Kids Green the World Page #3

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Good morning, George!

Mr. Gavin.

So, what's going on?

Oh...

I see.

God knows it's not like I got

anything else lined up.

And you've been real good to us,

but it's just...

It's just the wife.

This business was

her grandfather's.

She saw our sign

out on your front lawn

on the news last night

and about had a cow.

You don't have to explain.

Yeah, well, we're gonna

tarp over that roof for you,

but you better have

somebody come and,

uh, take care of it.

All right.

You know, for what it's worth,

I always believed

a man is innocent

till he's proved guilty.

That's what makes us

different from China, right?

Yeah.

Yeah, that's him.

He's with the guy...

the teacher.

Hey, ladies...

Why don't you just

say it out loud?

No? Not so much?

Hi.

Uh, could I just have

a large coffee, please,

with a little bit of cream?

Um, yeah.

- I think that's him...

- Who?

The teacher that was

in the paper this morning.

Come on, let's go.

Here you go.

Oh, no...

Uh, I forgot my wallet.

I- I can come back.

That's fine.

Just, uh, take the coffee.

No, I can...

I can come back.

Just go. Please?

Please, sir, just go.

Oh, Daniel.

This business with Michael

has me completely in knots.

I know.

And it's just...

it's unbelievable.

It's an outrage.

Yeah, but Philip seems

pretty optimistic,

you know, considering.

My brother is an old

Swamp Yankee lawyer.

I suppose if you needed

a will drawn up,

he'd do just fine, but this...

Michael trusts him.

Well, I'm sure Michael

knows what he's doing,

but what about you?

Um... I'm...

I'm fine, I guess.

I hope you know you have

our complete support.

It's kind of hard

to see that

from where

we're sitting, Bethanne.

I mean,

Stuart did suspend Michael.

Daniel, that decision

was based on protocol.

Stuart didn't sleep all night.

You're right. You're right.

I'm relieved to hear that,

because I told the other

committee members just now

that you'd do the right thing

and bow out gracefully.

The hospital benefit.

The committee asked

Sandy Brown to step in.

What?!

It's out of my hands, Daniel.

I did my best, but I'm afraid

we need our deposit back.

You're f***in' crazy, lady.

What did you say to me?

Glenn.

Bethanne, the deposit

has been spent.

The event is Friday.

You're not saying that

you'd refuse to return money

intended for a cancer wing?

Of course not.

Listen, this is a mess.

That's an understatement.

But Michael is innocent,

and this is all

gonna blow over.

For your sake,

I hope that's true.

You know, you surprise me.

I can't believe you

put me in this position

to have to debate the matter.

And if I were you,

I'd do something

about that waiter's mouth.

You're gonna have enough trouble

getting business around here.

You have to forgive my sister.

She can be a bit of a hothead.

Hothead?

She's an imperious,

self-absorbed b*tch.

Now, Trish.

Well, if I keep it in,

my cancer will get worse.

And for the record,

they don't call us

Swamp Yankees anymore.

We crawled out of the swamp

quite some time ago.

Well, let me

tell you something...

you guys are very lucky

you will never have in-laws.

Did they forget

we're back here?

I doubt they forgot.

So, how are you feeling?

I don't want to talk about it.

Well, you can count on us.

Well, right back at you.

Excuse me.

So, did he really call her

"f***ing crazy"?

Yep...

And it was awesome.

Oh, God damn it!

Michael, your computer.

Wait a minute! That's mine!

What are you...

Are you f***ing...

What are you

expecting to find?!

Are you f***ing

kidding with me?

Daniel, just...

I thought you said

this couldn't happen.

Calm down.

Don't tell me to calm down!

All my work stuff is on there!

I've already lost

half my business.

You know what? F*** this!

I'm finding my own lawyer.

The warrant's all in order.

It's...

Is this what you

had in mind

for a retreat

from the big, bad city?

Where's the f***ing phonebook?

This could happen

anywhere, Dan!

He's got a point, sweetie.

I mean, his livelihood's

been affected...

Maybe he should have

his own lawyer.

Thanks for pointing

that out, Trish.

I... Look, philip and I...

we each have our own lawyers,

and we're married.

What?

Nothing.

Well, it obviously

isn't nothing.

It's just that what you said,

"And we're married,"

as if to draw

some kind of distinction.

I didn't mean anything by it.

Yeah, of course you didn't,

just like you didn't mean the

in-law remark at the restaurant.

Yeah, we're lucky, all right.

We're really lucky!

Don't you walk away from me!

That is so unfair!

Hey.

Hey!

Why'd you choose

that restaurant tonight?

I thought you would like it.

Mm-hmm.

It's a little out of the way,

don't you think?

No. What are you insinuating?

I don't know... maybe just

that our usual places

were a little too public

for tonight?

You are way out of line,

because I have never

been anything

but completely supportive and

accepting of you and Daniel!

Accepting?

Accepting?

What does that mean?

Well, I'm accepting

of you and Philip, too.

Thank you so much for deigning

to accept me, Trish!

Now you're just

twisting my words.

You know what?

Let me ask you something.

Has Stuart or Brenda ever heard

you refer to Jason as 'my boy' -

with that knowing

little smirk of yours,

my 'pet project

from the projects'?

Let me tell you something.

They didn't have

to hear it from me.

It was all over school!

And I tried to warn you,

but you didn't want

to hear about it!

- You do think it's my fault.

- I never said that!

No wonder people are assuming

the worst about me.

I mean, with purported

friends like these,

I ought to be burning at

the stake by Christmas.

Hey, I got an idea...

why don't we put you

on the stand in my defense?

You have one hell of a nerve.

Who was it who

bailed you out of jail?

Who was it?

It was me and Philip!

And I'm grateful.

Grateful?!

That was the night I found out

my goddamn cancer came back!

Trish... I'm sorry.

I'm sorry that I say a lot of

stupid things, okay?

Is that a big surprise?

But look around you, Michael.

Where are all

your other friends?

Huh?

Where are all your other friends

that know

the right things to say?

- They're gone.

- Excuse me.

I think I'm gonna

wait in the car.

- Hey, I'm sor...

- No. Please.

Michael...

Why didn't you tell me

you had a prior arrest?

Oh, I see.

That was a mix-up.

The charge was dropped.

Reduced...

From soliciting sex

to indecent exposure.

That's pretty serious,

all things considered.

You might have told me.

It's irrelevant.

It was years ago.

Well, that's why it took

this long to surface,

but it's surfaced now.

I'm sure you can imagine

how something like this

is gonna look around here.

This is a game-changer, Michael.

Geez, I don't know...

Maybe my sister's

right about all this.

I could probably get

that builder of yours

to finish what he started.

I'm good with contracts.

But this is...

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