqualified
to be doing
the bullshit you're doing.
You know what you said
in that acting class?
That wasn't tricks;
That was real.
And I... look, I know
I gave you some sh*t about it,
but it's because
I was kind of shocked.
You know, I wasn't expecting
to feel anything,
and you shook me up.
You're way to good
for this life.
And you're not?
When I was eight,
my dad split.
And my mom took my sister and me
to live in Vancouver,
where she got us hooked up
with the Mormon church.
Ah, Mormon.
No wonder
Yeah, we're natural salesmen.
We have the fastest growing
faith on the earth.
Anyways, from the moment
they got ahold of me,
they were telling me
that I was something special
and I was being groomed
for a high place in the church,
maybe to become
one of the 12 apostles,
maybe church president.
The sky's the limit.
Point is, God's eye was on me
every second of my life.
So I didn't drink,
I didn't smoke,
I didn't swear,
and no girls.
But you know,
I broke,
and I keep waiting for the sky
to fall on my head,
and every day it doesn't,
it's like I have to push things
a little bit further.
But the sky still doesn't fall.
And it just makes me
feel even worse.
It just makes me feel like
everything I knew is a lie.
Religion's just a con, man,
like everything else.
They zero in on the weak one
and make him work twice as hard.
You didn't break.
You're the strong one.
I had this rabbi
who ran the yeshive
I went to when I was a kid.
I was the only nonreligious kid
in my class.
I still, to this day,
have no idea
why my parents sent me there.
Anyway, this rabbi
would pull me aside
and tell me
that I was going to be
a great leader
of the Jewish people.
Me.
Me.
I didn't even believe in God.
It made me feel guilty
every goddamn day of my life.
Sure.
Heard about that.
About what?
Jewish guilt.
See, I resent it
every time I feel guilty,
which is all the time,
because guilt is supposed to be
something that Jews feel.
Yeah,
we own the original patent;
we just license it
to everyone else.
Well, I think the copyright's
expired at this point.
It's public domain.
to a new business model.
Yeah?
You got any bright ideas?
Maybe.
Maybe I do.
I have this friend from school.
Now, for 10 grand,
he can get me
a legitimate agency license.
No bond, no questions asked.
The only requirement
is an actual address.
Now, in the meantime,
I know of an eight-room suite
on Broadway
that I can get
from this landlord I know
for a pretty ridiculous rate.
How ridiculous?
50 grand.
50 grand
Yes,
but it's got to be in cash,
and it's got to be up front.
Who is this guy,
another college buddy?
No, I never went to college.
But no.
This guy's just a guy
I do an occasional favor for.
What kind of favors?
Uh, you know,
nothing mysterious.
Some guys just need help when
even guys with money.
Now, I also know a couple
young agents working at the bigs
who are willing to jump ship
and bring
their clients with them
if I can demonstrate
I have a real setup,
which is what I'm trying to do.
But I'm living hand to mouth
right now.
This guy's not gonna
hold this place for me forever.
So you're gonna need cash.
Which is why you're
talking to the Jew, right?
Cash and experience
and talent.
You know, this could be
a real thing.
This could be step one
to having
a real agency
that represents real clients.
But these guys I'm talking
about, they're young too,
and I have a feeling
they're the type
who might jump ship
when the water gets rough.
I don't know
how much I trust them.
- And you trust me?
- I don't trust you either.
But this is something
we both want.
Hello.
Yes?
When?
Who was it?
Oh, it was just
someone asking questions.
The police?
That's not
why I'm telling you this.
I'm just telling you
I'm taking out a loan.
- On this apartment?
- Right.
What if this business thing
that you're talking about
doesn't work out
and you can't pay it back?
Well,
then they get to sell it,
but that won't be for a while.
And only if...
I'm moving
back to mom and dad's.
That's not
why I'm telling you this.
I'm just telling you this
in the interest of honesty.
I'm just... I'm saying that
while you can still stay here,
it might not be a bad idea
for you
to get your sh*t together,
in the event
it doesn't work out,
but...
I believe that it will.
But you should still
be in a position
to get your own place.
I can't live like this.
It's like a sword
hanging over my head.
I don't get it.
Should I not
have said anything to you?
Maybe not.
Maybe not.
Why?
So you can be spared
the realities
the rest of us have to deal with
every f***ing day?
Spared?
How am I being spared?
I carry the load for all of you.
For all your f***ing sins.
I carry the load
every f***ing day,
so don't tell me
I'm being spared.
What sins?
What are you talking about,
"sins"?
I'm going to mom and dad's.
Why? So you can torture mom?
How long
are you gonna do this for, huh?
How long are you gonna keep
torturing her?
You're the worst, man.
You're the f***ing worst.
At least I keep it at home,
where it belongs.
What about you?
You go out and torture women
who have never
So who's worse, huh?
Who's the f***ing worst?
I don't understand
this family.
I don't understand
how four people
that are supposed
to care about each other
can f*** everything up so badly.
I'm just taking out a loan.
Please don't leave.
This may be purgatory,
but it's better
than living in hell.
Please.
Promise me
you won't go back there.
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you look like
you're in a good mood...
Like you're in love?
Well, I guess
I wouldn't remember.
Spending a lot of time
with the new kid.
I wouldn't say a lot.
We hang out occasionally.
He's young.
In some ways, yeah.
He reminds me of you.
Oh, he reminds me
of who I wished I was.
Everything he does
is so effortless.
It's like he knows everything
without ever
having studied anything.
And what he doesn't know
And women are just
drawn to him naturally.
I mean,
he's not cocky about it either.
Everything comes so effortlessly
for him
that he actually creates
problems for himself
just so that he isn't indecent
in his own eyes
if in no one else's.
I don't know whether to be
pissed or happy
someone like him
actually exists.
Are you f***ing him?
Is he f***ing you?
Do you have to talk about it
like that?
Are you so lacking
in imagination...
Not so much that I can't tell
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