Mother and Child Page #3

Oh, come on.

It's impossible to

know what they are.

They're too busy

reinventing themselves

to everyone's liking.

Cheers.

What are you

thinking about?

(SIGHS)

My wife.

Maureen.

Mmm.

You'll be okay.

I want you to drink

the rest in one go.

Uh-uh.

(UNZIPPING)

(PAUL MOANS)

No.

Stay still.

Don't move, old man.

(EXHALES)

That feels good.

(BOTH MOANING)

Let me come first.

(MOANING)

(PANTING)

(WHISPERS) Now you.

(MOANING)

(PAUL EXHALES)

(PAUL PANTING)

Good boy, Paul.

Good boy.

(MONITOR BEEPING RAPIDLY)

(MONITOR FLATLINING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

(DOOR CLOSES)

(SIGHS)

(ELIZABETH EXHALING)

SISTER JOANNE :

Be yourselves.

You have a lot

going for you.

She wants

a young couple.

She wants a woman

with a job or a career.

And you have the bakery.

Lucy, she'll like that.

(LAUGHS SOFTLY)

Questions?

(NERVOUS INHALING)

No. (CHUCKLES)

All right.

I love you, Joseph.

This is Ray.

This is Lucy

and Joseph.

Hi.

Hi.

Hello.

I'll let you talk.

How long do we have?

As long as we need.

I've already turned down

several couples.

Did she tell you that?

Yes.

Well, what kind of people

are you looking for?

I wanna hear from her first

before I talk to you.

You must have something

you wanna say.

Most people have

a speech prepared

of some kind.

(CHUCKLES)

Um.

Come on.

What did you expect

from this meeting?

(BOTH LAUGHING NERVOUSLY)

Well I didn't expect to

feel like I'd been dragged

into a principal's office.

Which is how I feel

right now.

Okay. Good answer.

(LAUGHING) Okay.

I'll ask you

some questions?

Do you believe in God?

I was raised Catholic.

Do you believe in God?

Well, I'm not

a very religious person,

but Joseph is.

Aren't you?

You don't believe

that a higher being

created you and loves you,

and looks after you?

No. I'm sorry.

What do you believe?

I don't know.

Tell me what you believe.

No.

Look, let's

not play games.

You either wanna tell me

who you are or you don't.

If you don't,

I'd rather us just part ways.

Okay, wait, wait, wait.

Sit down.

Please.

I believe that

when we're born

we come from nothing.

And that when we die

we go back to nothing.

That what we make

of our lives

is as a result of

our will and our luck,

the strength

of our character,

and a roll of the die.

And this is what you

would teach a child?

Yes.

This is what you would

teach my baby.

The baby would be

my baby to teach.

LUCY :
Why didn't

you shut me up?

Why did you just

sit there like a dummy?

You should've told me

to shut up, Joseph!

What were you think...

Lucy, Lucy, will you just

stop it, please?

No! No! Do not

treat me like a child.

Jesus Christ, Lucy.

It didn't

go well, Sister.

She wants

to meet again.

What did she say?

Nothing. Not a word,

but she wants to

see you again.

(ALL CHUCKLING)

I don't believe it.

She can do

Friday morning.

Friday's not

good for me.

SISTER JOANNE :

Well, then you should

come in by yourself, Lucy.

You don't wanna

lose momentum.

Yes.

Yes?

(LAUGHING)

Thank you. Thank you.

Yup.

Thank you.

Yeah.

I'm sorry.

KAREN :
She's gone now.

She will never

see your face

and you will

never see hers.

There will always be

a silence between you.

I don't want that for us.

For you and me.

I know in my heart

that we will meet one day

and you will forgive me.

Your mother was

a good woman, Karen.

I'm glad it was over

quickly for her.

She was ready.

How the hell

do you know

if she was ready?

She said so.

She said

no such thing to you.

She did not.

Obviously, I don't need you

five days a week anymore.

You're right.

You don't.

Once is enough.

You pick the day.

Saturday.

No.

I want the house to myself

on the weekend.

I'm going to

take another job.

And that will be from

Monday through Friday.

You can take either

Saturday or Sunday.

And Cristi will have

to come with me.

I know

you don't like her.

That's not true.

She knows how to

stay out of your way.

(GRUNTING)

Say hi to everyone

for me.

Well, thank you

for coming in.

Okay.

Okay.

Hi. Tom Weller.

Hi.

What can I

do for you today?

Karen.

Well, it's nice to

meet you, Karen.

Karen.

(LAUGHS)

Wow.

(STUTTERS)

Do... Sorry. Sit.

I was in this branch

about three years ago

and I saw you.

I ran out of here

like the place was on fire.

My mother died.

How are you?

You married that girl

from NoHo High.

Right? Hailey?

Hailey, yeah.

Do you have kids?

Yeah, we have...

We have two boys

and a girl.

But they're gone now.

They... They, you know,

they have their own lives.

I think about you

all the time.

My daughter asked me

if I was dating.

I didn't know

what to tell her.

You're having an affair

with one of your attorneys.

Well, is it an affair if

neither party is married?

An affair is any sexual

or romantic relationship

of an informal

or temporary nature.

(LAUGHS HUMOROUSLY)

Why, thank you, Counselor.

(SIGHS)

I read your brief

on the Nelligan case.

It's outstanding.

You cited Escalante

v. LA County,

which is

a very obscure case,

but perfect for this.

Good work.

I'm recommending you to lead

the Thomas and Thompson team.

You think that's

gonna go over well

with Guinness and Wilder

and all your wonder boys

out there?

Oh, they'll have to eat it.

It is my law firm.

I'm gonna have to pass.

Thank you, though.

Why would you do that?

When I've been here

long enough to win

this kind of promotion,

I'll take it.

I know I deserve it.

But just give me

a chance to earn it.

What do you want for yourself,

professionally?

I wanna sit on the

Circuit Court of Appeals.

You've been at four firms

in three cities in 10 years.

That's not a good strategy.

You wanna sit tight

at one place,

develop relationships,

win the appointments.

That's not how

I wanna live my life.

I'll get there.

There are many ways

to skin a cat.

You know, you haven't

asked me anything

about what

it's been like for me

all this time.

Well...

No, it needed

to come from you.

What I felt with you...

I've never felt again

for anyone.

Do you remember?

Yeah.

Yeah.

(SIGHING)

Hey, Karen.

Sorry to hear about

your mother.

Loss of a parent's,

horrible thing.

Oh. Yeah. Thank you.

(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

Hey!

Is this yours?

Yeah, they're tomatoes

from my garden.

What the hell's

it doing hanging

on my locker?

I just thought

you might like them.

Yeah, what made you

think that, you jerk?

I don't appreciate

being in my place of work,

and finding this

hanging on my locker

for everyone to see,

like I'm your

goddamn girlfriend.

You're an idiot!

Hey. Hey!

You know, the word is

thank you, you weirdo.

F***ing rude!

Weirdo!

(KNOCKING)

(DOOR OPENING)

ELIZABETH :

Where's your wife?

She won't be back

until 10:
00.

(ELIZABETH SIGHS)

(DOOR CLOSES)

No. No, no.

That's today's menu.

Take it or leave it.

This fun for you?

No surprises.

Well how about a drink?

Why don't we just go

back to your place?

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