Entanglement Page #5

if I wanted to get

back together.

Is that pathetic?

That, uh, that I

would've taken her back.

Yes... it is.

Yes?

Can I help you?

Hi, uh, I'm looking

for Hanna Weathers.

I'm Hanna.

I'm a friend of Ben's.

Oh, and look, I know you two

have been spending, um...

anyway... I, uh, just wanted to

say take good care of him...

and I don't want you to worry about

me, because we're just friends...

barely friends, I just helped

save his life once is all.

Anyway, uh, point is...

he seems happy.

Okay.

Hang on, hang on.

Who is Ben?

Sorry, um... I think... I think

someone made a terrible mistake.

Thanks.

Okay.

Hey Tabby.

Yeah.

Yeah sure, I'll be right there.

All right.

We need to talk.

Wait, I owe you money.

Okay, it's not about the

money but I'll take it.

It's about the girl.

Uh... Tabby, did you get

that from my apartment?

Yeah, why not?

I paid for it.

Tabby, you can't keep

breaking in to where I live.

Okay wait, would you

just listen for a sec?

No, no.

Why are you messing

with my life?

Listen, your new girlfriend,

whoever she is,

she is not your sister.

Yeah, I know that.

I've been trying to tell

you that the whole time.

No!

She is not not your sister.

Ben... she is a fake.

I went to the house

on January road...

and the woman who lives

there, this woman...

she has never met you.

Hanna Weathers is a single

mother who has no idea

who the hell you are.

You're being conned.

But, Ben... she's not the

person you were looking for.

Right.

Yeah, okay.

I'm just trying to figure out

who I had sex with last night.

I don't know.

But... she's not who

you thought she was.

Okay.

Ben!

Hey!

Hey, don't be so

hard on yourself.

How were you supposed to know

she's some kind of criminal?

Well, uh, she stole my

wallet, she shoplifted,

she broke into my apartment

and a swimming pool

so there may have

been some signs.

Well, we can go to the police.

With what?

We don't know

anything about her.

You could post her photo online.

Maybe she did this

to someone else.

All I have is that stupid

baby photo, that's it.

Actually, uh, that wasn't her.

Right, god damnit.

Okay.

She's a pro, she's professional.

Hey buddy, you want a picture?

You come back later,

I'll put it up.

Uh... excuse... excuse me.

Hi.

Hey.

I knew you'd be back.

You want your picture?

Uh, yeah.

15 bucks.

Sure.

Seriously?

Come on, I'll pay you back.

I promise.

Thank you.

Here you go.

Thanks.

I'll be right back.

Yeah, sure.

Thank you.

Hey, look at this.

- Hey, it's Ben.

Leave a message.

You know how sometimes you

think something's not right,

or you suspected it?

And all the evidence

has been right there

staring you in the face.

Like a word or a thing...

or something was missing

or hinted at.

Maybe you just thought

it was something else

and then all of a sudden,

like a phone rings,

the whole world stops turning.

Ben... what's going on?

Uh... I gotta go.

I gotta go.

Ben?

Looking for something?

She must've left

something behind.

Like a trace or something?

I told you this wasn't

going to make you happy.

Didn't I?

Wait, what's going on?

You already know.

No, I don't know.

Yes you do... because I know.

And if I know, you know...

and so does she.

What does that mean?

That means that you're talking

to your own reflection, a**hole!

You're hearing sh*t

and seeing things.

Puppets, deer, jellyfish,

magic f***ing coins.

What the hell did you

think was going on?

Uh, I don't know...

I mean I guess I thought

it was like whimsical.

That is the dumbest

sh*t I've ever heard.

You are losing your mind, man.

None of this is real.

Not me, not her... nothing.

But, you know... did...

I thought we...

You made love?

Welcome to the suck, my man.

Surprise.

That's not funny.

Well, how do you think I feel?

Do you feel?

Everything you do.

Okay, uh, Hanna, I...

this isn't going to

work out anymore, okay?

Are you breaking up with me?

Yeah, yeah... I mean you're a

figment of my imagination.

So what, what the

hell is anything?

I mean you don't have to

actually touch things,

you just get signals

sent to your brain.

It's physics, it's not reality.

Well I need reality, okay?

I need more than this.

You want this.

You understand that?

You don't know what I want.

I know how you wanted her

back, I know how you wanted

to end it all and I know

how you're so filled

with doubt you can't even

look people in the eye.

I know you, Ben.

No you don't.

You don't know me.

Because you're just a part of me,

you're not the whole thing...

you're not me.

I can hide.

I can bury myself

so deep inside you,

you're never going

to get me out.

We're always going

to be together

and you'll never know where

I begin and you end.

Hanna... get out of my head.

I'm not even here.

Wait, no!

Hanna.

Hanna, wait.

Aren't you tired yet?

What are you doing?

Are you just going

to run away forever,

is that the big plan?

You don't have to chase me.

What are you talking about?

I'm dying, I'm out there

drowning in a f***ing river.

Fine, give up!

No.

No!

You don't control me.

Okay?

And I'm done with this.

Why did you make me?

Because I wanted

to be awake again.

I was alone.

If you let me stay,

I'll be good.

I can't keep you in

here forever, okay?

I can't spend the

rest of my life

looking for you around

every corner, okay?

No.

That would drive me nuts.

Hanna... thank you for

everything, really.

I'm not going to forget

you, okay, you helped me.

Well let's just get

this over with.

All right.

So what do we do now?

Just let go.

Just let go.

Just let go.

Ben... what's the matter?

Put that meat away

when you're done, huh?

That's good salami.

Oh, real nice.

What did I do?

You keep that up, you're going

to wreck his heart for good.

What about your heart?

What do you mean?

I'm fine, I just...

I lost my keys.

What's wrong?

Mom, what's wrong?

They call me at 2:00

in the afternoon

to tell me that my son had

tried to kill himself...

slashed up his arms...

my little boy almost

bled to death.

I'm fine now Mom, okay?

I raised you better than this.

I don't care if you never had

a sister, you lost your wife,

or some woman that

I've never even met.

Benny, look...

you think you're all

alone in the world?

You let someone see

you at your worst

and you watch if

they stick around.

I... I think I just remembered

where my spare keys are.

You really captured the moment.

Where have you been?

I called you.

You leave a picture

with no one else in it

and then you run off

into the night?

You can't do that!

You can't be this

selfish jerk and...

Just let me talk for

a second, please.

No!

No, all you do is talk

and I listen and I nod

and I try to make sense of

it and I'm done... okay?

Okay.

You have to stop treating

people like we don't count

and stop looking for things

you don't need... because...

because you have friends.

And there are people who...

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