Louder Than Words Page #6

preliminary idea, right?

Yeah, it's fine.

Just wonder where you

guys will be at

if you ever finish this

memorial to Maria.

It's not a memorial.

Maria is dead, dad.

She's dead. Mike...

I... look, I don't need you

telling me what I can say.

I'm not telling you... you are.

Stop it!

Oh, and God forbid we upset

mom, because she can't take it.

Hey, don't talk about your

mother like that.

Oh, now you're the

perfect husband?

Where have you been?

You don't know what goes

on between us.

Right. You're right.

Don't worry about mom.

Don't worry about Steph,

wherever she is out there.

Just keep building

your glass box.

That'll make

everything all right.

[ INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT ]

Bye, sweetie.

Bye, honey.

Bye.

What?

Heh.

Steph call?

No,

and I'm really starting to

freak out about that.

We've been calling her for days.

Sometimes we're able to

leave messages.

Sometimes it just rings.

The last time you talked to

her, she was where?

San Francisco.

And that was a friendly

conversation?

[ CELLPHONE CHIMES ]

Oh! Oh, thank God!

Is that her?

All right.

I'm so sorry. She

just hates us.

She's just... she's

always been very...

That's great. I mean,

that she's okay.

I'm so sorry. All right,

no worries.

My pleasure. Thank you.

Can... can we get you

some coffee?

No. It's okay.

A sandwich?

No, really. I-I'm fine, thanks.

[ OVERLAPPING CHATTER ]

Maria, she really cared

about people,

and she wanted to make

a difference.

I know how that sounds. I

don't want you

thinking we're these

deluded parents.

I mean, she definitely had

her faults, right?

Yeah, definitely.

And she was, you

know... she could be

very determined when she

wanted something.

I mean, she was her father's

daughter, right?

Her Christmas wish list, I'm...

yeah.

MARIA:
Cute tank tops,

a red-hooded sweatshirt,

flannel p.J.S,

a purple I.L.Bean jacket,

an iPod, iTunes gift cards,

oh, and a puppy named Gus.

BRENDA:
You can pick three,

okay?

How? This is so depressing.

I mean, what about

toys or games?

Well, honey, these are

things that they need.

I know, mom, but how merry is

a pair of gloves?

Can we please get them some fun

stuff along with the gloves?

Well, you know,

Christmas isn't about

how much money you can spend.

There's a... a budget.

So...

What if I cut some things

off my wish list?

Like, well, I don't

absolutely need a iPod.

And if I cut that,

I guess I won't be needing

iTunes gift cards, will I?

Well, maybe a couple.

I can always play them on

lila's iPod. Yeah.

Eww, don't get all weird.

Oh, my gosh, you guys are so

freaking embarrassing.

Ooh.

What can I tell you?

She'd recently

discovered the power

of the f-word.

[ CHUCKLES ]

It's really wonderful to hear

you talk about her.

Yeah.

Did they... did they

say a million?

They were talking about

dollars, right?

Shh. Oh, my God.

All right.

Yes!

Shh. I'm sorry.

[ LAUGHS ] Shh, shh, shh, shh.

How's it going?

It's all right.

I found something.

Maria wanted me to use it

in the kitchen at the

gimbel estate.

[ CHUCKLES ]

Yeah. That's what I thought.

MARIA:
"Rose carmethene."

That's so cool.

Mm, not for a kitchen.

That's too loud.

What's wrong with a

loud kitchen?

Kitchens should be, you know...

Quiet?

Right.

Who says?

You did.

Beige isn't everything.

[ LAUGHS ]

Bye-bye, rose carmethene.

[ KISS ]

Heh heh.

I just thought it was

interesting.

John.

[ CRAYON SCRATCHING ]

You okay?

Yeah. I just couldn't sleep.

Wow.

You know I can't draw.

I'm gonna... I'm

gonna mess it up.

It's a mess already.

Have at it.

I didn't know you

were big on puce.

This is not puce. This, is,

um...

this is jazzberry jam,

I'll have you know.

One of your favorites?

No, no. My favorite...

Is beaver.

[ BOTH LAUGH ]

John, this is a

children's hospital.

Okay, give me my beaver back.

It's not a Valentine.

Come on. You said I

couldn't mess it up.

It's a window.

But it's too expensive.

It would not come up to code.

Screw code.

[ CHUCKLES ]

Oh, oh. I spilled some wine

on the hospital.

Oh, Jesus.

Crayons for everyone.

Right. Jazzberry jam.

What is with the rooster?

It's a Turkey!

[ BOTH LAUGH ]

It's not a rooster.

[ LAUGHS ]

Yeah, no.

So you can't see what they're...

Looks like a ship.

Cover that yet? We'll

just have to...

[ BOTH LAUGH ]

I've tried.

The muskwa river stretches out

over an impressive 112 Miles.

Eat, Mike.

You should eat.

Muskwa offers something

for everyone,

such as salmon...

I'm fine, okay?

Okay.

...sturgeon and stripers...

[ KNOCK ON DOOR ] And every

style of fishing.

With blue skies, gorgeous

green mountainsides

and crystal-clear...

MAN:
Sign here.

JULIE:
Thanks.

It's from mom and dad.

If it's another monet poster

to cheer us up,

I swear I'll have an aneurysm.

Mom's not coming this weekend.

She says she and dad

are too busy

and we should go down for

the long weekend.

Hmm. Guess she doesn't need us

to babysit her anymore.

That's good, right?

Yeah.

Whoa.

You should see this.

Heh. What happened?

Folie deux.

What?

Basically, they've gone crazy.

So, should we?

What?

Go down for the long weekend?

[ OVERLAPPING CHATTER ]

God, can you handle this?

Can you?

And for a $100 contribution,

we teach people to make these.

And what is so lovely,

your father said to me,

"Mrs. winereib, we could

use these dolls

to decorate the hospital."

He did?

It's great.

It's just we're used to dad

being kind of a control

freak about design.

Oh, I see.

I hope you don't mind my asking,

but my club was wondering about

Maria's favorite doll.

Um...

she hated dolls.

We've raised nearly 30 million.

And didn't they say we

couldn't do 10?

Now if the miserable bastards

on the New York state hospital

review panel say yes

and your pal Nick in the

legislature lines up the votes,

we got a shot.

No, it's more than just a shot,

though.

It's... I've built

hospitals before,

but this is... I mean, we

are gonna have...

if they let us do it,

we're gonna have

arts-and-crafts rooms

on every floor,

foldout beds in every room

so parents, they can sleep

with their kids.

You know, and I got the mta to

give us a locomotive

so the kids have a

place to play.

And... but no. No, wait. It's...

it's not about a building.

This is about... this is about...

it's about... it's

about a feeling.

Yeah.

Yeah, it's about

building a feeling.

You know, Bruce used to be one

hell of a businessman

before he met Brenda and John.

[ LAUGHTER ]

Mrs. fareri.

Amy?

Oh, look who's here, John.

Hi. How are you?

Yeah, I'm fine,

but I'm really stressed

about my final exams next week.

Of course. Oh, it's

great to see you.

You, too.

Let me introduce you to

some of our friends.

This is Bruce. Hi.

This is a good

friend of Maria's.

Oh. Lydia.

John.

I'm glad you came.

I always support things

that are good for our community.

I just didn't expect it would

come from your direction.

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