Happy Tears Page #2

Why do you try to bullshit me?

Bastard.

He's got an appointment

with the neurologist in the morning.

Can you handle it?

Yeah. That's what l'm here for.

Right.

Wait.

What am l doing here?

Point.

Wait.

Come here.

Come here, grimy.

Are you still doing that?

Well, l can't tell the dimerence

if mine is open or closed or up, down.

You have to do it religiously,

every day, so...

With Laurent, l don't ever have to worry

about missing that crucial day.

Which l think is coming up for me.

Yeah? Why don't you

have Jackson come out?

He's too busy.

Not even just for, like,

a little quick wham-bam?

Take the next flight out.

l mean, he can amord it.

He's too busy.

That's your problem.

With Laurent,

l wouldn't have to ask twice.

You don't have to go, honey.

Yes, l do.

lt's the collectors.

Jackson!

- Legacy!

- Father!

Jackson.

Whoa!

Father.

Jackson!

Legacy!

Father.

Jackson!

Father!

Jackson!

l love you.

l would, but the retrospective-

Please. Just for a night or two.

l'll make it worth your while.

The gallery can handle everything,

Jackson.

l know, but it should be me.

l know you say that,

but you know what?

He didn't appreciate you

when he was alive,

and he's not around

to appreciate you now.

You're right, okay?

But l can't just sit back

and get these proceeds without-

Without making yourself

miserable in return?

Okay.

Really?

- Yeah.

- Really?

l'll come. l'll just hop on a plane.

Okay.

Plane to Pittsburgh.

Bye.

The MRl is fairly conclusive, Jayne.

That, in combination

with our clinical findings-

l wish l had better news.

lt's Binswanger's Disease.

Binswanger's Disease

is a fairly rare form of dementia.

There is no specific

course of treatment for it.

Okay.

How do we treat it?

Treatment is symptomatic, l'm afraid.

Okay.

Jayne, you need

to prepare yourself for the inevitable.

Life expectancy for patients

with this condition

is one year, two at most.

ln the meantime,

as his condition deteriorates,

expect to see...

...like a facial expression, seizures.

...cerebral vascular lesion-

...Die.

Two years.

Patients do die within two years,

but during that time, you can expect

periods of aggression or euphoria-

Euphoria?

Possibly, at times.

ls your sister still in town?

What the hell is this?

What's it sliced up like this for?

lt's teriyaki-style, Dad.

Teri- l don't want that.

- It's cut up. It's plain meat.

- Has that got sauce on it?

lt's just plain meat.

Right.

So?

Dementia. No cure.

Two years max.

How did Mommy ever put up with you?

Damn if l know.

Mallory's up in Heaven now.

She knew when to cut out.

Yep, that's right.

No woman could ever

measure up after her.

Right?

That's a very pretty theory.

What do you mean?

You know.

lt's very romantic.

lsn't it, Joe?

Well, it is. You two were,

like, total lovebirds, and then...

Well, it's just so obvious now

because the women

that you choose to be around

are, like, 360 degrees

in the other direction.

They're, like-

lt's 180.

What?

lt's 180.

But it's interesting because inadvertently,

you stumbled on-

Joe!

Yeah?

Joe Deacks. How you doing?

- Okay.

- Hi, girls. How are you?

Good.

lt's been a few years, huh?

These are my daughters.

l know.

Dad?

Come on, Dad.

lt's Mitch. He worked for you

for a long time.

Remember? He bought all your equipment.

Still runs good, too.

That's my boy Ray over there.

All right.

Well, come by and see me sometime.

You can visit the old tractor

and the backhoe

and help me give them a lube job.

All right. Sounds good.

Here, Joe. Why don't you-

You should eat now.

- Good to see you. Yes, sir.

- Okay.

See you, girls. Be good.

Bye, Mitch.

You did?

Well, you can show me

when l get back tomorrow night.

Will you have Daddy call me

as soon as he's done with his client?

- Auntie Jayne sends kisses.

- Hi.

Okay, baby.

Bye.

We need to deal with Joe.

He's fine. He's napping.

l mean long-term.

So-

Nursing home.

l can't do it. My plate's full.

What about me? What about my plate?

Well, that's an idea.

He could come live

with Jackson and me.

He's going to need

full-time nursing care.

Okay.

Well, then, by all means, he's all yours.

So we'll go through

Mommy's stum, finally.

lt's all yard sale junk anyway.

No, it's not.

Some of this is Americana.

Call it whatever the f*** you want.

Leave me some.

lt's her.

Shelly.

Hi.

l'm going to go see Joe.

He's resting.

Yeah, let's just let him sleep.

Yeah.

You can take om your coat

and stay a while.

Yeah. Take it om.

We haven't had a chance to chat and-

Would you like a beer?

l'll get it.

Can you believe her nerve?

At least somebody's

getting some use out of it.

You don't have a single sentimental

bone in your body.

Did you see her nails?

Hey, Shelly, why don't you

come on in and join us?

Tough day?

Yeah.

You've been at the hospital all this time?

Yeah.

Wow.

- That's some shift.

- Yeah.

Let's think about it. Let's see-

That's like, what, 20 hours?

So...

what hospital are you at?

Today?

Mount-

Sinai.

You work at dimerent ones?

You're kind of-

You know what it sounds like?

Like how Mommy used to do,

where she used to fill in

at schools. Bless you.

You know, at dimerent-

so how much schooling-

l think she hasn't really dealt with...

l'm going to kill you.

You don't at least feel sorry for him?

Why should l? He's had a long life,

and he's lived it

exactly as he's wanted to.

That's not really true.

Remember? He was going to have

this great singing career,

and then he had to give it up

when his voice changed.

He f***ed the booker's wife.

That's why his career ended.

Sorry. l didn't realize

you still believed that old story.

How come l don't know this?

Because you don't want to.

He couldn't have been more than 14.

The chicken was in the oven

for over an hour,

so l'm pretty sure it's dead.

lt's delicious.

You won't be needing-

That's funny.

You know, my sister's

in medicine, too, sort of.

Did she tell you?

She works for the...

Foundation for Environmental Defense.

What do they have you doing over there?

l study and evaluate water quality.

She has to travel all over the world.

So you girls aren't stripping anymore?

Joe.

Dad, l mean- You have to tell

everyone our business?

That's nothing to be ashamed of.

- It was one summer.

- Yeah, for money.

Yeah, no sh*t.

Joe told me you married a rich guy.

Yeah. So?

What's he do?

His dad-

was a big, famous artist,

and he- he deals with that.

What-

What kind of art?

Right?

Contemporary.

lt's kind of hard to explain.

lt's- If you look at it-

lf you look at it,

you don't really understand it.

You have to know a lot

about other kinds of art

in order to...to get it.

Otherwise, it's just, like- it's-

You sure got the body

to marry a rich guy.

Thanks.

You make me sound like a gold digger.

What are you laughing at?

You, too. You got a rocking body.

How come you didn't?

Because she fell in love with a f*ggot.

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