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No.

Mmm.

I can't seem to let him go.

I've been wondering

for years now why he,

why he keeps me alive.

My first husband is dead.

All three of my

husbands are dead.

I never had any children

of my own.

So I'm ready.

I've been ready since 1954,

when my first husband

Ricardo Ortiz died.

You've probably

never heard of him.

Ricardo Ortiz?

He did a few movies

and that's where we met.

Of course, they changed

his name to Richard Olsen.

There was talk of him

being the next Cary Grant.

But the camera never saw it.

Ricardo was walking sex

in a male form.

And either the camera

sees it or it doesn't

and with him, it didn't.

But if you're a woman

sitting next to him

you'd have trouble following

the conversation

because all you would

be thinking is

when is he going to kiss me?

Where is the first place

he will touch me?

Am I going to faint?

I want him to touch

me in places

that's going to make

my skin burn.

Wow.

Yeah, it was a wow.

We married in the fall after we

finished a musical called um...

"Two Plus One."

Did you see it?

I was the second lead.

I had a wonderful number

in a nightclub.

How many movies have you done?

Mmm, Hundreds.

Hundreds?

Mm-Hmm,

Well, but I wasn't the star.

I'd work on a picture for one

week maybe two at the most.

But it adds up.

I was Betty Rockland then.

With the reddest hair

you ever did see.

I'm being punished

for my pride now.

Pride goeth before the fall.

What do you mean?

When my last husband

Stanford Miller died

I should have gone to one of

those Actor's Retirement Homes.

I just couldn't do it.

Well, my nickname at

Warner Brothers was the beauty.

Can you believe that?

Ridiculous.

You're still beautiful Betty.

It's a good thing you

don't believe in God

because He'd snap your tongue

right out of your mouth.

No, I could never,

I could never let them

see me like this.

The great actors would be

reading pages of Shakespeare.

There wouldn't be a dry

eye in the house.

The comedians would be

using all those old jokes

and everybody would laugh.

What could I do?

I- I thought the whole

point of retirement

is that you don't have

to do anything.

It's like your reward

for a life well lived.

Who has had one of those?

You should let somebody call

one of those homes for you.

No.

I would go through

the next 200 years in pain

before I will let them

see me like this.

Um.

I think I should go

in the truck.

[Sigh]

Alright, well this has been

wonderful, thank you.

I'll get that.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

You good?

I think so, yes.

I'm over in apartment 2B.

In that apartment house

over there. Come see me.

Hello?

Hey, hello?

Is this your truck?

You wouldn't happen to

have a stamp, would you?

Stamp?

You know what, I'm out.

You should check back tomorrow.

It's a bill, I need it today.

I'll buy a coke or

whatever I just need one.

Where's it going? Maybe I can

drop it off when I'm done.

It's going to Cleveland.

Cleveland?

Yep, yep, you should give

it to me.

I've always wanted

to go to Cleveland.

You know, you food truck

people think you're so cool.

I can get ice cream

at the grocery store.

You don't trust me?

You're in someone's

neighborhood.

You should act a little nicer.

This isn't your

neighborhood you know.

You sure?

I'll cut your tires.

Hello?

Excuse me?

Hi, what time is it?

Oh, it's almost three.

My friend and I were hoping

to get some ice cream.

Uh, go around to the front,

I'll be right there.

Okay.

Jillian?

Paula!

Oh my God,

what are you doing here?

I think I've seen you twice

in the past two days. Where?

I saw you leaving

a bar last night,

then you were around

here earlier today?

Why are you here,

in Los Angeles?

I got a summer internship

and William and Morris

in the legal department.

Oh course you do. You're

doing entertainment law.

This is my cousin Penny,

I'm staying with her

and my aunt this summer.

Hi.

Hi.

What are you doing here, do

you actually work here?

Oh no, I'm just filling

in for a friend.

I didn't think you would-

Not that what I'm doing

is much better.

I'm bartending two

nights a week at a club.

Money, you know.

Your cousin and I

were good friends

at Stanford Law,

but I've taken a

semester off to see

if I can do something

in the arts instead.

I thought I was going

to try classical piano

but it is ridiculously

difficult.

And I ended up competing with

all these little Asian girls

who were playing since they were

like five or six years old.

You could try something else.

I did. I mean, I tried guitar

for a while and..

I painted for

the past few months.

No, no I'm terrible and

my teacher looks at me

like I took a crap

on the canvas.

You should come back

to Stanford in the fall.

I don't think that I can.

What are you going to do here?

Um, I'm a little lost,

but I think Los Angeles

is the perfect place to,

you know, be un-tethered,

float amongst the stars

and you know,

it's giving me time to think.

That sounds cool.

I'm lying. Really, I'm just

drinking way too much

and I'm sleeping with surfer

boys and wanna-be musicians.

Oh, Jesus! Please don't

tell Danny that!

Hey, did you call Danny

today? It's his birthday!

I went to the payphone across the

corner and that's not working.

Do you have your

cell phone with you?

Does she know Daniel?

Jillian, we actually

have to run.

It's just, we have some

people waiting for us.

Oh, um, okay,

well, want to hang out

sometime since you're here.

We can go out. We can

gossip about Stanford Law.

And I won't pressure you

for information about Danny

because I know that

a trial separation

is still a separation.

It's a trial.

He's screwing around.

Jillian.

Okay, you're right,

that's none of my business.

As long as he's not

sleeping with Alice Goodman.

She's got this little scrunched

up face, it make me wanna-

Guys.

I thought we were going

to get some lunch

before we went to the airport.

Yes, we are.

Hello.

Hello.

Jillian we actually have

to go-

I still want some ice cream.

Yes but-

Chocolate or vanilla?

Chocolate please.

Okay, now let's hit the road.

I'll have some too,:

Please.

I don't know.

Why not?

You're pregnant and

I'm going to be honest.

They're like testing

this product.

I have no idea what's

in this thing.

It could be made out

of starfish for all I know.

Let's get going.

No Dana.

She knows Daniel.

And watch out, it sounds like

they used to date or something.

You used to date Daniel?

Um, when was this?

I left the car running,

so I just wanted to come over.

Hey honey!

Huh?

Too much traffic.

What's wrong?

Can you come over here?

What?

Just come over here.

I don't understand, I feel like

I'm not asking you that much.

I mean, what are the odds?

Did you plan this?

This is random. That's

what I'm saying to you.

So why don't I use this

random experience to-

Just give me

ten minutes to talk.

Ten minutes to talk to her.

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