Little Pink House Page #2

and it gets funded

thanks to the governor.

I simply just can't be the face

of the operation, obviously.

Just the mastermind.

I'll tell you what.

Why don't you sleep on it?

I have a fundraiser.

[CLEARS THROAT]

It has been such a pleasure.

Mm-hm.

Hmm.

[PHONE RINGING]

- Hello?

- [TIM] Hi, it's Tim LeBlanc here.

Your number came up

on my caller ID.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I must have misdialed.

Sorry about that.

- [TIM] Okay, well, I thought...

- Thank you.

- [TIM] ...maybe you were the

customer who came in...

Listen, I can't...

I can't buy anything.

I can't donate anything.

I apologize, it was a mistake,

and would you please

take me off your list?

- [TIM] [INDISTINCT]

- Okay? Thanks a lot.

- Bye-bye.

- [TIM] Okay.

I'm not actually

a telemarketer...

[SUSETTE]

[SIGHS]

Oh, shoot.

[TIM] If you go down this aisle,

you'll see picture frames

up on the... up on the left.

Yeah.

[PHONE RINGING]

Hi. Tim LeBlanc,

telemarketer speaking.

[SUSETTE]

I'm so sorry.

Anyway, are you open right now?

You know what? I'm gonna be here

right up to the point

- where I leave.

- [SUSETTE] Oh. Good. All right...

- Good. You gonna come by?

- [SUSETTE] No, I'll come over.

Risk it.

Oh, my God.

Now I have to go.

- I do... I like the red one.

- Yeah.

- It's just...

- Well, everything is half off.

Well, it's just

that one's a little

- out of my price range, so...

- How's that?

- Oh, that's nice.

- All right?

- Yeah.

- That's in excellent shape.

- Cushions are good.

- [SUSETTE] Oh, they're beautiful.

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

- And everything's a half off.

- [SUSETTE] Great.

- Even this?

- No, that's a million dollars.

Oh.

Oh, I'm... I...

- do you deliver?

- [TIM] Sure.

- And... oh, thank you.

- Yeah.

How much would that cost?

How about a meal?

Oh. I got...

it doesn't have

to be a big meal.

[SUSETTE]

Do you take checks?

[MUSIC PLAYS]

[GOVERNOR] No. No. Move

Jason to the morning.

[WOMAN ON PA] Mr. Governor,

I have Charlotte Wells...

- Just a sec.

- [WOMAN ON PA] ...on line one for you.

Is this the call

I've been waiting for?

[CHARLOTTE]

Well, it very well might be,

Mr. Governor.

Just one question.

Why the sudden interest

in my little town?

Well, I care deeply

about revitalizing

distressed communities.

Well, if you would allow me

to take a wild guess

at another reason...

And what's that, Charlotte?

Republican governor

of Democratic state

rescues struggling

Democratic city?

You're the hero.

You woo plenty of voters.

Maybe even myself

and you win reelection

in a landslide

and more importantly,

that kind of narrative

plays well

on a national stage.

- Am I right?

- Are you in?

It's not gonna be easy

trying to convince

a world-class company

to redevelop next

to a sewage plant.

[GOVERNOR]

Well,

you're creative.

I'm sure you have

some great ideas.

Mm-hm.

I'm in.

But you better take my calls

when you're in the White House.

It was nice chatting again

with you, Charlotte.

Au revoir.

Hmm.

[CRICKETS CHIRPING]

[WOMAN ON RADIO] And you're back

with the Lyndon and Power Show.

[MAN ON RADIO] So did you guys hear?

Something called

the New London

Development Corporation

is supposedly gonna rescue

our local economy.

[WOMAN ON RADIO] Yeah,

well, good luck with that.

[MAN ON RADIO] Yeah. We

wanna hear what you think.

Economic development

and social justice,

they go hand in hand.

And with this project,

well, we might actually

make New London hip.

[LAUGHTER]

Imagine a Fortune 500 company

in New London.

- Sante.

- [MAN] Cheers.

Thank you again for joining me

ce soir, Howard.

It's too bad your husband

couldn't join us.

[CHARLOTTE] Well, if you

weren't such a slave driver,

David might have been able to.

David tells me you have

some important business

to discuss.

- C'est tellement vrai.

- I'm sorry?

So very true.

F*** you.

[TIM] I found the problem.

There's a tampon

- in your faucet.

- Really?

[TIM]

Yeah. Okay, well, I'm gonna go

to the hardware store

and pick you up a toilet kit

'cause your chain's

all f***ed up.

Oh, great. I'll just...

I'll pay you back whatever.

- Oh, man.

- This thing.

[HAMMERING]

How much is that thing?

I wanna pay you for that.

Fifty bucks.

[SUSETTE] Are you kidding?

That was in the junk pile

in the back.

That's not worth 50 bucks.

All right, it's got

a bit of rot. Maybe...

minus pizza,

beer...

- Twenty bucks.

- [SUSETTE] Okay.

And then if you go

to the hardware store,

I'll pay you back.

Here. Move.

We should probably stain that

before we start

hammering on it.

You know?

[SUSETTE]

I'm tired.

[CHARLOTTE]

New London Mills is ripe

for development.

All we need is

the right partner.

The city is hungry, Howard.

A project like this

would bring so much good

to so many people.

- There.

- [HOWARD] [CHUCKLES]

- It's funny.

- What's funny?

I don't know how much

David has told you

about what's going on over here.

Not a thing.

Well, I'll tell you,

since it's about to go

public very soon.

We've hit on something big.

So big that we're

gonna need to expand.

Oh, do tell.

What is it?

[MUSIC PLAYS]

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- [SUSETTE] Tim?

Yeah?

- Voila. What do you think?

- Beautiful.

Yeah.

- I'm gonna kill them.

- Yeah.

Are you my permanent gardener?

All part of the master plan.

[SUSETTE]

[LAUGHS]

Here.

- Oh.

- Hmm.

- Lunch is ready.

- [TIM] Yeah?

Turkey, cigarette.

Do you have beer?

[SUSETTE]

I got two!

- [TIM] Yeah?

- [SUSETTE] Yeah.

[HOWARD]

Judging by the smell of things,

this is going to be

quite the cleanup job.

- Sorry.

- [CHUCKLES]

Well, I cringe to think

how much it would cost.

We're talking tens of millions

at least.

All right.

Well, hold on a moment.

Let's just look at the positive.

I mean,

you're right across the river.

Everything.

Everything is accessible.

Research facilities.

Hotel for guests.

I don't know, Charlotte.

I don't think this is the spot.

Excuse me, gentlemen.

Do you realize Pfizer

could be New London's savior?

Pfizer is in the pharmaceutical

business, Charlotte,

not the savior business.

Besides, we need

far more space than this.

Thank you, Howard.

For what?

For telling me what you need.

[LAUGHS]

[SUSETTE]

It's so peaceful.

I feel happy here.

I feel like I'm home.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

[TIM]

I love you.

[LAUGHS]

That's... I mean...

- [TIM] What?

- No. Just...

- I'm surprised. That's all.

- [TIM] Okay.

I wasn't expecting...

I was just thinking

how nice it is how...

that we're friends, and I...

I love that, and...

I just want it to...

- kind of be this way.

- [TIM] Nothing stays the same,

you know?

I know.

Can't we...

you know, just be

the way we are?

This is wonderful.

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