Love of My Life Page #10

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Oh, no, I-I suppose it's understandable.

The circumstances.

I love you!

You do?

Of course I do.

Looks like you lost, Dad.

Richard:
No one but myself to blame.

Zoe:
This is delicious.

Grace:
So there are three pavilions,

and the whole building is solar panelled.

That sounds amazing.

Kaitlyn:
You know, Mom, I realized

that you're right,

I can expand my paper and

write a book of my own.

I'll introduce you to my publisher.

And I was thinking,

I'm gonna take some courses

and figure out what I like most.

Academically speaking.

This is a perfect evening.

Are you-

Are sure you don't want us to stay tonight?

No, no, I'm gonna have a quiet

evening in with my husband.

Zoe can keep you company,

and Tamara can get off the sofa,

and we'll all meet

up in the morning.

I don't have to be at a hospital till four,

so we've got plenty of time.

To Gracie.

The love of our lives.

Definitely.

Well I'll just sit this one out, shall I?

- Girls:
To Mom.

- Grace.

Richard:
Thanks.

Grace:
Oh, I'm so sorry.

I thought you were upstairs.

Just closing down for the night.

I'll be fine in the dark.

You know,

when you came here I was

really angry with you.

And Tamara!

But tonight was so great,

and the girls seemed close to you

and well at least that means

that there are more

people to help them,

you know.

I can't believe I'm saying this,

but I'm really glad that you came.

Even Tamara.

Well, she's my daughter's stepmother

and I guess that is kind of family.

Right?

So, are

you-are you-

are you coming to bed?

Well, unless that's an invitation,

I think I'd rather stay out

of earshot of your bedroom

for the next little while.

[Knocking]

Come in.

Hi.

I didn't want to say this

in front of everyone but,

I-I want you to know

that I talked to Zoe

and she promised to make sure

that you won't grow old alone.

Oh.

Thank you, Grace.

It was so long ago, Tamara,

that you and Richard-

We were very different people then.

Were we?

What I want to say is that

even though you

slept with my husband

and it was immortalized

into a best selling novel, I-

I actually would like us to be friends.

Really?

Yeah.

- Yeah.

- Of course.

Great.

Grace.

Yeah?

Nothing.

Just the two of us.

I love you so much.

[Grunting]

[Stammering]

If you don't-

If you don't feel well enough-

I feel fine.

Well, I was-

just um,

[Grunting]

Remember, if you're-

If you're too tired

I am not tired.

And even if I was

this might be the last

chance we have to make love.

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah.

You've been a wonderful husband.

[Grunting]

Grace, Grace, Grace,

Grace, Grace, Grace!

I really didn't think I was

gonna do this, but uh I...

[Clears Throat] There's something I...

There something I have to confess.

What is it?

Well,

I may have

been unfaithful.

I know.

You know?

Yeah.

It's okay.

Is it?!

Yeah, it's not great.

Do I wish it hadn't happened, yes, but-

when I met you I was at

the lowest point in my life

and you did everything you

could to help me and Zoe

even though you weren't her father.

You knew I was still stuck on Richard

but you never complained so

I think I can cut you a bit of slack

and allow you one mistake.

You probably were

drinking ahead of the lot.

Yeah, I was, yeah.

Yeah.

So,

let's just pretend it never happened.

That's such a relief.

I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry.

Grace.

How did you find out?

She told me.

She told you?

Wait a minute, wait a minute.

She told you?

Well, she promised she wouldn't.

She never could keep a secret.

No, I guess not.

That was why I accepted the job in Toronto.

It wasn't to get away from Richard,

it was to get away from Brenda.

Brenda? Well who...

Oh, Brenda.

You weren't talking about Brenda, were you?

So who were you talking about?

TAMARA, GET UP!

I thought you were having sex with Richard,

because Tamara said you had

snuck out of the house together

- last night.

- I have never cheated on you!

Tom:
I didn't want to be alone and

it was her idea.

I didn't hear you complaining

when I had my hands down your pants.

Oh god.

I-I was afraid it would be

my last chance to have sex

and I really wanted to

have a big bang f*** and I-

and I'm sorry so can we all go back to bed?

I really don't think

we have a problem here.

There is a problem.

Only because of Richard.

- Richard?

- Yeah.

Tom:
Yeah, Richard, Richard.

It's all Richard's fault.

He's the one you should be screaming at!

How is it Richard's fault?

How is this Richard's fault?

Yeah, because I bet that he-he

put you up to the whole thing, didn't he?

To win Grace back.

Listen.

If Richard was the

love of your life,

I did a truly horrible,

unforgivable thing when

I stole him from you.

I really did, it's the

worst thing I've ever done.

I don't want you dying

with that on my conscience.

Married men, fine.

Whatever.

But you had a baby.

And no money.

And you really, really loved him.

So, sorry,

I-I-I don't

get this.

You're feeling guilty because

you slept with my husband so

now you sleep with my other husband.

When he told me all this stuff about you

being his true love I thought,

you know, he was mad.

So I came here to find out

if husband number two was your true love.

And what did I find?

I am her true love.

Your true love doesn't

sleep with someone else

when you're dying, sweetie.

- Yeah, but maybe-

- Shh!

Tamara:
So...

I wrecked your life.

Didn't I?

The least I could do to make amends

was to make sure your

last f*** was with Richard.

Not just your last f***, that's just sex,

we're old enough to know how little the old

in and out matters.

No, it was just that,

that he'd be the one holding

your hand in the hospital,

and that if you live,

you get to be together

for the rest of your lives.

It makes sense.

And yeah,

maybe I'd have someone

to look after me, too.

But then, you know,

Richard wouldn't tell

you that I'd slept with

husband number two. Don't know why.

RICHARD!

RICHARD!

I don't want to see Richard.

I don't want to see anyone.

I just wish I was dead already.

Oh, Grace.

Tamara:
Well, that's the

trouble with life, isn't it?

Doesn't always work out the way you plan.

[Door Slams]

Oh, cheer up, sweetheart.

You still have me.

[Soft Piano Melody]

Hi, Tyler.

Hey, gorgeous.

What are you doing for

the rest of your life?

You're a kinder man than you used to be.

Yeah, well,

better late than never, ah?

I wish people would stop saying that.

You know,

I have to say my feelings

are a little bit hurt.

Your feelings hurt?

Yeah.

I was hoping to do better

than last man standing.

Tyler,

how much would it cost

you to leave for an hour

and let us lock the door?

50?

Done.

[Soft Piano Melody]

At least I won't die horny.

I'm not gonna tell the

girls about what Tom did.

No.

I'll just say that he got drunk

and had too much of a

hangover to leave the bedroom.

They will believe that.

And get rid of Tamara.

I don't care how you do it.

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