Jenny's Wedding Page #3

living with a liar do you?

No. But sometimes

you have to.

I'll fill the water glasses.

I knew I was

right about the married man.

Well?

- You did it.

- I did it.

Are you... okay?

Yeah.

Even though I lied to my sister.

I am.

Thanks.

Telling my parents feels like...

being let out of prison.

Look, if you've

changed your mind

about getting married...

I'm okay with that.

Why would I change

my mind about getting married?

Your family. I know how

important they are to you.

No. My family

is not marrying you, I am.

And I have never

been more certain

about anything in my entire life

than I am about marrying you.

I wonder who proposed.

She did.

She did.

She said, "Kitty,

will you marry me?"

"Kitty let's start a family."

All these years

living a secret life.

I thought I knew her.

Then I find out

I don't know her at all.

She's...

She's the same person.

She just left

a few things out, that's all.

Oh, Eddie, what she

left out is who she is.

Being private

isn't the same as lying.

Well, you just

asked her to keep on lying

so let's stop

talking about the lying part.

I never asked her to lie.

All I did was ask her

not to tell everybody.

She didn't have to lie to Anne.

And... and now that she's ready

to tell the whole world

the truth, we're just supposed

to go along with it.

You remember our daughter Jenny,

don't you?

Well, guess what, she's a

completely different person.

Well, let's just drop it okay

because you know, she's doing what you

wanted her to do and that's that.

We have a life too, don't we?

Yes.

This isn't just about her.

No.

What do you think

I should have done?

All you can do...

is what you do.

What?

All you can do is what you do.

What does that mean?

It means what it means.

Hello?

Hi, Mom. It's me.

Jenny. How are you?

- I'm good, how are you?

- I'm fine.

How are things?

Great. Things are great.

How are things with you?

Things are great.

Well. I... I better go.

Okay, dear. Have a nice day.

You have a nice day too.

I love you.

Love you too.

Why are we doing this?

I'm freezing.

It was your idea

to get more exercise.

No it wasn't. It was Jenny's.

Okay I'm done.

How is Jenny by the way?

Jenny. Jenny's fine.

She looked strange

at your anniversary party.

Did she?

Unhappy.

I didn't see it.

Anne told Karen

about the married man.

Anne has a big mouth.

They weren't gossiping.

Our girls are like sisters.

Did you ever meet him?

No.

Well, at least it's over.

Anyway, that's what Karen said.

- It is, isn't it?

- What?

- Over.

- Yes.

Why are you acting so weird?

How am I acting weird?

All secretive.

Like, I'm sticking my nose

in your business.

We've been talking

to each other about everything

for 45 years and

Jenny is like one of my own.

I know that, Ellen. I know.

Then why are you

acting like I'm a busybody?

I'm upset.

About the married man.

It's probably just a phase.

Is it somebody she works with?

Not her boss?

No, not her boss.

It's another...

Another social worker.

- Any kids?

- No, no kids, let's go.

Well, that's a blessing.

Oh, don't worry too much, Rose.

She's gonna be fine,

she's got you.

Dad. What are you doing here?

Well, I was in the neighborhood.

You never come over here.

Well, I, uh...

I had to buy some equipment.

What kind of equipment

do they sell around here?

Well, you know,

just equipment stuff.

It's not worth talking about.

You wanna have some lunch

or is this a bad time for you?

No, I'm starving...

and it is always

a bad time around here.

The last stop for kids

nobody wants

and... I'm supposed

to find homes for them all.

Well, you always do.

You have too high

an opinion of me, Dad.

Michael's coming around to help

re-build the fence next week.

- Yeah, he mentioned that.

- Yeah.

What about Anne and Frankie,

you seen them?

Not in a couple of weeks.

They're, um, they're going

away next weekend

they asked us

to look after the kids.

But we've got

the bowling tournament so, uh...

so I guess they'll ask,

uh, Michael and Lorraine.

They asked us.

Well, those kids

are crazy about you.

No, it's Kitty that they love.

She's really fantastic

with kids.

So, uh, it's almost Turkey Day.

Your favorite holiday.

Yeah, I hope I can cook

one as good as Mom does.

Well, you're... you're

gonna cook your own?

Yeah.

Yeah, Kitty and I are gonna have

a couple friends over.

So... what do you want, Jenny?

What do I want?

Don't you know?

Ribs.

- What?

- Yeah.

I know how much you love ribs.

I was thinking maybe,

you know, Chinese

but if you want ribs,

I'm happy with that.

Yeah, yeah, ribs.

Let's do ribs then.

- Okay.

- Okay.

Come on.

She's always been here

for Thanksgiving.

Not this year.

I don't get what you mean

when you say...

she looks happy.

I mean, she looks happy.

What else does happy mean,

it means happy.

How can she be happy

with everything that's going on?

This is bad, Rose.

What's bad?

Wanting her to be unhappy.

I don't want her to be unhappy.

Why would I want that?

Because we are.

I couldn't believe

that they're screaming.

"My baby, my baby,"

I climb all the way up

to the top of the stairs,

and all I find is a dead cat.

- Jesus.

- Who was that?

The two bull dykes

on the top floor.

- Don't call them that.

- What?

Bull dykes,

don't call them bull dykes.

- Why not?

- Because they're people.

That's why.

People like you and me.

Oh, I'm sorry,

I should have said

the two bull people

on the top floor.

- What's eating him?

- Bobby, just let it go.

Eddie. Eddie, listen.

Ellen told me what Jenny wanted

to talk to you guys about.

- I'm sorry.

- How does Ellen know?

Stuff gets around,

but, you know, I'll be there

if you ever want to punch

this a**hole's lights out.

Punch Kitty?

The married guy's name is Kitty?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Ted... Ted Kitty.

- Mrs. Farrell?

- Oh, my God!

- Barbara Ellen, you scared me!

- I'm so sorry.

- Do you remember me?

- Of course, I remember you.

You went to school with Jenny.

And you didn't scare me, I was

just staring at this dress.

It's beautiful, isn't it?

It's not right on me.

- You're getting married?

- Yeah.

I'm meeting my mother inside.

How's Jenny?

Jenny is just great.

I haven't seen her

since high school.

- Is she married?

- No. No, she isn't.

No, she's just, ugh,

completely caught up...

in her career, she's, um,

she's a social worker.

She handles

very disturbed children.

Complicated cases, the ones

no one else can touch.

She's wonderful at it.

I guess some women

are just like that.

Like what?

More caught up in their work

than their emotions.

Born career gals.

I... I don't, I don't know

what makes you think that...

career gals don't have emotions.

Jenny is picky,

uh, even about food.

But she has strong emotions

and not throwing herself

at the first person that comes

along is a sign of character.

- Not a lack of emotion.

- I'm sure.

The... the truth is, Jenny

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