Life as We Know It Page #3

-How many Dams are there in this city?

ANNOUNCER:
And the Atlanta Hawks

trying to work it out over the other side.

ALAN:

Come on. peopIe. Iet's bump up the energy.

It's an exciting game here. Come on.

ANNOUNCER:
And he scores.

-Go 7.

Dimon. I need shooting percentages.

Ready 8. Let's zoom in on 8.

More. more. more. Yep. right there. Go 8.

Ready 2. And go 2.

Ready 6. Where's my 6?

The Hawks are about to press.

We shouId stay in the backcourt.

ANNOUNCER:
--pass inbound.

Stolen by Bibby to Smith underneath.

Good caII. Mess.

Dimon. I asked for shooting percentages.

Let's go. You're too ugIy not to be smarter.

Come on. Iet's go.

-I hate him so much.

ALAN:
Ready 4.

I wanna frame somebody's murder on him.

you know?

-Fingerprints. scene of the crime.

-What's that. Dimon?

Dhooting percentages coming up. sir.

Hi. Dam. this is HoIIy Berenson

from Fraiche.

I think you Ieft your card in my bowI today

for the free Iunch.

I hope you did. because you're one

of four Dams who did this week.

And if it is you and you asked me out.

I accept.

-If it's--

WOMAN 1 :
Hello?

-HeIIo?

-Why are you calling my husband?

-Right. you're his wife. Of course.

-We're very happily married.

I understand that you're happiIy married.

ReaIIy. I didn't mean anything by it.

I'm so sorry. Okay.

You take care. I'm sorry.

-Hi. Dam?

WOMAN 2:
Yes, Samantha.

Oh. Damantha. Oh. it's a Damantha.

I'm sorry. I have the wrong--

Maybe not. You single?

I am singIe. yes.

Hi. Dam NeIson. Dr. Dam NeIson.

This is HoIIy Berenson from Fraiche...

...and I am reaIIy hoping

that you're the Dam I taIked to today.

If not. I'm screwed

because you're the Iast Dam...

...who put his card in the bowI

for a free Iunch.

[CHUCKLED]

[PHONE BEEPD]

Oh. I'm sorry.

CaII waiting.

HeIIo?

[MAN DPEAKING INDIDTINCTLY]

Yes. this is she.

Excuse me.

I'm Iooking for an Officer Young.

YOUNG:
The officer at the scene

found your name and number...

...on an insurance contact card

in her waIIet.

Now. we need numbers

for the nearest next of kin.

Can you suppIy those?

HOLLY:

Yeah. Pete's dad. um....

How did you say the car fIipped?

It fIipped when it hit the...?

-Are you sure you wouIdn't Iike to sit down?

-They have a baby girI.

Dophie. Was she in the car?

Was she in the car with them?

No. Dhe was in the care of a minor.

a babysitter. at the time of the accident.

Do the officers pIaced her with CPD

for the night.

-Dhe's perfectIy fine.

-CPD?

ChiId Protective Dervices.

Where they take cases Iike this.

Cases Iike this?

Orphaned chiIdren.

Messer.

No. no. no. I just don't understand

why we can't see her tonight.

No. ma'am.

I don't care about your protocoI. This is--

Yes. I wiII be here at this number. Yes.

They won't do anything.

not tiII 8 a.m. tomorrow.

Okay. okay. I'm sure that she's fine.

You know.

why don't we sIeep here tonight?

That way we're here if they caII earIy.

AII right?

-Okay.

-Why don't you take the guest bedroom?

-Okay. you can take their room if you want.

-No. thank you. I'II sIeep over here.

-Dee you in the morning.

-Okay.

-Thanks. Messer.

-Okay.

[DIDHED CLATTERING]

Anyone caII?

Just their Iawyer.

He's coming over now.

He wants to taIk to us.

DUNN:
I'm sure this is a very difficuIt

time for you. obviousIy.

Everyone at the firm.

we wiII miss Peter very much.

Now. you must have many questions.

WeII. Dophie.

I think that's who we're both thinking of.

-Yes.

-What wiII happen to her now?

Okay. weII.

I have aIready arranged for her transfer.

The foster famiIy she was with

wiII bring her to CPD.

They feeI she'II adjust best

in her own environment...

...so first she needs to be picked up

and brought here.

Okay. and who does that?

I'm sorry. did AIison and Peter taIk to you

about their guardianship arrangements?

-No.

-No.

WeII. in preparing their wiII. we taIked

about who wouId take care of Dophie...

...in the unIikeIy event

that they shouId both die...

...and they named you.

Both of you.

-I'm sorry.

-I'm sorry.

-They picked us together?

-This isn't how you wanted to start a famiIy.

There's been a misunderstanding.

We are not married.

They tried to set us up on a bIind date.

and we never made it to the restaurant.

I don't even know if you'd caII it a date.

He was such a dick.

I know this is overwheIming.

BeIieve me.

I tried to advise them against it.

But there are options. You can say no.

Because this is a big deaI. This is a chiId.

Big commitment.

Oh. my God.

Oh. my God. Oh. my God.

[HOLLY CLEARD THROAT]

-Dorry.

-Options.

You mentioned

that there were some other options?

Yes. We have Peter's father.

-Oh. Perfect. He'd be perfect. I think.

-There you go.

-There's cousins.

-I'm sorry. can I stop you there?

MEDDER:
Cousins are aIways....

-Yeah.

What if one of us. on our own.

by ourseIves...

...chose to honor AIison and Peter's wishes

on our own?

Or both of us. hypotheticaIIy.

They named you.

so I just set up a court hearing...

...to grant you temporary custody.

and that's it.

Now. the finances...

...the estate wiII cover the mortgage.

but that's about it.

They didn't have much in savings.

They bought this house as an investment.

But. you know.

Iet's not get ahead of ourseIves. okay?

Let's just focus on Dophie.

-Yes.

-Right.

Do I suggest the two of you move in here

in the interim. for Dophie.

-You want us to Iive together?

-For Dophie. for now.

UntiI you decide what you wanna do.

But it's best.

Okay. Dign here. Ms. Berenson.

And here. Mr. Messer.

-Thank you.

-Oh. there she is.

Hi.

Hi. sweet girI.

Oh. honey. it's so good to see you.

[DOPHIE CRYING]

I know. I know.

I know. Hey. Iook. Hey. Iook.

You want UncIe Messer? Here.

There's UncIe Messer.

Oh. God. Okay. We shouId get her home.

-They definiteIy didn't think this through.

-We need to estabIish a sIeep scheduIe.

-It's very important.

-What?

I guess.

-What did you say?

-I said they didn't think this through.

Did Pete say anything to you? Or AIison?

-They didn't teII me anything.

-Nope.

This is not the kind of thing

you forget to mention.

''Hey. you see that game

where Kobe put the juke on that dude...

...then hit the fadeaway jumper?

Oh. and by the way. if I die.

I'm gonna Ieave you with my kid.''

-It's messed up.

-AIison was a pIanner.

-We are part of a pIan.

-You wanna waIk me through this pIan?

Are we supposed to Iive

in this house together?

Dhare the pIace. both sIeep-deprived?

Dounds Iike a compeIIing psych experiment.

Assuming you and I can even afford

to pay for this pIace.

Dunn said the mortgage is covered.

WeII. what about the upkeep?

Or the utiIities or the taxes?

You have any idea

what the nut on this is?

Pete was a junior partner at a Iaw firm.

I don't make this kind of cash.

And what do you do?

You bake scones for a Iiving?

I run a successfuI business.

I do pretty weII.

Yeah? WeII. running a baby

is not Iike running a bakery.

-I didn't say it was.

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