May in the Summer Page #4

- Yes.

- No.

We stopped at Uncle Waleed's...

Maram fed us a little.

What's wrong?

It's not good?

- No, it's really good.

- Thank you, Mom.

Mm-hmm.

So what did Maram cook?

Leg of lamb.

It was really dry.

That's so cute.

I'm not thinking

holy thoughts.

Okay.

I never thought

I would hook up here.

Yesterday, we made out in

the elevator for two hours.

- Does he live with his parents?

- Yeah, they all do here.

Now I know why they get

married so young so they can get laid...

- Shh.

- Hmm?

What about him?

He's married.

He's cute.

That could come right off, Mom.

If I'm gonna do it again,

I better do it right.

He has to be a Palestinian Christian.

And he has to know how to

cook and do laundry,

And if he has to travel,

he better travel for fun and not for work.

All right, well, you're gonna have

better luck at the second coming.

But Jesus has facial hair

so that's gonna be a problem.

We don't make fun of Jesus.

One minute.

Hello?

- May?

- Yeah.

- It? A878.

- Hi.

Oh... I- I can't

talk right now.

Oh, that's okay.

I...

I just, uh...

Is everything okay?

I promised I was not gonna cry.

Yeah, um... May,

can i...

Can I just take

you out for a coffee?

Something wrong with Dad?

I have this terrible feeling,

May, the same one I had when,

when my first husband

left me and...

He wanted more children,

and I couldn't give that

to him so he left me.

- Uh, uh, uh...

- So I understand that,

but Ed doesn't want any more

children and-and we're having great sex

so I don't understand why.

Why are you telling me that?

I think he's having

an affair, May.

You're playing tennis with him

day after tomorrow, aren't you?

I really want you to talk to

him and tell him...

Sh*t.

- May.

- You need to tell your wife

she can't call me with your

marital problems.

Hi.

Black Label on the rocks.

Anything for you, sir?

He'll have the same,

he's gonna need it.

Uh, I guess

we're not gonna play.

She thinks you're

having an affair.

All right, look, uh...

Anu can be dramatic...

You're not doing this

to me again.

Dad, you are not putting

me in the middle of your sh*t.

- Please.

- It is not okay.

Will you just sit down, please.

I am sorry that she called you.

Sit down.

Anu is lonely, Anu

doesn't have a lot of friends here.

She is not like you.

She can be like a kid sometimes.

She can get a little insecure.

Maybe because you're

cheating on her.

No, it's not like that.

You think I wanna

go through that again.

Do you think that's something I'm

prepared to, kind of, relive.

It was...

Trust me.

I'm not that person anymore.

I used to think the grass was

greener, you know, but then you...

You get there and you look

closer and it's just...

it's not greener,

it's just different.

What does that mean?

You're not cheating?

It means that I learned

from my mistakes.

I think it's important for you to

understand what I've been through.

Oh, my God, I'm not gonna

sit here and listen...

Would you

just stop for a second.

I know I'm not who you

wanted me to be.

But I'm your father

and I'm not gonna go anywhere

and I just think that you and

I deserve to figure out

how we can have some

kind of relationship that's real.

Is that what you wanted, Dad, when you

didn't bother calling on our birthdays?

All right, you have

every right to be angry with me...

Yeah, I have every

right to be angry.

I spent years of my

life trying to fill your shoes

so don't sit here and tell me you

want a real relationship.

Just... trying to say that I'm

here now and making an effort... now.

I, um...

And I would completely

understand if you continue to hate me.

I don't hate you, Dad.

Dalia hates me.

Dalia doesn't hate you,

no one hates you.

She was 12 when you and Mom

started throwing dishes at one another.

Your mother threw the dishes,

I never threw any dishes.

All right, one dish, once.

And it wasn't aimed

at your mother.

It's mind-boggling that

the two of you even ended up together.

You have nothing in common.

That's not true.

We had a lot in common.

And then we just

drifted apart, I guess.

Your mother's a very hard person

to please, you know that.

No matter what I did, you know,

she... I couldn't make her happy.

Are you happy?

I...

I think the mere that I figure out about

myself, the easier it gets.

Hi, you've reached Ziad.

Leave me a message,

I'll call you back.

Hey, it's me.

You will never believe what

just happened.

I had a

conversation with my dad.

Like, an actual conversation

for the first time in-

I don't even know

in how many years.

That just made me think

about so much.

Anyway, I'm seeing

your mom tomorrow.

It's sort of like seeing you.

Call me, bye.

Hmm.

Interesting.

TIME'!

Un-huh.

You said you suck!

I haven't played in a while.

Yeah, I see how you are.

Come on.

- Okay.

- Come on.

. Oh!

Yes.

Yeah.

So who do I have to

blame for this humiliation?

' My dad.

Yeah?

He's very good and he knows it.

Modesty is not

exactly his strong suit.

Sol made it my mission in life

to beat him.

. And?

Never happened.

Well, you kicked my ass.

So how did you get

into adventure tourism?

I was 20, I was studying

engineering.

I was lost, miserable so...

I took a tour to Thailand.

It was an adventure

tour and it changed me.

I discovered that this is what

I wanna do with my life.

I wanna do that for

people who come to Jordan.

And it's fun, you know, every day,

all day, I get to have fun.

You on the other hand, you

would never get to understand it,

- Oh.

- because you're too much busy

being ambitious, yeah?

- Right.

- Yeah.

- Yup.

- Yeah.

That's me.

I am working on

my second book, so...

Putting me to shame.

Good.

How do you have

the time to write, I mean...

Aren't you busy planning for

your wedding stuff?

It's soon, isn't it?

Less than two weeks.

So how does it feel like?

Good, better feel good, it's too

late to back out now.

I'm sorry, I don't

know why I just said that.

It's never too late to back out.

No, I didn't

mean it, I didn't mean it.

I don't want to back out,

I don't know why I said it.

Oh, my God, I'm so sorry.

Wow, I'm a...

TIFF-II

Um...

I'll tell you something,

it's not you, okay, it's me.

I am exceptionally

easy to talk to.

People tell me things

all the time so it's not a big deal.

Seriously.

If you need someone to be an

idiot with, I'm here, okay?

Thanks for the ride.

You're welcome.

. See Ya'

. Bye-

Bye.

Hey, babe, it's me.

I can't believe you

ended up with your dad.

That was a long time coming.

Um, call me when you can, okay?

I'll be up late grading papers.

I really wanna talk to you.

Uh... I hope your writing's

going well and, uh,

okay, um, love you, bye.

Hi.

Hi.

I was gonna brush my teeth.

It can wait.

You haven't been around much.

I know, I've been really busy.

Writing a lot.

We're going for my

bachelorette party, Mom.

Why, you wanna come?

Who dropped you off?

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