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And they will stay frozen

until such time that

you are ready to have children

at some point in the future.

But that's assuming I can have

kids?

Well, that's a fair question.

When a young woman is forced

into an early menopause,

she can regain her cycle,

and yet,

still not be able to conceive.

Now. You on the other hand,

have done all the right things.

You've taken the right steps

to ensure that,

should you be able

to have children in the future,

you have eggs in storage

that can be fertilized.

And Lily, that's a good thing.

- Lily! Lily!

- Woah!

Hey,

what are you guys doing here?

Our mom dropped us off.

Oh yeah? What happened?

Yeah, Andrea had an emergency.

She asked me

if I could take care of them.

Oh, okay.

Sit down, kids.

Come on, dinner's ready.

Hi, is this Sharon?

Hi.

Sharon, my name is Lily Graham,

I'm trying to make

a payment on my account.

Right.

I'm calling to try and out what the lowest

payment I could make every month is...

I just need to set up

a payment plan or something?

Yeah but you guys have put me

on hold a lot already today,

so can we just...

Okay, but I just really

don't wanna go on hold...

You know what?

I just have to call you back.

I told you

I'd take care of it for you.

I know, we had this conversation

already and I don't want you to.

- Okay...

- Thank you.

Suit yourself.

So, I invited

a few friends over for dinner.

Who?

Mary, Drew, Laura, Casey...

Aaron!

And who's gonna cook for them?

I thought maybe

you could cook for them?

Yeah?

- You love cooking.

- Oh I love cooking?

I feel like I never have

anything to say to your friends.

Just jump into the conversation.

- Just like that?

- Just like that.

So I went to Macy's this morning

and found the most beautiful

burgundy sweater.

Oh, I love burgundy on you.

Yeah, well good!

Because I put it on hold and

I'll probably

pick it up tomorrow.

Why would you put it on hold?

Oh, just to run it by Neil.

You know...

So, honey, you never called

to tell me

what the doctor had to say.

Oh yeah...

Turns out that I do have

a genetic mutation, so...

Sorry.

Yeah, it just means that now

the odds of me getting

ovarian cancer go up,

and there's a possibility that

it might come back

in my other breast.

Yes, that's true,

but it's not a definite Lily.

Just 'cause you're carrying

the gene doesn't mean

you're going to get

breast cancer again honey.

I know, Mom.

That's exactly what I said.

It just means that

the odds are greater

and I have to be careful.

I just don't think

it does any good

to sit around and focus

on it "maybe" coming back.

I'm not focusing on it.

I didn't even say

I was thinking about it.

I was just telling you

what the counselor told me.

Fine.

I'd really enjoy a glass of

wine.

May I have one please?

So, what are you fixing for

dinner?

Pasta.

Woah! Honey, do you always use

that much olive oil?

That's an awful lot.

It's fine, Mom.

You know they said

I should probably tell

Dad about the results.

Oh.

So what are you gonna do?

Well, I was thinking

about telling him.

I don't think

that's a good idea, honey.

You don't think it's ridiculous

that I have a father

that doesn't even know

I have breast cancer?

Of course I do.

But you know your father, Lily.

He's emotionally unavailable.

And that's why I married Neil.

But...

you do what you want.

You'll figure it out.

Oh, honey...

If you cut the tomato

the other way around,

it's so much easier.

It's fine, Mom.

Here...

Let me show you how.

- See, it's so much easier.

- Mom, it's fine.

I know, but the pieces are

so much nicer

and there are no seeds.

Mom, it's fine, I got it.

Seriously, Mom, it's fine!

Alright.

I was just trying to be helpful.

You know what?

I think

I'll have a glass of wine too.

But I thought

you weren't supposed to drink.

Well, in that case,

I'll have another one myself.

Cheers!

To your health, darling.

Cheers.

Hi Nell!

What are you doing here?

Aaron, bon soir.

- So nice to see you!

- Lovely to see you too.

You're having a drink?

That's what I said.

Well you can't travel...

If you go up to Vermont,

you just drive...

You're investing in Harlem,

is that correct?

I did, yeah.

How many buildings did you buy?

- Put 'em in your pocket...

- Four or five buildings...

Accumulations...

Days...

to one's life,

to the beginning...

A fruit or flower developing

and then there's a moment

where it starts to die...

With the harvest coming,

I would imagine you're...

Capturing the summit of...

whatever life is.

The essence!

The essence

of whatever something is,

like, in his case,

it's a body...

Captured something...

A young virgin.

He killed her...

No, but I refuse

to take the subway anymore.

It's a shithole. It's terrible.

- Trust me...

- I have little children...

Shows you how much time

you have left...

Yeah but it's funny because

I have little children...

My kids... it's 12, 11, 10, 9!

And we're counting

and we're running!

- And it's kind of a game!

- ... another 6 seconds...

They tell you

the next one's in five minutes.

- Oh yeah, of course...

- Sorry, my bad.

I'm trying to figure out

if they did it for the other...

I was invited...

my friend was doing

a production at the...

he has a gallery in the

Maison de Moliere in the bottom.

And he asked an actor

from Ariane Mnouchkine's team

to come and direct

this piece about Molire,

and then...

I actually read about that.

Very interesting.

- Did you see the film?

- I did, I did.

And they were all running

up the stairs and, anyway...

So he invited me to come

and I stayed there,

and he had a loft, and

above his bed, it said "LOVE".

Wow!

Anyway,

and I was very, very happy...

It was in the summer months,

of course,

and I rode my bike often

from the Maison de Molire

to the Marais to get my tea,

or my cheese, or whatever.

- Yeah, very cute.

- That's so cute!

I was really happy,

and I felt like...

I don't know

I felt like Paris was...

might be supporting this moment?

And that I felt like my body

was in tune with Paris...

that the architecture fit...

How to say that? I know

that sounds stupid. It does!

- It does sound so stupid!

- But love is kind of crazy.

But you know, it was a very good

beautiful moment in my life

and I sometimes replay it.

I mean, I don't know if he knew

that I was in love with him.

How could you not know?

Does one ever know?

Does one ever know?

Anyway...

And so then what happened?

Well, then a couple of years

later, time passed, I left,

I came back to New York.

And then...

I was invited to this castle,

everybody in Paris has a castle.

Everybody in Paris has a castle!

- No, it's true!

- No, it is true!

I've got a castle! I do!

Aaron's got a castle.

Mary's got a castle!

Mary's got an apartment

in New York and a castle!

Yeah, it's great...

yeah it's true...

I fell in love in Paris.

The architecture fit my body...

Why is that funny to you?

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