Greener Mountains Page #6

of running this place.

Of course I did.

I just feel like Barton's

needs a little renovating.

It worked the way it is

for the last 80 years.

Yeah, but you change

this place up a bit,

you can get a clientele

with some serious bank.

It's never been what M wanted.

God bless her and I love her to death,

really I do, but M is

from a different generation.

You know, she doesn't understand

that change is exactly

what this place needs.

A championship golf course,

a luxury spa, a conference room?

Our guests could never afford this.

Well, maybe they're not

the kind of guests that we want.

- Maybe yours aren't.

- Maybe.

Fortunately, it's not your business.

I grew up on this property.

Anything that happens here

is my business.

No, I mean it's not your business.

You're not family.

If you leave right now, I won't tell M

about any of this.

I wouldn't want her to get hurt.

I don't think you get it.

See, this is gonna happen

whether you like it or not.

Okay, but don't get me wrong, J.

I think you're terrific

at running this place.

Really, I do.

But I feel like you could be better

if you had more to work with.

I'm saying there's no reason

why you couldn't stay on.

You help me out.

I help you out.

That is the way the world works.

I can make you a very rich man, J.

I never wanted to be a rich man.

Wake up, M.

M, are you awake?

Can you hear me?

Please wake up.

( door opens )

Wake up, J.

Wake up. Come on,

you're out of here, buddy.

What the... - look, we

got a restraining order,

Jimmy, all right?

Len says you're out of control.

Now you got to stay away from M.

I'm out of control?!

What about this guy?

You know what he's trying to do?

He's trying to take

this place away from M.

What'd you do with Ms medicine?

- Huh?

- You flush it again.

- You liar! He's lying!

- Let's go.

You stupid... - you have

to get him away from her.

Get him away from her!

- Just walk away, walk away.

- M, wake up!

M! Eric's lying.

This is ridiculous.

I guess he's just not himself.

( video-game music plays )

Hey, how come you guys

aren't out at the game?

( sighs ) We're sitting this one out.

Yeah, it just felt

kind of weird playing,

you know, with M...

Yeah.

That's exactly why we have to play.

You know how much she loves that game.

She's not even gonna see it.

If she wakes up for even two seconds,

it's gonna be worth it.

What did you do to this thing?

- Oh sh*t.

- Don't put more logs on it.

- Len:
Jesus.

- Hey, Len.

This is, uh... What the hell is this?

- What did you do?

- I don't know about fires.

I'm From Manhattan.

( beeping )

( coughing )

- ( beeping )

- ( coughs )

Okay, careful.

Careful.

Come on, toe, faster! Faster!

I'm going, I'm going!

J.P.:
I'm so so sorry, M.

I'm so sorry.

Oh, my bad, sorry.

This is insane, J.P.

I know what I'm doing.

We're pushing an old lady

through the forest like a keg of bud.

And you say that you know

what you're doing.

- I got a plan.

- Okay, well, what's your plan?

- Sneak M out.

- We did that.

I know I didn't really

figure it out past that.

I kind of thought we'd be caught by now.

Eric:

For God's sake, Len.

He tried to burn her house down.

He tried to kill my grandmother.

Well, I don't think

he was trying to kill her,

but, yes, I think it is

time to do something.

Damn right, it is.

Alice:
Come on, you guys.

M's watching.

Mike, you're pitching.

- Play ball.

- Play ball!

- They're coming, J.P.

- Come on.

- ( mumbling )

- Gah! Can you hear me?

Can you hear... wake up! Wake up!

I need you to listen to me right now, M.

I want it! Okay,

you can't give it to Eric.

He's gonna ruin everything

you've done with the place.

Wake up.

Come on, M.

Do you understand what I'm saying, M?

- Get him off of her.

- I want it.

I want it. I want it.

Jim, Jim, come on.

Calm down!

Damn it, Eric!

Sorry, Max.

Jesus! Jimmy!

Three toe, come on, man.

All right, let him go.

Let him go.

Help me get her back to the house

while Len is still...

before she catches pneumonia.

So all she has to do is sign, right?

Come on, holl...

big stick! Big stick!

You've got it.

( clunks )

This should just be between

your grandmother and me.

Sure.

Let's go.

( distant cheering )

All right, you guys!

( cheering continues )

T... turn it on.

The monitor.

I want to watch the game.

I haven't missed a game in 37 years.

J.P., jump in, man.

J.P., there was nothing else

you could do.

They're gonna lock you up.

Okay?

Just jump in.

I'll drive you anywhere you want,

in town, New York, Japan.

Just jump in!

M:
Your bet, J.P.

Come on!

Thank you.

M:
Oh, it ain't wise

to bluff the bluffer

who taught you in the first place.

You can keep your softball.

( sniffs ) It's not that.

Oh, my dear boy.

You know what a googol-plex is?

It's a one with

a hundred zeros after it.

That's a lot.

It's a lot a lot.

But it's nothing compared

to what you're worth to me.

No matter what your title is

or what you win or lose at.

It's who you are right now...

That's just perfect.

So I'm betting a googol-plex of these

on you, on this guy here.

- Stop!

- The cops are right there.

Toe, stop the truck!

J.P., look, if you go back there,

they're gonna arrest you.

You tried already. Okay?

I got to tell her.

Tell who?!

I got to tell her.

Alice or M?!

I don't know what you're...

yup.

Come on, right here.

Right here, bug.

- Yeah!

- ( cheering )

Man:
Go, J.P.

Yeah!

Yeah, J.P.!

( cheering continues )

There he is.

Just at the top is just the list of, uh,

people who will get something.

Okay? And then we go to...

Here you go, buddy.

- Thanks, bug.

- New batter!

I'm just gonna bat.

Let's let him play the game, sir.

Looks like I'm gonna need a ball.

Let's give M one last show, okay?

Hit one out there.

Why aren't the cops stopping him?

Doesn't matter. She's

signing the will right now.

Here, do you want to sign right here, M?

Oh.

All right, come on, let's bat.

Batter up.

Go, J.P.

Okay, here he goes.

Hey, batter, batter, batter.

Okay, hit this one out of here.

( cheering )

Yeah!

( cheering continues )

- Yeah!

- Yeah!

- You did it.

- I hope so.

You hope so?

All right, he got to play

his stupid game.

Can you please now...

You were right.

You were right about everything.

I am a liar.

I've been lying to you

since I first met you.

I've never been to New York.

I wasn't going to NYU.

I don't know what a cloister even is.

I've never been out of Vermont.

I've never been 20 miles from here.

I'm just some dumb nobody guy

from some dumb nowhere place.

That's... that's not even right.

I'm a dumb nobody, but this place isn't.

I don't care what anyone thinks.

It may not be the fanciest place,

but I love everything about it.

I love the lake, I love the staff

and I love the crazy guests.

I love M.

I love this place

because this place is M.

I never wanted to lie to you.

I didn't, but I had to.

I wanted to be with you so much,

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