In Her Shoes Page #4

Hello.

- Hello?

- [ Maggie ] Is this Ella Hirsch?

Yes, it is.

Did you have a daughter named Caroline?

Yes.

[ Ella ]

So, are you on vacation, or-

Yeah.

Mmm. Well, we've been

having wonderful weather.

I'm so glad you called.

I'm so glad you're here.

[ Indistinct TVNoise ]

Mrs. Lefkowitz, this is

my granddaughter Maggie Feller.

- Hello.

- Hi.

Well, you must be starving.

I can, uh, fix you something to eat-

No, that's- I'm fine.

I just, uh-

- I'm really tired.

- Oh. Well, let me show you the guest room.

Um, it's right through here.

Uh, this is the bathroom.

And I'll put out clean towels

and, uh, a washcloth.

The bed's made up...

and there are, um,

extra blankets in the closet.

- Is my grandfather around?

- Oh. No.

No, Ira passed away

over three years ago.

So, you'll call me

if you need anything?

Yeah.

[ Sighs ]

Hey, you said you didn't have children.

I said I don't have children.

I had a daughter.

Her name was Caroline.

She died.

What was she like?

Well, she was-

she was exactly like that.

Same eyes, same skin...

same face- identical.

But she had, um, health problems.

- She had mental health problems.

- Tsk.

Well, how'd she die?

Car accident.

A leave of absence? Why?

I'm just-

I'm not happy at that firm.

So instead you'll be walking dogs.

And running errands, and-

I think it'll be fun.

Are you okay?

You're not having-

- What?

- [ Sighs ]

If you ever want to talk to someone,

Rose, I'll pay for it.

No questions asked.

If you're ever feeling-

[ Chuckles ]

Crazy?

I'm not the one

you should be worried about.

How is Maggie?

- You haven't seen her?

- No, she's still with you, isn't she?

Oh, yeah, she is. She's fine.

- Thanks for the coffee.

- All right. See you soon?

Yeah.

[ Beeping ]

[ Ringing ]

[ Female Electronic Voice ] The number

you have called is no longer in service.

If you feel you have reached

this recording-

[ Yawns ]

Hmm.

Well, good morning.

Did you sleep well?

Fine, thanks.

I have English muffins here.

I can make you any kind of eggs you'd like.

- I don't eat breakfast.

- Oh.

I drink coffee.

So, my goodness. This is a surprise.

Such a lovely surprise.

After all this time.

- Yeah, what's up with that?

- I beg your pardon?

Well, were you always out of the picture,

or just after Mom died?

Oh, your grandfather and I were never out

of the- I mean, we were always there.

We-

And even after your mom died, I wrote.

Birthday cards, every year.

And I never heard back.

Yeah, I know. You wrote

for a while. I just found them.

What do you mean,"just"?

I guess they got waylaid.

Thanks for the money.

You're telling me that your father

never gave you my cards?

Mm-mmm.

What must you have thought?

I thought you both were dead.

Does this place have a pool?

- Oh! Sorry.

- Whoa.

Whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Whoa!

Come on.

- [ Chattering ]

- Hey, check this out.

[ MUSIC ] [ Reggae Pop: Man Singing ]

Hey.

Where'd she come from?

Hi, sweetheart.

Come on, come on.

[ Panting ]

[ Barking ]

Come on. Keep playing.

Rose! Rose Feller!

[ Chuckles ]

Oh, Stein.

How are you?

Man, you look great.

Not sick at all.

Why would I look sick?

Oh.

- That's one of the rumors.

- There are rumors?

[ Bell Tolls ]

How 'bout that? Lunchtime.

- Hey, how does, uh- How does Japanese sound?

- I'm not hungry, Stein.

Oh, there's no such thing

as not hungry for sushi. Come on.

We'll bill it to one of your old clients.

Uh, thank you.

You eat everything?

- What do you think?

- Okay.

- Um, two orders of uni, one masago.

- Mm-hmm.

- Uh, two tako.

- Okay.

- Two hamachi.

- Mm-hmm.

Then also that cod thing. It was a special

once, but it's not on the menu anymore.

- You know what I'm talking about.

- Tara.

- Yes!

- Okay. Thank you.

- Okay, thank you.

- Thanks.

- You just ordered for me.

- Yes.

- What am I, 12?

- Uh, I'm an expert orderer.

- It's a gift.

- Is it?

Absolutely.

What was the last

great restaurant you went to?

- I took my sister to Le Bec Fin.

- Uh-huh.

And you both got the... snapper,

right?

Close. I got the snapper.

- She got three rum and Cokes

and the sommelier's phone number.

- [ Laughs ] Okay.

Well, I'll take you there,

and we'll get...

the foie gras

with Roquefort-stuffed fig...

Scottish wood pigeon with cabbage...

and porcini cassoulet.

And the chocolate mousse...

with raspberries

and hazelnut macaroon.

You'll want to eat with me

for the rest of your life.

- Ah.

- Here you go.

- Mmm.

- I know.

- The special, tara.

- Thank you.

Enjoy.

So- [ Clears Throat ]

What are the other rumors?

Ah. Um-

Rumor one:
mysterious illness.

Rumor two:
head-hunted

by Pepper and Hamilton.

Here. Try some of this.

- Rumor three?

- Um, soy?

Oh, come on.

What's rumor three?

Affair with a partner gone bad.

[ Laughs ]

Don't worry.

Most people are betting on lupus.

Here.

Wasabi makes everything better.

- So, uh, what time Friday?

- Friday?

Dinner.

Oh, look, Simon, this was- this was

really nice, but, um, I don't think-

Thank you.

Mmm. That smells good.

What is that?

That's braised veal.

- Sh*t.

- [ Drink Fizzing ]

There's a paper towel on the counter.

Out of curiosity...

how long is this vacation of yours

going to last?

How come you don't have

any pictures of my mom around?

Don't you like thinking about her?

I don't need to have a picture

to think about my daughter.

You put out pictures,

people ask questions.

They expect you to tell 'em everything,

and I don't do that.

'Cause Mom was sick?

Because she's gone.

Is that why you pulled away from us?

So that you didn't have to talk

about her with us either?

I didn't pull away. I was pushed.

No, listen.

I'm not the one who didn't pass along

the letters. That was your father.

I'm not the one

who didn't want a relationship.

He said that?"I don't want you to have

a relationship with my daughters. "

- [ Chuckling ] Oh, yes.

- When?

- At the funeral.

- Why? Why would he say that?

Because he's irrational. Yeah.

He blamed me for everything.

Every bad day, every bad episode.

He did not want me near her.

And after she was gone...

he didn't want me near you

or your sister.

I just wonder-

If you had tried harder,

you know, or, like, tried again...

after he'd gotten over the whole...

shock and grief of it, you know?

'Cause it would have been nice

having a grandmother.

Nice and...

maybe a little less lonely.

She sounds like a manipulative

little nincompoop.

- The girl lost her mother.

- So? You lost your daughter.

- It's not the same.

- It's worse.

A parent burying a child

goes against the law of nature.

Well, so does a grandparent

abandoning her grandchildren.

You said yourself

he didn't want you around.

What were you supposed to do,

break down the door?

Yes.

Shoelace.

For Caroline, yes.

For Caroline.

She was gone, cookie.

And you pushing your way into that house

wasn't gonna do a thing for her.

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