Everything Must Go Page #4

Yeah, Gary, I know. I know

it was f***ing stupid to leave the knife.

Yeah. Hey, Gary. Gary.

Listen, why don't I come in?

Why don't I come in

and we'll sit down and we'll talk about this?

What? Gary?

Gary!

Hey, Kenny.

Let's put this in the for sale pile.

What about these books?

Is that you?

Yeah.

You look happy.

I was, I guess.

What happened?

What do you mean, what happened?

Life happened.

Work happened. Marriage happened.

Hi, this is Nicholas Halsey.

I went to high school

with your daughter Delilah.

Thank you, ma'am. Yes. You, too.

Listen, I'm on the high school

reunion committee.

We're trying to get in touch with Delilah.

Just wondering if you'd have an address

or a phone number where I could

send her some information.

Just a minute. Can I help you?

- Delilah?

- Yeah.

It's Nick.

Nick Halsey.

Nicholas. Wow.

- God, hey.

- Hi.

What are you doing here?

I was just in the neighborhood

and I thought I'd stop by.

How'd you find me?

I called your old number

and your mom gave me your address.

- Okay.

- Yeah.

- What a nice surprise.

- Yeah.

I'm just getting some dinner

ready for my kids.

Of course. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I just wanted to stop by and say hello.

You know what?

I'm gonna give the kids dinner outside.

And if you just wait,

I'm gonna bring the food out

and you and I are gonna catch up, okay?

- Great.

- Sound good?

- Yeah.

- Okay. It's gonna be great.

All right. Hey, you guys. Dinner outside.

No, I actually went out to LA

to study acting.

Yeah, I got a couple of decent jobs.

I got to do a IV commercial with Brad Pitt.

- Really?

- It was fun.

- Yeah.

- It was for Japan,

so nobody here got to see it of course.

It was cool.

We were in the desert at an old gas station.

And there were tumbleweeds going by

and we're drinking beers,

which, of course,

is why you could never see it in the US.

- Sure.

- And these Japanese tourists pull up

and they have one of those star maps

and they're asking directions.

I mean, this sounds dumb

but I got to say, "Y'all look lost. "

And then Brad kind of smiles at them,

you know.

And he takes the star map

and he points to his own house.

I see.

So, it was cool.

He was a real sweetheart.

What an experience.

Then I had Lizzy and my husband left.

So we came back here.

And it's a good place for kids to grow up.

You know, it's safe.

So what about you?

- Are you married, or...

- Yes. Yes, I am.

- And you have kids?

- No. We're...

We're waiting for the right time, you know.

There isn't one, trust me.

Yeah, how do you handle all this?

All What?

The responsibility.

You know, raising them by yourself,

supporting them.

I don't really have a choice, right?

My dad always said to me,

"Good without the bad ain't no good at all. "

So we just make it work, right, missy?

You're a natural.

Hi.

- Wow, it was great to see you.

- Yeah. You, too.

Is there something else

you wanted to say to me?

I'm sorry.

But when we were in high school,

you wrote this.

Oh, my gosh. Look at us.

"You're a diamond in the rough. "

That was 20 years ago.

I know.

I know, I know. I'm sorry.

It's stupid.

Hey. No, I mean, we weren't really friends.

Exactly. It's stupid. I'm so sorry.

It was really great to see you.

Hey, you remember those crazy parties

at Brian Sever's house?

Yeah. Well, I showed up

with bright pink hair once

'cause I was going through a phase.

And the guys were super drunk,

especially Brian.

And he decided he was gonna try to

dunk my hair in the pool to get the pink out.

And everybody just thought

that was super funny.

I was really embarrassed and scared.

And you came over and tried to stop him.

And he wouldn't, so you punched him

and knocked him into the pool.

Then you gave me a ride home

while your girlfriend hung out at the party.

Don't you remember that?

No.

Well, I do.

You have a good heart, Nicholas.

That doesn't change.

So when you get yourself together,

you should call me

and we'll go have some coffee.

Sure.

Nicholas, are you gonna be all right?

Yeah. Yeah.

- What's up, man?

- Hey.

- How you doing?

- Good.

- That's all?

- That's it.

- $6.50, man.

- Yeah, I don't have $6.50.

Can I just get this?

I can't do credit on this, man.

You know that.

- Really?

- Yeah.

- On a six-pack?

- You're here all the time.

I know, I've been coming here all the time.

So can you just spot me?

Not at all, man.

I'll lose my job. I can't do that.

- Can you just give me one beer?

- No, not even one

- 'cause it's a whole case right here.

- You being serious right now?

- I'm being serious right now.

- Really? For real?

Can't you just tell?

I should f***ing call the cops

on your ass for that.

You better leave. Yeah, run.

Hey, I don't mean to bother you,

but can I get a beer from you?

Can I get one of your beers?

I just need a drink.

These are Valium.

They'll help.

You feeling any better?

Thanks.

You know, you need some help.

I've tried help.

Yeah, well, maybe it wasn't the right kind.

You know, there's new medications,

new therapies.

I don't need medication.

Well, you can't live like this.

Why not?

'Cause it's not normal.

Normal?

What's normal?

That guy Stanley what's-his-name,

down in the blue house,

his wife blew her brains out last month

'cause her daughter

didn't make cheerleading.

Kenny practically lives by himself,

you know?

Elliot and Kitty,

I can't even tell you what they do.

I'm no different than any of you.

I just don't hide in my house, okay?

- What does that mean?

- What?

"Any of you. "

Nothing. Nothing. I'm just saying...

No, you said "any of you. "

Never mind.

No, go on. I'm a big girl. Say it.

I don't want to do this right now.

Say it.

What's his name?

- Who?

- Your husband. John? Jeff?

- Jack.

- Jack.

He started out in a regional office, right?

Yeah.

He impressed some people

who moved him up to the big leagues.

- How many years?

- Two.

Two years? Yeah.

Now he's back at the regionals.

You're sacrificing your promising career

as a photographer for him.

So?

I figured you out in five minutes.

He drinks.

They transferred him out here

'cause he f***ed something up.

You probably thought

it was a good idea to come out here.

Might even save your marriage.

For better or for worse, right?

Right.

I just want to know one thing.

What kind of man lets his wife,

his pregnant wife,

move alone across the country?

And what kind of woman

stays with a man like that?

What kind of woman?

What, so it's my fault?

You must be really good at your job,

you know, just reading people so easily,

figuring out what bullshit to sell 'em.

- Hey.

- God, what?

You need to put up some curtains.

Why? So I don't have some drunk

staring at me all day?

No, so you don't have to look at your future.

Jeez.

F*** you! F*** you!

"Light up your life. Stop living in the dark. "

- Hey.

- Hey.

- How long have you been here?

- A couple of hours.

Where did the tables come from?

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