For Keeps? Page #6

to understand her.

Hi, there's a man outside my fire

escape outside my window.

I live at 408112 North Vicker,

second floor.

Darcy Bobrucz.

Can you please hurry?

B-O--

Look, I'm about to be murdered.

Spell it any way you want.

It's okay, Thea. Mommy's here.

Nobody's gonna hurt my baby.

Yeah. Nobody will hurt you.

It's okay.

Please go away.

I just talked to the cops, and

they'll be here any second.

Besides, we don't

even have any money.

We just got our second notice

on our electric bill.

So go away, please.

He's gone now.

That bad old man is gone.

You know Mommy

wouldn't let him hurt you.

Come on, now, Thea. Dinner's over.

It's time to go to sleep, Thea.

Your daddy's gonna come home,

and he's gonna be so happy.

He loves you so much.

Mrs. Bobolitz? It's the police.

Okay, just a minute.

It's the police. Things are gonna be

just fine now.

I'm coming.

-We got the guy you called about.

-Oh, thank you.

There's only one thing.

He says he knows you.

Knows me?

You want to press charges,

Mrs. Bobolitz?

Bobrucz.

No. No, thank you.

-Would you like to come in?

-Oh, yeah.

-Thank you, officers.

-Thank you, officers.

I didn't mean to scare you or anything.

Would you like to see Thea?

She's in her crib.

Yeah.

Fresh oranges, fresh apples

and fresh pears.

Thea.

Fresh lemons.

Hello.

-She's beautiful.

-Thank you.

-Would you like to hold her?

-Yeah.

Why don't you put that down first.

Say hello to your grandpa.

I'll tell you one thing.

I don't care if she is a girl...

...this kid's going to Caltech.

"Secretary, secretary,

secretary, medica--"

Oh, this looks good. "Big Bucks.

Housewives, make extra cash

in your spare time. Telephone sales."

That means I could take Thea.

Darce, that's Thea's thermometer.

-Hey, honey. Hi, Lila.

-Hi, Bobrucz.

Hey there, skeezer.

So, what do you think

of your old man anyway?

Next week he's

a high-school graduate.

Right now he's late for his

roofing job and he's gotta change.

Wait. I got night school. I thought

your roofing job started next week.

They changed it. We need the money.

I can't blow this gig.

-I can't blow school. I won't graduate.

-This is important.

-You think not graduating isn't--?

-Come to Auntie Lila.

-I'll read her a bedtime story.

-Oh, thanks.

Listen, there's two bottles

of milk in the fridge.

And those are her diapers there.

I love you. Bye, honey.

Okay. Don't worry about it.

Oh, Thea. Thea.

Come on, sweetie.

"Once upon a time...

...in the land of abnormal psychosis...

...there lived a grand mal seizure."

This is a real sh*t job.

The pay's bad too.

But it's steady work, and it cleans

all the snot out of your nose.

I've been doing this for 20 years.

I still love the smell of tar

on a hot roof.

Someone's feeling very sexy.

They cut off the electricity, Stan.

What do you mean?

Didn't you pay the bill?

The check bounced...

...because we had to make

a double hospital payment.

What about these? You don't take

care of bills by stuffing them in box.

We didn't have the money to pay

them. What do you expect?

-We're in deep sh*t.

-No kidding.

-We have to do a little belt-tightening.

-We have to do more than that.

Maybe it's time we ask

your dad for some money.

What? I do not take handouts.

Sure, better let Thea starve

than hurt your pride.

We'll do less entertaining.

There's no reason

in God's green earth...

...we have to have chocolate milk

at all times...

...or French goddamn roast goddamn

coffee with goddamn cinnamon!

Thea's medication is costing a fortune.

Dr. Barrick is hounding us for his bill.

We spend $35 a week

on disposable diapers.

Why are you buying

disposable diapers?

What's wrong with the cloth kind

my mom used on me?

You sounded like your father

when you said that.

I don't have a father.

This is not getting us anywhere.

We gotta do some planning.

How are we gonna pay for college?

College! Are you in outer space?

We can't pay our electric bill!

Forget college, Darcy!

We're not going!

Let's think about this. What about

next year? Maybe we can save up.

We'll be here next year

and the year after that. This is it!

Home sweet home. I'm a roofer.

And you, if you're lucky,

you'll go to beauty school.

We really aren't going, are we?

We're really not gonna go anywhere.

Oh, yeah? I am.

I'm going out for a beer.

Oh, well, good. Why don't you

just rob a bank while you're at it!

-You shouldn't leave your baby alone.

-I didn't leave her alone.

The kid's been crying all afternoon.

Somebody ought to turn you in.

You shouldn't leave your baby alone!

I didn't.

That's it! End of the month,

you're out!

Stan, what are you doing?

I fed her. I changed her.

I rocked her--

Well, maybe she's sick.

Did you take her temperature?

Oh, God, she's burning up.

Feel her forehead.

Feel her goddamn forehead!

I'm calling the doctor.

We don't have a phone!

We couldn't pay the bill!

Dr. Sloan. Dr. Herbert Sloan,

line seven.

Dr. Slashen. Dr. Harvey Slashen,

Maternity.

Dr. Federoff. Dr. Joyce Federoff,

line 27 B.

Your baby's fine. Doctor

gave her a little shot of penicillin.

You can take her home in a few hours.

Who will be taking care of the bill?

-My mother is.

-All right. I'll make a copy.

-Thank you.

-Your mother?

-Yeah, I just talked to her.

-What did she say?

Here's the thing.

We're gonna move in with her.

I really, really think

that's a bad idea.

Well, I really don't care

what you think right now.

Mrs. Bobrucz?

Dr. Orsham, Dr. Ed Orsham,

code nine.

Hello?

Oh, hi.

Oh, yeah? Okay.

Hold on for a second.

It's Lila. She says everybody's

gonna go to the lake tonight.

-She'll pick us up if we want her to.

-I don't want to go.

Why not? We can say goodbye

to everybody before they go to school.

You go. I don't want to.

No, I guess not.

No, I know, but we have a lot of

stuff we need to do around here.

Yeah. Okay, well,

you have a good time, okay?

Say goodbye to everybody for me.

Yeah, I'm all right.

Call me when you get back.

Bye.

What's she doing here? Thought she

was with her French club buddies.

I don't know. I thought so too.

Stan, come on, put your shirt on.

Do me a favor.

Do not start with her today.

It's hot in here.

Hello, I'm home.

Oh, you're eating, good. I threw that

stew in the Crock-Pot this morning.

How did it turn out?

Oh, you're so sweet.

It's probably awful.

Hi, baby girl.

Oh, my, are we shy, Stan?

Come on.

We don't have any rules

in this house.

And we drink wine with our meals.

Cabernet sauvignon, of course.

Right, Darcy?

You know, honey,

I've been thinking...

...about what you said.

And you're right.

There's no reason why I can't be

your mother and your best friend.

We can talk about this later, okay?

Everything is a learning experience.

We just have to juggle all

of the roles, don't we, Thea? Yeah.

And as a special treat tonight...

...I'm gonna put the baby in my

room so you can get some rest.

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